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Jones
derived from the name Jon, John. ||
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Seif
from the Arabic word for ‘sword’ or ‘scimitar’, but usually used for ‘sharp sword’. Sindarin: (sword) Crist, Lang, Magor, Megil; masc. Cristion, Langon, Magoron, Megilion; (sharp sword) Maeglang, Megilvegor ||
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Kia
A shortened form of KIANA or KIARA.
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Kája, Kaja
Either: 1. a pet form of KAROLÍNA, KAROLINA, or KATHARINA in various European languages (see CAROLINA, KATHARINA) or; 2. ‘echo’ in Estonian. Sindarin: Glamor; fem. Glamoreth ||
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Kiara
Derived from the Irish name CIARAN, ‘black’. Sindarin: Morn; fem. Morneth; fem. (dark maiden) Morwen || Note: MORWEN is the name of two characters in Middle Earth; Morwen of Lossarnach (Théoden’s mother), and Morwen Eledhwen (mother of Túrin Turambar and Nienor Níniel).
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Tabitha
This name’s immediate root is the Hebrew word for ‘gazelle’, but understandably there is no Anglo-Saxon word for this animal. The word, however, apparently comes from the Arabic meaning ‘affection’: Fremsumness
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Kiana
1. Hawaiian variant of DIANA, ‘heavenly, divine’. Sindarin: N.S. (divine) Balanui; N.S. (heavenly) Menelui; fem. (high virgin noble) Rodwen || 2. From the Irish Gaelic name KIAN (‘ancient’). Sindarin: Iaur; fem. Ioreth || Note: IORETH is actually the name of a character in ‘The Return of the King’. 3. Possibly related to Anna.
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Roy
Gaelic meaning ‘red’: Réad
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Douglas
From the Gaelic meaning ‘dark river’, Deorcéa, Dimméa, Fealuéa, or ‘blood river’, Blódéa, Stéaméa, Swátéa
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George
From the Greek for ‘farmer’ or ‘earth worker’: Gebúr, Eorðweorc
