A name that conjures up billionaire shipping magnates like, for instance, Stavros Niarcos. Stavros Continued Sappho Origin: Ancient Greek Meaning: "sapphire" Description: Name of the 7th century BC Greek lyric poet born on the island of Lesbos, whose name has been synonymous with lesbian lov...
In Arabic astronomy the twins were seen as peacocks. In Egyptian astrology they were twin goats, or else the two gods, Horus the Elder and Horus the Younger, while classical Greek mythology identified them as the twin brothers, Castor and Pollux, aka The Gemini, from the Latin word for twi...
Variant Sapphire exists. SCYLLA: a sea monster SEBASTENE: "adored." Variants include Sebastiana, and Sebastienne. SELENE: "moon." Variants include Selena, Selia, and Selina. SEMELE: mother of Dionysus SIBYL: "oracle." Variants include Sibylla, Sybilla, and Sybyl. SINOBIA: "stranger." ...
radiant like a bride adorned for her husband. The city shimmered with the glory of God, its brilliance far surpassing the sun. Its walls were made of jasper, and the foundations of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone—sapphire, emerald, topaz, and amethyst, each ...
—Σαπφείρῃ, so also W.H[169], either fromσάπφειρος(σάμφ., so hereΣαμφ., [170]*, Blass), a sapphire, or from the Aramaicשַׁפִּירָא, beautiful. The latter derivation is adopted by Blass (Grammatik des N. G., p. 8...