Boys' Names and Their Meanings Quiz

Answer: Phillip

Andrew is a biblical term meaning 'strong man'. Carlos shares that meaning, but is Spanish. Apollo is from the Greek god and means 'destroyer'. Alexander's father was Phillip of Macedon.

Answer: Todd

Todd is Scottish for 'fox', and means 'cunning', an attribute often given to the fox. Bradley comes from 'brad' and 'leah', meaning 'broad wood'. Gregory is Latin and Greek and means 'vigilant'. Ryan is an Irish word for 'king'.

Answer: Dexter

The name comes from Latin and is used extensively in heraldry. The opposite word is 'sinister', as left-handedness was thought to be evil.

Orville translates from French as 'golden town', but the name came to prominence in the 1779 novel 'Evelina', by Fanny Burney. Wilbur is Old German and means 'brave'. Neville is also French, and means 'new town'.

The photo is a cartoon character named Dexter, who is a scientific boy-genius.

Answer: Vikings

Norman derives from 'North man', meaning Scandinavians. The Vikings migrated to what would become Normandy, in northern France. In 1066, a ruler named William, and about 10,000 soldiers named Norman invaded England and defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings, thus starting the Norman Conquest.

Answer: Jasper

Pearl is a girl's name and is also usually white (although other colours exist). It also has a much lower Mohs value of between 3 and 4. Jade is usually green, whilst garnet can be many colours. There are about 20 different varieties, however none of these contain quartz.

Jasper (or Caspar or Gaspar) is also the traditional name of one of the Three Wise Men at the nativity.

Answer: Glen

Harold means 'leader of soldiers' and Stephen also has Biblical provenance. St Stephen is generally acknowledged as being the first Christian martyr. His name came from the Greek word for 'crown'.

This very pretty picture is part of the fertile Sacred Valley of the Incas, in Peru.

Answer: Living near a cliff

It shares its source with the word 'crag'.

The picture is of Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh. The rather impressive structure in the picture in Edinburgh Castle, home to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, and one of Scotland's major tourist drawcards.

Answer: Felix

Felix has Latin roots, and the word is similar in most European tongues. It means 'lucky' and was the name of four early popes.

Carter is a cart-driver, Clarence means 'clear' and Roy has a couple of different roots- French for 'king' and Irish for 'red'.

Answer: Martin

Thanks to NASA for allowing me to use the picture of Mars. Martin derives from the Roman god of war.

Urano is a less common name that comes from the Greek god of the sky, Uranus. Mercury is the Roman god of merchants and traders. Juno is not a masculine name, but was the wife (and sister) of Jupiter.

Answer: Russell

The French word is 'rousse'. Roscoe is Old Norse and means 'deer wood' and Robin is a variant of the English name, Robert. Raymond has several etymologies, including German, French and Latin, but the meanings are similar- a wise protector.

Russell, the redhead duck, is common in North America.