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Name of the Day: Usopp

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Name: Usopp

Pronunciation: OOHSS-sawp

Languages: Greek, to Old English, to Japanese

Meaning: He Honors Uso--Falsehoods, Lies, and Untruths; Moreover; He Honors the Greek Teller of Fables, Aesop, Whose Name Derives from Aithiops, which Commemorates Dark-Complexioned Ethiopians--Great Africans, All

Notable Use of this Name: The valiant Straw Hat Pirate Usopp, or Usoppu, has a Pinocchio-like nose, reflecting the fact that he tells hard-to-believe lies, in the One Piece universe of manga and anime, devised by Japan's Eiichiro Oda (1975-).  Usopp’s name honors the Japanese word uso--untruths.  However, his name also honors the renowned Greek teller of fables, Aesop (620 BC-560 BC).  Regarding Aesop, English scholar William Martin Leake (1777-1860) said that coins, c. 520 BC, from Delphi, Greece, show the “head of a Negro,” and might depict Aesop, who was slain in Delphi.

 Public Domain Image: This coin from Delphi, Greece, c. 520 BC, of the head of a black person, may depict the beloved fable-teller Aesop, who was slain in Delphi--and the coin brings to mind the Straw Hat Pirate Usopp, from the One Piece universe of manga and anime, whose name honors Aesop.

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Name of the Day: Luffy

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Name: Luffy

Pronunciation: LOOHF-fee

Languages: Dutch, to Old English, to Japanese

Meaning:  He Honors the Act of Luffing--Meaning, Turning a Sailboat’s Sail So Far into the Wind, that the Sail Begins to Luff, or Shake, in an Extreme Manner

Notable Use of this Name: Monkey D. Luffy, the leader of the Straw Hat Pirates, is a courageous hero who can stretch like rubber, and is the star of the brilliant One Piece universe of Japanese manga and anime, devised by Eiichiro Oda (1975-).

Public Domain Image: The 1874 masterpiece Sailboats Racing on the Delaware, by American genius Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)--given to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1929 by Thomas Eakins (posthumously) and Miss Mary Adeline--brings to mind the brilliant name Luffy, which derives from the English verb “luff,’ referring to a sailboat’s sail shaking in an extreme manner.

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Name of the Day: Sanji

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Name: Sanji

Pronunciation: SAHNJ-jeeh

Language: Japanese

Meaning: He Honors Sanji--Japan’s Time-Honored Afternoon Tea Service, which Includes Tea and Delectable Snacks, and Is a Long-Established Ceremony, Practiced Each Day at Three O’Clock

Notable Use of this Name: The easy-going Vinsmoke Sanji is an accomplished chef; an ardent admirer of lovely women; a fierce fighter; and, most importantly, he is a member of the Straw Hat Pirates, the beloved heroes of the One Piece universe of manga and anime devised by the Japanese author-illustrator Eiichiro Oda (1975-).

Public Domain Image: In this unattributed 1933 illustration, seven beautifully-dressed Tea Girls stand before the Japan Tea Hall at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair--bringing to mind the romantic Sanji, an accomplished chef, and a member of the Straw Hat Pirates, in the One Piece universe of Japanese manga and anime.

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Name of the Day: Nami

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Name: Nami

Pronunciation: nahm-MEEH, NAHM-meeh

Languages: Chinese, to Japanese

Meaning: She Shall Become as Beautiful as Blue-Green Ocean Waves

Notable Use of this Name: The resourceful and hyper-intelligent Nami--who can manipulate weather with her uniquely powerful baton--is one of the intrepid Straw Hat Pirates, from the beloved One Piece universe of Japanese manga and anime, devised by the Japanese writer-illustrator Eiichiro Oda (1975-).

Public Domain Image: The Huntington Library in San Marino, California, displays Sarah Barrett Moulton: Pinkie, a 1794 painting by England's Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) depicting young Sarah Goodin Barrett Moulton (1783-1795 ) on a windswept hillside--a masterwork, provided here by Ribberlin, that brings to mind the powerful Nami, who can control the weather, and who appears in the One Piece universe of manga and anime.

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Name of the Day: Camilla

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Name: Camilla

Pronunciation: kuhm-mihl-luh

Languages: Latin, to Old English

Meaning: She Radiates Excellence

Notable Person with this Name: In the Aeneid (29 BC-19 BC), the Roman poet Virgil | 70 BC-19 BC) tells of Metabus, the tyrant of Italy's ancient Volsci nation.  Forced by rebel Volsci to flee his city of Privernum, Metabus grabbed a spear, then wrapped his infant daughter Camilla in his cloak, and dashed through the woods to the banks of the River Amasene.  As mobs approached, Metabus begged the hunting-goddess Diana to spare Camilla--then bound the infant to his spear, and hurled her over the river, with one of history's most amazing throws.  Camilla landed safely on the opposite bank, and Metabus fought his way through white-water to retrieve her, and carry her to her future destiny as a mighty warrior. | Public Domain Image: Metabus makes history's greatest throw, hurling a spear--with his infant daughter Camilla tied to it--across the River Amasene, in Metabus and Camilla (1808) by France's Jean-Baptiste Peytavin (1767-1855).

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Name of the Day: Palpatine

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Name: Palpatine

Pronunciation: PALP-puht-teehn

Languages: Latin, to Italian, to Old English

Meaning: He Says, "I Offer Palpatine--Little Flatteries, Little Ego-Strokes, and Sensual Little Caresses!"

Notable Use of this Name: In the Star Wars films, the name of the power-obsessed Emperor Palpatine mirrors the Italian word palpata, meaning strokes or caresses, as well as the Italian word  palpatine, meaning little caresses, little flatteries, and little ego-strokes.

Public Domain Image: The masterwork, Premières Cresses, or First Caresses, by France’s William-Adolphe Bourguereau (1825-1905), showing a mother caressing her newborn, brings indirectly to mind the power-mad Emperor Palpatine, from the Star Wars universe of films, whose name mirrors the Italian word palpatine, meaning, little caresses, and little ego-strokes.

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Name of the Day: Roronoa

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Name: Roronoa

Pronunciation: loh-LOH-noh-wah

Languages: French, to Japanese

Meaning: He Honors the French Buccaneer François l’Olonnais, Whose Last Name commemorated Olonne, a Type of Cloth Used to Make Sails for Ships, Originally Created in Olonne,  or Olonne-sur-Mer, France

Notable Use of this Name: Roronoa  Zoro, or Roronoa Zolo, is a master swordfighter, who wields the blades Enma, Sandai Kitetsu, and Wado Ichimonji, and is a valued member of the Straw Hat Pirates, in the One Piece universe of manga and anime, devised by Eiichiro Oda (1975-). Moreover, Roronoa’s name honors the French pirate François l’Olonnais, whose surname commemorates a type of sail-cloth created in Olonne-sur-Mer, France.

Public Domain Image: This c. 1878 painting, by an unknown artist--provided by the Photographs Division of the U.S. Library of Congress--of a horse-mounted Japanese samurai, resplendent in green and red, brings to mind the swordsman Roronoa Zoro, a member of the Straw hat Pirates, in the One Piece universe of Manga and anime.

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Name of the Day: Love

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Name: Love

Pronunciation: LUHV

Languages: Old English, to English

Meaning: She [or He] Is Our Beautiful Love

Notable Use of This Name: Texas singer-dancer-actress Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979- ) began performing with the L.A.-Gear-sponsored dance troupe, the Texas Show Team--at age 9.  Interestingly, while the multitalented Jennifer may be best-known for her role as Melinda Gordon, the woman who could see and speak to ghosts, in tv’s popular Ghost Whisperer (2005-2010), she has also cocreated the Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Music Box (2009-2010) series of comic books for IDW Publishing.

Public Domain Image: The magnificent gilded painting, “The Kiss” (c. 1907-1908), by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), brings to mind the word “love”--a word which can be used as a beautiful name, as exemplified by American singer-dancer-actress Jennifer Love Hewitt.

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Name of the Day: Estevanico

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Name: Estevanico

Pronunciation: ehss-stehv-VAHN-nihk-koh

Languages: Greek, to Spanish

Meaning: He Is Our Bright Garland, Our Bright Crown

The black African explorer Mustafa "Estevanico" Azemmouri (c. 1500-1539), a Moroccan Muslim, rose from slavery to become the first non-Native re-discoverer of huge areas of North America.  After Mustafa's home city of Azemmour, Morocco, was seized by Portugal, Mustafa was enslaved in 1522, taken to Spain, and renamed Estevanico, perhaps by his "owner," Andrés Dorantes de Carranza.  Andrés was later persuaded in 1527 by a friend, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, to grab Estevanico and join Cuba's Governor Pánfilo de Narváez, along with some 600 cutthroats, to invade Florida.  Álvar's diary, published as La Relación y Comentarios in 1542, told of Governor Narváez's delusion of finding the Seven Cities of Cibola, or Seven Cities of Gold, reputedly built by Spanish clerics fleeing Morocco's 8th-Century conquest of Spain--an absurd diaspora myth. When Narváez's five ships reached the Caribbean isle of Hispaniola, many of his brigands deserted; and as the ships limped to Cuba, storms smashed two of them.  Once in Florida, starvation, illness, and Native defenders cut the Spaniards' ranks to about 200.  Survivors cobbled-together rafts and sailed south, but two of the craft sank, drowning many, including Governor Narváez himself.  Estevanico, Álvar, Andrés, and other naked castaways finally beached on today's Galveston Island, in Texas.  The isle's Native Karankawa, watching the starvelings pray over the dying, offered food in exchange for prayers.  The invaders agreed to pray--yet continued to perish until only Estevanico, Andrés, Álvar, and a few others remained.  After the Karankawa sold the Spaniards as slaves to other Natives, Estevanico became a natural leader.  Álvar wrote, "It was the negro who talked to [the Natives] all the time.  He inquired about the road we should follow, the villages--in short, about everything…."  Eight years of international travel finally brought Estevanico and his band to Spain's newly-created Mexico City in 1536, where they charmed officials with fairy-tales about the Seven Cities.  In 1539, Estevanico was ordered to guide a new expedition north.  In the trek, he was told to scout ahead--and he urged his horse to dash for freedom.  He later became the first non-Native re-discoverer of what is now Arizona and New Mexico.

Public Domain Image: Turkish Water Seller (1874) by Francis Millet (1848-1912), from Port Reading's Art Renewal Center, brings to mind Africa's Estevanico, the first non-Native rediscoverer of today's Arizona and New Mexico.

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Name of the Day: Macarius

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Name: Macarius

Pronunciation: muhk-KAHR-reeh-yuhss

Languages: Greek, to Latin, to Old English

Meaning: He Honors Peace, Joy, and Blessed Release

Notable Use of this Name: Saint Macarius (c. AD 300-AD 391), born in the African civilization of Egypt, and venerated by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, began life as a smuggler.  Using camels, he crossed Egypt's Nitrian Desert to transport stolen potassium nitrate, used as soap in ancient times.  After being forced by his parents to settle down and marry, in his hometown of Shabsheer, Macarius used his notorious cleverness to fake an illness, abandon his wife, and flee to Egypt's deserts.  There, he had a vision of an angel proclaiming that the desert would one day belong to him.  Chastened, Macarius returned home to find that his new wife had passed away.  After his parents also passed, a newly-pious Macarius gave his possessions to the poor and consecrated his life to God, as a priest.  His subsequent years of good works were interrupted by a woman in Shabsheer who accused him of fathering her unborn child.  Macarius accepted responsibility, and was condemned by the shocked townspeople, until the woman later confessed that another man was the father.  Everyone tried to apologize, but Macarius retreated to the desert, where he lived as a hermit for decades, ministering to thousands of pilgrims, who called him the Lamp of the Desert.

Public Domain Image: Saint Macarius raises his hands to bless pilgrims in this 1378 icon displayed in the Church of the Transfiguration, in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, and painted by Theophanes the Greek (1340-1410).

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Name of the Day: Maurice

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Name: Maurice

Pronunciation: mohr-REEHSS

Languages: Latin, to French, to Old English

Meaning: He Honors Moors with Dark Complexions

Notable Use of this Name: The black Christian warrior Maurice (?-AD 287)--or Mauritius, or Moritz, or Morris--was the first Primicerius or commander of Rome's Prima Maximiana Thebeorum, the First Theban Legion of Maximian.  The Legion comprised some 6,600 Christian warriors from Thebes, a city in the African land of Egypt, a realm of "zealous Christians" at that time, according to Alban Butler (1710-1773) in The Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints (1799, posthumous).  Maurice and his Legion proudly fought for Emperor Maximian (c. AD 250-c. AD 310)--until the Emperor ordered them to worship pagan gods.  Maurice and his men refused, preferring martyrdom, a sacrifice which eventually elevated Maurice to sainthood.  The earliest depiction of Saint Maurice is a painted statue, c. AD 1250, in the Cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice, in Magdeburg, Germany, portraying the armored Maurice, with his broad nose, full lips, and black skin.  Also, in the Public Domain Image partly seen here, Saint Erasmus and Saint Maurice (c. 1517), by Germany's Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470-1528), a black Saint Maurice confers with Italy's Erasmus of Formia (?-AD 303).  Also, locales such as the city of St. Moritz, in Switzerland, honor this beloved African martyr.

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Name of the Day: Cat

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Pronunciation: KATT

Languages: Greek, to Old English

Meaning: She Is Little, and Katharos--Meaning, She Is Little, and Pure-Hearted

Notable Use of this Name: The brilliant Italian-Jewish-American author Catherine Anna Manfredi, known popularly as Cat Yronwode, has worked variously as an astrologer, comic-book-writer, graphic designer, publisher, and editor.  Cat--the daughter of Joseph Manfredi, an Italian-American painter; and Liselotte Erlanger, a German-Jewish-American author, who escaped from Nazi Germany--went to Shimer College in Mount Carroll, Illinois, but left to reside at the Tolstoy Peace Commune, in the state of Washington. Thereafter, she wrote and published science-fiction stories, indulged her love of astrology by writing astrology-articles for the San Francisco Express Times newspaper, and has written popular books such as My Lady’s Closet Opened and the Secret of Baking Revealed by Two Gentlemen (1969).  Cat’s love of comic books motivated her to write the Lesser Book of the Vishanti (1977), an homage to Marvel Comics’ Doctor Strange,  Master of the Mystic Arts.  Cat has served as an Editor-in-Chief for Eclipse Comics during the 1980s, and she cocreated the widely-respected book Women and the Comics (1985).  Cat also cocreated trailblazing political trading-cards for Eclipse, exploring topics such as the AIDS epidemic, and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  But perhaps one of Cat’s greatest achievements was testifying in the case of Illinois v. Correa, an experience which led to the creation of the now-widely-respected Comic Book Legal Defense Fund in 1986.

Public Domain Image:  This 2010 photo, provided by Flickr, and the Bureau of Land Management Arizona, and the federal Bureau of Land Management, of a sign marking the Ironwood Forest National Monument in Arizona--brings to mind the beloved writer Cat Yronwode.

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Name of the Day: Sereine

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Pronunciation: suhr-REHN

Languages: Latin, to French

Meaning: She  Is Serēnus--Meaning, She Is as Mild, Serene, Peaceful, Tranquil, and Untroubled as a Good Day without Clouds, a Good Day without Rain

Notable Use of this Name: In the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes area of southern France, the beautiful Sereine River--fed by the Romagna and l’Ancienne tributaries--meanders through six lovely communities: Beynost, Cordieux, La Boisse, Montluel, Sainte-André-de-Corcy, and Sainte-Croix.

Public domain Image: This 2013 photo, by France’s Benoît Prieur (1975-) shows a portion of the picturesque Sereine River, in southern France.

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Name of the Day: Palestine

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Pronunciation: Pal-lihss-stiyne

Languages: Egyptian, to Hebrew, to Greek, to Latin, to Old English, to Middle English, to English

Meaning: She [or He] Honors, the Western Asian Land of P-l-s-t, or Pléshet, or Philistia, or Palaistínē, or Palaestina, or Palestina, or Palestyne, or Palestine, the Ancient Homeland of the Philistine People

Notable Uses of this Name: The ancient west Asian land of Palestine shares its venerable name with numerous communities throughout the United States, including (1) Palestine, Arkansas, where some 30% of the population is below age 30; (2) New Palestine, Indiana, the birthplace of Matt Canada, an Offensive Coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 2021-2023; (3) Palestine, Ohio, located in the interestingly-named Darke County; (4) and East Palestine, Ohio, site of a tragic 2023 train-derailment, which resulted in the release of toxic chemical vapors, and which also resulted in the implementation of many new railroad safety-measures.

Public Domain Image: This 1804 illustration, captioned, “Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives,” is from the 1804 book Views in Palestine, by Luigi Mayer (1775-1803)--and brings to mind the numerous American communities that share the ancient name of Palestine.

 

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