Names Categorized "swans"

Finella is a variant of Fenella, a name popularized outside of Ireland and Scotland through literature. Fenella itself is a form of the Irish name Fionnuala, first used by Sir Walter Scott for a character in his novel Pe...

EtymologyFinnguala is an Old Irish feminine given name, the literal meaning of which is "white shoulder". It derives from the elements finn ("white, blessed") and gúala ("shoulder"). This name is the older form of the mo...

Finnuala is a variant of Fionnuala, an Irish female name rooted in mythology. The name ultimately derives from the Old Irish elements finn meaning "white, blessed" and gúala meaning "shoulder," giving the meaning "white...

Finola is an Anglicized form of the Irish name Fionnuala (also spelled Fionnghuala or Finnguala), which itself derives from the Old Irish elements finn meaning "white, blessed" and gúala meaning "shoulder," thus signifyi...

Fionnghal is a Scottish Gaelic feminine given name, deriving from the earlier Irish name Fionnuala. It is sometimes Anglicized as Flora, though this is a phonetic adaptation rather than a direct translation.Etymology and...

Fionnghuala is an Irish feminine given name, a variant of Fionnuala. Both names ultimately derive from an Old Irish compound: finn meaning "white, blessed" and gúala meaning "shoulder", so the name means "white shoulder"...

Fionnuala is a traditional Irish feminine name meaning "white shoulder", derived from the Old Irish elements finn "white, blessed" and gúala "shoulder". The name is deeply rooted in Irish mythology, where Fionnuala (or i...

Fionola is an Anglicized feminine name derived from Fionnuala, an Old Irish name meaning "white shoulder"—from finn "white, blessed" and gúala "shoulder". Fionnuala was a central figure in the Irish legend The Children o...

Hong is a unisex Chinese name with multiple meanings, each represented by a different character. The character 虹 (hóng) means "rainbow," conveying beauty and color. The character 红 (hóng) means "red," a color symbolizi...

Leda is a feminine given name of Greek origin, best known from mythology, where she was a Spartan queen. Her story is central to the myth of Zeus's seduction in the form of a swan, a tale that has inspired countless work...

Lir (also spelled Ler) is a sea god in Irish mythology, whose name means “Sea” in Old Irish. The forms Ler and Lir are the nominative and genitive cases, respectively, suggesting that Lir is etymologically the genitive f...

Odette is a French given name, functioning as a diminutive of Oda or Odilia. The name ultimately derives from the Germanic element aud or ot, meaning "wealth" or "fortune," through its root Otto. Thus, Odette carries con...

Odile is a feminine given name of French origin, derived as the French form of Odilia. The root name Odilia itself comes from the Old German element uodil meaning "heritage" or ot meaning "wealth, fortune". Thus, the nam...