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Name Aesthetic

Zuzanna

Usage: Polish, Latvian (Rare)

Pronounced: zoo-ZAN-na (Polish)

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

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

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

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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)

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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 burned myself to keep you warm.”

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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.)