What's In A Name?

Hi there,

Welcome to a new week in Bella's World.  To mark the recent release of Sacrifices of the Siren, the last book in the Sirens and Sailors series, I thought it would be interesting to share with you the meanings of the names of some of the characters.

‘SIRENS AND SAILORS’ – WHAT’S IN A NAME?

All of the main characters in the Sirens and Sailors series were given names appropriate to their meanings.  Here is a list of some of them:

NAME	MEANING	ORIGIN	FICTIONAL ORIGIN
SIRENS
Amaranda	Flowery	Greek	Refrainia
Kalliope	Beautiful Voice	Greek	Refrainia
Ligia	Beautiful Voice	Greek	Refrainia
Melantho	Serving Girl	Greek	Refrainia
Ademia	Unmarried	Greek	Refrainia
Hebe	Goddess of Youthful Beauty	Greek	Refrainia
Naida	Water Nymph	Greek	Refrainia
Sapphire	Blue Jewel	Greek	Refrainia
SAILORS
Eban Gal	Eban = Rock, Gal = Wave	Hebrew	Westland
Rechavia	Broad	Hebrew	Westland
Aitan	Strong	Hebrew	Westland
Blandon	Mild	Latin	Unspecified
Delmer	Of the Sea	Latin	Unspecified
Marinos	Of the Sea	Latin	Unspecified
Jasun	Healer	Greek	Unspecified
Farris	Rock	Greek	Unspecified
ELDERS		Greek	Refrainia
Hermandine	Well-born	Greek	Refrainia
Pallas	Wise	Greek	Refrainia
Solon	Wise	Greek	Refrainia
Sophronia	Wise	Greek	Refrainia
Minerva	Wise	Greek	Refrainia
Ophelie	Wisdom	Greek	Refrainia
OTHERS
Taneli	God is my Judge	Hebrew	Westland
Mitzi	Small, Bitter	Hebrew	Westland
Palben	Blond	Basque	Eastland
Zigor	Punishes	Basque	Eastland
Owen	Young Warrior	Greek	Refrainia

*Source of Information: The Character Naming Sourcebook by Sherrilyn Kenyon

  

COMPETITION TIME

Who is your favourite character from the series and why?  Leave a reply in the comments section below and I will pick someone at random to receive a free e:book of their choice from the series.  I will announce the reader on Wednesday's blog post.

What's Coming Up?

Our Writing; The Alphabet series continues on Wednesday with 'D' is for Dominance.  Skye Michaels will be joining me to discuss the subject. My guest for Meet the Author will be Peyton Clarke.  Join me on Friday to find out more about her and her latest release.

Until then I hope you have a great week and enjoy whatever you are reading and/or writing.