Nook of Names

Era

Here are some more tempting delights from Latin, just waiting to be adopted as names…

And their dark side; those with lovely sounds but loathly meanings.

The Lovelies:

• Ebenus — “ebony tree”
• Ebur – “ivory”
• Efferus, Effera — “very wild”
• Effigia — “likeness”
• Egregius, Egregia — “excellent,” “extraordinary”
• Eia — an expression of joy and surprise
• Elegantia — “refinement,” “grace”
• Elegia — “elegy”
• Eminentia – “prominence”
• Eno – “I swim out,” “I fly away”
• Ensifer – “sword-bearing”
• Ensiger – “sword-bearing”
• Ensis — “sword”
• Enthymema — “thought,” “line of thought”
• Ephemeris — “journal,” “diary”
• Ephorus – a type of Spartan magistrate; used as a given name in Ancient Greece
• Epicus, Epica – “epic”
• Epitheca – “an addition”
• Epulo – “feaster”
• Equa — “mare”
• Eques – “knight”
• Equester – “equestrian”
• Equinus, Equina – “relating to horses”
• Era – “lady,” “mistress (of a house)”
• Ericius – “hedghog”
• Erilis – “of a master/mistress”
• Erus – “master”
• Euax – “good!” (exclamation)
• Excelsus, Excelsa — “lofty,” “distinguished”
• Exter — “foreign,” “from abroad,” “strange,” “different”

The Loathlies:

• Ebriosa — “drink-loving”
• Ebrius, Ebria — “drunk”
• Edax — “greedy,” “glutonous”
• Egenus, Egena — “needy,” “destitute”
• Egestas — “poverty”
• Elixus, Elixa — “boiled,” “sodden”
• Emax — “shopoholic”
• Eneco – “I kill off,” “I torture”
• Esca – “food,” “bait,” “titbits”
• Exta – “entrails”