972. Christian Names of Women
| name | origin | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Ada | German | same as [Edith] |
| Adela | German | same as [Adeline] |
| Adelaide | German | same as [Adeline] |
| [Adeline] | German | a princess |
| Agatha | Greek | good |
| [Agnes] | German | chaste |
| Alethea | Greek | the truth |
| Althea | Greek | hunting |
| Alice / Alicia | German | noble |
| Alma | Latin | benignant |
| Amabel | Latin | loveable |
| Amy / [Amelia] | French | a beloved |
| Angelina | Greek | lovely, angelic |
| Anna / Anne | Hebrew | gracious |
| Arabella | Latin | a fair altar |
| Aureola | Latin | like gold |
| Aurora | Latin | morning brightness |
| Barbara | Latin | foreign or strange |
| Beatrice | Latin | making happy |
| Bella | Latin | beautiful |
| Benedicta | Latin | blessed |
| Bernice | Greek | bringing victory |
| Bertha | Greek | bright or famous |
| Bessie | short form of [Elizabeth] | |
| Blanche | French | fair |
| Bona | Latin | good |
| Bridget | Irish | shining bright |
| Camilla | Latin | attendant at a sacrifice |
| Carlotta | Italian | same as [Charlotte] |
| Caroline | Latin | feminine of Carolus (Charles): noble-spirited |
| Cassandra | Greek | a reformer of men |
| [Catherine] | Greek | pure or clean. |
| [Cecilia] | Latin | from [Cecil] |
| Charity | Greek | love, bounty |
| [Charlotte] | French | all noble |
| Chloe | Greek | a green herb |
| Christiana | Greek | belonging to Christ |
| Cicely | a corruption of [Cecilia] | |
| Clara | Latin | clear or bright |
| Clarissa | Latin | clear or bright |
| Constance | Latin | constant |
| Dagmar | German | joy of the Danes |
| Deborah | Hebrew | a bee |
| Diana | Greek | Jupiter's daughter |
| Dorcas | Greek | a wild roe |
| Dorothy / Dorothea | Greek | the gift of God |
| [Edith] | Saxon | happiness |
| Eleanor | Saxon | all fruitful |
| [Eliza] / [Elizabeth] | Hebrew | the oath of God |
| Ellen | another form of [Helen] | |
| Emily | corrupted from [Amelia] | |
| Emma | German | a nurse |
| [Esther] / Hesther | Hebrew | secret |
| Eudoia | Greek | prospering in the way |
| Eudora | Greek | good gift |
| Eudosia | Greek | good gift or well-given |
| Eugenia | French | well-born |
| Eunice | Greek | fair victory |
| Eva / Eve | Hebrew | causing life |
| Fanny | diminutive of [Frances] | |
| Fenella | Greek | bright to look on |
| Flora | Latin | flowers |
| Florence | Latin | blooming, flourishing |
| [Frances] | German | free |
| Gertrude | German | all truth |
| Grace | Latin | favour |
| Hagar | Hebrew | a stranger |
| Hadassah | Hebrew | form of [Esther] |
| Hannah | Hebrew | gracious |
| Harriet | German | head of the house |
| [Helen] / Helena | Greek | alluring |
| Henrietta | fem. and dim. of [Henry] | |
| Hepzibah | Hebrew | my delight is in her |
| Hilda | German | warrior maiden |
| Honora | Latin | honourable |
| Huldah | Hebrew | a weazel |
| Isabella | Spanish | fair [Eliza] |
| Jane / Jeanne | feminine of [John] | |
| Janet / Jeannette | little Jane | |
| Jemima | Hebrew | a dove |
| Joan | Hebrew | fem. of [John] |
| Joanna / Johanna | form of Joan | |
| Joyce | French | pleasant |
| Judith | Hebrew | praising |
| Julia / Juliana | feminine of Julian | |
| Katherine | form of [Catherine] | |
| Keturah | Hebrew | incense |
| Keziah | Hebrew | cassia |
| Laura | Latin | a laurel |
| Lavinia | Latin | of Latium |
| Letitia | Latin | joy of gladness |
| Lilian / Lily | Latin | a lily |
| Lois | Greek | better |
| Louisa | German | fem. of [Louis] |
| Lucretia | Latin | a chaste Roman lady |
| Lucy | Latin | feminine of [Lucius] |
| Lydia | Greek | descended from Lud |
| Mabel | Latin | lovely or loveable |
| Madeline | form of Magdalen | |
| Magdalen | Syriac | magnificent |
| [Margaret] | Greek | a pearl |
| Maria / Marie | forms of [Mary] | |
| Martha | Hebrew | bitterness |
| [Mary] | Hebrew | bitter |
| Matilda | German | a lady of honour |
| Maud | German | form of Matilda |
| May | Latin | month of May, or dim. of [Mary] |
| Mercy | English | compassion |
| Mildred | Saxon | speaking mild |
| Minnie | dim. of [Margaret] | |
| Naomi | Hebrew | alluring |
| Nest | British | the same as [Agnes] |
| Nicola | Greek | feminine of [Nicholas] |
| Olive / Olivia | Latin | an olive |
| Olympic | Greek | heavenly |
| Ophelia | Greek | a serpent |
| Parnell / Petronilla | little [Peter] | |
| Patience | Latin | bearing patiently |
| Paulina | Latin | feminine of Paulinus |
| Penelope | Greek | a weaver |
| Persis | Greek | destroying |
| Philadelphia | Greek | brotherly love |
| Philippa | Greek | feminine of [Philip] |
| Phœbe | Greek | the light of life. |
| Phyllis | Greek | a green bough |
| Polly | variation of Molly, dim. of [Mary] | |
| Priscilla | Latin | somewhat old |
| Prudence | Latin | discretion |
| Psyche | Greek | the soul |
| Rachel | Hebrew | a lamb |
| Rebecca | Hebrew | fat or plump |
| Rhoda | Greek | a rose |
| Rosa / Rose | Latin | a rose |
| Rosalie / Rosaline | Latin | little rose |
| Rosalind | Latin | beautiful as a rose |
| Rosabella | Italian | a fair rose |
| Rosamund | Saxon | rose of peace |
| Roxana | Persian | dawn of day |
| Ruth | Hebrew | trembling, or beauty |
| Sabina | Latin | sprung from the Sabines |
| Salome | Hebrew | perfect |
| Sapphira | Greek | like a sapphire stone |
| Sarah | Hebrew | a princess |
| Selina | Greek | the moon |
| Sybilla | Greek | the counsel of God |
| Sophia | Greek | wisdom |
| Sophronia | Greek | of a sound mind |
| Susan / Susanna | Hebrew | a lily |
| Tabitha | Syriac | a roe |
| Temperance | Latin | moderation |
| Theodosia | Greek | given by God |
| Tryphena | Greek | delicate |
| Tryphosa | Greek | delicious |
| Victoria | Latin | victory |
| Vida | Erse | feminine of [David] |
| Ursula | Latin | a she bear |
| Walburga | Saxon | gracious |
| Winifred | Saxon | winning peace |
| Zenobia | Greek | the life of Jupiter |
Nor break the ties of friendship needlessly.
973. Hints on the Barometer
974. Why does a Barometer indicate the Pressure of the Atmosphere?
Because it consists of a tube containing quicksilver, closed at one end and open at the other, so that the pressure of air upon the open end balances the weight of the column of mercury (quicksilver); and when the pressure of the air upon the open surface of the mercury increases or decreases, the mercury rises or falls in response thereto.