Whimsical names have a lightness to them — a fairy-tale quality without being unliveable. Pippa, Rafferty, Lark, Caspian. They suit some personalities better than others. Know your audience.
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little red-haired one
riverbank, shore
gracious, mild
between two hills
from Reims
birth, nativity
delight, luxury
divine inspiration, fury, frenzy
son of the fair one
possibly from a- (not) + treo (tremble)
river
of the Caspian Sea
merciful, gentle
beautiful friend, fair friend
from Amiens (France)
wild rose bush
dweller by the woods
whom God helps
settlement at the inhospitable place
speed of God
wild rose, thorny shrub
bringer of treasure (gift-bearer)
the number seven, representing luck and complet...
young thunder
faith, pledge
luminous circle, sacred light
from Sebaste
love and goodness
small songbird
elf warrior
bright, full of sunshine
eternal, perpetual
dream, aspiration, vision
the sound
the fox, cunning animal
free man
of Nîmes, sturdy woven cloth
of the raven, raven-like
west wind
rib, side
immortal, not mortal
cedar tree, resinous wood
land desiccated from water
pierces the valley
victorious protection (Sigmund root)
bold, daring (thunder-bold)
words of a song
soaring vessel, sky wanderer (symbolic)
deer-friend, divine spear
cypress tree
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