The ancient Romans had the best idea on feminine names ; they named all the flowers : Rose, Iris, Pansy,Glory,Daisy, Hyacinth, etc. Then they named the girl children for the various flowers. Some modern names starting with "El" came from the Hebrew name for God(EL), such as : Elvin, Elbert,Elvira, Eloise, Elaine ,Elva, Elton, Elmo. Shelby
Shelby, You are just so full of information... Anita ________________________________ From: "BurgessWV@aol.com" <BurgessWV@aol.com> To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 7:53:42 PM Subject: [WVLOGAN] Names The ancient Romans had the best idea on feminine names ; they named all the flowers : Rose, Iris, Pansy,Glory,Daisy, Hyacinth, etc. Then they named the girl children for the various flowers. Some modern names starting with "El" came from the Hebrew name for God(EL), such as : Elvin, Elbert,Elvira, Eloise, Elaine ,Elva, Elton, Elmo. Shelby ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
A friend wrote me the following about naming patterns: Those are classical names, as from Greek and Roman mythology and early literature. It was due to a rebirth of learning...reprinting of classical literature that stemmed from the invention of the moveable type printing press in the 1400s. With Protestantism, the new religions encouraged learning to read to read the Bible...if you learn to read, you start reading everything you can afford. Artemisha is a misspelling of Artemisia, the Greek version of the Roman goddess, Diana is a prime example. Along those same lines are Cassandra, Rhoda, Chloe... So Artemisha would be a classical name from Greek mythology. Perhaps Clarissa is in this category too. Rick On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:53 PM, <BurgessWV@aol.com> wrote: > The ancient Romans had the best idea on feminine names ; they named all > the flowers : Rose, Iris, Pansy,Glory,Daisy, Hyacinth, etc. Then they named > the girl children for the various flowers. > Some modern names starting with "El" came from the Hebrew name for God(EL), > such as : Elvin, Elbert,Elvira, Eloise, Elaine ,Elva, Elton, Elmo. > > Shelby > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >