Some of My Favorite Girl/Boy Names

There are some names with very deep meanings that I have fallen in love with, from all kinds of cultures. I guess that’s part of why I love names: some cultures have such a connection to them. Having a list of names from other cultures helps me feel connected to them, you know? Like, seriously, I will have a “DUDE!” moment behind reading someone’s name. An “A-HA!” moment.

At any rate, I hope you enjoy this list of names. :D I have other names, but I figured it’d be easier to list by category. :D

“It’s not what you are called, it is what you answer to.” Answer to hope, love, faith, purpose, positivity, creativity, healing. “Let the weak say I am strong.” :)

Names are/were taken from:

55,000+ Baby Names by Bruce Lansky, 2005, Meadowbrook Press

The Best Baby Names in the World by JM Congemy, 2007, Harper

These are girl/boy names. While girls and boys can use these names, more likely than not, these are girls' names. 

GIRL/BOY (GIRL-DOMINANT)

Ebony: a hard, dark wood (Greek) (g/b)

Simran: absorbed in God (Sikh) (g/b)

Chinue: God’s blessing (Nigeria) (CHIH-noo-eh) (g/b)

Simone: he heard (French) (g/b)

Kenna: beautiful (Irish) (g/b)

Afton: from Afton, England (English) (g/b)

Bailey: bailiff (English) (g/b)

Manpreet: mindful of love (Punjabi) (g/b)

Tatum: cheerful (English) (g/b)

Sydney: from Saint-Denis, France (g/b)

Darby: free (Irish); deer estate (Scandinavian) (g/b)

Cherokee: people of a different speech (Cherokee) (g/b)

Alma: learned (Arabic); soul (Latin) (g/b)

Bronwyn: white breasted (Welsh) (g/b)

Carmen: song (Latin) (g/b)

Ciara: black (Irish) (g/b)

Deja: before (French) (g/b)

Déja: before (French) (g/b)

Marion: bitter (French) (g/b)

Alisha: truthful (Greek); noble (German); See Alicia (g/b)

Alicia: truthful (Greek); noble (German) (g/b)

Kennedy: helmeted chief (g/b)

Some of My Favorite Boy/Girl Names

There are some names with very deep meanings that I have fallen in love with, from all kinds of cultures. I guess that’s part of why I love names: some cultures have such a connection to them. Having a list of names from other cultures helps me feel connected to them, you know? Like, seriously, I will have a “DUDE!” moment behind reading someone’s name. An “A-HA!” moment.

At any rate, I hope you enjoy this list of names. :D I have other names, but I figured it’d be easier to list by category. :D

“It’s not what you are called, it is what you answer to.” Answer to hope, love, faith, purpose, positivity, creativity, healing. “Let the weak say I am strong.” :)

Names are/were taken from:

55,000+ Baby Names by Bruce Lansky, 2005, Meadowbrook Press

The Best Baby Names in the World by JM Congemy, 2007, Harper

These are boy/girl names, where boys or girls can have the name, but, more likely than not, it is a boys' name.

BOY/GIRL (BOY-DOMINANT)

Quenby: feminine (Scandinavian) (gn); woman’s estate (b/g)

Quentin: fifth (Latin); Queen’s town (English) (b/g)

Quinton: fifth (Latin); Queen’s Town (English) (b/g)

Quinn: queen (English, German) (b/g)

Quimby: woman’s estate (b/g)

Quinby: woman’s estate (Scandinavian) (b/g)

Quincy: fifth (Irish) (b/g)

Simcha: joyful (Hebrew) (b/g)

Curran: heroine (Irish) (b/g)

Curin: heroine (b/g)

Chandler: candle maker (Old English); moon (Hindi) (b/g)

Maverick: independent (American) (b/g)

Foluke: given to God; placed in God’s care (Nigeria) (fo-loo-kay) (b/g)

Dominique: belonging to the Lord (French) (b/g)

Simon: He heard (Hebrew) (b/g)

Bennett: little blessed one (Latin) (b/g)

Kellen: mighty warrior (Irish) (b/g)

Asa: born in the morning (Japanese); healer (b/g)

Connor: wise (Scottish); praised, exalted (Irish) (b/g)

Dane: bright as day; from Denmark (England) (b/g)

Chauncey: chancellor, church official (English) (b/g)

Clark: cleric, scholar (French) (b/g)

Colin: young cub; victory for the people (Greek) (b/g)

Callum: dove (Irish) (b/g)

Tate: cheerful (Greek) (b/g)

Wyatt: little warrior (French) (b/g)

Dalton: town in the valley (English) (b/g)

Willie: determined guardian (German) (b/g)

Logan: meadow (Irish) (b/g)

Marshall: caretaker of the horses; military title (French) (b/g)

Reese: enthusiastic; stream (b/g)

Sebastian: venerable (Greek); revered (Latin); respectful (b/g)

Sebastien: venerable; revered; respectful (b/g)

Weston: western town (English) (b/g)

Walker: cloth walker; cloth cleaner (English) (b/g)

Wesley: western meadow (English) (b/g)

Wesleyan: western meadow (b/g)

Xavier: bright (Arabic); owner of the new house (Basque) (b/g)

Drew: courageous, strong (Greek); descendant of Drusus, the strong one (Latin) (b/g)

Blaise: stammerer (Latin); flame; trail mark made on a tree (French) (b/g)

Cameron: crooked nose (Scottish) (b/g)

Ethan: strong; firm (Hebrew) (b/g)

Galen: healer, calm (Greek); little and lively (Irish) (b/g)

Carter: cart driver (English) (b/g)

Dane: bright as day; from Denmark (English) (b/g)

Destin: fate (French) (b/g)

Devin: poet (Irish) (b/g)

Dawson: child of David (English) (b/g)

Dayton: day town; bright, sunny town (English) (b/g)

Harrison: child of Harry (English) (b/g)

Shawn: God is gracious (b/g)

Mandeep: mind full of light (Punjabi) (b/g); enlightened (Punjabi) (gn)

Lakota: a tribal name (Dakota) (b/g)

Garrett: brave spearman (Irish) (b/g)

Garrick: oak spear (b/g)

Lincoln: settlement by the pool (English) (b/g)

Dembe: peace, peaceful (Uganda) (DHEM-bay) (b) (g)

Hunter: hunter (English) (b/g)

Congo Square

CONGO SQUARE

By Lady 82Faye

I hear the drums beating,

Hands summoning us to come

Come home, sons and daughters.

I see your weary & down-trodden,

Your hungry, tired, & despair

I see your lynched – physically and spiritually

Come home.

Come home with dancing & joy,

Songs of love in your heart

I see your grieving mothers, your lost fathers

I hear your cries for help,

Your longing for unity, your pleas for humanity and from humanity

Come home. Come home to love and open arms, to love and warmth. Come home to the sun, the rays of peace, of self, of beauty.

Come home to trees of knowledge bright, where mothers of wit bore us, and fathers dear held us strong, with pride.

I know. I know your struggles to know yourself in the larger picture, of having to be better than average,

Though you know you’re enough.

I know your story for equality, from “Ain’t I A Woman” to “I Am A Man,” in world wars, civil wars, revolutionary wars, yet, you still fight…

To be seen as a human, treated with dignity, to feel a sense of belonging

Come home. Come home through the gates where it all began. The drums are calling. The hands of home guide the way.

Home.