Daenerys
English
editEtymology
editCoined 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] Borrowed from High Valyrian Daenerys.
Pronunciation
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editDaenerys
- 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.
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