Nowadays, how many of us actually relate our names to a character trait, a place, etc?

Since I deem myself the resident Indo-anglophone, let me once again pull out the ol' Indian examples.

Virtually all Indian names have meanings - either related directly to a deity, or to some attribute. As I told Fisk (in an aside) "Shona" would mean 'golden'.

My own name translates as the Sun (the deity of, also often called Surya), and my surname is a signifier of the baronial caste (the traditional kshatriya or 'warrior' caste), hence my nom de plume.

As you rightly point out, even in English, most first names have some sort of significance. That's why I find Wendy and Lorna fascinating - they literally have no meaning.

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the sunshine warrior