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”
Nook of Names
