The Beauty of Names

I've written another post for Nameberry on silent screen names , please go and check it out!

"Medea" by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys Hello all, and happy Halloween! For the holiday I've chosen to make a post featuring names of both fictional and factual witches from history and media, and myth. Fictional: Agatha Cackle (The Worst Witch) Penelope Clearwater (Harry Potter) Erichtho (Pharsalia) Miss Davina Bat (The Worst Witch) Elphaba (Wicked) Serafina Pekkala ( His Dark Materials) Jadis (The Chronicles of Narnia) Cordelia Foxx (American Horror Story: Coven) Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter) Maharet and Mekare (The Vampire Chronicles) Jane Smart (The Witches of Eastwick) Mildred Hubble (The Worst Witch) Sycorax (The Tempest) Cho Chang (Harry Potter) Vanessa Dahl (Engelsfors) Susan Sto Helit (Discworld) Fleur and Gabrielle Delacour (Harry Potter) Enid Nightshade (The Worst Witch) Minoo Falk Karimi (Engelsfors) Ruta Skadi (His Dark Materials) Padma and Parvarti Patil (Harry Potter) Empusa (Stardust) Sybill Trelawney (Harry Potte...

Zooey Actress Zooey Deschanel recently gave birth to a little girl who she has named Elsie Otter. She is married to producer Jacob Pechenik. On the choice she said: " Well, we just really like the name Elsie, and then we both love otters. They're really sweet, they're also smart, they use tools to keep their favorite tools, they hold hands while they sleep. There's so many amazing things about otters. They're wonderful animals."

Marcus and Carey Actress Carey Mulligan and husband, Marcus Mumford, the lead singer of the band Mumford and Sons, have revealed the name of their baby girl - Evelyn.

Lily Cole The beautiful model and actress Lily Cole has just given birth to her first child, a little girl she named Wylde Cole Ferreira, with boyfriend Kwame Ferreira.

Edith Sitwell and her brothers Osbert and Sacheverell by Cecil Beaton This is essentially a companion to the "For the Shabby Aristocrat Family" , but less modern. I love these sort of names, the ones I can imagine on rich families from the 1900's to the 20's, that perhaps didn't fit in with their peers. The Aunt was probably wild and traveled the world, always bringing gifts for the children and never settling down. The father was obsessed with finding first edition classics and spent all his money on it, while the mother was a celebrated beauty who rubbed elbows with artists and intellects. The daughter had a fling with a jazz musician, and the son lived modestly renouncing his aristocratic roots. They all have weird little nicknames for each other, derived from their actual names or not, and most of their names could only be pulled off by someone as strangely cool as them. Ladies: Ursula Eadie Diantha Hermione Imelda Romola Lobelia Prudenti...

Darcey Bussell                                     Fitzwilliam Darcy ( P & P 2005) I'm back with a name game. It was really interesting seeing the results of my two "This or That's", so I figured I would continue on and come up with another. In this one, for each name listed you will add what gender you prefer it on or see it as. Let me know yours and I'll list mine. Morgan Devon Hollis Greer Taylor Winter Sasha Joss Shannon Aubrey Briar Harper Darcy Flannery Mel River Jaimie Nikita Indiana Kelly Jordan Rory Alex Casey Kit Riley