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Song thrush at nest by Bruno Liljefors, 1888.. Mavis is a feminine given name, derived from a name for the common Old World song thrush. [1] Its first modern usage was in Marie Corelli's 1895 novel The Sorrows of Satan, which featured a character named Mavis Clare (whose name was said to be "rather odd but suitable", as "she sings quite as sweetly as any thrush" [2]).
Other names. Cognate (s) *Hræfn, Hrafn. See also. Ravenna. Raven / ˈreɪvən / [ 1 ] is a given name in the English language. [ 2 ] While it may be given to boys and girls, it is more frequently a feminine name. In the United States of America the name has ranked among the top 1,000 names given to baby girls since 1977.
Lærke is a Danish feminine first name meaning "lark". [1] It was ranked as the fourth most popular name for girls born in Denmark in 2009, rising from 10th place in 2008. [2] Lærke was first invented as a name by poet Sigfred Pedersen who named his firstborn Lærke in 1946 in Denmark. The name has been in use since that time in Denmark.
Wren (name) Wren is both an English surname and a gender neutral given name, both derived from the English name of the songbird. It has recently increased in popularity as a name for girls and boys in the Anglosphere along with other names derived from the natural world. It has been ranked among the 1,000 most popular names for newborns in the ...
Birdie is a given name used in reference to an informal English diminutive word for a bird. Spelling variants include Birdee, Birdy, and Byrdie. It has been in use since at least the 1800s in the United States both as a nickname for various formal names such as Elizabeth and as a formal name. It was among the one thousand most popular names for ...
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct.
Gender. Unisex. Origin. Word/name. Greek. Meaning. Phoenix. Phoenix is a modern given name derived from the name for a mythological bird from Greek myth that has become a symbol of renewal, regeneration and immortality. [1] [2] It is a name in use for both boys and girls.
Linda is a female given name, of German origin, but widespread in the English-speaking world since the end of the nineteenth century. [1] The German name Linde was originally an abbreviated form of older names such as Dietlinde and Sieglinde. [2] In the form Linda, it was used by the writer Jean Paul for a leading character in his four-volume ...