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I’m currently finishing the requests in my inbox, for the meantime I won’t be taking any new request for the name aesthetic. Sorry! x

Name Aesthetic

Lilla

Usage: Hungarian

Pronounced: LEEL-law

Behind the name: Derived from Lilac (the colour of the flower) in Germanic languages, also means ‘humorous one’ in Sanskrit.

Requested by @aestheticallyagressive

ps. thank you x

loneliness is a disease.

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Zoë

Usage: English, Italian, Ancient Greek.

Pronounced: ZO-ee (English), DZO-e (Italian).

Behind the name: Derived from Ancient Greek, meaning “life”.

Requested by @iswearbytheoldgods x.

I’m back!

Hi! I will be doing as many moodboards as I can during this entire week before starting my semester, sorry for being late! ♥️

Moodboards will be posted a bit late, as I’m in the middle of my first semester. Sorry!

Moodboards will be posted a bit late, as I'm in the middle of my first semester. Sorry!

“I burned myself to keep you warm.”

Name Aesthetic

Phillip

Usage: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Biblical.

Pronounced: FIL-ip (English), FEE-lip (Dutch).

Behind the name: Derived from the Greek word Φίλιππος (Philippos) meaning "horse-loving" or "fond of horses”, also composed of the elements φιλος (philos) "friend, lover" and ‘ιππος (hippos) "horse".

“I can’t exist within my own head.”

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Braden

Usage: English, Irish.

Pronounced: BRAY-dən (English).

Behind the name: The English meaning of Braden is "broad valley" or "broad hillside".

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Zuzanna

Usage: Polish, Latvian (Rare)

Pronounced: zoo-ZAN-na (Polish)

Behind the name: This was derived from the Hebrew word שׁוֹשָׁן (shoshan) meaning "lily".

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Monica

Usage: English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Late Roman

Pronounced: MAHN-i-kə (English)

Behind the name: From the Greek word monos, meaning "alone". It was also a name in Latin, deriving from the verb monere, meaning 'to advise.'

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Jordan

Usage:  English, French, Macedonian.

Pronounced:  JAWR-dən (English), ZHAWR-DAHNN (French).

Behind the name: From the name of the river which flows between the countries of Jordan, meaning “descend” or “flow down”.

Name Aesthetic

Katelyn

Usage: English (Modern).

Pronounced:  KAYT-lin

Behind the name: a variant of Caitlin, meaning ‘pure’. 

(requested by anon.)

“Sometimes it feels like I’ve got a war in my mind.”

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Laura

Usage:  English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Late Roman.

Pronounced:  LAWR-ə (English), LOW-ra (Spanish, Italian, Polish, German), LOW-rah (Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch), LAW-oo-raw (Hungarian)

Behind the name:  The name Laura is the feminized form of laurus, Latin for "bay laurel plant", which in the Greco-Roman era was used as a symbol of victory, honor or fame. The name represents the embodiment of victory and strength.

(requested by anon.)

I’ll be your quiet afternoon crush, be your violent overnight rush.

Lights of Japan.

“A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.”

Under the moonlight we met, under the moonlight we fell in love.

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Nicoletta

Usage: Italian.

Pronounced: Ni-co-let-ta.

Behind the name: A feminine diminutive form of Nicolas, which is from the Greek Nikolaos, a compound name composed of the elements nikē (victory) and laos (the people): hence, "victory of the people."

(requested by anon.)

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Jean

Usage: French.

Pronounced: ZHANN.

Behind the name: French form of Jehan, the Old French form of Iohannes; meaning, The Lord is Gracious.

(requested by anon.)

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Amber

Usage: English, Dutch.

Pronounced: AM-bər (English), AHM-bər (Dutch).

Behind the name: From the English word amber that denotes either the gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin, or the orange-yellow colour. The word ultimately derives from Arabic عنبر (‘anbar), meaning 'reddish yellow gemstone’.

(requested by anon 💕)

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Janice

Usage: English.

Pronounced: JAN-is.

Behind the name: In Hebrew, Janice means ‘Gift From God’. Elaborated form of JANE, created by Paul Leicester Ford for his novel 'Janice Meredith’ (1899).

(requested by anon ❤️)

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Bethany

Usage: English, Biblical.

Pronounced: BETH-ə-nee.

Behind the name: From the name of a biblical town, possibly derived from Hebrew בֵּית־תְּאֵנָה (beit-te'enah) meaning “house of figs”. In the New Testament the town of Bethany was the home of Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha.

(requested by anon.)

Send me your names for more moodboards! 

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Lilith

Usage: Near Eastern Mythology, Judeo-Christian Legend.

Pronounced: LIL-ith.

Behind the name:  Derived from Akkadian lilitu meaning “of the night”. This was the name of a demon in ancient Assyrian myths. In Jewish tradition she was Adam’s first wife, sent out of Eden and replaced by Eve because she would not submit to him. The offspring of Adam (or Samael) and Lilith were the evil spirits of the world.

(cr. behindthename.com)

勝てなきゃ死ぬ。勝てば生きる。 

 "Lose and you die. Win and you live."

—Mikasa Ackerman moodboard; from Shingeki no Kyojin.

"You're just as sane as I am."

— Luna Lovegood mood board, soft purple; from Harry Potter.