Belladonna Cove/Onomatology

This is the onomatology (study of names) page for Belladonna Cove.

Belladonna - A combination of "Bella" and "Donna" which -Combined- means "Beautiful Lady" in Italian

Cove - A small sheltered bay

The Baldwin family

 * Baldwin: "bold friend."
 * Benjamin: "son of the south."
 * Isabel: "girl," "lass," "sweetheart," "strumpet." Also, a Spanish form of Elizabeth.
 * Sofia: from Sophos, "wisdom," "wise," "loving."
 * Marcus:  related to Mars, Roman god of war.

The Cho family

 * Cho: East Asian surname possibly from Japanese 蝶 (Butterfly) or Korean 조 (Zhao).
 * Vivian: English form of French Viviane, meaning "lively".
 * Etsu: Japanese name meaning 'delightful'

The Riley family

 * Riley: Variant spelling of "Reilly"
 * Timothy: Comes from the Greek name Τιμόθεος (Timotheos) meaning honouring God, in God's honour, or honored by God.
 * Sally: Diminutive of "Sarah".

The Cleveland family

 * Cleveland: a variant of cliff.
 * Jason: From the Greek name Ιασων (Iason), which was derived from Greek ιασθαι (iasthai) "to heal". In Greek mythology Jason was the leader of the Argonauts.
 * Marisa: Variant of "Marisa", which is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of "Maria" and "Luisa".

The Rutherford Household

 * Rutherford: Originally taken by families who lived near the town of Ruddervoorde, Belgium. It means "a koight's river crossing" in Flemish. The name dates back to the 10th century.
 * Geoff: Shortened form of "Geoffrey".
 * Weir: ?
 * Connor: Variant of Conor, which is an anglicized form of the Gaelic name Conchobhar which means "dog lover" or "wolf lover".

The Contender family

 * Contender: Meaning "To struggle in opposition", "To strive in rivalry", "Dispute earnestly".
 * Carlos: Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of "Charles", meaning "Man".

The Cordial family

 * Cordial: Meaning "Of or for the heart," "heartfelt, from the heart"
 * Samantha: Feminization of Samuel meaning "told by God"
 * Kimberly: Kimberly is a South African diamond town name

The DeBateau family

 * DeBateau: French form of "Boat".
 * Armand: French form of "Herman" which means "Army Man"
 * Tara: Anglicized form of the Irish place name Teamhair, which possibly means "elevated place" in Gaelic.

The Peterson family

 * Peterson: Means "Son of Peter".
 * Jessica: This name was first used in this form by Shakespeare in his play 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596), where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock.

The Patel family

 * Patel: A South Asian surname, land, unit of land.
 * Ana: Shortened form of "Anna".
 * Ramir: Catalan form of Ramirus.

The Green Household

 * Green: Descriptive name for someone who often wore the colour green or someone who lived near the village green.
 * Gabriel: From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "God is my strong man". Gabriel was one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition.
 * Gere: Variant of Geer, Gehr or Geary, all related to the Old High German element gēr (Old English gār, Old Norse geirr) meaning "spear, arrow".
 * Chastitiy: From the English word chastity, which is ultimately from Latin castus "pure".