Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-11-16
FEMALE NAMES.

,,uch resen,, itself we can quote nothing @r
need quoie nothing, for
MThe very music Of the name has gone
Into our being"
Let the motto the toast il you will pe tue sns'o
Bryan Waller Proctor:
"Here's q health to thee, Mary.
s,.;,rro.t AZ common name Mary, but 1t iarxs
,h r..,;0e which its histories and poeticai ass0cia
hoy around the latter. It is also from the hebrew
signifies princess In poetry il takes tue iorm % -
or Sale and is found in many love song ana Oa'Ao
!; ,;,s contracted to SAL which is neither poetiea
euphonious.
Laughing, spoTting prattling Sale'
Now tell me what shall be
The tint Of sky, sunlit or starry,
To which I'll liken thee
The sohes shades Of heavens own blue 49,
Those lusrous eyes seem melting tnougn
S .no,har name Of Hebrew origin, sgnhes "s5~
r. rv !, usually seen its contracted form OF sue.
! n,e,tv name and is mmortaized in Gays weiknoSH
ballad. The sign6caion Of me name is very naPPns
duced in the closing line
.Adeu. she cried, and waved her lily hand"
Ralph Hoyt in very graceful poem, entitled my oU'
has the following lines:
g And how often have srayed
With the lads along the lea,
And with many pretty mald
YET ah mono Of them ior me
For If she whom love best
In The groups could not Dc SEEM
No contsnmen in my breast,
No delight upon tne g!esn
But there was garden nigh,
With It's bower just in view,
| md stiu crayed my heart and eye
| That sweet lily there-my sue.
| N ahe is probably derived from ma 6eAo, nsnhsn1
fair though some suppose that il s contracted no"
love " or amable. II il good name 10 e''us'
30. Inv of benp perpeusted. Mary Howitt mas De
coz nmencing
.sArise, my maiden Mabel =
,.;h . h on,v noem we now recollect in which inc nn
occurs. r.S
| Ursula, name associated in our mind with noasan
face and goodness Of heart concealed under inc fe
i f.om the Latin, and signifies nothing more famis0e
/ female bear who, knowing this, will give, tne nAu'
child N
Blanche one of the sweetest names ever Hne "
| from tEe French, and signifies white OF II Ar. H'
makes the orange flower its floral type:
aAh, Cousin Blanche, let's Se
4 What's the flower resembi ig thee,
/ With those dove-like eyes Of thsnss
i And ,hy fair hairs silken swine,
With thy low broad oreh cad, whiss
81 Az marble, and purely bright
With thy mouth SO car and dsweef
Il = And thy dainty hands and feet
i What's the flower mo- 4 Ike to thee.
i Blossom Of the orang tree ~
Lucy. in its French from Lac Z, signifies lhssas RI
from the Latin
j "Lucy iaso' 1sn siirs,s
lsays Bryan Proctor, MANY win echo the line Lucy w
favorte name with almost every Word xworh has
made it one Of the
nam IS welded unto song"
And lovey Sdeed is the maiden bearing that vweet nsex
whom nature proposes mould at will, to her iasss
Il 80 m.,She. will be sportive as the fawn
ms 8 wild with glee the lawn
Or up the mountain spingsi
And hers shall be the breathing bam
i And hers the silence and the calm
\ Of mute insensate things
{ "The stars Of midnigh, shall be dear
To her, and she shall lean her
| In many secret place,
Where nvuets dance their wsyward round.
/ And beauty born Of murmurng sound
i Shall pass into her face.
1 "And vital feelings Of delight
Shall rear her form to stately height,
Her virgin bosom swell;
Such thoughts to Lucy will give
While she and together live,
Here in this happy dell"
Beatrice is another derived from the Latin II sS
nihes one cho 6lesscs makes happy. No br
more appropriate for lovely, sectionsie, and amiabe
man. Beatrice has been honored above all others By A~
poets. Dante. Shakespeare, and Shelley have, in t~n.
thrown around the charm Of their numbers and linked
with thoughts both lovely and tragic:
10 son Beatrice chi ii fsccio sndsre0
Caroline is the feminine form Of Charles rather Of IN
Latin equivalent Carolus 1t from the German saS
has the signi6cation of brave sould raGanf The
has been borne BY who have proved themselves
worthy of the name II the manly breast alone thss
valor is found or needed There those who. hasnU
learned
-" How sublime thing is
To suffer and be strong,"
have displayed courage which shames that Of ewxrrscx s
the battlefield. Caroline IS sometimes abbreviated to Car
Calie, and Cal
81 know fair young girl.
With eye like the sky own blue.
Orr sweet spring flower when i,s s1ure leaves.
Are bright with the early dew
Oh, thing half earth and half divine
Is shs, The fair young Caroline"
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