Gender: Feminine
Origin: Anglo-Saxon
Meaning: “Butterfly.”
Pronunciation: (fee-ful-DAH-rah)
Nicknames: Fi, Fifa
Detail: Anglo-Saxon word for butterfly.
Variations:
The Half Holiday, Alec home from school by Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes
Gender: Masculine
Origin: English / Spanish / Germanic
Meaning: “A man, barberry tree, fortified hill.”
Pronunciation: (AR-loh)
Nicknames: Ar, Arl, Lo
Detail: There are several origins of the name:
An Italian variant of the German Charles meaning “man”
The Spanish word for the “barberry tree”
An Old English variant of Harlow, derived from the Anglo-Saxon words here and hlaw meaning “army hill”
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Norse
Meaning: “Beloved lady; to love.”
Detail: Old Norse Frigg, Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frig are derived from Germanic Frijjō. The root also appears in Old Saxon fri which means “beloved lady”, in Swedish as fria “to propose for marriage” and in Icelandic as frjá which means “to love.”
TGIF TFIF (Thank Frigg It’s Friday!) 😉
Yes, Friday came from the Old English frīgedæg, meaning the day of Frigg. In most Germanic languages the day is named after Freyja, such as Frīatag (Old High German), Freitag (Modern German), Freyjudagr (Old Norse), Vrijdag (Dutch), Fredag (Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish)—but Freyja and Frigg are frequently identified with each other.
Frigg is a major Norse goddess, queen of Asgard (Norse God Headquarters). Frigg appears mainly in mythological stories as wife of Odin and a mother of Baldur. She is also has the power of foresight, yet she never reveals what she knows to anyone.
photo by Julie Reeman
Gender: Feminine
Origin: English
Meaning: “Noble battle; seasoned warrior.”
Pronunciation: (EY-lith)
Nicknames: Aili, Lith
Detail: Modern form of the Old English Æthelgyth, a compound of the elements Æthel meaning “noble” and gyth meaning “battle, strife.”
Gender: Masculine
Origin: English
Meaning: “Power of God.”
Pronunciation: (GAWD-rick)
Detail: Derived from Old English god combined with ric “power, rule”.
Godric Gryffindor is one of the four founders of Hogwarts. The symbol for Gryffindor is the lion.
Scottish Lion by Kevin Dyer
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Anglo-Saxon
Meaning: “Brave.”
Nicknames: Gondi, Dolly
Detail: In the Harry Potter series Gondoline Oliphant is famous for her studies of the life and habits of trolls.
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Germanic
Meaning: “Noble stone.”
Pronunciation: (a-THUHL-stan) Athelstan
Nicknames: Atho, Athan, Stan
Detail: Athelstan was the first king of England.
Character in Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe.
Frodo Baggins
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Norse
Meaning: “Clever; Learned; Wise by experience.”
Pronunciation: (FROH-doh)
Detail: Icelandic name derived from Old Norse fróðr, meaning “wise.”
Frodi is the name of a number of legendary Danish kings in various texts including Beowulf and Prose Edda.
Frodo Baggins is a principal protagonist of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. He was a hobbit of the Shire who inherited Sauron’s ring from Bilbo Baggins and undertook the quest to destroy it in Mount Doom.
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