Praenomina; Or, the Etymology of the Principal Christian Names of Great Britain and Ireland (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: the Greek name Kcoc (H. am3 Koresh), from the Persian .. Mr, .ys Mr, the sun (in Zend, khdro, huro, ahuro). According to others it has the same signification as Carshena, Esther i. 14 ; '. e. illustrious, from the Persian ,, lux. The nickname is Cy. DAFYDD (=DAVYDD). A Welsh form of David. DAIBHID, DAIDH. Gaelic forms of David, perhaps through the Greek Aau/J. DAISY. A female name derived from the flower, whose name in Anglo-Saxon signifies 'day's eye.' DALILAH. Another spelling of Delilah. DAMER. This name has been rendered ' Dane's joy,' but it is rather corrupted, through the Danish name Dagmar, from the Old German name Tagamar, Theganmar, which Wachter translates ' celebrated soldier,' from degen a sword, and mar. Meidinger renders tag 'glanz, ruhm ;' and mar, ' mehrer, beriihmter, miichtiger.' DAMARIS. A female name derived from that of a woman mentioned in Acts xvii. 34, Gr. Aa/xaf ic; from i'a/xaf, a wife, one brought under the yoke. DAMSEL. Found as a female name in the obituary notices in the Stamford Mercury. Conf. N. Q. 5th S. viii. 66. It is from Fr. demoiselle, young lady. DANDIE. A Scottish form of Andrew. DANENA. Found as a Christian name in the Guardian of Jan. 13, 1881. The origin of the name is doubtful; it may have been formed from Dan, for Daniel. DANIEL. The Scripture name, in H. Win, Daniyye"!, which has been variously translated 'judge of God,' 'God's judge,' one who delivers judgment in the name of the Lord; from dan-El. Hence as a nickname Dan. According to a note in the Annals of Ireland it would seem that the Irish name Domhnall (pronounced Don-all), whence O'Don- nell, has sometimes been Anglicised to Daniel. DANIS. An Anglo-Norman form of Dennis. DAVID. The Scripture name, in H. TH, Daviydh, signifying beloved (dil...