The Beauty of Names

Offset and Cardi B Rapper Cardi B and her husband Offset, who is a part of the music group "Migos", have welcomed their first child, a little girl who they've called Kulture Kiari. Kiari happens to be Offset's real first name. He has three other children not with Cardi, while this is her first child.

Princess Margherita on the cover of "Epoca" magazine, 1953 Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este was born Princess Margherita Isabella Maria Vittoria Emanuela Elena Gennara of Savoy-Aosta to Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta  and Princess Anne of  Orléans . She married Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este . Their children are: Maria Beatrice Anna Felicitas Zita Charlotte Adelheid Christina Elisabeth Gennara, "Archduchess Maria Beatrice of Austria-Este" Lorenz Otto Carl Amadeus Thadeus Maria Pius Andreas Marcus d'Aviano, "Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este" , later "Prince Lorenz of Belgium" Gerhard  Thaddäus Anton Marcus d'Aviano Maria Umberto Otto Carl Amadeus, "Archduke Gerhard of Austria-Este" Martin Carl Amadeo Maria, "Archduke Martin of Austria-Este" Isabella Maria Laura Helena Antonia Zita Anna Gennara, "Archduchess Isabella of Austria-Este"

Carmel and Carmella - I've been really interested in Biblical names lately, and this one is one I actually like a lot, though it's actually the name of a place in the Bible, instead of a person. Carmel comes from the title for the Virgin Mary, "Our Lady of Carmel", carmel being a mountain in Israel. I love it's meaning as well - "garden". If it's a little too abrupt for you, there's also the more romantic  Carmella . Carina - I've never given Carina a second glance until hearing it on Kaia Scodelario's character in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales". She's an astronomer, and a big plot point revolves around her and the fact that Carina is the name of a constellation which contains two stars with an combined luminosity five million times greater than the sun. Carina has a dual meaning in Latin - "dear, beloved" and "keel" as in the keel of a ship. The Carina constellation used to be...

Tyrone Power Origin: Irish Gender: Male Meaning: "Land of Eoghan" Pronunciation: tye-ROAN, ter-ROAN, teh-RON Other forms: Tyron If you're a Old Hollywood nerd like me, your first association with this name is probably quite different than most people's - that of devilishly handsome Tyrone Power. Tyrone Power was born Tyrone Edmund Power III in Cincinnati, Ohio to Helen Emma "Patia" Reaume and Tyrone Power Sr., who was called "Fred". Tyrone was a name that went way back in the family, his father was named after his great-grandfather, an Irish actor and comedian born in 1795 - and that Tyrone came from a Tyrone as well. Power also pronounced his name similar to "teh-RON", instead of the now more common "tye-ROAN". And I don't think it's a huge jump to conclude that their name came from County Tyrone, Ireland, one of the six historic counties in the country. Tyrone comes from  Tír Eoghain, which means "l...

Mike and Zara The Queen's granddaughter, equestrienne Zara Tindall, has given birth to another little girl, Lena Elizabeth Tindall, a sister to Mia Grace, with her husband rugby player Mike Tindall. And they have also confirmed they are pronouncing it "LAY-na" instead of "LEE-na".

Edwige Feuillère La Révolution française - I've been watching the two part film (" La Révolution française: les Années lumière" and " La Révolution française: les Années terribles")  about the French revolution that came out in 1989 on Youtube (first part here ) and greatly enjoying it. It is so far historically accurate and very educational while also being entertaining, something most films and books fail to do when dealing with such content matter.  The cast is very pan-European and have some very interesting names. History + historically accurate costumes + interesting names = a winner for me! Below are some of the ones I like the most (I put who they played in parenthesis, as many of those are beautiful as well, or more unusual than the actor's names). Andrezj Seweryn (Maximilien  François Marie Isidore de   Robespierre ) Vittorio Mezzogiorno (Jean-Paul Marat) Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Charlotte Corday) Liliane  Rovère (A woman) Klaus Ma...

Brigitte Danish actress and model, best known for playing the title role in "Red Sonja" and "Rocky IV", has given birth at age fifty-four to a girl with her husband, Mattia Dessi. They have called her Frida. She has four other children, Julian Winding, Killian Marcus Gastineau, and Douglas Aaron and Raoul, Jr. Meyer.