Gender: Feminine
Origin: Polish/Serbo-Croatian
Meaning: “strawberry” in Serbo-Croat and “berry” in Polish
(yah-GOH-dah)
July is Strawberry season, so I thought I’d give the time of day to write about this name. In Poland the name actually started out as a form of Jadwiga, but with its coincidental meaning of “berry” in Polish, it broke off as an independent name. In Serbo-Croatian the name specifically means “strawberry.”
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin
Meaning “wonderful.”
(MEER-uh-BEL)
The name was first coined in the Middle Ages, coming directly from the Latin mirabilis meaning “wonderful.”
It is also the name of a type of plum indigenous to France. Variations include Mirabella, and Mirabel.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: French
Meaning: “apple”
Pronunciation (POM-eh-LEEN; po-MAY-leen)
September and October are apple season. Hence is why I decided to revisit this post.
An obscure French name that had made it to the limelight thanks to Charlotte Casiraghi, the daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco. Charlotte was supposedly named after a distance ancestor from the Middle Ages, a minor Italian or Genovese princess by the name of Pomellina. The name is thought to be derived from the Italian word pomella which is derived from the Italian word poma meaning “apple.” The name was also borne by
The name was adapted into the French Pomelline and evolved into the more modern form of Poméline.
Another French form is Pommeline.
There is also the obscure French name of Pomme, which is also the French word for apple. Pomme was borne by an early French saint, originally spelled Pome.
This is a far less risky choice than the name Apple.
Nicknames include: Apple, Pomme (PUM), Plum and Poppy, Melli, or even Pomé (poe-MAY).
