Category Archives: Autumn/Fall Names

Thance, Tanco

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  • Origin: Old German
  • Meaning: “thanks.”
  • Gender: Male
  • Eng Pron: (THANTZ); Germ pron: (TAHN-seh; TAHN-ko)

A popular Old Germanic name element, derived from the Old High German “thanc,” meaning “to thank.” Some early records list Thance as a male name, more likely pronounced the German way, it may make a unique alternative to Vance when pronounced the English way.

The name later evolved into Tanco, Tanko, Danco and Danko.

Female forms include: Tenca and Thenca.

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  • Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1105

Dagolitus

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  • Origin: Gaulic
  • Meaning: “good feast.”
  • Gender: Male

A Gaulic name meaning, “good feast.”

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Ekene

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  • Origin: Igbo
  • Meaning: “thanks; gratitude.”
  • Gender: Unisex
  • EH-KEH-NEH

The name is from the Igbo meaning “thanks; gratitude.”

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Nihar, Nihara

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  • Origin: Sanskrit
  • Nihar: निहार, नीहार
  • Nihara: निहारा, नीहारा
  • Meaning: “mist; dew; fog; hoarfrost; snow.”

Nihara is a Sanskrit female name which comes directly from the word for “mist; dew; fog; hoarfrost; snow.”

The masculine form is Nihar.

Another female form is Nihari.

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Daetor

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  • Origin: Greek Δαίτωρ
  • Meaning: “to light; to burn; to kindle; divider; judge; host of a feast.”
  • Gender: Male
  • Modern Greek: Daitor (DYE-tore)
  • Eng pron: DAY-tor

The name is derived from the Greek δαίω (daio) meaning, “to light; to burn; to kindle,” and “to divide, share, tear” or “to host a feast.” The element has the same meaning as distributing justice, items or food.”

It is borne in the Illiad by a minor character, a Trojan warrior who attacked the Greek fleet during the tenth year of the Trojan war and was subsequently shot dead.

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Vīksna

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  • Origin: Latvian
  • Meaning: “elm tree.”
  • Gender: Female
  • Pronunciation: VEEKS-nah

A rare autumnal Latvian female name, it comes directly from the Latvian word for “elm tree.” It was recorded in use in the 16th-century but is now obsolete.

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Nuyat, Nuya

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  • Origin: Mordvin Нуят
  • Meaning: “harvest.”
  • Gender: Male

Nuyat is a male pre-Christian Mordvin name meaning, “harvest.”

The female form is Nuya.

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