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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /deɪˈnɛɹɪs/
  • IPA(key): /dəˈnɛɹɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹɪs

Proper noun

Daenerys

  1. 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 examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Daenerys.

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