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[Facts] Yscaira & Wencesla
I came across these names at work and I have never heard anything like them before! Does anyone know what they mean, how to pronounce, and the origin? I'm assuming both of the names are feminine, but I may be wrong. If it helps, both of their surnames were Dutch (same surname) & they are located in the New England area.
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They both look Brazilian Portuguese. Brazil is a multi ethnic country like the US, and they also have a long tradition of coming up with creative names.
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For Yscaira, I came up with a few theories, but I don't really know what I'm talking about!Through searching I saw that Iscaira, Iscaria and Yscaria are also in light use.-A variation of Iscariot, as in Judas Iscariot.
-Based on an indigenous Latin American name.
-Iscar is a Portuguese verb meaning "to bait," "to hook," "to seduce," etc. Yscaira could mean "seductive."
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Wencesla should be the feminine form of Wenceslaus, which is extremely rare in the Netherlands today, as in 2014 there were less than 5 people with the name in the entire country:http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Wencesla (in Dutch)As for Yscaira: it definitely is not a traditional Dutch name, so I'm thinking it's either foreign (perhaps Latin American, as Google tells me there is a Latino bearer of the name) or invented by the parents. I'm afraid I don't know anything else about it, so if possible, you could ask Yscaira herself where her parents got her name from.I hope this helped! :)
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