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Originally Posted by Eugenia Gabrielov
10. Vashti (Ridiculously cool sounding.)
3. Tamar (Hebrew - one of my favorite names)
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Names from the Bible always seem to be popular (especially names such as John and Mary), but it's a good idea to look up who the people are and what they did. The etymological meaning of a name may not be important to you, but each person in the Bible is known for something, and people may wonder about the associations with some names (such as Cain).
In the book of Esther, Vashti was the queen who was deposed because:
a) she was wicked and rebellious, or
b) she was righteous and stood up to her indecent husband
--depending on which interpretation you favor. So you may or may not want to name your daughter after this famous divorcee.
At least two women in the Bible bore the name Tamar. It's a beautiful name for beautiful women, but their love lives were even more problematic than Vashti's, to put it mildly. I won't elaborate, but the sordid details are recounted in Genesis chapter 38 and 2 Samuel chapter 13.
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Originally Posted by Conor Ryan
Riordan-"reer + don"-Not only sounds cool, but it means Royal Poet, and very highly regarded in any royal household as he acted as scholar, historian and advisor to the king.
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And to a southern Californian, Riordan also means "former mayor of Los Angeles."
I used to write stories, so I got some practice naming the characters. The fun thing about this is that your characters can't get mad at you if you give them a bad/stupid/ridiculous name.
