Plutarch's Lives

  1. Hereas
    • Herodorus
      • Hersilia
        • Hesiod
          • Hippocoon
            • Hippodamia
              • Hippolyta
                • Hippolytus
                  • Hostilius
                    • Hymenaeus
                      • Ilia
                        • Origin:

                          Variation of Iliana, Greek
                        • Meaning:

                          "from Illium or Troy"
                        • Description:

                          Three syllables in only four letters is quite a feat, but that's exactly what you get with Ilia, a more delicate version of Iliana.
                      • Ion
                        • Origin:

                          Romanian and Basque variation of John
                        • Description:

                          A cross between Ian and a group of atomic particles.
                      • Idas
                        • Iope
                          • Ioxus
                            • Iphicles
                              • Iphitus
                                • Ister
                                  • Italus
                                    • Jason
                                      • Origin:

                                        Greek
                                      • Meaning:

                                        "to heal"
                                      • Description:

                                        Jason, the Number 3 name for the entire decade of the 1970s -- thus the title of our original baby-naming book, Beyond Jennifer & Jason -- is more likely to be dad's name now than baby's, but it's still a widely used name.