Island Names
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• UNISEX:

  1. INNES: Scottish unisex name derived from the Gaelic element inis "island." 

  2. INNIS: Variant of Scottish unisex Innes, meaning "island."

  3. WHITNEY: "White island." English surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from the name of various place names derived from the Middle English phrase atten whiten ey, meaning "by the white island." 

  4. YNIS WITRIN: "Isle of Glass." Celtic name of a teardrop-shaped hill at Glastonbury, Somerset, England. It was given this name because it rose out of the fenland (wetland) like an island. The Tor has been associated with the name Avalon, and identified with King Arthur. Remains of a 5th century fort were found on the Tor, but it was replaced by the medieval St. Michael's church which remained there until 1275. A second church was built on the site in the 1360s which remained until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 at which time the Tor was being used as a place of execution by hanging by the Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey. 

• MALE:

  1. ADNEY: English name derived from the Old Norman French family name Oudinot, meaning "the noble's island."

  2. EYSTEINN: "Island stone." Old Norse name composed of the elements ey "island" and steinn "stone."

  3. EYVINDR: "Island wind." Old Norse name composed of the elements ey "island" and vindr "wind."

  4. HOLGER: Variant of Old Norse Hólmgeirr, meaning "spear island."

  5. HOLMGER (Hólmger): Variant of Old Norse Hólmgeirr, meaning "spear island."
  6. HOLMGEIR (Hólmgeir): Variant of Old Norse Hólmgeirr, meaning "spear island."
  7. HOLMGEIRR (Hólmgeirr): "Spear island." Old Norse name composed of the elements hólmr "island" and geirr "spear."
  8. ISLAY: Scottish name derived from the name of the island Islay, known as the "Queen of the Hebrides," meaning "island" in Gaelic.

  9. ITAMAR: Variant of Hebrew Ithamar, meaning "palm island."

  10. ITHAMAR: Hebrew biblical name of a son of Aaron, meaning "palm island."

  11. LYLE: Scottish surname transferred to forename use, itself from the Norman French phrase de l'isle, meaning "from the island."

  12. OYSTEIN (Øystein): Norwegian form of Old Norse Eysteinn, meaning "Island stone."
  13. OYVIND (Øyvind): Norwegian form of Old Norse Eyvindr, meaning "island wind."
  14. RAMSAY: "Wild-garlic island." Scottish surname transferred to forename use, itself from a place name composed of the Old English elements hramsa "wild garlic" and eg "island."
  15. RAMSEY: Variant of Scottish Ramsay, meaning "wild-garlic island."
  16. ROD: Nickname for English Roderick "famous power" and Rodney "Hroda's fen/island."
  17. RODDY: Pet form of English Roderick "famous power" and Rodney "Hroda's fen/island."
  18. RODNEY: "Hroda's fen/island." English surname transferred to forename use, itself from a place name composed of the Germanic nickname Hroda and the element eg "fen, island." 

  19. UISDEAN (Ùisdean): Scottish form of Old Norse Eysteinn, meaning "island stone."

• FEMALE:

  1. AVALON: "Island of apples." Probably derived from Celtic abal or Welsh afal, meaning "apple." Name of the legendary island somewhere in the British Isles, where the body of King Arthur is said to be buried, having been brought there by his half-sister Morgan le Fay, and where he is supposed to one day return. 

  2. AVARON: Variant of Avalon, meaning "island of apples."

  3. AVILON: Variant of Avalon, meaning "island of apples."

  4. CAPRINA: English name derived from the name of the Italian island of Capri. The Latin name for Capri is Capreæ, meaning "goats." However, the Greeks were the first to populate the island, therefore the name probably derived from Greek kapros, meaning "wild boar."

  5. ELBA: English name borrowed from the Italian island name, Elba, where Napoleon was exiled. The name derives from Latin Ilva, itself from Greek Aethale, meaning "soot, grime."

  6. EYDIS (Eydís): "Island goddess." Old Norse name composed of the elements ey "island" and dis "goddess."

  7. IONA: English and Scottish name derived from the name of an island in the Hebrides, itself ultimately from Old Norse ey, meaning "island." 

  8. IONE: English name coined in the 19th century, probably a form of Iona, meaning "island."

  9. ISLA: Feminine form of Scottish Islay, meaning "island."

  10. IZARO: Basque name meaning "island."

  11. LYONESSE: Possibly means "lion island."

      1. Arthurian legend name of the sister of Lynette and wife of Gareth who saved her from Sir Ironside, the Red Knight of the Red Launds. 

      2. Arthurian legend name of a sunken land believed to lie off the Isles of Scilly to the south-west of Cornwall. Sometimes associated with Avalon. As the legend goes, "when Lyonesse sank beneath the waves only a man named Trevelyan escaped by riding a white horse." This was said to be the birthplace of Tristan, son of King Meliodas/Rivalen. It is also said that one of the sign's of King Arthur's return will be the rising of the sunken Lyonesse. Tennyson describes Lyonesse as the site of Arthur's final battle with Mordred. 

  12. NONIE: Pet form of Ione, probably meaning "island."

  13. RODINA: Scottish feminine form of Rodney, meaning "Hroda's fen/island."

  14. SHALOTT: Name of an island in Tennyson's romantic poem "The Lady of Shalott," concerning Elaine of Astolat, a maiden who falls in love with Lancelot, but dies of grief when he cannot return her love. Shalott is located in a river near Camelot.

  15. TOPAZ: English gem name meaning simply "topaz," the birthstone for the month of November. Pliny says that the topaz was named for an island where it was mined, either in the Red Sea or the Arabian Sea. The word derives from Latin topazus, from Greek topazos/topazion, which is of obscure origin, though some linguists think there may be a connection with the Sanskrit word tapas, meaning "heat; fire."

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