Sunday 11 September 2022

Another few names

 A name I like very much is Melisande but it is very unusual.   It was a Germanic name, meaning strong worker, and in the German and English format, it was Millicent.  However in medieval times there were several princesses called Melisande, the French form, one of whom was queen of Jerusalem. 

 Charmian means Joy or delight and is a Shakespearean name.  It is the name of one of Cleopatra's ladies in waiting, and Shakespeare used it in his place.  It is pronounced Karmian. 

Nadia and Nadine are rarely used.  They are based on a Russian name meaning hope.. and are the English and French versions of it.

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