Because many lamia names are names of animals, plants, and stones, I've given a description of some of these names. Most of these types of names come from Old or Middle English.
ASH
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin: Old English
Meaning: the ash tree
AZARIUS
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Aided by God
BLADE
BRACKEN
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin:
Meaning: a large, coarse fern with tough stems and branching, finely divided fronds
CAMPBELL
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin: Scotch Gaelic
Meaning: Crooked Mouth
CHERVIL
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin: also called Honewart
Meaning: a plant with small, uneven clusters of tiny white flowers on stalks of varying lengths and sizable, distinctive fruit
DAMON
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin: Greek
Meaning: To Tame
DELOS
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Delos is a tiny Greek island, believed by Ancient Greeks to be the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis.
DOVE
Gender: Female
Root:
Origin:
Meaning: Dove
GARNET
Gender: Female
Root: the word garnet comes from the Old French word for "pomegranate," which the garnet closely resembles
Origin: Middle English
Meaning: a gemstone that is usually dark red
HODGE
Gender: Male
Root: Rodger
Origin: Old German
Meaning: Renowned Spearman
HUNTER
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin: Old English
Meaning: Hunter
IVAN
Gender: Male
Root: Russian variation of John
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: God is Gracious
JADE
Gender: Female
Root:
Origin: Spanish
Meaning: a pale green gemstone
JAMES
Gender: Male
Root: English variation of Jacob
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Supplanter
JASPER
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin:
Meaning: an opaque reddish, brown, or yellow quartz
JEZ
Gender: Female
Root: Jezebel
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Pure
KATHERINE
Gender: Female
Root: Catherine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Pure
KESTREL
Gender:
Root:
Origin:
Meaning: a European falcon that resembles the American sparrow hawk
KLAUS
Gender: Male
Root: Nicholas
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Victorious People
LILY
Gender: Female
Root:
Origin: Latin
Meaning: a plant with showy, often trumpet-shaped flowers
MADDER
Gender: Female
Root:
Origin:
Meaning: an old world plant with small, yellow flowers and a red, fleshy root
MAX
Gender: Male
Root: name by itself -or- Maximillan -or- Maxwell
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Great
MAYA
Gender: Female
Root: Maia
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Mother (In Greek myth Maia was a nymph who became the mother of Hermes. In Roman myth Maia was the goddess of springtime and the wife of Vulcan.)
MORGEAD
NILSSON
Gender: Male
Root: NEILSON
Origin: English
Meaning: Champion's Son
NISSA
Gender: Female
Root:
Origin: Scandinavian
Meaning: Friendly Elf
OPAL
Gender: Female
Root:
Origin: Sanscrit
Meaning: a translucent gemstone
PIERCE
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin: Action as a Name
Meaning: To cut through with a sharp instrument.
POPPY
Gender: Female
Root:
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Poppy flower
QUINN
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin: Irish Gaelic
Meaning: Wise
RADHU
Gender: Male
Root: Radha
Origin: Sanskrit
Meaning: Success (in Hindu religion, Radha was one of Krishna's consorts)
RAVEN
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin:
Meaning: a large, black bird related to the crow
RED FERN
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin: Old English
Meaning: Red Fern
ROWAN
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin:
Meaning: a type of mountain ash tree with a rounded crown, showy white flowers, and bright red berries
STEFAN
Gender: Male
Root: STEPHEN
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Crowned
THIERRY
Gender: Male
Root: variation of Theodoric
Origin: Old German
Meaning: People's Ruler
THISTLE
Gender: Female
Root:
Origin:
Meaning: a prickly plant with purplish flowers
TIMMY
Gender: Male
Root: Timothy
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Give Honor to God
TIMOTHY
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin:
Meaning: a common pasture grass used as a hay plant
TORMENTIL
Gender: Male
Root:
Origin: Middle English
Meaning: an herbal plant with yellow flowers whose root is used in tanning and dyeing
VAL
Gender: Male
Root: Valerian
Origin: Latin
Meaning: a weak-stemmed plant with light blue, bell-shaped flowers in loose clusters
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