ken|ning

“heaven”

17 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. 13 of them open a name against 4 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 3 families, most of them real world. Paladin carries the most, with 4 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.

Paladin


Tabletop

Caele initial · Cae initial · Caeli initial · cel final

  • Caelemund

    Caele heaven + mund protection

    heaven protection

  • Caelehelm

    Caele heaven + helm crested casque

    heaven crested casque

  • Caeledag

    Caele heaven + dag day

    heaven day

  • Caegena

    Cae heaven + gena born

    heaven born

  • Caelissa

    Cae heaven + lissa honey

    heaven honey

  • Caesana

    Cae heaven + sana healing

    heaven healing

  • Caelilis

    Caeli heaven + lis bound

    heaven bound

  • Caelibel

    Caeli heaven + bel fair

    heaven fair

  • Caelifend

    Caeli heaven + fend defence

    heaven defence

  • Firmacel

    Firma firm + cel heaven

    firm heaven

  • Aegiscel

    Aegis shield + cel heaven

    shield heaven

  • Ardorcel

    Ardor zeal + cel heaven

    zeal heaven

Dragon


Creatures

xar final · zandor final

  • Xandraxar

    Xandra gold + xar heaven

    gold heaven

  • Lysaraxar

    Lysara shadow + xar heaven

    shadow heaven

  • Ophyraxar

    Ophyra serpent + xar heaven

    serpent heaven

  • Ulmyxzandor

    Ulmyx tide + zandor heaven

    tide heaven

  • Zolthyrzandor

    Zolthyr depth + zandor heaven

    depth heaven

  • Dolmyrzandor

    Dolmyr stone + zandor heaven

    stone heaven

Phoenix


Creatures

Ourano initial · Ourani initial

  • Ouranoklytos

    Ourano heaven + klytos famous

    heaven famous

  • Ouranochares

    Ourano heaven + chares joy

    heaven joy

  • Ouranogenes

    Ourano heaven + genes born

    heaven born

  • Ouranisthenia

    Ourani heaven + sthenia might

    heaven might

  • Ouranidora

    Ourani heaven + dora gift

    heaven gift

  • Ouranimeneia

    Ourani heaven + meneia strength

    heaven strength

Roman


Real world

caelius final · Caelia initial

  • Spurius Caelius

    Spurius fatherless + caelius heaven

    fatherless, heaven

  • Quintus Caelius

    Quintus fifth + caelius heaven

    fifth, heaven

  • Felix Caelius

    Felix lucky + caelius heaven

    lucky, heaven

  • Caelia Lepida

    Caelia heaven + lepida charming

    heaven, charming

  • Caelia Sabina

    Caelia heaven + sabina sabine

    heaven, sabine

  • Caelia Longina

    Caelia heaven + longina tall

    heaven, tall

Banshee


Creatures

Neamh initial

  • Neamhuaine

    Neamh heaven + uaine green

    heaven green

  • Neamhsioth

    Neamh heaven + sioth peace

    heaven peace

  • Neamhtuar

    Neamh heaven + tuar omen

    heaven omen

Chinese


Real world

Tian initial

  • Tianguo

    Tian heaven + guo country

    heaven country

  • Tiande

    Tian heaven + de virtue

    heaven virtue

  • Tianxiao

    Tian heaven + xiao dawn

    heaven dawn

D&D


Tabletop

Cel initial

  • Celith

    Cel heaven + ith light

    heaven light

  • Celtara

    Cel heaven + tara hill

    heaven hill

  • Celuella

    Cel heaven + uella wind

    heaven wind

God


Creatures

Cael initial

  • Caelnar

    Cael heaven + nar fire

    heaven of the fire

  • Caelen

    Cael heaven + en making

    heaven of the making

  • Caelphor

    Cael heaven + phor burden

    heaven of the burden

Korean


Real world

Cheon initial

  • Cheonbin

    Cheon heaven + bin refined

    heaven refined

  • Cheonbo

    Cheon heaven + bo treasure

    heaven treasure

  • Cheonwook

    Cheon heaven + wook rising sun

    heaven rising sun

Scottish


Real world

Neamh initial

  • Neamhduff

    Neamh heaven + duff black

    heaven black

  • Neamhderg

    Neamh heaven + derg crimson

    heaven crimson

  • Neamhay

    Neamh heaven + ay isle

    heaven isle

Welsh


Real world

Nef initial

  • Neffach

    Nef heaven + fach small

    heaven small

  • Neffyr

    Nef heaven + fyr short

    heaven short

  • Nefbont

    Nef heaven + bont bridge

    heaven bridge

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “heaven”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

Corpus under CC BY 4.0 — every fragment above has a stable anchor, so you can cite one entry rather than the whole site.