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I had two friends and the three of us made up names and pretended we were King Arthur's cousins. One of us called herself "Renara" (completely made up) and we called her Ren and Rennie all the time. But I've always thought perhaps that Renara might be linked to Rhiannon.
The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
I had two friends and the three of us made up names and pretended we were King Arthur's cousins. One of us called herself "Renara" (completely made up) and we called her Ren and Rennie all the time. But I've always thought perhaps that Renara might be linked to Rhiannon.
The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
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boys name - (French) - able, also Renney, Renni, Rennye according to Diane Staffords book 40,001 best baby names
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Good Lord, no!
Those are all butcherings of René, which is indeed a male name in French (see Rene). Renée's the feminine form.
I actually would believe that Renny's a form of Renée, though. Or it even could've been influenced by Irene or Ireneus (essentially the male form of Irene, albeit with a slightly different meaning). But, as always with my guesses, don't necessarily take this as gospel.
Kay, as a general rule never trust any name book or site with the word "baby" in it. They're, quite simply, mostly total and utter crap, with made-up or misleading meanings without etymological citations, misunderstandings resulting from mistranslations, and such absurd things like "Native American" or "American" names. Also, 95% of the "40,001" names (does anyone ever check how many?) are outright butchered spellings, and often legitimate international or alternate spellings get lost in between the kre8tyv spellings.
We're not a "baby names" site. We're a site devoted to human names; it just so happens that humans are born in small, undeveloped forms we call "babies". Above all, we're much more devoted to etymology--the study of words--and history than your average baby name site, and hence have a decidely scholarly bent.
EDIT: I had a brain burp that told me Renny (REN-ee, yes?) was more related to Irene (ie-REEN or ie-REE-nee) than Renée (re-NAY or reh-neh)... I blame an hour-and-a-quarter of English!
Miranda
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Those are all butcherings of René, which is indeed a male name in French (see Rene). Renée's the feminine form.
I actually would believe that Renny's a form of Renée, though. Or it even could've been influenced by Irene or Ireneus (essentially the male form of Irene, albeit with a slightly different meaning). But, as always with my guesses, don't necessarily take this as gospel.
Kay, as a general rule never trust any name book or site with the word "baby" in it. They're, quite simply, mostly total and utter crap, with made-up or misleading meanings without etymological citations, misunderstandings resulting from mistranslations, and such absurd things like "Native American" or "American" names. Also, 95% of the "40,001" names (does anyone ever check how many?) are outright butchered spellings, and often legitimate international or alternate spellings get lost in between the kre8tyv spellings.
We're not a "baby names" site. We're a site devoted to human names; it just so happens that humans are born in small, undeveloped forms we call "babies". Above all, we're much more devoted to etymology--the study of words--and history than your average baby name site, and hence have a decidely scholarly bent.
EDIT: I had a brain burp that told me Renny (REN-ee, yes?) was more related to Irene (ie-REEN or ie-REE-nee) than Renée (re-NAY or reh-neh)... I blame an hour-and-a-quarter of English!
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
This message was edited 2/20/2006, 5:22 PM
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Being a linguist I couldnt agree more Mirada, however I have failed to find any books on name etymology without the baby cutsey top 100000 names to guarantee your baby will win a nobel prize ;) Im a dedicated classic scholar and as Ive already posted any recommendations on must-reads will be of great help. Thank you ever so much for any suggestions you may have,
Kay
Kay
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Well, this site's very good
I would trust BtN first and foremost. However, other sites I have bookmarked are:
Edgar's Name Pages: http://snipurl.com/7wjg - Good for history, not so much for meanings.
Oxygen.com's Babynamer: http://snipurl.com/869q - Good (it discusses alternate meanings, always an encouraging sign), but their Hebrew names need help according to Miss Claire, one of our resident Jewish name nerds. I like the site's feature of listing similar names to the one you're looking up.
Hebrew Letters: http://snipurl.com/fzpk - What Miss Claire routinely uses for Jewish names.
Hungarian Names List: http://snipurl.com/kfwn - Er, the official list of Hungarian names allowed by law, with name days. However, obviously it's all in Hungarian; all you really need to know, however, is: férfi név = boy name, while női név = girl name.
Bible Gateway: http://snipurl.com/2til - This is actually not a name site, but a site with multiple translations of the Bible. However, if you need an obscure translation of a Biblical name (what is the Vietnamese form of Naomi anyway?), then this is an excellent place to look it up.
Patron Saints Index: http://snipurl.com/9vk9 - Another non-naming site, this is a vast collection of Catholic saints. Good for naming inspiration, if only for the unusual names that crop up, and also good for getting inspiration for character names (need a name for a pilot? Go with Joseph or Thérèse in honour of Joseph of Cupertino or Thérèse of Lisieux, both patron saints of pilots).
I would trust BtN first and foremost. However, other sites I have bookmarked are:
Edgar's Name Pages: http://snipurl.com/7wjg - Good for history, not so much for meanings.
Oxygen.com's Babynamer: http://snipurl.com/869q - Good (it discusses alternate meanings, always an encouraging sign), but their Hebrew names need help according to Miss Claire, one of our resident Jewish name nerds. I like the site's feature of listing similar names to the one you're looking up.
Hebrew Letters: http://snipurl.com/fzpk - What Miss Claire routinely uses for Jewish names.
Hungarian Names List: http://snipurl.com/kfwn - Er, the official list of Hungarian names allowed by law, with name days. However, obviously it's all in Hungarian; all you really need to know, however, is: férfi név = boy name, while női név = girl name.
Bible Gateway: http://snipurl.com/2til - This is actually not a name site, but a site with multiple translations of the Bible. However, if you need an obscure translation of a Biblical name (what is the Vietnamese form of Naomi anyway?), then this is an excellent place to look it up.
Patron Saints Index: http://snipurl.com/9vk9 - Another non-naming site, this is a vast collection of Catholic saints. Good for naming inspiration, if only for the unusual names that crop up, and also good for getting inspiration for character names (need a name for a pilot? Go with Joseph or Thérèse in honour of Joseph of Cupertino or Thérèse of Lisieux, both patron saints of pilots).
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