Beauty of Enkaren Names

I came up with all of these names for my Enkaren and Xavallen characters, in my fictional worlds where the public knows aliens live on Earth. Then I was trying to come up with a name for Superman's daughter, one that would sound Hebrew or Arabic because Kryptonian itself is based on Hebrew. But whose actual meaning was something Clark would came his kid. And I found out that most of the names I chose for my Xavallen and Enkaren Characters are names with Turkish/Persian or Celtic origins. Which is extra cool because I used Irish Gaelic when writing Nikita's (Xavallen) language.

Elana: Form of the Greek Ἑλένη (Helene), probably from Greek ἑλένη (helene) meaning "torch" or "corposant", or possibly related to σελήνη (selene) meaning "moon".

Cara: From an Italian word meaning "beloved" or an Irish word meaning "friend"

Eloise: From the Old French name Héloïse, which was probably from the Germanic name Helewidis, composed of the elements heil meaning "healthy, whole" and wit meaning "wide". It is sometimes associated with the Greek word (helios) meaning "sun" or the name Louise, though there is no etymological connection. This name was borne by the 12th-century French scholar and philosopher Héloïse. Secretly marrying the theologian Peter Abelard at a young age, she became a nun and eventually an abbess.

Eliana: Means "my God has answered" in Hebrew.

The name I decided on when I finish this is Aisha. I knew a woman of African-American descent by that name when I was younger. So I know it wouldn't turn TOO many heads. Because among other things I want a name that isn't so completely awkward to say at school. That's clearly of different origin but not hard on anyone's tongue.

Aisha عائشةf Arabic, Urdu, Hausa, Swahili, African American
"living, alive" in Arabic. This was the name of Muhammad's third wife, the daughter of Abu Bakr. Some time after Muhammad's death she went to war against Ali, the fourth caliph, but was defeated. Her name is used more by Sunni Muslims and less by Shias.

 Originally I was thinking a name that meant 'kindness' or tenderness or 'hope' but none of those met my other criteria. But Clark would name his daughter a name that meant 'brightness' or 'alive' so Aisha fits.

Jeremiah Danvers narrates this.

Elana reached up and embraced her charge. In that moment and with this revelation, the bond of friendship was not broken, but deepened. I smiled, a little sadly. A thought occurred to me. “I hate to interrupt, but there is something I still do not understand. Something I've been wondering about since you, Eloise first told me you are half-human.”

“Eloise was my name at birth.” She said, unprompted. “When my mom died I took her birth name as my own. It will be my name until I die. If I have a daughter I will name her one thing, probably 'Alia' and she will take the name 'Eloise' as her own upon my death.”

“Matra-lineal?” Martin guessed.

“Not quite. The same would be true of a husband who had a son. If I'd had a brother, he would have a different name now than when he'd been born, but would not have received it until Henry had died. It's our custom and how we remember ourselves...where we come from. And we do mean ANY of us. There's no 'maiden name' or 'father's name' cause neither side of the family takes precedence.”

“But your father was a human. And from what you just said, died without having a son.”

"We would have honored the tradition. But my mother was...in the equivalent of her late 70's when I was born and my father died when I was 5. Not much chance of it."

"Do you people have...great houses?" I asked her, thinking of Elias.

"We have strong, complex family units. But it's hard to have houses when the daughters would wear different crests than the sons."

"I see your point." Martin intoned.

"Also, I was born here. Most of what I even know about my people is second hand knowledge... from my mom." She turned to Martin. "I don't want you thinking anything bad happened to her. She died peacefully and of old age. My people live about 120 of your years. She was 136 when she passed on."

    "Wait....what?" I exclaimed. Martin smiled at me as if he understood a secret I wasn't privy to. "I gather there's a scientific explanation for how that's even possibly the case?"

"You thought I was my early 30's didn't you? Physiologically, for my own lifespan I am. But you have to take our metabolism and aging process into account.  Jeremiah Danvers... There is every chance I am older than you."