The Art of Naming

When I was doing research for "romantic" names relating to Valentine's Day, the range of applicable names was rather diverse. There are the cutesy names that relate to gifts and love such as the following for girls: Adore Candy Cherish Desire Diamond Jewel Lace Lily Love Passion Pink Roma Rose Ruby Serenade Tulip ...and these for boys: Card Red Teddy But honestly, only a few of these actually make for a good, solid name.  Since today is generally a day of love, I instead decided to pick a few names that relate to love through their meanings or associations. Valentine/Valentina/Valentino Of course this name has to be first on the list. They honor St. Valentine who was a 3rd century Roman saint. He came to be associated with love, romance and devotion. The name itself means "strong, vigourous, healthy". Amabel This medieval choice comes from a Late Latin name meaning "loveable". Names like Annabelle, Arabella and Mabel

As a name, Caspian is relatively new. It is most notably the name of a sea between Europe and Asia that is considered the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth. It is said that it was this body of water that inspired the name of the other notable Caspian: Prince Caspian of the children's book series The Chronicles of Narnia written by C.S. Lewis in the 1950's. Prince Caspian first appeared in the fourth book of the popular series as the rightful King of Narnia. The Caspian Sea has a complicated name history itself including a number of different names and spellings in a variety of languages in the surrounding countries. But it is said to have been named for the city of Qazvin which was named for the ancient Cas tribe, or the Caspian people. The origin of the name comes in direct relation to the Sea which is situated between Iran and Russia. Caspian is mostly just considered a place name with an unknown meaning and origin since it borders so many countries. Howev