To start off, let's go with Latin. Quite a few uncommon ones here.
Generous- of noble birth
Flossie- flowering- diminutive of Florence
Mertie- evergreen sacred to Venus as a symbol of love- diminutive of Myrtle
Lucina- light- variant of Luncinda/Lucy
Retta- speaker- variant of Rhetta
Betris- bringer of joy- variant of Beatriz/Beatrix/Beatrice
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| Leitha Cronin- Witches Basketball- 1930 |
Ione- person of Ionia
Leitha- forgetfulness- variant of Letha/Lethia
Hebrew...
Jerusha- inheritance
Rena- joy
Wanita*-God is gracious or pale skinned- variant of Juanita
Habla Espanol?
Verda- truth
Wanita*-God is gracious or pale skinned- variant of Juanita
On to the Scotts-
Iona- from the island of Iona
Melvina- gentle lady
American- What? Really?
Leola- lioness- variant of Leona/Leala
Enola- possibly "alone" spelled backward- modern
Scandinavian
Anneke- gracious, merciful- diminutive of Ann
That leaves me with a few to scratch your head over-
Alveretta, Oviretta, Orvelia, Bellzora & Delsie.
Alveretta is probably an attempt to name the poor girl after her father, who's name was Albert (Why not Alberta?). The parents could have changed the "b" to a "v" themselves, or the person recording the name was confused & wrote what they thought they heard.
Oviretta & Orvelia were also, probably attempts at keeping names going in the family. Or maybe a lack of (or too much) imagination. I dislike both of these. Give the girls their own names!
Bellzora, if you take it apart can mean "beautiful dawn". Zora is Slavic meaning dawn & Bell/Belle/Bella means beautiful. I like Zora, but the whole thing is kind of a mouthful.
Delsie? I'm stumped. It's pretty though.
*I'm thinking I should give it to the Hebrews. The language has been around a lot longer than Spanish. Plus, the Jews probably brought the name with them when they migrated to the Iberian peninsula.
Thanks again to http://www.babynames.com/
& for the more unusual suspects- http://www.thinkbabynames.com/
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