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4. Xena. This name actually has Greek origins and a meaning of “hospitable.”. But let’s be honest, we all associate it with a certain Warrior Princess. 5. Brynn. Brynn is a name of Welsh and ...
Related: 155 Traditionally Boy Names That Are Oh-So-Pretty Perfect for Your Little Girl 117. Eliza - Steadfast Hebrew name meaning "God is my oath" or "God is satisfaction."
List of valkyrie names. "Walkyrien" (1905) by Emil Doepler. In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the fallen") is one of a host of female figures who decide who will die in battle. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freyja 's afterlife field Fólkvangr), the valkyries ...
A shield-maiden (Old Norse: skjaldmær [ˈskjɑldˌmæːr]) was a female warrior from Scandinavian folklore and mythology. The term Old Norse: skjaldmær most often shows up in fornaldarsögur such as Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks. However, female warriors are also mentioned in the Latin work Gesta Danorum. [1] Both the fornaldarsögur and Gesta ...
Name Name meaning Alternative names Attested relatives Attestations Eggthér: blade servant, eagle: None attested: None attested: Völuspá: Elldridr: Vilhjalms saga sjóðs: Eimgeitir: fire goat, smoke goat: None attested: None attested: Nafnaþulur: Eistla 'the stormy one', 'the glowing one' None attested
Tracy births, England & Wales, 1837–1960 Tracy births, England & Wales, 1845–1985. In England and Wales, the name Tracy was not unknown, but unusual, with about two a year, from 1837 until 1955, when, following the success of the American film star Spencer Tracy, [citation needed] the name quite suddenly became very popular, rising to a maximum of 7667 babies being given that name in 1964 ...
Vivian. Vivian (and variants such as Vivien and Vivienne) is a given name, and less often a surname, derived from a Latin name of the Roman Empire period, masculine Vivianus and feminine Viviana, which survived into modern use because it is the name of two early Christian female martyrs as well as of a male saint and bishop.
Miles or Myles / ˈmaɪlz / is a Norman French masculine given name. Initially, it performed as a diminutive form of Slavic two -part names with a Miło- particle - e.g. Miłobrat, Miłogost, Miłosław. From the 19th century it has been performing alone. During time, it was influenced by miles, the Latin word for a soldier.