He possibly intended it to mean "all sweetness" from Greek παν (pan) "all" and μελι (meli) "honey". It was later employed by author Samuel Richardson for the heroine in his novel 'Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded' (1740), after which time it became used as a given name.
Meaning & History. This name was invented in the late 16th century by the poet Sir Philip Sidney for use in his poem 'Arcadia'. He possibly intended it to mean "all sweetness" from Greek παν (pan) "all" and μελι (meli) "honey".
The name Paphos is a Biblical baby name. In Biblical the meaning of the name Paphos is: Which boils, or is very hot.
The word anorak comes from the Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) word annoraaq. It did not appear in English until 1924; an early definition is "a beaded item worn by Greenland women or brides in the 1930s". ... The word parka is derived from the Nenets language. In the Aleutian Islands the word simply means "animal skin".
plural noun. Fates. Word origin of 'Parcae' L, pl. of Parca, one of the Fates, orig., a birth-goddess < parere, to give birth: see -parous.
The name Parcia is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Parcia is: Named for the Furies.
Princeton's WordNet. Parnassus, Mount Parnassus, Liakoura(noun) (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry. "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus"
In Greek mythology, Pasithea (Ancient Greek: Πασιθέα, "relaxation"), or Pasithee, was one of the Charites (Graces), and the personification of relaxation, meditation, hallucinations and all other altered states of consciousness.
Pastor Name Meaning. English, Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Catalan, and French: occupational name for a shepherd, Anglo-Norman French pastre (oblique case pastour), Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Catalan, pastor 'shepherd', from Latin pastor, an agent derivative of pascere 'to graze'.
English via Latin patientia. Meaning. "patience" Patience is an English feminine given name referring to the virtue of patience. It was a name created by the Puritans in the 1600s.
