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I was perusing the internet one day and I was shocked to discover that my name was derived from the Gaelic for 'channel.'

What do your names mean?

? you know the threads Nazi's will demand a link!

http://www.behindthename.com/

I post this only to save your trhead and possibly your sanity when they come a whinin'.


Oh, btw, my name means Clay, from the old English Clay. Sorry mine isn't very exciting.

? you know the threads Nazi's will demand a link!

http://www.behindthename.com/

I post this only to save your trhead and possibly your sanity when they come a whinin'.


Oh, btw, my name means Clay, from the old English Clay. Sorry mine isn't very exciting.

Thanks! :fluffle:

Speaking of clay, I once took a ceramics course in high school. It was not very exciting though.

Jack was originally a nickname for John.

John is derived from the Latin Johannes, which came from the Greek Iohannes, which came from the Hebrew Yohanan, which means 'God is merciful'.

I now hate you for reminding me of this. Pfft! Religion! God is merciful my ass.

My own name or my nation's name?

My own name :

Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid which means "exalted one". In Irish mythology she was the goddess of fire, poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god Dagda. This name was also borne by two important saints: a patron saint of Ireland (also known as Brigid) who established a convent at Kildare in the 5th century, and Saint Bridget of Sweden (also known as Birgitta) who founded an order of nuns in the 14th century.

Basically, I'm a goddess :D

Jack was originally a nickname for John.

John is derived from the Latin Johannes, which came from the Greek Iohannes, which came from the Hebrew Yohanan, which means 'God is merciful'.

I now hate you for reminding me of this. Pfft! Religion! God is merciful my ass.

:p Sorry.

Hedrew: Beloved

last name not saying

Daniel means "God is my judge"

My own name or my nation's name?

My own name :



Basically, I'm a goddess :D


And a hotty going by your name.:p

God like.

not sure which god i am like. or does it mean i'm non-existent?

*goes away to comtemplate*

And a hotty going by your name.:p

THAT goes without saying. :D

God like.

not sure which god i am like. or does it mean i'm non-existent?

*goes away to comtemplate*

I believe it means that you got nine frags in a row without dying.

My own name or my nation's name?

My own name :



Basically, I'm a goddess :D

a goddess in our church mm then it must be a temple now

Curse Hebrew and it's silly little names meaning God is this and God is that. Pfft!

Curse Hebrew and it's silly little names meaning God is this and God is that. Pfft!

Yeah, and what is it with this right-to-left crap?

a goddess in our church mm then it must be a temple now

I don't care, as long as I get worshipped. :)

I was perusing the internet one day and I was shocked to discover that my name was Danish for 'peninsula.'

Your name is "Halvø"? That's, umm, weird.

"Christopher". I think you can figure that out.

Your name is "Halvø"? That's, umm, weird.

Whoops, my bad ... apparently it was 'channel' instead of 'peninsula.' And it was gaelic instead of danish. Shows you how long ago I found it out. :p

I don't care, as long as I get worshipped. :)

good can i wear my Kilt and wave about my Claymore as my last name cames from Scotland

Jack was originally a nickname for John.

John is derived from the Latin Johannes, which came from the Greek Iohannes, which came from the Hebrew Yohanan, which means 'God is merciful'.

I now hate you for reminding me of this. Pfft! Religion! God is merciful my ass.

Ditto. Sean, English form of Seán, Irish form of John, etc etc, God is merciful.

First name, means either "handsome" or "Born of Fire" in Gaelic... I'm possessed of the Anglicized version.

Middle, is appearently derrived from the greek work for Man... though I had thought it to have additonal meaning. neither that site, nor another I found prior to it, have the meaning I had thought it to have.

*laugh* It's a little boredom hobby of mine, to check what people's names mean.

my name means "name of God". :cool:

and my online nickname means "gift from isis" :rolleyes: if i'd known that i would have taken an other name :(

Yeah, and what is it with this right-to-left crap?The Jewish left-handed leftist conspiracy?

Diogo, which came from Diego, which cames from Didacus, which means teaching in greek.


DIEGO
Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: DYE-go [key]

Possibly a short form of SANTIAGO, but it is more likely derived from the medieval name Didacus which meant "teaching" from Greek διδαχη (didache). A famous bearer of this name was Mexican muralist Diego Rivera.

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I was perusing the internet one day and I was shocked to discover that my name was derived from the Gaelic for 'channel.'

What do your names mean?

according to the interweb:

From Germanic hug, meaning "heart, mind, or spirit". This name is also used as the Anglicized form of the Gaelic names AODH, ÙISDEAN, and EOGHAN. Hugh Capet was a 10th-century king of France who founded the Capetian dynasty. Saint Hugh of Lincoln was a 12th-century bishop known for his charity. This was also the name of kings of Cyprus and the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem.

however that's HUGH, of which mine is apparently the welsh derivative. however i don't think that's correct as HUW (my name) is a celtic name of its own right, and not just another version of "hugh" (however its pretty rare outside of Wales so meh)

Derived from the latin "deus-dea", apperantly it means "Godlike". But it could also be from slavic, "deja" = "to do, act"

RICHARD
Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French, German, Czech

Pronounced: RICH-ard (English), ree-SHAR (French), RIKH-ahrt (German) [key]

Means "brave power", derived from the Germanic elements ric "power, rule" and hard "brave, hardy". The Normans introduced this name to Britain. It was borne by three kings of England including Richard the Lionheart, leader of the Third Crusade in the 12th century. Two German opera composers, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, have also had this name.

I didn't know that but hey :)

"Bright fame", derived from Germanic: hrod (fame) and beraht (bright). Introduced to Britain by the Normans.

"The mighty fighter" in Germanic :>

From a Germanic name meaning "peaceful ruler", derived from frid "peace" and ric "ruler, power". Several rulers of Prussia, Germany and the Holy Roman Empire have borne this name, including the 13th-century patron of the arts Frederick II of Germany, and the 18th-century Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great. Another famous bearer was Frederick Douglass, an American ex-slave who became a leading advocate of abolition.

:cool:

Probably "strength" or "courage".

"downy beard" and father or some such... :S

sherry: variant of english Cherie meaning "darling":p

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I was perusing the internet one day and I was shocked to discover that my name was derived from the Gaelic for 'channel.'

What do your names mean?

My first name means "little dark one," while my middle name means "famous."

JENNIFER
Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: JEN-i-fur [key]

From a Cornish form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar (see GUINEVERE). This name has been popular only since the beginning of the 20th century, when it was featured in George Bernard Shaw's play 'The Doctor's Dilemma'.

From name books I've looked at, it means "white wave" or "white phantom."

Boring. The female version of a latin surname.Probably meaning "descended from Iulus" according to this page (http://www2.lingsoft.fi/~simon/faq/name_julia.html) which actually seems the most educated on the subject:

The name Julia didn't start out as a given name; it's a Roman surname. (To be precise, it's not even a noun, but an adjective...) In ancient Rome there was a gens ("family") Iulia, and you've probably all heard of Gaius Iulius Caesar, who came from that family. He's usually referred to as "Julius Caesar", which makes it look as if Julius was his given name and Caesar his surname, but actually Julius was his surname and Caesar was a by-name. (All the men in the family were called <something> Iulius, and the women <something> Iulia.)

Now the rules of Latin word formation tell me that Iulius/Iulia is an adjective derived from a stem iul- and meaning something like "belonging to (or coming/derived/descended from, built by, etc.) iul-", and this may point to a - perhaps purely mythological, perhaps real - ancestor called Iulus. According to my dictionary Aeneas had a son called Iulus; so maybe that's the one the gens Iulia got its name from...

Stefan: from the Greek name Στεφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown". http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/king.gif

My name means "Elf King."

My name is from Hindu mythology. Apparently the name of the charioteer of the Sun God.

My boyfriend informs me that his first name means "wealthy" and his surname means "lover." And, as if that weren't enough, his middle name means "God's gift."

His parents must REALLY have wanted him to get laid when he grew up.

Mines "he who is like God"

my name means defender of mankind

my name means defender of mankind

Thats what my middle name is to.

My boyfriend informs me that his first name means "wealthy" and his surname means "lover." And, as if that weren't enough, his middle name means "God's gift."

His parents must REALLY have wanted him to get laid when he grew up.

since he has a girlfriend it seems to have worked

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I was perusing the internet one day and I was shocked to discover that my name was derived from the Gaelic for 'channel.'

What do your names mean?

EVAN
Gender: Masculine

Usage: Welsh, English

Pronounced: EV-an (English) [key]

Anglicized form of Iefan, a Welsh form of JOHN. It can also be used as a short form of EVANGELOS

Handsome Nobleman, oddly enough.

Paul literally means "small" or "humble". Mine was named after the apostle, a figure to whom I feel philosophically opposed. Thus, I prefer not to go by the name if I can avoid it.

The characters of my name on their own mean SilkMan CityRiver.

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I was perusing the internet one day and I was shocked to discover that my name was derived from the Gaelic for 'channel.'

What do your names mean?

My name means 'self-control'. I can't find that on the net, but it's what my parents told me. It also means an ancient sage. A famous guy with that name is a mythical Hindu rishi (ancient sage). Also, some rapper from New Jersey is named DJ King <<my name>>.

My mom's name means 'calm, pacified' in Sanskrit, which is the exact opposite of her. She's never calm.

CHARLES

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French

Pronounced: CHAHR-ulz (English), SHARL (French) [key]
From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man". However, an alternative theory states that the name is derived from the common Germanic element heri meaning "army, warrior". The most noteworthy bearer of this name was Charles the Great, commonly known as Charlemagne, a king of the Franks who came to rule over most of Europe. Several Holy Roman Emperors bore this name, as well as kings of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Hungary. Other famous bearers include naturalist Charles Darwin who revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution, and novelist Charles Dickens who wrote such works as 'Great Expectations' and 'A Tale of Two Cities'.

From name books I've looked at, it means "white wave" or "white phantom."

Yeah, the same as this :)

Bram, (Dutch, English)
short for Abraham

This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM and Hebrew הָמוֹן (hamon) "many, multitude". The biblical Abraham was originally named Abram but God changed his name (see Genesis 17:5). He led his followers from Ur into Canaan, and is regarded by the Jews as being the founder of the Hebrews through his son Isaac and by the Muslims as being the founder of the Arabs through his son Ishmael. A famous bearer of this name was Abraham Lincoln, the American president during the American Civil War.

...later on, they gave me a tank:p

my first name means "he will add"

My own name or my nation's name?

My own name :



Basically, I'm a goddess :D
:fluffle:
Brigid is the patron saint of Kildare!
Stefan: from the Greek name Στεφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown". http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/king.gif
STEPHEN
Pronounced: STEEV-en, STEF-en
From the Greek name Στεφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown". Saint Stephen was an early Christian martyr who was stoned to death, as told in Acts in the New Testament. Another Saint Stephen is the patron saint of Hungary, the first Christian king of that country (10th century). As well, this was the name of kings of England, Serbia, and Poland and ten popes. More recently it is borne by the British physicist Stephen Hawking and the American author Stephen King.
my first name means "he will add"
That's the name I took for my confirmation(the longer masculine version), after my maternal grandfather.

That's the name I took for my confirmation(the longer masculine version), after my maternal grandfather.
that's the version I have to look up, not only is my first name masculine, it's not even really a name.

oh, and I looked up my family names....

5 year old means Torture

3 year old means Grace

Hubby's means "God-like"..........:eek: :D

COLTON

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: KOL-tun [key]
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Cola's town". Cola was an Old English nickname meaning "charcoal".

that's the version I have to look up, not only is my first name masculine, it's not even really a name.

oh, and I looked up my family names....

5 year old means Torture

3 year old means Grace

Hubby's means "God-like"..........:eek: :D

I figured yours was was the shortened form of the feminine version, which had the bad luck to be the same as the shortened form of the masculine version. The closest example I can think of, apart from your name, is Danni(short for Dannielle(sp?))/Danny(short for Daniel).

And for shits and giggles, my family:
Little Sister-Lady/Princess
Mother-Christian
Father-Nobleman

12.

Odd.. None of my three real names are in the database. Similization isn't either, but apparently it's not simply a catch-word for a fictional civilization, but rather a technical term for some sort of surface treatment of zircon or something..

The world's a surprising place.

Anyway, my real names aren't uncommon in Norway, Germany & the UK, respectively. I'll be getting rid of one of them next time I renew my passport though, because three's just overkill. The casualty will be whatever's easiest. I've gone by a nickname for nearly all my life, so all three are pretty meaningless to me. Sort of like a CPR; pointless to everyone but beurocrats, banks & other unjustifiable idiocy.

"Lewis" has no meaning, apparently, or at least on that site.
"Peter," my middle name, has links to the Greek word for "stone" and even links back to Aramaic- "cephas" - also meaning stone.
My surname, which I'm not divulging, means "strong wolf" in gaelic. So you can see, my names are quite mixed up, but I'm part Irish-which explains the surname.

ROBERT

Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Scandinavian, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Romanian
Pronounced: RAH-burt (English), ro-BER (French), RO-bert (German), RAW-bert (Polish), RO-byert (Russian)

Means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". The Normans introduced this name to Britain. It belonged to three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce who restored the independence of Scotland from England in the 14th century. The author Robert Browning and poets Robert Burns and Robert Frost are famous literary bearers of this name. Also, Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Confederate army during the American Civil War.

WALTER

Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Scandinavian, Polish
Pronounced: WAWL-tur (English), VAHL-ter (German, Polish)

From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the army", composed of the elements wald "rule" and heri "army". A famous bearer of this name was Sir Walter Scott, a novelist from Scotland and the author of 'Ivanhoe' and other notable works.


Last name (although you could probably guess it)

Usage: Italian

Derived from a nickname for a red-haired person, from Italian rosso, Latin russus.

"Lewis" has no meaning, apparently, or at least on that site.
"Peter," my middle name, has links to the Greek word for "stone" and even links back to Aramaic- "cephas" - also meaning stone.
My surname, which I'm not divulging, means "strong wolf" in gaelic. So you can see, my names are quite mixed up, but I'm part Irish-which explains the surname.I got Lewis being an angliscation... whatever... of Louis.

My own name or my nation's name?

My own name :



Basically, I'm a goddess :D

You forgot the best part. My sister is named after St Brigid of Ireland (she read somewhere that the Catholic saint was actually just a Christianized version of the goddess to ease conversion away from paganism.

Anywho, all Catholic saints have to have at least 2 confirmed miracles to be canonized. Well, one Easter Sunday, the town St Brigid was living in ran out of beer. One of her miracles is that she turned the lake water into beer for the Easter celebration. Hot shit, no?

You forgot the best part. My sister is named after St Brigid of Ireland (she read somewhere that the Catholic saint was actually just a Christianized version of the goddess to ease conversion away from paganism.

Anywho, all Catholic saints have to have at least 2 confirmed miracles to be canonized. Well, one Easter Sunday, the town St Brigid was living in ran out of beer. One of her miracles is that she turned the lake water into beer for the Easter celebration. Hot shit, no?

Yeah, she pwns. She's got an infinite cloak too. Some guy said she could have all the land her cloak could cover to build a church on. Her cloak covered a metric fuck load of land.

Yeah, she pwns. She's got an infinite cloak too. Some guy said she could have all the land her cloak could cover to build a church on. Her cloak covered a metric fuck load of land.
A metric fuck load? What's that in imperial?

My name means that a cat used to eating Fancy Feast (Crack for Cats) will complain and scratch, they will eat less expensive food if locked in the bathroom for a day with Friskies.

My first name is Eric. It means King or Ruler. I love my name... :D

mine is kinda boring, it simply means man.

Not much, excpet it means stealing somethiong from someone. Like "He just jacked your car!"
And speaking of jacking, I'm hijacking this thread!

A metric fuck load? What's that in imperial?

I think it's about 18.2 shit tons. Depending on the strength of the yen, of course.

A metric fuck load? What's that in imperial?This much? (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/jackheh/conversion.png?t=1168885265)

I got Lewis being an angliscation... whatever... of Louis.

Hmm, but that's boring. I wanted Lewis to mean "UBER BRINGER OF DOOM!"

BENJAMIN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French, German, Biblical

Pronounced: BEN-ja-min (English), ben-zha-MEN (French), BEN-yah-meen (German) [key]
From the Hebrew name בִנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand". Benjamin in the Old Testament was the twelfth and youngest son of Jacob and the founder of one of the southern tribes of the Hebrews. This name was also borne by Benjamin Franklin, an American statesman, inventor, scientist and philosopher.

Its funny I'm not even jewish and yet my names derived from hebrew...:rolleyes:

My name (http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=Thomas+Eugene+LeForce&nmd=n&gender=m&operator=or)

My name means either man or freeman.

edit:since others are doing it heres my family's

Dad- same name as me so same meaning
Mom-could be derived from several sources. It could be from Spanish linda meaning "beautiful"; it could be a short form of BELINDA or MELINDA; or it could be a short form of Germanic names ending with the element linde meaning "soft, tender".
Brother-Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved".

Hmm, but that's boring. I wanted Lewis to mean "UBER BRINGER OF DOOM!"I'm stuck with... I've already forgotten, but 'god is something or other'... possibly merciful. But this the hebrew god we're talking about so it's highly unlikely.

This much? (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/jackheh/conversion.png?t=1168885265)
I see. So they're derived from kilos and pounds respectively.

What's Keith's Emporium?

CHARLES

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French

Pronounced: CHAHR-ulz (English), SHARL (French) [key]
From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man". However, an alternative theory states that the name is derived from the common Germanic element heri meaning "army, warrior". The most noteworthy bearer of this name was Charles the Great, commonly known as Charlemagne, a king of the Franks who came to rule over most of Europe. Several Holy Roman Emperors bore this name, as well as kings of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Hungary. Other famous bearers include naturalist Charles Darwin who revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution, and novelist Charles Dickens who wrote such works as 'Great Expectations' and 'A Tale of Two Cities'.
Hah, your name came from mine:p Does that mean I can tell you what to do?:confused:

I see. So they're derived from kilos and pounds respectively.You are a lost cause of a geek. No one should know that off by heart.What's Keith's Emporium?I private forum that is used for me and my school friend's too keep in touch. Damn, I really should have thought of something more interesting than that.

Short form of ELIZABETH or ELISABETH. The name Lisa appears in the name of one of the most famous paintings in the world, the Mona Lisa, the portrait of the wife of Francesco del Giocondo by Leonardo da Vinci.

and Elizabeth means: From Ελισαβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva') meaning "my God is an oath" or perhaps "my God is abundance". In the Old Testament Elisheba is the wife of Aaron. In the New Testament Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist. It was also borne by the 12th-century Saint Elizabeth, a daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary who became a Franciscan nun and lived in poverty. This was also the name of a ruling queen of England and an empress of Russia. Famous modern bearers include the British queen Elizabeth II and actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Western name meanings are boring. They're all god this, god that.

You are a lost cause of a geek. No one should know that off by heart.
:( :p I just saw 2.2 and assumed. But yes, you're probably right anyway.

I private forum that is used for me and my school friend's too keep in touch. Damn, I really should have thought of something more interesting than that.
That's what the edit function is for. Though now I've quoted you, it's a bit late.

RYLAN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: RIE-lan
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "rye land" in Old English.

I've also heard more specific definitions like "An island where Rye is grown". This name is spelled "Ryland" frequently as well. Though I prefer my name without the d.

:( :p I just saw 2.2 and assumed. But yes, you're probably right anyway.


That's what the edit function is for. Though now I've quoted you, it's a bit late.Umm... alternatively I could have deleted what I had written, typed in something more interesting and then pressed reply for the first time. :eek:

Besides just because it's quoted doesn't make it truthful
I'm a short little girly man. I like to grow my hair out like a hippy, pretend I have a girlfriend and smile like a maniac.

...

It means "man"..

*compares meaning with La Dame's*

Welp.. mine was easy.

My name has a really dull meaing; 'noble'. However, here's something I didn't know; according to that site it can also be used as a guys' name. But have you ever met a guy called 'Alison'? :rolleyes:

Different sites give different answers to my name. Some say its greek, others say its latin. Some say it means anointed, others say it means follower of Christ. Since it's Christine, I'll go with the latter, and it's probably latin.

On the Behind the Name site it says ..

CHRISTINE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German
Pronounced: krees-TEEN (French), kris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nu (German) [key]

first I've saw of it being anything other than latin or greek. cool.

apparently my name means "dweller on a promontary" in some gaelic language. but my parents named me so because they were informed it meant "red" in some gaelic language. i think it might mean "red" in other languages though, it's very close to the italian, and i think it might have a link to some slavic language's word for "red" too.

Beloved.

Pff, I wish.

The Finnish name Seppo - which happens to be my name - comes from the word seppä, meaning blacksmith.

Haven't been doing that sorta stuff too much though, well I did start a chainmail shirt but ran out of material and couldn't find new one that would match the old.

i've got a question for american's: what is Ned short for. in scotland it is short for 'Non Educated Delinquant' but in america it appears to be an actual name. is it short for something or do people really get their kids christened Ned?

"Liberation Frequency"

It's coming through the air
For all of us to hear
Could it be the sounds of liberation
Or just the image of detention?

We want the airwaves back
We want the airwaves back
We don't just want airtime
We want all the time all of the time

We want the airwaves back
We want the airwaves back
We don't just want transmission
We want...

What frequency are you getting?
Is it noise or sweet sweet music?
What frequency will liberation be?
What frequency will liberation be?
It's coming through the air
For all of us to hear
Could it be the sounds of liberation
Or just the image of detention?
Control my flower
Business, news all ready to devour
Who's in charge and what does he say?
Is he playing the alternative or does it sound the same old way?

We want the airwaves back
We want the airwaves back
We want transmission for the people (by the people)
We mean...

We wanted everything
We needed everything
We needed everything

What frequency are you getting?
Is it noise or sweet sweet music?
What frequency will liberation be?
What frequency? What frequency?

What frequency are you getting?
Is it noise or sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet?
What frequency will liberation be?
What frequency? What frequency? What frequency?

We want the airwaves back
We want the airwaves back
We don't just want airtime
We want all the time all of the time

What frequency are you getting?
Is it noise or sweet sweet music?
What frequency will liberation be?
What frequency will liberation be?

What frequency are you getting?
Is it noise or sweet sweet sweet?
What frequency will liberation be?
What frequency? What frequency?

Non Educated Deliquent is either quite amusing or a terrible backronym.

And Ned is short for Edward.

My first name is Eric. It means King or Ruler. I love my name... :D

ZOMG Jocabia reincarnated!

Non Educated Deliquent is either quite amusing or a terrible backronym.

And Ned is short for Edward.

Thats what i was thinking it was, but I decided I was just thinking that because it sounds simmilar to Ed.

apparently my name means "dweller on a promontary" in some gaelic language. but my parents named me so because they were informed it meant "red" in some gaelic language. i think it might mean "red" in other languages though, it's very close to the italian, and i think it might have a link to some slavic language's word for "red" too.
Ross? Yeah, it doesn't really come close to the Irish Gaelic word for red which is 'rua'. The name 'Ruairi' (Rory) would refer to red (well, the words red and king). Actually there are many Gaelic names referring to hair colour, but that wouldn't be one of them. And, you're right, it's close to the Italian 'rosso' which means red.

Non Educated Deliquent is either quite amusing or a terrible backronym.

And Ned is short for Edward.

what's a backronym?

ah, i see.

My name is Joseph, which means "My father and grandmother, who were the only people awake to see me after I was born due to my mother still being under an anaesthetic due to having a caesarian, were communists, and they named me after Stalin, and then gave my mum the excuse that due to being born on the 28th December, it had some religious significance due to my grandfather being a methodist priest at the time."

My first name is Eric. It means King or Ruler. I love my name... :D

I love the name Erik.

I love the name Erik.
Haha, you would! Erik, with a k! Wouldn't have anything to do with your fascination with "The Phantom of the Opera", would it?

Is there a website similar to this, but does last names instead?

Is there a website similar to this, but does last names instead?
I'll be generous and assume that Google is somehow inaccessible on your computer...

I'll be generous and assume that Google is somehow inaccessible on your computer...

You should be a bit less generous and assume that I'm simply too lazy to look for myself. :p

Not finding one paticular good site.. but http://genealogy.about.com/od/surname_meaning/

My moms paternal side is wales...Bowen (http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.c/qx/bowen-coat-arms.htm).

Searched my paternal surname on that same site and it says it's English/Irish.. no mention of Germany. But that's after it morphed into what it is today. Will try to find the german original. Just read where it is believed to be of scandanavian origin and was derived from the ancient Anglo-Saxon baptismal name -snip-. Would take a lot of research I guess.

But for sure, the first record of both names here, was in Virginia.

So it appears that my ancestors settled in Philadelphia in the 1830's. Nice find, indeed.

Edit: My ancestors settled in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Rhode Island, and Connecticut (the first two on my paternal side, and the second two on my maternal side). It's a shame that we somehow ended up in the south...

My name "Glenn" means "Valley"

http://www.behindthename.com/[/url]


This site sucks! I entered my name (Marco) and not only it told it is the italian form of the english name Mark - it is the italian form of the latin name Marcus - but it said it is "english, russian and biblical". WHAAT? The name Marcus existed WAY before Russia, England or St.Mark... the gens Marcia was one of the founding tribes of Rome!

Anyway: Marco, italian form of Marcus = related to Mars, the roman god of war, identified with the greek god Ares. Other forms: Martius, Marcellus. No female form.

Wow. I "Bear Christ"......:eek:


All these years and I've never noticed....:rolleyes:

"From the Hebrew name אַהֲרֹן ('Aharon) which is most likely of unknown Egyptian origin. Other theories claim a Hebrew derivation, and suggest meanings such as "high mountain" or "exalted". In the Old Testament Aaron was the older brother of Moses and the first high priest of the Israelites."

Haha, you would! Erik, with a k! Wouldn't have anything to do with your fascination with "The Phantom of the Opera", would it?

No shit, Sherlock. :)

Last I checked "Carl" doesn't mean a lot.
It was a popular name for the nobility though (so I'm led to believe).

My name is Joseph, which means "My father and grandmother, who were the only people awake to see me after I was born due to my mother still being under an anaesthetic due to having a caesarian, were communists, and they named me after Stalin, and then gave my mum the excuse that due to being born on the 28th December, it had some religious significance due to my grandfather being a methodist priest at the time."
That's fucking great! :D

"Max" which is a short form of "Maximilian" which is derived from "Maximus" which means the "greatest" in Latin.

Twin.

According to my dictionary Aeneas had a son called Iulus; so maybe that's the one the gens Iulia got its name from...
Might be, didn't Caesar claim to Aeneas to be his ancestor? (And Venus, or probably some other godess...)

As for my first names, I'm a farmer from the north of Italy, or I have built a wall out of of slain dragons, however you might want to interpret it.

The manly supplanter

or the bear-like supplanter

My first name = supplanter
My middle/second name = manly/bear-like

Given Name
"Who is like God?"
Family Name
"Sea-Battler"

I wont give the middle name, not because I dont like it but because it greatly narrows down the pool. Looking up my name without the middle name would give a search with a popualtion of some countries.

Sea-dweller or lives by the sea. Middle name means "pearl" in Greek. I didn't know that. :D

First name: Old English meaning "dweller by the ash tree meadow"
First middle name: French/Old German meaning "little melody"
Second middle name: English/Irish meaning "pure"
Last name: Scottish meaning "grey homestead"

No religious dogma here! :cool:

Last I checked "Karl" doesn't mean a lot.
It was a popular name for the nobility though (so I'm led to believe).

Thats because you spelled it wrong, there I fixed it.;)

? you know the threads Nazi's will demand a link!

http://www.behindthename.com/

I post this only to save your trhead and possibly your sanity when they come a whinin'.


Oh, btw, my name means Clay, from the old English Clay. Sorry mine isn't very exciting.

This link isn't entirely accurate. It said that my name was a modern combination of Melanie or Melissa and the suffix inda i.e. Melinda. It gave no meaning. Actually, it's an old Germanic name meaning small, dark one (which is also anything but accurate).

A shrub.

This thread is my very own. Do not hijack this thread, please, or the thread marshals will shoot you full of non-lethal plastic bullets. Thank you.

I was perusing the internet one day and I was shocked to discover that my name was derived from the Gaelic for 'channel.'

What do your names mean?

Celtlund = land of the Celts. :eek:

First name: This name was first used in this form by Shakespeare in his play 'The Merchant of Venice', where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock. Shakespeare probably based it on the biblical יִסְכָה (Yiskah), the name of a minor character in Genesis, which meant "YAHWEH beholds" in Hebrew.

All I found about my surname: First found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from ancient times.

My first name is derived from the Roman god of war.

My middle name was that of a prince of the Kingdom of Israel (I didn't know that!).

Here's me.

JAMES

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical

Pronounced: JAYMZ [key]
English form of the Late Latin Jacomus which was derived from Ιακωβος (Iakobos), the New Testament Greek form of יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov) (see JACOB). This is the name of two apostles in the New Testament. The first was Saint James the Greater, the apostle John's brother, who was beheaded by Herod Agrippa in the Book of Acts. The second was James the Lesser, son of Alphaeus. Another James (known as James the Just) is also mentioned in the Bible as being the brother of Jesus. Kings of England and Scotland have borne this name. Other famous bearers include the inventor of the steam engine James Watt, the explorer Captain James Cook, and the novelist and poet James Joyce.

You can just me Captain Cool.

It's quite self explanatory really.

I've got "A gift from God crowned in glory." I like it.

My name is Brittany. I know this is a region in Northern France. But does the name translate into any noun in a different language?

Wolf-like Sword of God from the House of Ulster

A shrub.
Wow. I'll be sure to take you along on any quests for the Holy grail.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Knightni.jpg


My name means "hearkening", whatever the hell that is.

My name is Brittany. I know this is a region in Northern France. But does the name translate into any noun in a different language?
Britain, as in Grande Bretagne. As far as I know, that'd be about it.

Might be, didn't Caesar claim to Aeneas to be his ancestor? (And Venus, or probably some other godess...)


Mostly, it was the flattery of Vergilius towards Gaius Octavius Augustus. Gaius Iulius Caesar didn't go around vaunting godly heritage - he was a consul and a dictator of the Roman Republic on the populares side.

My first name is Eric. It means King or Ruler. I love my name... :DActually, the syllable "ric" alone means "ruler." The "E" in your name is related to "ever," so that "Eric" actually means something like "eternal king."

I know because it's related to my name: Elric... El-ric, "Elf King."

:)

My girlfriend's name, by the way, is Erica: "Eternal Queen."

My first name means "manly" or "warrior". or even "manly warrior".. I presume the female versions of it mean Warrior.

My first name means "small flowering scottish shrub." Guess.

My middle name is the feminine form of the name Brian, meaning either "noble," or possibly "small hill."

My last name, Kinzel, is, as far as I can tell, derived from the german word kinder, meaning "children."

My first name means "small flowering scottish shrub." Guess.

My middle name is the feminine form of the name Brian, meaning either "noble," or possibly "small hill."

My last name, Kinzel, is, as far as I can tell, derived from the german word kinder, meaning "children."

You have the most beautiful first name in the world.

Thats because you spelled it wrong, there I fixed it.;)

Actually I'm pretty sure "Karl" is a variant of "Carl" which itself is a variant of "Charles".

Old English for "To Ford"






Stupid...

My own name or my nation's name?

My own name :



Basically, I'm a goddess :D
The irish Saint is one of my favourites.
Do you know of her special trick?






Mine means either Handsome or Fireborn.

My Name means : Golden Lady... Exciting...eh? (Orla....Orlaith)

It conjures up images of women made of gold in my head.. Y'know...Like the James Bond film...?

My Name means : Golden Lady... Exciting...eh? (Orla....Orlaith)

It conjures up images of women made of gold in my head.. Y'know...Like the James Bond film...?

That's nice for you, but for me, it conjures images of nastiness...

NAOMI (1)
Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Jewish, Biblical

Pronounced: nay-O-mee (English) [key]

From the Hebrew name נָעֳמִי (Na'omiy) which meant "pleasantness". In the Old Testament she was the mother-in-law of Ruth. After the death of her husband, Naomi took the name Mara (see Ruth 1:20).

...and...

ILIE m Romanian
Romanian form of ELIAS

ELIAS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish
Other Scripts: Ηλιας (Greek)
Pronounced: e-LEE-ahs (German) [key]
Cognate of ELIJAH

ELIJAH
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Jewish, Biblical
Pronounced: ee-LIE-zha (English) [key]
From the Hebrew name אֱלִיָּהוּ ('Eliyyahu) meaning "my God is YAHWEH". Elijah was a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century BC, during the reign of King Ahab and his queen, Jezebel. The two Books of Kings in the Old Testament tell of his exploits, which culminate with him being carried to heaven in a chariot of fire.

(Cripes!)

Apparently my first name is related to the words for "loyalty", "honour", and "nature" in a few different languages.

My middle name had no matches for some reason (Vhaknesh?) but it's apparently derived from the Romanian and Russian words for "wolf".

As for my last name... it's related to holiness, bravery, and eagles.

All this is particularly peculiar because I made my name up myself, with no apparent associations to any language either, except possibly that of science... :confused:

As for my nation's name, it's derived from the Russian/Latin word combination meaning "king of the gods", as well as apparently being the name of a Hungarian country-dance.

My full name means "well-born warrior of autumn". I was born in September.

Sammy = Samuel

Samuel = Shemu'el

Shemu'el = Hebrew, meaning "asked of god"

SUZANNE

Local origin of name: English
From the Hebrew root name: "Susannah"
Meaning: "Lily"

Soluis means "light" in Gaelige.

Oh you mean my real name? Well I believe it means something like "Bearer of the Messiah, descendant of calf-herders"

hmph. My first name is Christian. No mystery there...

hmph. My first name is Christian. No mystery there... That actually originally meant "little Christ", not "follower of Christ". It was a Roman insult which, obviously, sort of backfired.

That actually originally meant "little Christ", not "follower of Christ". It was a Roman insult which, obviously, sort of backfired.

Really? I didn't know that. Thanks! :)

That actually originally meant "little Christ", not "follower of Christ". It was a Roman insult which, obviously, sort of backfired.

Ooooh...His first name is Christian. I thought, like, his first name was Christian, like, a Christian name.

Ooooh...His first name is Christian. I thought, like, his first name was Christian, like, a Christian name.

Well I guess technically you weren't wrong ;)

Hmmm. Interesting.

STEPHEN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical

Pronounced: STEEV-en, STEF-en [key]
From the Greek name Στεφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown". Saint Stephen was an early Christian martyr who was stoned to death, as told in Acts in the New Testament. Another Saint Stephen is the patron saint of Hungary, the first Christian king of that country (10th century). As well, this was the name of kings of England, Serbia, and Poland and ten popes. More recently it is borne by the British physicist Stephen Hawking and the American author Stephen King.

I already new this but what the hell..

NICHOLAS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French

Pronounced: NI-ko-las (English), nee-ko-LA (French) [key]
From the Greek name Νικολαος (Nikolaos) which meant "victory of the people" from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and λαος (laos) "people". Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop from Anatolia who, according to legend, saved the daughters of a poor man from lives of prostitution. He is also known as Santa Claus (from Dutch Sinterklaas), the bringer of Christmas presents. He is the patron saint of children, sailors and merchants, and Greece and Russia. Nicholas was also the name of two czars of Russia and five popes.

I think it's "Christotokos" in Greek.

Which is my one of my online aliases is "Christo'kos". :)

Hmmm. Interesting.

Christopher: From the Greek "christophorus" meaning christ-bearer, a reference to st. christopher who took little boy jesus accross a river.

Its ironic though because i am atheist

Justin

From the Roman name Justinus, which was derived from JUSTUS. This was the name of several early saints including Justin Martyr, a Christian philosopher of 2nd century who was beheaded in Rome.

Hey, i like my name although not the beheaded part.

JAMES
Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical

Pronounced: JAYMZ [key]

English form of the Late Latin Jacomus which was derived from Ιακωβος (Iakobos), the New Testament Greek form of יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov) (see JACOB). This is the name of two apostles in the New Testament. The first was Saint James the Greater, the apostle John's brother, who was beheaded by Herod Agrippa in the Book of Acts. The second was James the Lesser, son of Alphaeus. Another James (known as James the Just) is also mentioned in the Bible as being the brother of Jesus. Kings of England and Scotland have borne this name. Other famous bearers include the inventor of the steam engine James Watt, the explorer Captain James Cook, and the novelist and poet James Joyce.



Oddly enough, they don't have my last name in their database.

That actually originally meant "little Christ", not "follower of Christ". It was a Roman insult which, obviously, sort of backfired.Well, that's a silly little myth.

The "-ian" ending means, and has always meant, "follower of"--it is not any kind of diminutive.

Romans did use the term Christian in a derogatory way, but this did not depend on the literal meaning of the term--just as many Christians still manage to say words like "Jew" with a sneer without pretending that the word itself has any negative connotation.

EDIT: To stress the point, let me remind you that there are plenty of common ways to form diminutives in Latin. If they had wanted to call people "little Christs," there were many ways to do so. "Christian" simply was not one of them.

Mine is derived from Eugenics, which means "well-born."

Well, that's a silly little myth.

The "-ian" ending means, and has always meant, "follower of"--it is not any kind of diminutive.

Romans did use the term Christian in a derogatory way, but this did not depend on the literal meaning of the term--just as many Christians still manage to say words like "Jew" with a sneer without pretending that the word itself has any negative connotation.

EDIT: To stress the point, let me remind you that there are plenty of common ways to form diminutives in Latin. If they had wanted to call people "little Christs," there were many ways to do so. "Christian" simply was not one of them.I get a lot definitions saying Christian is derived from 'christianus' which is comes christos - meaning annointed one, and -anus which is used to turn nouns into adjectives and means 'of' or 'pertaining to' (small parts that make up the whole). Hence, the word was meant to describe someone who was a small part of the annointed one. Seems to me that the word was meant to be a mockery of the Christian promise of salvation if one believed in their God.

SAMUEL
Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Biblical

Pronounced: SAM-yoo-el (English), SAM-yool (English) [key]

From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemu'el) which could mean either "name of God" or "God has heard". Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament. He anointed Saul to be the first king of Israel, and later anointed David. A famous bearer was the American author Samuel Clemens, who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain.

Hmm, so apparently God's name is Samuel, either that or God's heard of someone named Samuel.

HUW

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Welsh
Welsh form of HUGH


HUGH

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: HYOO [key]
From Germanic hug, meaning "heart, mind, or spirit". This name is also used as the Anglicized form of the Gaelic names AODH, ÙISDEAN, and EOGHAN.


ame: Huw

Gender: (male)
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: Mind, thoughts, soul.


there :)


apparently 17% of people on this site (http://www.babynamesworld.com/meaning_of_Huw.html) don't like my name :(

OMG THREAD REBIRTH!:eek:
HARLESBURG was not found in this database.
Lousy hunk a junk.

SUZANNE

Local origin of name: English
From the Hebrew root name: "Susannah"
Meaning: "Lily"? That's not necessarily a hebrew word, however it is semitic. Please mind the region of Susiana (around ancient Susa) in western Iran, the land of lilies (cf. fleur de lys)

My name has a really dull meaing; 'noble'. However, here's something I didn't know; according to that site it can also be used as a guys' name. But have you ever met a guy called 'Alison'? :rolleyes:

Yup. But he answered to Ali and claimed thast Allison (spelled like that) was a family traditional name.

Thats what i was thinking it was, but I decided I was just thinking that because it sounds simmilar to Ed.

And a Wally is a bit of an idiot in the UK. And in the US, Brian and Kevin are cool names! (Also unlike in the UK. A girl was going out with an american in the UK and was getting a lot of stick from her mates as he was called Kevin. Then after a few weeks he confessed that he wasn't really called Kevin and had just said it to seem cooler! Own goal.)

I get a lot definitions saying Christian is derived from 'christianus' which is comes christos - meaning annointed one, and -anus which is used to turn nouns into adjectives and means 'of' or 'pertaining to' (small parts that make up the whole).Parentheses do not constitute an argument.

Christianus is a particular declension of the Latin root Christian composed of the elements "Christ" and the suffix "-ian." This suffix does mean "of" or "pertaining to," but in no way does it connote "partness." If I say that I am reading an "Augustinian" text, I communicate that the text belongs to Augustine, not that it is a part of him. If I pick up a "Christian" artifact, I indicate that the artifact "pertains to" Christ, not that it is a "little part of" Christ.

You seem to be confusing the issue with the Latin diminutive "-inus" (not "-anus," however much more amusing that may be). But if the Romans had wanted to say "little Christ" rather than "pertaining to Christ," you can bet they knew their Latin well enough to say "Christinus" rather than "Christianus."

It's not on that website, but my name translates to "sonnet" in the Gujarati language.

I'm a guy. Yes, I know, it sucks.

Means "lady" or "princess" in Hebrew. This was the name of the wife of Abraham in the Old Testament. She became the mother of Isaac at the age of 90. Her name was originally שָׂרָי (Saray), but God changed it (see Genesis 17:15).

Wow... Naming me after a biblical backfired a bit... For holy, I am not.... But I am a princess. ^^ In my own little world...

I am Ireland.

No, seriously, my name (Erin) literally means "Ireland". :D Ironically, I'm American. :p

Adrien / Adrian comes from Hadrianus.


From the Roman cognomen Hadrianus, which meant "from Hadria" in Latin. Hadria was a town in northern Italy (it gave its name to the Adriatic Sea). A famous bearer of the name was Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as Hadrian, a 2nd-century Roman emperor who built a wall across northern Britain.