Majesty by Wolfgang Weber
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “Great warrior; lion-king.”
Pronunciation: (ar-TAKS-ee-as)
Nicknames: Arto, Art, Artie, Tax
Detail: Artaxes (ar-TAK-seez) is the Greek form of Persian Artachshatra. In the bible, this is the name of the son and successor of Khshayarsha as emperor of Persia. His Hebrew name is Artachshashta.
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Literay – Tolkien
Meaning: “Son of red king.”
Pronunciation: (ROR-ih-mak)
Nicknames: Rory, Mac
Detail: Possibly derived from the Gaelic rori meaning “red king” and mac “son of”
Rorimac is grandfather of Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck. He was present at Bilbo’s famous Birthday Party, and was noted as being the first to suspect that Bilbo’s disappearance at that party meant that “Mad Baggins” had gone off on another adventure. He was nearly a hundred years old at that time, and commonly known as “Old Rory”.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Persian
Meaning: “Good looking, beautiful.”
Pronunciation: (VASH-tee)
Nicknames: Vash
Detail: In the book of Esther, in the bible, Vashti is the wife of King Ahasuerus. The king holds a banquet for his men, and Vashti holds a separate banquet for the women. On the seventh day, when the king was “merry with wine,” he sends for Vashti to come before him and his guests, to show off her beauty. Vashti refuses to come, and the king becomes angry. He asks his advisers how Vashti should be punished for her disobedience. His adviser tells him that Vashti has wronged not only the king, but also all of the husbands of Persia, whose wives may be encouraged by Vashti’s actions to disobey their husbands. He encourages the king to dismiss Vashti and find a new queen. The king then chooses Esther to replace Vashti as queen.
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Origin: Arabic
Meaning: “Light.”
Pronunciation: (noor)
Detail: This name is borne by the Queen Noor of Jordan.
Noor is a city in northern Iran.
Noor is also a beautiful Pakistani actress.
In the Dutch and Flemish ethymology the name Noor is a form of Eleanor, meaning “God is my light.”
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.
Safie, One of the Three Ladies of Baghdad by William Clarke Wontner
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Turkish
Meaning: “Queen.”
Pronunciation: (Eh-che) Ece
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Tolkien
Pronunciation: (AR-ruh-gorn)
Detail: Aragorn is the heroic and humble Ranger-turned-king of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
