Sunflower Dandizette

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Tristan -- known through medieval legend and Wagnerian opera -- has a slightly wistful, touching air. This, combined with the name's popular "an" ending, makes Tristan very appealing to parents seeking a more original alternative to Christian.
 One influence was the character Tristan Ludlow played by Brad Pitt in the 1994 movie Legends of the Fall, based on a Jim Harrison novel.
 Tristan is a dragon-slaying hero of Celtic legend, whose story was incorporated into Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, in which Tristan is one of the Knights of the Round Table, consumed by his doomed love affair with Queen Isolde. Wagner set the story to music in his opera Tristan und Isolde.
 Tristan and its alternate form Tristram have been found in later lit as well. Tristram Shandy is a famous early comic novel by Laurence Sterne (in which the hero's father calls Tristram the worst name in the universe); Tristan is a major character in James Herriott's All Creatures Great and Small, and there is an eponymous novella by Thomas Mann.
 Particularly popular in Canada, Tristan was chosen for their sons by Travis Tritt, Wayne Gretzky, Natasha Henstridge and, most recently, by Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth. Basketball player Tristan Thompson hails from Canada.
 Other variants of Tristan include Tristen, Tristin, Triston and Tristian.

Tristan

Tristan Fernweh

pandablahh's list "Abstract Names" of 4 great name ideas: Sunflower Dandizette - Tristan Fernweh!

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This list is definitely not for everyone. In a search for a strong name not only for a baby but with strong backgrounds as well I found myself stumped. I tried to dig up history names, Scientists, innovators, world-changers, Classics, elegance, sturdiness, and even geek culture. I wanted something BOLD and free. I read too much on how names can sometimes effect the outcome of an individuals life (Dennis' have a likelihood towards Dentistry!) I became engrossed in this chase for the perfect all encapsulating name, until I just stopped thinking and decided to let the words pick the name. There are some favorite basics, and some words with definitions that have incredible meaning to my situation and traditional names or annoying or whatever, they speak a confidence I had only wished for and maybe someday a little one of my own may bring the name to a bold place in the world. ^_^

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