Search text: moon
19 matches for moon:


AYGÜL f Turkish
Means "moon rose" in Turkish.

AYSEL f Turkish
Means "like the moon" in Turkish.

AYSUN f Turkish
Means "as beautiful as the moon" in Turkish.

BADR m,f Arabic
Means "full moon" in Arabic.

CHANDRA f,m Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "moon" in Sanskrit. This is a name used in Vedic texts to refer to the
moon personified as a deity. This is also the name of a demon in Hindu
legends.

CHANDRAKANT m Indian
Means "beloved by the moon", derived from Sanskrit chandra "moon" and kanta
"beloved". In Hindu mythology this is the name of a gemstone formed from
moonlight, also called the Moonstone.

HALA f Arabic
Means "halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law
of the Prophet Muhammad.

HELEN f English
Pronounced: HEL-en
Possibly from either Greek helene "torch" or "corposant", or Greek selene
"moon". In Greek mythology Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose
kidnapping by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. The name was also borne
by Saint Helena, mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, who supposedly
found the True Cross during a trip to Jerusalem. Another famous bearer was
Helen Keller, the American author and lecturer who was both blind and deaf.

KAMARIA f African
Means "like the moon" in Swahili.

LUCINE f Armenian
Means "moon" in Armenian.

LUNA f Roman Mythology
Means "the moon" in Latin. Luna was the Roman goddess of the moon,
frequently depicted driving a white chariot through the sky.

MAHVASH f Iranian
Possibly means "moon-like" in Persian.

MONDAY f English
Pronounced: MUN-day
From the English word for the first day of the week, which derives from Old
English mona "moon" and dæg "day". This was formerly given to girls born on
Monday.

NGUYET f Vietnamese
Means "moon" in Vietnamese.

NURAY f Turkish
Means "bright moon" in Turkish.

POORNIMA f Indian
Means "full moon" in Sanskrit.

RAKESH m Indian
Means "lord of the full-moon day" from Sanskrit raka "full-moon day" and isa
"lord, ruler".

RAMACHANDRA m Indian
Means "Rama moon", derived from RAMA, another name of Vishnu, combined with
Sanskrit candra meaning "moon".

SELENE f Greek Mythology, Greek, English
Pronounced: se-LEE-nee
Means "moon" in Greek. This was the name of a Greek goddess of the moon,
sometimes identified with the goddess Artemis.

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--
Clare L



"John Woodgate" wrote in message
...
I read in sci.lang.translation that Camille Esse
wrote (in ) about 'Girl needs
a name', on Tue, 9 Dec 2003:

My purpose is to help them
finding a name by looking for the maximum translations of the words
'Moon' and 'Life' in any exotic language where it sounds good.

MOON
Japanese : tsuki
Welsh: llaeuad (but you'd need help with the correct pronunciation,
especially the Welsh 'll').
Urdu: chaand (aa = long a)

Someone told me that some Native American languages have romantic-
sounding words for 'moon' but didn't give any examples.

Greek gives a real choice: Cynthia, Diana, Phoebe.

LIFE
Urdu: zinagi
Welsh: hoedl (usually pronounced 'heedl') (there are other words, but
pronunciation is difficult)
Japanese: inochi (and some other words)
--
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