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Emelia: Variant of Amelia, which is a variant of Amalia, which is  the Latinized form of the Germanic name Amala, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".

Ecaterina: Romanian form of Katherine, which is from the Greek name Αικατερινη (Aikaterine). The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name ‘Εκατερινη (Hekaterine), which came from ‘εκατερος (hekateros) "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess ‘Εκατη (Hecate) which is possibly derived from ‘εκας (hekas) meaning "far off"; it could be related to Greek αικια (aikia) "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". In the early Christian era it became associated with Greek καθαρος (katharos) "pure", and the Latin spelling was changed from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this.

Dalca: From Romanian dalca meaning "lightning".

Luca: Italian and Romanian form of Luke, which is the English form of the Greek name Λουκας (Loukas) which meant "from Lucania", Lucania being a region in Italy.

Aurel: German, Romanian, Czech and Slovak form of Aurelius, which is a Roman family name which was derived from Latin aureus "golden, gilded".

Radu: From a short form of any of the various Slavic personal names beginning with the element rad meaning "joyful" or "care".

Ileana: Possibly a Romanian variant of Helen, which is the English form of the Greek ‘Ελενη (Helene), probably from Greek ‘ελενη (helene) "torch" or "corposant", or possibly related to σεληνη (selene) "moon".

Brândușa: Means "crocus" in Romanian.

Radu: From a short form of any of the various Slavic personal names beginning with the element rad meaning "joyful" or "care".

Cristi: Diminutive of Cristian, which is the Romanian form of Christian, which is from the Medieval Latin name Christianus meaning "a Christian", derived from Greek χριω (chrio) "to anoint". .

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Siân: Welsh form of Jeanne, which is the Modern French form of Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of Iohannes, which is the Latin form of the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan) meaning "Yahweh is gracious".

Neris: Perhaps an elaboration of Welsh ner "lord", with the intended meaning of "lady".

Vaughan: From Welsh bychan which means "little". It was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.