Cole -- a short name that embodies a lot of richness and depth -- has long been associated with the great songwriter Cole Porter. It's quite popular in Scotland. Cole Continued Sullivan Origin: Irish surname Meaning: "black-eyed one" Description: Sullivan is a jaunty Celtic three-sylla...
X marks the spot in names these days, usually at the middles or ends of names, but here is one that puts it squarely up front. Origin: Celtic Meaning: "white hawk" Description: Gavin, a name with Scottish roots, has stepped into the spotlight, replacing the dated Kevin, thanks in par...
and also so that it will be foreshadowed that Levi is fated to “join” with his older brother Simeon in their misadventures. As a made-up name that has multiple applicable meanings [with just a little stretching] in Hebrew, the name “Levi” is just like the name “Reuben” that I m...
A number of major new product failures in the marketplace have been attributed to the choice of an inappropriate brand name (e.g., as in the case of the ill-fated Ford Edsel; Wallace, 1975; see also Klink, 2001). One promising strategy is to create brand names using sound phonetics, ...
nár (Old Norse) 'corpse', one of many Dwarf names taken by Tolkien from the prophetic poem Voluspa. Nár was the companion of the ill-fated Thrór, and it was his report of his master's branded corpse that gave rise the War of the Dwarves and the Orcs, which perhaps explains why To...
Rayne– One theory is that Rayne comes from the Olde English word "regn" meaning "rain" Regan– A name used by Shakespeare that also might mean "rain" River– A river is a flowing body of water Sabrina– Also a character in Celtic mythology, Sabrina gave her name to the River Severn ...
Metallica embarked on a co-headlining tour with Guns N' Roses in 1992. During Metallica's set at the ill-fated Montreal show, Hetfield caught fire onstage from one of the pyrotechnics, and he was rushed to the hospital with second and third-degree burns. Guns N' Roses took the stage mu...
Desdemona(Greek) – The name means “misery,”“ill-fated one,”“misery,” or “of the devil.” Mallory (Old French) – This name also means “unfortunate” or “bad luck.” Names That Mean Sorrow & Misery Deirdre (Celticand Gaelic) – It means “sad one” or “sorrowful.” ...
Desdemona (Greek; girl) –“Ill-fated one,”“of the devil,” or “misery” Diva (Latin andItaliangirl name) –“Goddess”; also means a self-important, temperamental person Domain Drusilla (Greek, Celtic, and Latin) –“Courageous” or “strong”; also sounds like “Drosophila,” a genu...
Faenza –is Italian, rooted in the Latin “favens,” meaning “(one who brings) good fortune.” Fagerstrom –a variant of the Swedish Fagerström, combining the elements “fager” (beautiful) and “ström” (river). Faggart –from the German Feger (armorer/weapon maker), from “fegen...