Serendipitous names

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There's a boy in my nephew's class called Endellion with the brightest ginger hair you've even seen. Endellion means fire soul.

What's the most serendipitous name you've come across?

a girl called Wynter with hair as white as snow

A girl called Raven with sleek black shiny hair. Not completely expected as her mum is fair and dad isn't that dark either.

My cousin Damian.

Oh and I used to know a Heathcliff who was dark and brooding and breathtakingly handsome.

@VenusClapTrap 😄😄😄

I know a little Clara with unexpectedly red/blonde hair - Clara means "bright".

Little boy called Chase who is always running off!

@VenusClapTrap 😂😂😂

Serendipity

A girl called Grace at my secondary school was so graceful, she had a really elegant neck and profile and was so gentle, the name suited her perfectly.

Euan means "well-born, fortunate". By the age of two and a half Euan been diagnosed with ASD. You would think his name ironic, but actually, he has been blessed with amazing professionals: consultant paediatricians, teachers, learning assistants, support workers, throughout his life. He is a contented child and brings great joy to those who make the effort to get to know him. He is well-born and fortunate indeed.

I know a Shiloh who is the most chilled baby I’ve ever met... she’s always peaceful. Shiloh means Peace.

I know a Sunny who has a really happy, positive personality.

I used to work with a lady called Serene who was lovely, nothing ever seemed to stress her out, she was just so calm and, well, serene.

I wonder how many of these are self fulfilling prophecy? Not the hair colour ones obviously, but I wonder if the lady called Serene is just sitting there wishing she could just tell everyone to fuck off but feels she has to live up to her name?!

Not sure I would class Endellion as entirely 'serendipitous' -- even if his red hair wasn't evident at birth, he presumably has a red-haired parent, or at least parents who are aware of red hair in the immediate family. And if little Endellion turned out to be blonde/hot-tempered/a survivor through tough times or illness, the name would have seemed just as applicable.

I get baffled by people who don't look up the meaning of their child's name. I know a Fionn whose dad is a black South African, so it seemed like an odd decision to call him a name that means white or fair-haired, especially as Fionn himself has been dark-skinned, black-haired, and brown-eyed from birth. And his mother is an Irish speaker so it's not that she didn't know.

@Kippure
Neither of Endellion's parents are red-haired but I'm not aware of his extended family (obviously😂) But I totally get where you're coming from.

My sister wanted to give her son Cassius as a middle name until I pointed out it means "narcissistic or vain". It was quickly vetoed 😂

Maybe people dont always care about name meanings? Maybe somewhere named when finding out such information required a trip to the library as the internet didn't exist? Maybe some are family names?

My DS2s name means dark/swarthy. He was dark haired when he was born but ended up a curly blond toddler, he did go dark again as an adult. DH is dark, DS1 was dark and I was darling but was a blind child. All worked out in the end.

I always thought Endellion was a girls name. I once looked after a baby named Joy and for the two years I looked after her she was the happiest child. Her mum dropped her off on her first day and she just waved and smiled. Nothing ever bothered her.

I taught a Felicity who was the happiest child alive.

On the other hand, I did also teach a dyspraxic Grace and a Faith who seriously questioned religion

@SionnachRua

I taught a Felicity who was the happiest child alive.

On the other hand, I did also teach a dyspraxic Grace and a Faith who seriously questioned religion

DS used to be babysat by a very laid-back Storm.

Went to school with a Jedi but I can’t recall if he was like a Jedi or not....