Girl: Kara Mackenzie, Boy: Alexander Dorian or Dorian Alexander
GIRL:
KARA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
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Either a pet form of KATHERINE or a variant of CARA (Named After Karen, so Kara is a pet
form of katherine)
KATHERINE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KATH-u-rin, KATH-rin [key]
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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 HECATE; it could be related to Greek
αικια (aikia) "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration
of your name". The Romans associated it with Greek καθαρος (katharos) "pure" and changed their spelling from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this.
The name belonged to a 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was tortured
on the famous Catherine wheel. Another saint by this name was Catherine of Siena,
a 14th-century mystic. This name was also borne by two empresses of Russia,
including Catherine the Great, and by three of Henry VIII's wives.
MACKENZIE
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
From the Gaelic surname Mac Coinnich, which means "son of Coinneach".
Coinneach is an Irish name meaning "handsome". A famous bearer
of the surname was William Lyon MacKenzie, a Canadian journalist and political rebel.
BOY:
ALEXANDER
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Hungarian
Pronounced: al-eg-ZAN-dur [key]
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From the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros),
which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner)
"man" (genitive ανδρος (andros)). Alexander the Great, King of Macedon,
is the most famous bearer of this name. In the 4th century BC he built a huge empire out
of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India. This was also the name of emperors of Russia,
kings of Scotland and Yugoslavia, and eight popes. Also, Sir
Alexander MacKenzie was an explorer of the north and west of Canada in the 18th century.
DORIAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
The name was first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'.
He may have taken it from the Late Latin name Dorianus, which was derived from
the name of ancient Greek tribe the Dorians.