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The Onomatology (study of names) of the families in '''[[Dragon Valley]]'''
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==The [[Cromos family|Cromos Family]]==
[[Category:Onomatology]]▼
*Cromos: unknown
*[[Riley Cromos|Riley]]: May have derived from the Irish surname Reilly, which is a shortened form of a name meaning honorable tribe. As an English surname, it may come from a place name meaning 'rye catcher'.
*[[Zoe Cromos|Zoe]]: This means 'life' in ancient Greek, and is a translated version of the name Eve.
==The [[Delaney family|Delaney Family]]==
*Delaney: This can come from the Irish surname 'Ó Dubhsláine', where 'Dubh' means black, and 'sláine' is the name of a river. It can also be derived from the Norman surname 'DeLaney'.
*[[Dorren Delaney|Dorren]]: A version of Doran, which means 'stranger' or 'exile' in Irish.
*[[Emma Delaney|Emma]]: Comes from the German word for 'universal'.
==The [[Dolan household|Dolan Household]]==
*Dolan: An Anglicised version of the Irish surname 'O'Dobhailein', which contains the word 'dobhail', meaning unlucky.
* [[Finn Dolan|Finn]]: This comes from Irish and means 'white' or 'fair'. It was the name of Finn Mac Cumhail, a legendary Irish warrior.
*[[Sarah Dolan|Sarah]]: Means 'princess' and comes from Hebrew.
*Byrne: An Anglicised version of the Irish 'Ó Broin', where 'Broin' is derived from 'bran', meaning raven.
*[[Wynn Byrne|Wynn]]: Means 'fair' or 'pure' in Welsh.
== The [[Eames family|Eames Family]] ==
* Eames: Comes from the Anglo-Saxon, and means son of 'eme', where 'eme' means uncle.
* [[Martin Eames|Martin]]: Means 'warlike', or 'of Mars', who is the Roman God of war.
* [[Maeve Eames|Maeve]]: An Anglicised form of the Irish Gaelic name 'Medb', which means intoxicating.
* [[Liam Eames|Liam]]: A shortened version of the name 'Uiliam', which in turn came from the Frankish name 'Wilahelm', which means 'helmet of war'.
== The [[Hooley family|Hooley Family]] ==
* Hooley: From 'Hoole', a place in both Cheshire and Lancashire, the former coming from the Old English for hollow, and the latter from the Middle English for shelter.
* Robin: A diminutive for Robert, which descends from the Old German for fame.
* Marian: A variant of a Hebrew name meaning either sea of bitterness, rebellion or wished for child.
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