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AA: The meaning of your name
I learn so much being a part of this book club. Derek Googles out as "ruler of the people" in most results, apparently taken from the old German name Theoderic. Who knew? So if I lived in the Assassin's Apprentice universe, my name would be Ruler. Take that Regal!I don't mind the first Urban dictionary definition, but I question the source: "Someone you CANNOT get off your mind because he is always so funny and cute. A Derek is a hotty with a killer body."
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As a lapsed Catholic, I seem to have fought against my name's meaning.
Anne wrote: "According to Wikipedia: "Anne, alternatively spelled Ane or Ann is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah or Hanani, meaning 'He [= God]..."
Great thread!! When I was younger I used to buy baby name books and go through them cover to cover, learning name meanings and highlighting the ones that I like the best. A weird pasttime for a teenager, perhaps, but whatever. I think it is really interesting.
I always read that the meaning of Anne is "grace." My full name is Mariana, which is a combination of Mary and Anne. Mary means "bitter" so my name means "bitter grace." I am not particularly graceful, but I am a bit of a negative nancy. (I wonder what nancy means...)
My middle name is Benita, which is a variant of Benedicta, which means "blessed." My last name is some sort of variant of pascale, which I believe means "Easter" so my whole name is fairly religious. As I am mostly Hispanic and Italian, that isn't terribly surprising.
My nickname is actually Anna, and people call me Anne all the time, so you're not alone lol.
First name: "God shall add"--Jacob's wife Rebecca finally bore him a son, and named him Joseph because "God had added a son"Middle name: "manly; masculine"
Last name: a fusion of John ("Graced by Yahweh") and Mark ("Consecrated to Mars; warlike")
Darren wrote: "Becca wrote: "I was named 'Rebecca' in reference to the du Maurier novel, which I find a bit twisted, since that Rebecca psychologically ensnared those around her so greatly that it reached out bey..."My brother was almost 'Indiana' because of my parent's shared love of Harrison Ford. They went with Kevin instead, but he is planning on becoming an archaeologist.
Okay, I have to admit, it is more fun to look it up in urbandictionary.com. This is the only definition that does not include the word "prostitute" or "vagina" with my first name. (I guess I'm selective, ha!)Jenny-
An amazing, beautiful, caring, creative girl. She is the epitome of a goddess, and anyone would kill to have her. She can do anything she sets her mind to, and she's wonderful.
I'll take it!
Sincerely,
Goddess Jenny
Mine derives from that of a Greek nymph. My mom chose it because she liked the sound and didn't find out the meaning until later. I've always despised it myself, especially the nickname I grew up with. :)My maiden name comes out to something like brandy maker.
Overall, I never came close to matching up with any of them.
I've used Random for about 19 years now. It is more fitting to my personality. :)
Sidsel wrote: "Sven also means farm hand in Danish - if that helps :)"So my first and second name together would be beloved farm hand? Anyone for a boot scoot?
David: BelovedBut go literal Chinese and I'll be:
Rise with force and spirit, Prestige.
Or some sort of coolness. I'm still waiting...
My name seems to consistently suggest musical ability and...physical prowess. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define...
Or, the less educated route that it is the Anglicized form of the gaelic, Cailean, which means "whelp, young dog", or used as the scottish form of Columba which means dove.
I prefer 'impudent young man' to 'young dog' or a pigeon, but that is the way it goes. I am thankful for my name. I could have been a Moonbeam.
Lol, I just looked mine up on Urban Dictionary. One of the entries was hilarious."Has a small tendency to get confused and go on a killing rampage."
From the Urban Dictionary entry: "As well as the first dictator of the America and king of the new peaceful world."Which just makes me curious as to how bloody the battle for that position will be, seeing as how many Davids there are, even just here in this goodreads group.
well my first name is pretty clear in English: "victor" as in champion. i dunno if i've been a clear winner in my life so far (i think that's to be judged after i die) but so far i guess i've win more than what i've lost. :)my second name means "willful"
I think that this thread has made my GMail ads think I have a potential interest in astrology. :\
Also, the urban dictionary definition for my name is far superior to the definition I gave above:"Wondeful in millions of ways. There are no words that describe the sheer radiance of this beautiful creature. Wise beyond her years she can tap into nature and reveal all of its secrets with nothing more than a smile. An angel in disguise she is free-spirited and fun loving. Recognized as one of the most sensual and erotic lovers. One could only wish to tame this wild temptress. Graced by god."
"The most amazing friend you will ever have. Beautiful inside and out. Amazing. The sh*t."
"One of the coolest people you will ever meet. She is always there when you need her. She likes to kiss her guy friends. She got that cashflow. Drives a silver mustang, and dont take shit from no one."
Yep, excepting the Mustang, dead nuts on. ;) Feel free to check for yourself, those are the only first three amazing definitions of me.
My first name, Regina, means queen. My middle, Marie, means bitter.
My last name means shoemaker.
So, for any shoemakers out there, I suppose I am your queen.
Since others had already looked up the meaning of Jessy, I looked up the meaning of my last name. Looks like Rocco which is Italian and means "clucks like a chicken" lol apparently my ancient ancestors were the town crazies.
My name is Gonzalo which i´m told it is a German name meaning "willing to fight",far from the case because i´m a real pushover, so...
From what I can tell my first name Steven means "Crowned" and seeing as I am not royalty of any kind I don't think I can really say I lived up to that
My name means "Bright Fame". Hopefully it will become the truth for me when I publish my novel later this year.
My name means "Lover of Horses", which is odd considering I've never rode one before, but they are alright I guess.
Anne wrote: "Actually Anna really seems to be the more common name. and I constantly get people (even German ones) calling me with the wrong name. Well, maybe not constantly, but often enough that it makes me wonder... Am I mumbling maybe? "I live in Germany and constantly get official forms addressed to "Jan" instead of "Ian". Like somehow my cable internet gets billed to Jan, even though I registered for the service online originally. It's like at some point a human came through and 'corrected' Ian to Jan.
In general a capital 'I' doesn't look much like a capital 'J', especially the way I write it, but it doesn't matter. The brain sees what it wants to see. :)
As has been mentioned my first name means grace and my other first name is Louise which means "famous warrior" or as its comes from Louisa that means "fights with honor".No my name does not match me! lol i think my mum hoped i would turn in to some who is gracious i got half way there it will have to do.
lol at Urban dictionary
My name is a short form of Magdalene, which unfortunately means nothing more than "Woman from Magdala".
I'm all over the place, apparently. As was noted by Tom on the show, Amy means "beloved". I know that my Mum picked both mine and my sister's (Danielle) names because she wanted French-origin names to go with her own (Adrienne).
My middle name is Nicole, which is "people of victory". And my last name, Pilkington, is one of those literal Anglo-Saxon surnames that just means an ancestor of mine lived in a place called Pilkington, which is an Lancashire, I believe.
So I'm a "beloved person of victory from Pilkington" I suppose. :D
Sean wrote: "Kate wrote: "I've also realised that the Irish de luain meaning Monday probably comes directly into Irish from the Latin for Monday lunae dies."Yes, in fact calling the first two days of the week..."
Well most of a days of the week are Old English (Anglo Saxon) in origin. Tuesday is Tiw's day, Wednesday Woden's day, Thursday Thunor or Thor's day and Friday Frige's day. All named after the Germanic gods (of which the Norse pantheon is a subset) worshipped by the first English people.
Amy wrote: "And my last name, Pilkington, is one of those literal Anglo-Saxon surnames that just means an ancestor of mine lived in a place called Pilkington, which is an Lancashire, I believe. "I was curious - my family have worked for Pilkington Glass for several generations, it's a big employer where I grew up, but I didn't know of a place called Pilkington. Seems the township doesn't exist any more, but it was abolished and merged into Bury in the late 1800s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilkingt...
Most place names similar to that tend to be "homestead of a bloke called Pil". I wonder if your family was from Pilkington the township, or if you're a scion of the glass family...?
Nicole is a name of Greek origin that means "people of victory." I'm about to get my PhD so that counts as being victorious I think. Also, I do like to win.
Tom wrote: "Thomas (the name means 'Twin') was absent when Jesus came. The other disciples kept telling him: 'We have seen the Lord!' " —John 20:24-"'Absent when Jesus came' perhaps he was at the wrong stable. He was at the one down the road. You know, the one where Brian was born :)
My real name is a very very very old word(which is rare and hard to pronounce even in my own language and caused me a lot of trouble in school and after) that means "short dagger". But that meaning was unknown to my parents; they named me after a character in a famous historical novel. The character in question was a man who only laughed once a year, to an extremely ironic situations. And once he started laughing, he couldn't stop himself. And after losing a war he was taken prisoner, started laughing in his own ridiculous situation and was killed by enemy soldiers who thought he was laughing at them.
I must say both the origin and meaning of my name kinda fits me. I collect swords and daggers and every other kind of bladed weapons; and let's just say I am not the most cheerful person in the world, yet I find it amusing when I meet ironic situations.
"Edward" basically means "wealthy protector" or "king protector" in Old English. I'm not rich or royalty, but I like to think I'm a good leader. I have a strong sense of justice and am rather protective of my friends. :-)
A name of Arabic origin, meaning "rightly guided".
My first name is butchered Aramaic/Greek for "the listener." Apparently 18th-century Americans were looking for a feminine equivalent to "Samuel," and since there apparently was none, they connected the "Sam" of "Samuel" with "antha" (derived from the Greek "anthos," which means "flower"), which was thought to be suitably feminine, and thus we get "Samantha." Literally I guess my name means "listening flower," but since most people just think it's a feminine for Samuel, it's generally interpreted as "the listener.""Camille," on the other hand, is French, from the Latin "Camilla," which is the feminine for "Camillus," which no one's entirely sure what it means, except that it was likely Etruscan in origin and probably meant "young person serving in a temple." Because of that most people tend to interpret Camilla, and thus Camille, as "temple maiden."
So: am I anything like my names? Dear heavens, no. If I could choose, though, I would like to be more like another notable Camilla: the Volsci warrior-princess of the same name from Virgil's Aeneid.
Belen \b(e)-len\ as a girl's name is pronounced bay-LEN. It is of Spanish origin, and the meaning of Belen is "Bethlehem" (Hebrew), which is also the town south of Jerusalem which was the birthplace of David and later of Jesus. The name Bethlehem means "house of bread" because the area was a grain-producing area in Old Testament times.So, I don't see how my name can relate to my personality :P
My first name are thus...Charles: French version of an old germanic name meaning "free man". Given to me in honour of my maternal grand-father.
Ovila: no idea what it could mean. It seams to only exist in Quebec, and is very rare even here, although there was a small resurgence of the name after the hit TV series "Les filles de Caleb." Given to me in honour of my paternal grand-father.
Raymond: English spelling of a germanic name by way of old French meaning "counsellor, protector". Given to me in honour of my god-father.
André: French version of an old Greek name meaning "manly, masculine". Given to me by my mother because although she was ok with honouring tradition and ancestors, she did want her say in my name too. That's the name I'm commonly known by.
As for my last name, it seems to be a place name.
(My internet nick, by the way, was given to me by myself in honour of Hagar the Horrible. I always found it funny that a viking warrior would have a girl's name.)
I was curious - my family have worked for Pilkington Glass for several generations, it's a big employer where I grew up, but I didn't know of a place called Pilkington. Seems the township doesn't exist any more, but it was abolished and merged into Bury in the late 1800s. "..."In all honesty, I'm not sure. There's been a story going around our family for decades about being an offshoot of the Pilkington Glass family, but how much of that is true, I can't be sure. I'm pretty certain it was my Great Grandfather that came to Canada, but due to some trauma my Dad suffered when my Grandmother died, he's not one to talk about family history at all.
Shannon means "the wise one" or "little owl." Regarding whether or not this is accurate - well, I've tried to always continue to learn things. I hope that eventually makes me wise. And I am a night person, so I guess I'm a bit of an owl. The wikipedia entry for my name includes this cool Celtic legend about my name. Only I guess the brave rebel female in the story died. So that's depressing.
Cool sad story of my name.
Anthony means "worthy of praise" and is a Roman family name (as in Mark Antony, he of Antony and Cleopatra fame). My variation - that's spelt with an 'h' - arises due to confusion in the 16th century with the Greek word anthos (which means flower).
Noel wrote: "Well most of a days of the week are Old English (Anglo Saxon) in origin."
Despite geographical proximity Irish (and other Gealic languages) are closer to Romance languages than Germanic in naming the days of the week.
Dé Luain (Monday, moon day, dies Lūnae); dé Máirt (Tuesday, Mars Day, dies Martis) or dé Satharin (Saturday, Saturn's Day, dies Saturni, which does keep a Latin origin in English)
Or they have names of unknown Irish origin, Dé Céadaoin, Déardaoin, Dé hAoine (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday). These are the ones you mess up an spell wrong when you learn them in school.
Sunday again follows the pattern of the Romance languages and Christianizes dies Solis, the Sun's Day; it gets changed to Dé Domhnaigh, which loosely translates as 'time to go to church'.
tl/dr: Irish is a weird language
Alyssia \a-ly-ssia\
as a girl's name is a variant of Alicia (Old German), Alysia (Greek) and Alyssa (Greek), and the meaning of Alyssia is "noble, exalted; entrancing; rational".
as a girl's name is a variant of Alicia (Old German), Alysia (Greek) and Alyssa (Greek), and the meaning of Alyssia is "noble, exalted; entrancing; rational".
Kevin means "handsome beloved." /strikes-a-poseI may be beloved, not so sure about handsome ;-)
I was named for a town in Colorado, Rand, that was where the Howard family homesteads were located. It in turn was named for a person of influence, i.e. he was the first postmaster and named the post office, Jack Rand.I am dutch on my mother's side and in dutch, rand means something like edge or frontier. Which seems to fit because most of my life I have been, as the dutch say "aan de rand", at the leading edge of things.
Duncan, an anglicized Gaelic name meaning "Brown haired chieftain." Originally Donnchadh, eventually confused with the Latin, Duncanus. (from Wikipedia)My parents were actors and named me after King Duncan from Macbeth. They would always tell me I was named after that character and that he gets killed in the play. They tell me that when I was very young I finally said " I don't want to hear about that guy named Duncan who dies anymore."
mine translates to Man of the Fields- so popular in northern europe (so many serfs at one time!)there are two branches- i think it went by religion- if your ancestor stood up for religion and moved (or died) they remained a one N and if not they converted and became christian and the name ended with 2 N's
my ancestors chickened out
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1 out of 3 (Assuming I'm beloved) :-?
Tassie Dave wrote: "My full name translates to "beloved" "dark skinned" "maker of planks"1 out of 3 (Assuming I'm beloved) :-?"
I thought it meant beloved person from that country south of Australia?
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1 out of 3 (Assuming I'm beloved) :-?"
I thought it meant beloved person from that country south of Australia?"
Good one :-) Though, Tasmania is an Australian state, not a separate country ;-)
Tassie Dave wrote: "Though, Tasmania is an Australian state, not a separate country ;-) I better let the other Queenslanders know that.
Ironically I was born and raised in a city with a population of over 10million.