Maria Chiara

Arabic, Turkish and Persian form of Yochanan (see John). This name honours John the Baptist, a prophet in Islam.

People with the name Verbenia have a deep inner desire for love and companionship, and want to work with others to achieve peace and harmony.

Variant of Jocelyn.

From the Greek name Ἀλθαία (Althaia), perhaps related to Greek ἄλθος (althos) meaning “healing”. In Greek myth she was the mother of Meleager. Soon after her son was born she was told that he would die as soon as a piece of wood that was burning on her fire was fully consumed. She immediately extinguished the piece of wood and sealed it in a chest, but in a fit of rage many years later she took it out and set it alight, thereby killing her son.

People with the name Hallen have a deep inner desire for a stable, loving family or community, and a need to work with others and to be appreciated.