Some Possible Derivations Of Women's Names

Amiabella is nol Annn-bella or Fair Auna, bal is the feiuiuine of HaiiuU bal, nieaning gift, or graee, of Bel.- - Anibella Is not Ara-bello, or bcautiful altir, but ürabilia, a prayiug; woman. in its Ang'licizcd iorm of Ora bol, it was imioh löoru conimoii iu the tüirteenth contury ilian at present. Maurioo lias nothiii; to do wiih Mauritius, or a -Moor, ul comes trom Aumh'ic - kitnmel-reiohr- tiro knudum ufheaven. Ei leu is llie lemiuino o Alain, Alan, or Alian, amt lia.s 110 jjossiole couiiection wuli Helen, whioli comes trom a different lauguage, and is oldcr by a Lhousawl yu.ir.s ai loost. Amy is '"ot Iroiu (i'iti e but iroiu umie. Avice, or Avis, noes not exacily iiitMu advioe, as gomo seeui 10 thiuk. Il comes i'rom .4í.l-wis, ana uieaus hivppy wisdoin. Ifiiiza üju uo eoimectioiÉ with Kiiztbetli. it a llie sisier of Louisa, an.l botli ;irc lU; dauglners ol lleioise, wHicli is iieieWis, bid -en wisdom. Tnere is, indeed anoihor fonu ot Louisa, or ratuer Louise, whieh is Uie teiuiniue of Louis, but this was scarcely heaid of bel'ore the sixtcciith ceiutuy. The oldcr ileloise lonu of the name, AlOÍSft, Aloisia, or AUysia, was adopted into mouiaval Eugiish, as Alcsui- a name wlueii our old geiiealoisls olways conUise with Aliee. ümiiy and Amelia uro not dili'ereul l'ornis oí ono name. Kiniiy is lrom xtímylia, me name of au KtrUSOlU geus. Amelia comes lrom tue (iolhio amula- ueavcnly. lieinald is not uerived lrom Kegina, and has uothiug to ilo witli a Cueen. Il is ilem-all- ex illed purity. Aliee, Ancláis, Adelaide, Al.su, Alix, AaeüiK', are ah ncw lurms ol une name, tlie root of whieh ís adel - lio L) lo. -