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Pages in category "Greek feminine given names" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aella;
Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" [1] and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark". [2] Borne in its Latin form by two saints, Melania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger, [3] the name was introduced to England by the Normans in its French form Melanie.
The Greek word κήρ means "the goddess of death" or "doom" [2] [3] and appears as a proper noun in the singular and plural as Κήρ and Κῆρες to refer to divinities. Homer uses Κῆρες in the phrase κήρες θανάτοιο, "Keres of death". By extension the word may mean "plague, disease" and in prose "blemish or defect".
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Greek. Achlys, a primordial goddess of the clouding of eyes after death, the eternal night, and poison; Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, and wild animals, who was commonly associated with the moon; Astraeus, Titan god of the dusk, stars, planets, and the art of Astronomy and Astrology
The name Marianthi comes from the names Maria which is the name of the Virgin Mary and means Strong, Fertile and from the name Anthi which comes from the Ancient Greek word Anthos which means Flower. In the Church it is heard as two separate names but also as a whole between them.
It is usually given in reference to the constellation and the Greek myth that inspired its naming. [2] The name has associations with music and harmony and the night sky. The name has recently increased in usage due to a character in His Dark Materials, a book trilogy by Philip Pullman, and the television show and film adapted from the books ...
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.