Traditional Guyana Names

Born into wealth and honor

Delicate, gentle, noble, adorned

Wise, insightful, intelligent

Beautiful, fair; offering, precious

Man, warrior

Grace and bitterness, or grace and sea of sorrow

Priceless, highly praiseworthy, or flourishing.

Beaver meadow or beaver stream

high, noble, strong

free man

Free man (originally male) or song (female)

beloved

Bearer of Christ

From the town of Clare

Lame, crippled

courteous, polite

Valley

Beloved, darling, friend

divine, heavenly

Devoted to Dionysus

Dark warrior; brown-haired chief

Wished for child; hazelnut

free, or from the Franks (a Germanic tribe)

Joyful; father's joy

Farmer, earth-worker. A grounded and hardworking individual.

Glory

Grace, elegance, charm, beauty

Army ruler

From the hazelnut tree

torch, bright one, shining light

home ruler

bright mind, intelligent spirit

Faith

Supplanter

Meaning 'supplanter'.

White shadow, white wave, or fair one

God beholds; to see

God is gracious

God will add; God increases

Woman of Judea; praised

Pure

Born of fire; handsome

Handsome birth

From the Scottish placename Lorn, possibly meaning 'lost' or 'forlorn'.

disciple of Columba

pearl

Warlike

bitter, beloved, rebellion, wished-for child