Daenerys
English
Etymology
From the name of a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels; popularised by the later television adaptation Game of Thrones, the name derives from a mixture of Korean [Term?] (“great, greatness”) and Welsh Nerys, meaning 'lord' or 'chief'.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Daenerys
- A female given name of modern usage.
- 2013, Tom de Castella, "Game of Thrones: Why does it inspire such devotion among fans?", BBC News, 22 March 2013:
- The New Yorker related how a couple at one of Martin's book signing asked the writer to pose for a photograph with their daughter Daenerys, named after the dragon maiden Daenerys Targaryen.
- 2014, Wayne O'Connor, "Mum 'inconsolable' as toddler (2) dies after truck strikes pram", The Herald (Ireland), 19 November 2014:
- Daenerys Crosbie was being taken to her Montessori school by her mum Carole-Anne when her pram was hit by the truck in Waterford.
- 2015, Elissa Chudwin, "'Idol' alum Glocksen rocks Tinley Park", The Tinley Junction, Volume 8, Number 13, 25 June 2015, page 20:
- She [Gina Glocksen] married bandmate Joe Ruzicka in 2008, and she now has a 1-year-old daughter, Daenerys.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Daenerys.
- 2013, Tom de Castella, "Game of Thrones: Why does it inspire such devotion among fans?", BBC News, 22 March 2013: