shesleepsintrees's Personal Name List

Brookhaven
Usage: English
Brooks
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRUWKS
Variant of Brook.
Deiana
Usage: Italian
From Sardinian de "of, from" and jana "fairy, spirit of the woods, sorceress" (from Latin Diana).
Espíritu
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ehs-PEE-ree-too
From a short form of Spanish del Espíritu Santo meaning "of the Holy Spirit, of the Holy Ghost" (Latin Spiritus Sanctus), which was the second part of religious compound names formed from the bearer's given name and del Espíritu Santo. Supposedly, such compound names were traditionally given to children born on Easter.
Fey
Usage: German, English, French, Danish
English: variant of Fay.
Southern French: topographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or beech wood.
German: nickname for a vagrant, from Middle High German vehe ‘enmity’, ‘strife’ or from a popular medieval pet form of the female personal name Sophie, honored as a martyr and saint.
Danish: unexplained.
Havens
Usage: Dutch
From Haven, a harbor.
Jolyn
Usage: Flemish
Possibly a pet form or patronymic of the given name Joli.
Le Fay
Usage: Irish Mythology
Meaning 'the fairy'
Lynn
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIN
From the name of a town in Norfolk (King's Lynn), derived from Welsh llyn meaning "lake".
Woodhaven
Usage: English
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