So a post on the ROGUE HUNTER thread got me thinking about the names of our favorite Argenaeus and how the meaning of their names relate o their stories....
check it out and let me know what you light and dislike...
***In NO particular order******

GARRETT "English" Armed with a spear.
Mortimer "French" still water
I can't wait to see how this relates.....

Victor "French": from a medieval, meaning‘conqueror’
(so fits!)

Etienne: "French" is Crown
(blond hair, gold, very sneaky!)

Lucian "Latin" meaning light

Julius "Latin" Down-bearded youth

Bastien "French" Venerable, Revered

Lucern "German" Lake Lucerne...you know the rest!


Lissianna ???

Vincent "Latin" prevailing

Thomas "Greek" meaning TWIN

Margurtie "french" pearl

Marcus Latin origin, and its meaning is "dedicated to Mars" (who by the way is the roman God of Fertility...) considering all the fun he and Julius would have....it suits him don't you think!!

I know I have missed a few, but I will be back to add the rest later....just wanted to start the thread and see what everyone thought were!!!

Thanks g I was searching for this...
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amazin i love finding out little things like that

Thanks...the idea was born from a conversation between WREN and ACAL....I thought it would be fun! and it is...

Hopefully, I will have the rest soon!!

Thanks G3. I liked this info. While you searching see what you can find on the names of Armand, Martine and their father's name Ramses. I would be very interested to know their origins.

I am assuming Armand and Martine are french, but you know what they say about assuming

ok, ready for the next round...

This one caught my eye as very intresting...

Alexandria.."GREEK" Helper and defender of mankind

Ramses..."AFRICAN" sun born

Ths one a little difficult....
Jean Claude, togeher aren't anything, but separate...

jean..."french" Gracious in God
Claude..."french" LAME

Martine..."Latin" of Mars (the Roman God of war); warlike

Darius..."biblical" He that informs himself

Aloyisius..."french"the name of the Italian Saint Aloysius of Gonzaga, and common among British Roman Catholics

Raphael...."Hebrew" God has healed.

Cale..."English" Bold.

Decker..."English" Roofer.

Elspeth...."Hebrew" Consecrated to God.

Julianna..."Latin" Downy-haired, youthful
**sound familliar**

Victoria..."Latin" victory,'triumphant

Armand..."French" Army man, soldier. Famous Bearer
**cool huh! some things aren't so subtle**

Susanna.."hebrew" lily

Althea.."GREEK" Wholesome.

Rosamound..."German" Noted protector; horse protector.

That covers the famlly tree...
anyone else you want to know about...let me know!!

Gena, I have almost all the names looked up. I did it a while back when we said something about name meanings on the favorite immortal names board...So we may have some that are similar from different sources.

After a while, you will notice an interesting pattern. Our Lynsay is good with the details, true?

wren

Very True. Thanks guys. Made my day.

***POSSIBLE SPOILERS IN NOTES***

Male Names, Origins, & Meanings:

A=Argeneau, N=Notte, L=Lifemate, E=Enforcer I=other Immortal, M=Mortal, R=Rogue/Immortal Villain, MV=Villain

A: Lucien ~ French "Bright Light"

A: Jean Claude ~ Jean = Celtic/Gaelic "God is Gracious" & Claude = Latin "Lame"

A: Armand ~ French "Army Man" / Latin "of the Army"

A: Victor ~ Latin "Winner, Conqueror"

N: Julius ~ Latin "Downy"/ Greek "Youthful"

N: Marcus ~ Latin "Warlike"

L: Aloysius (surname Pimms?) ~ German "A Warrior" (Martine's 2nd lifemate, father of Decker, Elspeth, Julianna & Victoria)

A: Darius ~ Greek "Wealthy"/Persian"Upholder of the Good" (Also name of Martine's 1st lifemate, the father of her oldest three sons: Darius, Raphael, and Cale)

A: Raphael ~ Hebrew "God Has Healed"

A: Cale ~ Hebrew Form of Caleb = "Faithful, Bold"

A: Lucern ~ Luc/Luke = French/Latin "Light" (from Lake Lucerne)

N: Christian ~ Latin/English "Follower of Christ"

A: Bastien ~ French "Venerable, Revered"

A: Vincent ~ Latin "Victorious"

A: Etienne ~ French "Crown, Crowned One"

A: Thomas ~ Greek "A Twin"

L: Gregory ~ Greek "Vigilant, Watchful" (Lissianna)

A & E: Decker Argeneau Pimms ~ Decker = German "Man of Prayer /Irish "Strong,Devout" &
English "Digger of Ditches"

E: Garrett Mortimer ~ Garrett = Celtic/Gaelic "To Watch" & English "Spear Rule"/ Mortimer = French "Still Water, Deep" & English "From the Still Pond"

E: Bricker ? English Brick/Bricke "alert, bridge"(possibility?)

N: Dante ~ Latin "Everlasting, Enduring"

N: Tommaso ~ Italian "Form of Thomas = Twin and Doubter- Thomas was the apostle who doubted the ressurected Jesus"

I: Allessandro (Cipriano) ~ Italian: "Defender of Man"

I: Edward (Kenric) ~ English "Wealthy Guardian, Prospering Defender"

I: Harpernus (Stoyan) ~ Harper = English "Harp Player"

E: Dieudonne Jules (D.J.) Benoit = French "God Given, Youthful, Blessed"

M: Vittorio ~ Italian "Winner, Conqueror"

M: Tiny McGraw ~ Scottish surname - From McGrath, McGraw..."Love, Fondness, Virtue, the son of Prosperity" Tiny = possible nickname?

M: Teddy Brunswick ~ Teddy from
Edward = English "Wealthy Guardian, Prospering Defender" or Theodore = Greek "Divine Gift, God's Gift, A Blessing"
Brunswick = Old German "Bruno's Village"

M: Vladimir Drake ~ Vladimir = Russian/Slavic "Glorius Leader"
Drake = English "Fire-Breathing, Dragonlike" (goth vampire wannabe - TAV)

R: Morgan ~ Welsh "The Edge of the Sea" Celtic "Confident, Seaman" (friend of Jean Claude turned Rogue Vampire - BMIYC)

R: William ~ English "Strong-Willed Warrior, Staunch Protector" (Pedophile - ABTR)

MV: Jason Lerner ~ Greek "Healer, Man on a Quest" (Vampire Hunter - TAV)

MV: Father Joseph ~ Hebrew "God Will Increase, Asset"
(misguided priest - AQB)

MV: Dwayne/Bob ~ Dwayne = African-American "Country, From the Wagon Maker" English "Dark, Black"/ Bob = Form of Robert - English "Bright Flame"
("cucumber guy" misguided follower/helper of Father Joseph - AQB)

MV: Owen Knight ~ Owen = Welsh "Well-born"
(misguided teen vampire wannabe to impress a girl in TAV who accidently caused trouble for Elvi - TAV)

MV: Mike Knight ~ Mike = short for Michael Hebrew "Who is like God?" (Owen's misguided father and Karen's husband - TAV)
Knight = English "Protector"

MV: Norman (Pudge) ~ English "Man From The North, Sincere" (insane vampire hunter/vampire wannabe - LB)

***POSSIBLE SPOILERS IN NOTES***

Female Names, Origins, & Meanings:

A=Argeneau, N=Notte, L=Lifemate, E=Enforcer, I=other Immortals, M=Mortals, R=Rogues/Immortal Villains, MV=Villains

A: Martine ~ French "Servant of Mars, Warlike One"

A: Marguerite ~ French "Pearl"

L: Susanna ~ Latin "Lily" (Armand's 1st Lifemate)

L: Althea ~ Greek "Healer" (Armand's 2nd Lifemate & Thomas' Mother)

L: Rosamund ~ German "A Garden of Flowers" (Armand's 3rd Lifemate & Jeanne Louise's Mother)

L: Marion ~ Hebrew from Mary + Anna "Bitter-Gracious"
(Victor's 1st Lifemate and Vincent's Mother)

A: Lissianna ~ ? French Lisette "Consecrated to God" +
Hebrew Anna "Gracious" (I can't find this name...we will have to ask Lynsay. It's a beautiful name!)

A: Elspeth ~ Scottish/Hebrew "God is my Oath, Consecrated to God"

A: Jeanne Louise ~ Jeanne = French "God is Gracious" + Louise = English "Famous Warrior" & German "Hardworking & Brave, Fights With Honor"

A: Julianna ~ Latin/Italian Julia = Downy, Youthful, Forever Young + Hebrew Anna = Gracious

A: Victoria ~ Latin "Winner, Conqueror"

I: Mirabeau ~ Latin Mira "Behold, Admirable" + French Beau "Handsome, Beautiful"

L: Rachel ~ Hebrew "Ewe, Innocent Lamb" (Etienne)

L: Kate ~ English/Celtic/Gaelic "Pure, Virginal" (Lucern)

L: Terri ~ from Theresa - Greek "Harvester" (Bastien)

L: Jackie ~ English "Supplanter"/French "To Protect" (Vincent)

L: Leigh ~ English "Field, Sheltered From The Storm" (Lucian)

L: Ellen/Elvi ~ Greek "Light" Elvi - from Elvira, Spanish "Foreign & True" (Victor)

L: Mabel ~ English "Lovable, My Beautiful One" (D.J.)

L: Inez ~ Spanish "Meek, Pure, Holy" (Thomas)

A: Luciana (Lucy) ~ Italian/English "Light"

I: Meredith ~ Welsh "Lord" (Bastien's secretary)

I: Sharon ~ Hebrew "Open Heart, Desert Plain" (Vincent's secretary)

M: Maria ~ Latin "Sea of Bitterness"

MV: Karen ~ Greek/Irish "Pure-Hearted" (Misguided wife of Mike Knight & mother of Owen - TAV)

R: Lily ~ Latin/Chinese "Blossoming Flower, Elegant"
(Vampire of Revenge - ABTR)

R: Vita ~ Italian "Animated, Lively, Life" (Pure Evil vampire - VI)

A few others:

E: Justin Bricker ~ English "Just, Fair" possiblity for surname - "Alert, Bridge"?

N: Neil ~ Scottish/Irish "Victor, Champion, Passionate"

N: Stephano ~ Greek "Victorious"

N: Nicodemos ~ Greek "People's Victory"

I think it's ironic that Vita's name means Animated, Lively, Life

Bricker's first name is Justin? I love that name it is my favorite little nephew's (admit here but not in my sister's prescence) name. Okay tell me more about Justin.

I love how the life mates names coincide with the men's names...in meaning!!


LYNSAY is a genius!

G3,

I told you that you would find an interesting and interwoven pattern. I also like how the immortals names are interwoven...name meanings being the same or similar for various family members. Like Vincent is actually named for his father Victor, when you look at the name meaning.

W2

*** SPOILERS ~ TAV***

I found it interesting that Elvira, where Elvi gets her nickname, is Spanish for "foreign and true."

She is in a Spanish speaking country that is not her own, and it is true that she was "turned" accidentally
while in Mexico.

Her true name Ellen, fits Victor, as it means "Light" and she brings light back to him that he has not had since the loss of Marion, and also it fits with several of the Argeneau family names. I found another meaning for Ellen ~ English "open-minded" ~ and she is open-minded about Victor's special needs concerning feeding and the possibility that the genetic anomaly could pass on to their children. Also, she and Mabel had to be open-minded about what had happened to her for her to survive after she was turned.

Also, notice that a lot of the older immortals have names concerning victory or being warlike...maybe because they are the ones who had to be victorious for the immortals to survive, or they make up the councils or serve as enforcers?

wren

Shaa, I agree about Vita. She did spend her life being vibrant & lively to hide the fact that she was "stealing" Julius' life from him. That makes the irony really brilliant, doesn't it?

wren

Here are some altenate meanings:

A: Lissianna ~ Greek - possibly from Lissandra, Lysandra - "Defends Others, Liberator; She Frees Others" or possibly a form of Alexandra/Alexis - Greek/English/Scottish/Spanish "Regal Protector, Helpful, Pretty" (As Greg is her lifemate and she is very beautiful, these fit...as well as the fact that she is not afraid to stand up to her Uncle Lucian, and that she wanted to gain her independence and help others after her father died. Maybe Lissianna is the French form of these names.)

I: Meredith ~ Welsh "Lord, Protector"

M: Maria ~ Latin/French/German/Italian/Polish/Spanish
- meaning "Desired Child" for all of the above.

M: Magda ~ Scandinavian/Polish "Believer, Woman of Magdala" and from Magdala - Greek "Girl In The Tower"
(She was Marguerite's maid who took Christian to Julius as a baby to save him, and a victim of Vita.)

L: Marion ~ French - form of Mary "delicate spirit"
(Victor's 1st lifemate and Vincent's Mother)

M: Christopher (C.K.) Keyes ~ Christopher = Greek "Christ-Bearer"

It is interesting that Rachel's maiden name is Garrett, and Garrett is Mortimer's first name.

Considering Rachel's occupation, it fits.

i've been wondering.......there's this gum or something that people chew when they try to quite cigarette smoking and it's called nicoderm. it kinda looks like nicodemus. think they're related in some way?

Vivian,

Well, Nicodemus name fits, doesn't it? If you manage to quit smoking with the gum, you have a victory.

I think the name for nicoderm comes from nicotine...the addictive part of tobacco, and from "derm" meaning skin. There is also a patch that you can apply to your skin daily...and it sticks on and releases the nicotine. Slowly, the smoker is weaned off of the nicotine in smaller doses in the patches/gum...there are numbers on the boxes for the "level" you are on. My aunt and my sister both used the patches to quit smoking.

hth, wren

Bastien, Bastian, Bastion. Bastions are like mini-fortresses which stored treasures like a medieval bank vault, so isn't it fitting that Terri means 'harvester'?

Does anybody have the meaning of Sebastian as where the name is taken from? (One of the novels I read recently had a minor character named Bastian, Sebastian as the characters full name.)

Acal,

Sebastien ~ Latin/French "dramatic, honorable, venerable"

Another meaning for Bastien ~ Greek "respected"

It seems that most of the lifemates' name meanings match in some way...see Gena's earlier post about it.

wren