Daenerys

English

Etymology

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin. 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.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Daenerys

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage
    • 2013 March 22, Tom de Castella, “Game of Thrones: Why does it inspire such devotion among fans?”, in BBC News:
      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 June 25, Elissa Chudwin, “'Idol' alum Glocksen rocks Tinley Park”, in The Tinley Junction, volume 8, number 13, 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.

See also

References

  1. George R. R. Martin on how he comes up with his characters' names., 2014

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