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I almost forgot these guys.
The other members of the real "freedom fighter's guild" (XD).
Carlisle
Gender: masculine
Usage: English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "city belonging
to Lugovalos" in Welsh. Lugovalos was a Celtic personal name meaning
"strong as Lugus" (variant form of Lugh, the name of a Celtic god of the sun
and craftsmanship, meaning "shining one" in Old Irish).
Sidney (Sid)
Gender: Unisex
Usage: English
Either from a French place name which was a contraction of "Saint Denis",
or from an Old English surname which meant "wide island". A famous bearer of
the surname was Sir Philip Sidney,
an English poet and statesman of the 16th century.
Briscoe
Gender: masculine
Usage: English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning
"birch wood" in Old Norse
Coupe
Gender: None (it's actually a surname)
Usage: French
From the word coupe, meaning "to cut".
And I know I've posted them before, but...
Vivienne
Gender: feminine
Usage: French
French feminine form of Vivian, from the Roman name Vivianus which was
derived from Latin vivus "alive". Saint Vivian was a French bishop who
protected people during the Visigoth invasion in the 5th century.
Selene
Gender: feminine
Usage: Greek, English
Means "moon" in Greek. This was the name of a Greek goddess of the moon,
sometimes identified with the goddess Artemis.
Diego
Gender: masculine
Usage: Spanish
Possibly a short form of Santiago, or more likely derived from the medieval
name Didacus which meant "teaching", from Greek term "didache".
Saint Didacus (or Diego) was a 15th-century Franciscan brother based in Alcalá,
Spain. Another famous bearer of this name was Mexican muralist Diego Rivera.
 Ophrysia · Fri Nov 16, 2007 @ 11:06am · 0 Comments |
