Hand of the central one Name of the second brightest star in
the constellation Orion. One of the largest stars known; if it were put in
place of our own sun, its outer surface would reach Mars. The name is
actually a corruption of Arabic yad al-jawzā. Jauza/Jawza
originally referred to
Gemini among the Arabs, but for some
unknown reason they transferred it to Orion. Because of its color,
Betelgeuse is sometimes referred to as the
martial one
Crooked nose Scottish surname transferred
to unisex forename use, originally from the name of an ancestor
having an
ungraceful proboscis.
Crooked mouth Scottish surname transferred to forename use, from Gaelic cam
bent, crooked and beul
mouth
Latin form of Greek
Kephalos,
myth name of the faithful husband of Procris, meaning
head
English and
German name
derived from a diminutive form of Latin cor,
meaning "little heart."
Short nose English surname, of French
origin, transferred to unisex forename use. Derived from
the baronial name, itself from any of a number of place
names called Courtenay which got their name from the
nickname court nez, meaning
short
nose
White shoulder Irish/Gaelic myth name of one of the children of
Lir who were turned into swans for 900 years. The name is composed of the elements fionn
fair, white and guala
shoulder
African Zulu name meaning
bow-legged
Japanese name meaning
pupil (of the eye) This name is usually
given to girls with especially beautiful eyes.
Armenian name meaning
fire-eyed
Biblical name of a son of
Simeon,
meaning
right hand
Arabic name meaning
heart, soul
Surname transferred to unisex forename use in honor of the
assassinated American president
John F. Kennedy. The name is an English form
of the Irish/Gaelic forename
Cinnéidigh,
meaning
ugly head
Russian name meaning "lion."
Hindi name meaning
the eye
Native American Quechua name meaning
big eyes
Irish myth name of a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. The name may ultimately derive from Proto-Indo-European
sneudh, meaning
fog But it is the epithet Airgetlám (
silver arm/hand) which Nuada will probably always be best remembered by; this was bestowed on him after his hand or arm was cut off by the Fir Bolg warrior in the first Battle of Magh Tuiredh.
African Igbo name meaning
heart
Roman name derived from the Latin word scaevus, meaning
left-handed
Turkish name meaning
blood head
Little dark eyes Irish surname transferred to forename use,
itself a form of Gaelic Ó Súileabháin
descendant of Súileabhán
Biblical name of a place (Yemen) and a descendant of
Esau,
meaning
right hand, south
English name of Russian origin, meaning
toothy