Ancient Baby Names


by Dennis Estrada - Date: 2007-02-05 - Word Count: 436 Share This!

The ancient baby names come from old civilization like Roman, Greek, India, Hebrew, Egypt, and China. These civilizations were a prominent empire thousands of years ago. Each civilization takes turn to dominate huge land and region.

Many ancient baby names originate from the famous place or city. The place or city represents the status on society. If you came from a great city, they show tremendous respect.

The Roman Empire is one of the biggest Empires in the past. The roman was a powerful and successful civilization. Their city is well equipped and developed. Historically, the Roman baby names are based on strength, courage, and intelligence. For a civilization to create an empire, the civilization needs strength, courage, and intelligence. Naturally, the Romans choose a baby name that relates to strength, courage, and intelligence.

The Ancient Roman Name is subdivided into three parts. The first part is the given name. The second part is the hereditary name. Finally, the last part is the specific family of origin.

The Ancient Roman Mythology also provided for source of name. The characters on the mythology play such strength, courage and intelligence. So, the Romans just fell in love with the names of the character on the mythology. For example, Marcus is a great Roman character on Roman Mythology.

The name of the daughter usually is the female version of the name of the father. For example, Optimus is the name of the father. The name of daughter can be Optima, or Optimia.

China is another great ancient civilization. It has developed calculations for lucky numbers. The lucky numbers help find a lucky baby names. Feng Shui also became major role to name a baby name. With Feng Shui, anyone can calculate the Kua number which tells the baby name to be auspicious or inauspicious. Also, the civilization use eight characters or Ba Zi to find a useful element to find the perfect baby name.

The Ancient India also developed various calculation astrology, and astrological principles to find a baby name. The Feng Shui is believed to originate from India too. To be able to name a baby, it requires vast knowledge of Sanskrit Alphabet, Hindu Religion, rituals, and ancient texts from Ancient India.

The Arabs, Hebrews and Egyptians also are big part on the history. Those civilizations are in the bible itself. So, many baby names have biblical origin.

Not to mention, the Greek civilization are famous for their Greek Mythology and empire. There are many Gods and characters in Greek Mythology. For example, Venus is a goddess of beauty. Astrologers actually named one of the planets as Venus.


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