The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-02-18
Baptismal Names and their Sig
nifoations.

It is quite important that some-
thing should be known Of baptismal
names, to prevent the ludicrous mis-
applications that so frequently occur
therein. For the benefit of those
curious on the subject, we give a par
tial list Of female names, with their
meanings:
Adelaide, Adele, Adelina, Alice,
Aline, noble Maiden Adrienne, vir-
lie courage Agatha, good; Agnes,
pure, innocent; Alexandrina, protec.
tor of warriors; Amanda, amiablc !;
Amelia, powerful above all Auoe,
graceful (; Anastasia, resurrection I;
Angela, messenger Of tho sun An
toinette, inestimable; Augusta, ven
erable Aurelin, suns Aurora, day.
break Barbara, stranger Beatrice,
ever happy, blessed; Berenice, victo.
~; Bertha, bright, illustrious, Blan-
che, fair skinned Bridget, strength;
Camilla, free maid; Caroline, valiant,
celebrated; Catherine, pure, sincere;
Cecilia, blind, small.eycd Celeste,
Celcstinc, celestial; Charlotte, vale
liant; Christine, christian; Clara, fa-
nous; Claudia, lame; Clementine,
mercilul; Constance, firm Coralie,
young aud beautiful; Cordelia, jewel
Of the sea; Cornclia, crow, bird of
augury; Cirilla, lordly; Dagmar,
Danes JOY; Diana, goddess; Dolores,
sorrows Dominica, Sunday child
Dorcas, gazelle; Dora, Dorothea, gift
of God Drusilla, strong; Eleanor,
disguised perfume; Eliza, Elizabeth,
oath of God, Ella, elf friend; Elvira,
white Elsie, noble cheer Emily,
gentle Emelne, melody; Emma,
protectress; Erucstine, earnest; Es.
meralda, omerald Estellc, star; Eu.
genie, happily born; Eva, lifej Evan
goline, happy messenger Fanny,
Frances, free; Faustina, lucky; Fe
licia, hoppyi Fenella, whito-shoul-
dered; Flora, flowers; Florence, -four.
ishiug; Gabrielle, hero of God; &c.
nevieye, white maid; Georgiaua, hus.
bandman Geraldine, spear power;
Gertrude spear maid Gweudoine,
white-browed; Harriet, Henrietta,
home ruler; Helen, light; Heloise,
famous holiness; Hortenso, gardener;
Ida, thirsty; Inez, pure; Irene, peacei
Isabel, oath Of Baal; Jacinthe, pur-
pie; Jane, Jenny, Jessie, Joanna,
grace of the Lord; Josephine, addi-
ton, Judith, praise; Julia, downy
bearded Justino, just Laura, lau.
rel; Leonora, light; Letitia, gladness;
Lefty, truth; Lillian, Lilias, lily; Lii
la, oath of God Louise, famous ho-
illness; Lucy, light; Margaret, pearl
Martha, becoming bittori Mary, Bit
ter tear; Matilda, mighty battle
maid; Melauie, black Melissa, bee;
Mildred, mild threatener Muriel,
myrrh; Nathalie, Christmas child
Nora, honor; 0otavio, ei7l -, ni...;, .,l,..,
Ria; olyTRiiIGn P3AhSSprna' fCrpu"t lower Of
horses; Phoebe, shining; Phyllis, fo-
liage; Portia, of the pigs Priscilla,
ancient; Rachel, eve; Rebecca, noos-
ed cord Regina, queeOi Rhoda,
Rosalie, rose Rita, pearl; Rosalind,
famed serpent; Rosamoud, famed
protection; Salome, peaceful Sarah,
princess Selma, moon Seraphine,
scraph Sophia, wisdom Stephanie,
crown; Susan, lily; Sylvia, wood
maiden; Tabitha, gazelle; Tamar,
palm Thomasine, twin Theresa,
corn bearer Ulrica, noble ruler f;
Urania, heavenly; Ursula, bear; Va
leria, healthy; Veronica, true pict-
ure; Victoria, couqueror; Viola, vio-
let; Virginia, Aourishing; W'lhelmi-
ua, helmet of resolution; Yolande,
violet; Zenobia, fathers ornament;
Zillah, shadow.