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 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 Rutherford in Scotland. It means "cattle ford" in Old English. The name dates back to the 13th 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

• Coridal: 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.