What are some of your favorite character names?
What does their name mean?
Do you think the meaning fits the character? Why or why not?
If you'd like, look up your own name as well and share the meaning.
I have three names (all three of them are female names) that I absolutely adore.
1. Cosette - a name from my all time favorite Les Miserables. Cosette's given name is Euphrasie.
Cosette is a petname of uncertain origin. When I was looking for the meaning of it, I had major troubles finding it. The closest I came to explaining it was that it may be related to the French word 'causette' meaning "chat", reflecting the quality of being talkative. Cosette's real name Euphrasie, is derived from the Greek for "good talker", the preffix 'eu' suggesting abundance. The meaning, however vague it might be, does not fit the character. Cosette is a rather shy child in my opinion and grows up to be a beautiful and intriguing woman but still isn't somebody who is overly talkative. I think that Hugo meant it as an irony or what she could have grown up to be, had her childhood been different.
2. Arya - this is a name of a character from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books. I liked this name for the somewhat mystical sound of it. The original meaning of the name is derived from Indian and Sanskrit and it means "noble, great, truthful". I think that it actually is a very well chosen and appropriate name for this girl. Even though she is only 10 or 11, she is a warrior in the making, she is noble, knows and remembers who her friends and enemies are, she never gives up in her quest to find out the truth.
3. Sansa - this also is a name from A Song of Ice and Fire. I loved it from the moment I saw it in the book. It represents for me a mysterious yet of royal origins woman. However, the reality is, there is no exact meaning for it, the closest to Sansa is Sansana, which in Hebrew means "the inner structure of the palm leaf". I thought long and hard about how it reflects who Sansa is and I came up with delicate, naturally beautiful, something that can only be created by Higher Power, not humans. Sansa is Arya's older sister and a complete opposite of her. She is extremely beautiful but very, very fragile and delicate. She is naive and gullible and that's what makes her so fragile and prone to depending on others. It's also a major source of her misery.
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thank you for sharing
I'm also a fan of the George R. R. Martin series, though most of them are still in my parent's attic from when I last moved, I've been meaning to dig them out - they are a perfect lazy weekend morning read in bed book