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Melanie. 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.
Lyra is a feminine given name of Greek and Latin origin meaning lyre. [1] 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 ...
Explore the names of women from ancient and modern Greece, their meanings and origins, and their cultural and historical significance.
A list of 55 of the most popular Greek baby names for boys and girls with meanings from a baby naming consultant.
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The Old Norse poems Völuspá, Grímnismál, Darraðarljóð, and the Nafnaþulur section of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál provide lists of valkyrie names. Other valkyrie names appear solely outside these lists, such as Sigrún (who is attested in the poems Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II ). Valkyrie names commonly emphasize associations with battle and, in ...
History[edit] Ancient Greeks generally had a single name, often qualified with a patronymic, a clan or tribe, or a place of origin. Married women were identified by the name of their husbands, not their fathers. Hereditary family names or surnames began to be used by elites in the Byzantine period. Well into the 9th century, they were rare.
List of demigods This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains divine status after death. [1]