Names

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. -William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Act 2

Names come in many various languages and quite a few unique forms. Some are quite short, while others are quite the mouthful. Everyone has names they may or may not like. So here is a few of my favorite names that I’ve compiled into a small list.

Alexander. Alexander sounds like a name of one who holds authority to me, which is likely influenced from the story of Alexander the great. It rolls off the tongue so smoothly yet at times fells like a mouthful to say. The name Alexander comes from the Greek word Alexandros which means defender of the people.

Elizabeth. Elizabeth sounds like a lady of high class and authority to me which definitely is influenced by my knowledge of British and Scottish history. Just like Alexander it rolls off the tongue smoothly. Two names, Eliza and Beth are found in this name which helps to give off the sense that whoever is the holder of this name has a complex personality. The name Elizabeth came from the Greek form of Elisabet, which came from the Hebrew name Elisheva meaning my God is an oath, which comes from the roots El meaning God and Shava meaning oath.

Sakura. The name Sakura smoothly rolls off the tongue like butter on a piece of hot toast. Since it also means cherry blossom, it makes me think of beautiful scenery in spring. The name mean divides up into two parts, saku meaning blossom and ra meaning virtuous, respectable or good depending.

These are some of my favorite names thought not all of them. I enjoy the way they sound so smooth of the tongue and sound so eloquent. There’s one more name that I’ll consider as a bonus.

Tenai. Have you ever wondered where the name Tenai comes from? While I’m sure there’s a proper explanation for this name somewhere, I did come up with the name myself. While I was looking for an interesting name in English, I soon realized that although there are quite a few names I enjoy they just didn’t fit what I wanted. As I thought the word Tenai popped into my head so I used it. Eventually I looked up the meaning of Tenai and came across the Japanese meanings of te and nai. Te means hand and nai means absent which turned out to fit perfectly as my art name. If anything, this name would be one of the more unique names out there.