The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-08

Is meadow az head &C az sssa-d- Hanna.
Mark. Is Simply another form o. grace
Eayavs r. ; hay horse rider Irsersolf,
Cosoaai. Il psI2ssal aood. having por-
rIco s-srv. Dickens. Charles. Is s1s son OF
Tssox Or Eiehsra- B&echer. Esnry w, -
~ We I'D h6gS On ba@caruts. McIlrata
vss bern when some star. as Jupiter, " as
rising Burns poet. Is cf high birth Bass.
John. rseaas little. giving Bassstt. very
little The hcrove1 name Cameron sGg-
gets crooked nose. Courtney IS snort
s.nh neSe Purcell. Archbishop, little
mouth. Campbell. a crooked mouth La
f,eo lawyer, Indicates thick lips. Sullivan.
John. means fair eyes TIE name Assor
IN. II means Thursday born Astcag
rsssaras q .'fat boy AZ BIRTH TIE above
are all classified - patrcryEzscs. p3s
IA r1@s that ara traced % mothers are
called r~letrorvrnfcs. These Though looked
szkancs 81 by refined moisrns, took tia
place Of patron ertcs with tbs Lyctans.
From the maternal side cerae such names
as Itshctson. or son az Elizabeth; Dyson.
SCR CT Diana Nelson, in raost cases, IS son
cf Ellen. Sue = form Of Susan. meaning
G. sweater Eyson ard NyesoE ara sons %
Sophie McJsnEett "a son % little Jams.
hence comes Littlesnhr. sTainage means
nothing less than tail Aa9ge. or son Of tall
Nargaret EmUet II the son % Emma.
MarEeriAon Is son OF Marjory. and Marry
att means a son OF Mary The Spanish
and Portuguese saT2ames ara formed ~
'saxf or ~ez' affixed. these two are varia-
tons OF the tail Of fiiuS. a soa, IA Diaz.
president Of Mexico. means son OF James,
or Jauzisnn EDGAR which Is the supplant-
sr's son Gomez, General Is az JOAN, for
John. giving Juarez. or johnson. Tervan-
tez. novelist. Is swift "a a day. Lobez is
our Jacobs. while Lopez Is the Spanish
like our Smith and Jones
Italian Patrouymirs.
The italian pa.ronyrnic is often formed
by placing the name Of a son before that
% his father, as Giancarfos. IS JOHN. son
Of Charles. and Masatonio. or Thomas.
son Of Anthony. This mode OF expressing
fiiisi relationship was adopted from the
Greeks who have a class OF names SINH
larry formed. as Dion Cassius is Dion son
% Casslus, and PauiIna Petrowna Is Paul
inc. daughter OF Peter The name of his
holiness, Pore Leo XIII, IS Pecci, mean
Ing IAN eater" Leo. from Leon, and Ly-
ems are ali lions. The name OF Pope Plus
Y. translated 10 the English is john Mary
Thomas Smith. from Ferritti. giving us
Feron. James. another form OF Smith.
Borghese, Paul V. and o'Burke are per-
sors having civil rights. Merchant Car
dinai. means one born half an infant.
Nazarin was pastry cook. Vaughn. Car
dinal of England. means a '4petticoat."
Taschereau Is one who gathered eccle-
siastieai first fruits" There were lately
IN Rome two cardinals, SettantaGue and
ouarantotfo the italian fer 2 and IS. The
name Of the eminent sculptor Trentanove.
means e. On one occasion a holy father
was accompanied by Cardinals Quagiia,
meaning noisy bird, and Panebianco.
eating white bread Our beloved cardinal,
James IS q suppIanter. while Gibbons,
from Gilbert. is q glorious warrior. Last
" we must recognize the names of a few
q the many distinguished women Of our
day. The sweet name Of Mary Is para
mount to all others, as there is no tongue
whore the name OF the blessed Virgin
Mary has not had its soothing influences.
We have al possible variations Of her
name and titles applied to a man child.
Among the Latins and Germans are thou
sands OF men and women named Mary,
Maria. and Mario. which means lone born
when the parents are In sore distress"
0loriosa speaks OF the glories of Mary.
Santa Maria, General, Is the Spanish for
Holy Mary. Mercedes, Infanja of Spain.
bespeaks of the nsrcies OF Gods mother.
while Annunciata. Spanish lady. was one
born March IS, on the feast OF the annun-
citation. The Irish surnames McMurelin,
Murchisou. ard McMurtagh were families
dedicated 10 the service of Mary. Many
OF The names of women suggest some SEN
tirnent OF endearment. or physical perfec-
tons, as Isabella. means beautiful, Com
lava soft hands, Mabel my beauty. Mira
fora Countess. sweet as thousand f7ov.-
ers:" NignoDette. 8 little dear. and Zeno-
hia. Queen, Is fathers ornament AMI
Ouida, novelist. ''nobody's darling" The
name Eutaxta, deserves greater popular
!ty with the women, as she Is one wh3 can
decently arrange her garments
Names of Women
Rose and Rosa in many cases is q flower.
but Its European meaning is a nobIerna1's
gardener, so Rosa. flower Bonheur is good
hour: Adeilna, OF noile birth. Patti is a
shepherdess; Jennie is little John, Lind is
a lime tree: Frances Is an italian speaking
French. Willard Is one of brave nature:
Helen is one S1fo shines. Morton IL lwe4I-
ing place on a moor; Barker and Tanner.
governor OF Illinois, are dealers In bark
USED IN tannery: Kate Is one of intellec-
tual devotion. BrownIee the boundary of
a lee; Sherwood Is a boundary forest: Pau
line is daughter OF Paul, Cushmau Is a
coWman or caeesemaker. a society lady
was presented TO Queen Victoria AT a le,.ee
and at once was voted one Of the creme de
la creme. To burlesQue this ridiculous
name a wag gives her genealosy as being
Adam own cousin german by its birth"
Ap words. ap milk, APP cow ap grass
ap earth, but Caeeseman is from cheese
and Ike Gresham. Walter @. means "a
great house" Now for an explanatian OF
the meaning Of few surnames that ara
near 10 US. Swift, mayor IS a runner:
Sears, from SER, and Bsdenoch. police Is
applied 20 rough, rocky and scruhby dis
tricts. in Scotland Hopkins and Harrison
are both derived from Henry. bono
ruler; BNshey Is town In the woods; "by''
IN English names is the Danish form OK
borough, meaning town. Dixon is son
OF Dick or Richard: Lawson from law
renee, anciently Lawreus. are all crowned
with laurels- Palmer is an ancient form
OF pilgrim. Altgeld IS old money. in Ger
man. Armour is another form of Smith
one who by smithlng made arnours far
KNIGHTS OF CID. Gordon. postmaster. is a
castle on a hill.