AGAMEMNON m Usage: Greek Mythology Pronounced: ag-a-MEM-nahn Possibly meaning "very steadfast" in Greek. In Greek mythology he was the brother of Menelaus and he led the Greek expedition to Troy to recover his brother's wife Helen. After the Trojan War Agamemnon was killed by his wife Clytemnestra. ----- ALEXANDER m Usage: English, German, Dutch Pronounced: al-eg-ZAN-dur From the Greek name Alexandros, which meant "defending men" from Greek alexein "to defend, help" and aner "man" (genitive 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. ----- AJAX m Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized) Pronounced: AY-jaks From the Greek name Aias, perhaps deriving from Greek aiastes "mourner". In Greek mythology this was the name of one of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War. When the armor of the slain hero Achilles was not given to him he became mad with jealousy and killed himself. ----- BARBAROSSA I can't find anything on his name. ----- DANTE m Usage: Italian Pronounced: DAHN-tay From the Italian name Durante, which was related to the Latin word durantem meaning "enduring". The most notable bearer of this name was Dante Alighieri, the medieval Italian poet who wrote 'The Divine Comedy'. ----- HECATE f Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized) Pronounced: HEK-a-tee Possibly derived from Greek hekas meaning "far off". In Greek mythology Hecate was a goddess associated with witchcraft, tombs, demons and the underworld. ----- JUNO f Usage: Roman Mythology Pronounced: JOO-no Meaning unknown. In Roman mythology Juno was the wife of Jupiter and the queen of the heavens. She was the protectress of marriage and women, and was also the goddess of finance. ----- TAMERLANE m Usage: History Westernized form of Timur i Leng (see TIMUR). TIMUR m Usage: Russian Derived from a Turkish word meaning "iron". Timur, also known as Tamerlane (from Persian Timur i Leng "Timur the lame"), was a 14th-century Turkic leader who conquered large areas of western Asia. ----- TLALOC m Usage: New World Mythology Means "of the earth" in Nahuatl. He was the Aztec god of rain and fertility, the husband of Chalchiuhticue. ----- XERXES m Usage: English Pronounced: ZURK-seez Greek form of the Persian name Xshay