The Sword and Laser discussion

Let's say your parents named you deliberately based on the meaning of your name. Share the meaning (Google search) and if you've lived up to it!

My first name is Jennifer, which is of Welsh origin, meaning beautiful and smooth, sometimes white wave. Ummmm.... Not really a personality trait. Those of you who are glen and forest and daisy will have a similar problem.

My real name, which is Vietnamese, means "sweet smelling flower" or "to rub." The sound of my real name often gets teased as "Ménage à trois", twilight zone, tw*t (as in female ahem).

My name apparently comes from the altar boys that served in roman religion's ceremonies

My first name means wood and my last name means "dweller of the forest"

my first name has another less known meaning and that is "descendant of the battlefield"

Lorie \l(o)-

rie\ as a girl's name is a variant of Laura (Latin), and the meaning of Lorie is "the bay, or laurel plant".

I find it amusing that if I find someone with my name I know they were most likely born in the 1960's. I have no idea why my mom named me Lorie. No one can spell my name on the first try so I hate when people spell their kids names in unusual ways.

I love it when a book or movie character has my name but its invariably spelled Lori. -_-

Most etymologies of Katherine claim it's from the greek katharos, meaning pure. But since that doesn't fit me at all, and my parents named me the diminutive Kate, rather than Katherine, I prefer to go with the theory that the name is derived from the greek witch goddess Hecate. Hecate is a triple goddess so most women can claim to be like her is some aspect.
Better than purity anyway.

This probably wasn't intentional, though naming for Greek mythological figures didn't stop there; my mother nicknames me Medusa when I was little, because my hair was untameable.

My name means bringer of light, which I always liked. I think I have read also there was a goddess of fertility or something like that attached to the name.

Kp wrote: "My first name means wood and my last name means "dweller of the forest"

my first name has another less known meaning and that is "descendant of the battlefield""

So how do you feel about the woods? And do you live near any? (If not, are you sure you're fulfilling your destiny?)

Ian is a variant of John (Jan, Johann, Juan etc), which is Hebrew in origin, and of course is the name of one of the apostles and means gift of god or some such.

Monroe is a Scottish clan but refers to a river in Ireland.

Everyone else had cool stories, decided I should represent the faction of people with boring meanings to their names. :D

My entire name meaning forms into "Beautiful waterfall of life." Awwww.

Oh, and I DO like waterfalls. (Who doesn't?)

My full name is Sean Trinity O'Hara.

It means I'm really freakin' Irish.

My name means strong and manly; check and check.

Sean wrote: "My full name is Sean Trinity O'Hara.

It means I'm really freakin' Irish."

That really is quite Irish.

My surname, O'Hanlon, Ó hAnluain in Irish means son of Anluain (though if I was using the Irish spelling I'd be Ní hAnluain, daughter of Anluain) according to most geneology sites, Anluain translates as great (an) champion (luain).
However according to the Irish I learned in school it would translate as great Monday. This makes less sense.

According to Google, "Kristin is a German girl name. The meaning of the name is `Anointed, Follower of Christ`."

I'm not sure what to make of that. I am Catholic, so I suppose it fits, though I don't consider myself particularly religious. My parents were expecting me to be a boy, and thought I'd be a "David." Interestingly, my brother, born next in line after me, did not get the David name, but is Michael.

Kate wrote: "My surname, O'Hanlon, Ó hAnluain in Irish means son of Anluain (though if I was using the Irish spelling I'd be Ní hAnluain, daughter of Anluain) according to most geneology sites, Anluain translates as great (an) champion (luain).
However according to the Irish I learned in school it would translate as great Monday. This makes less sense. "

I would for sure trust your Irish class over genealogy sites. I bet a bunch of these name meanings are retcons. :)

My first name (Jonathan) means "gift from god". Middle name (Joseph) "god is gracious" or something like that. I've fallen across two translations of my last name (Gronli) which is actually a Norwegian place name. The two translations are "green hill" and "green valleyside."

Kate wrote: "However according to the Irish I learned in school it would translate as great Monday. This makes less sense. ..."
Well, it depends. Have you had a great Monday?

Both of my boys were named with the meaning of their names being takin into account. My eldest is named Faolan, which means wolf. He is now 15 and has takin the wolf as his tottom animal. My youngest is adopted and has beautiful red hair and his name is Soren, which means reddish brown.

First, middle, last: "Beloved", "Army man", "a sharp or quick witted person".

I don't know how well that really fits, but I like it. Makes me sound like I should be a support character in a sword month book choice.

Ok, I looked up my middle name, too. I was given the name because it was my mom's mother's name.

So my first name means, "Anointed, Follower of Christ." My middle name (named for my Polish, Catholic grandmother) is, "a Hebrew girl name...meaning...'God is gracious.'"

I looked up my brother's and sister's names, too:
Sister: The meaning of the name is 'Blessed, Pure, Holy'
Brother: The meaning of the name is 'Who is Like God'

Both of their names have English roots. Mine have German and Scandanavian roots (side note, I believe my mom chose the "-in" spelling of my name due to Swedish friends suggesting it). We all have somewhat religious names. Again, funny given that our family is not particularly religious.

Hmmmm... well, my given name is actually Sky, and according to Wikipedia...

Sky commonly refers to everything that lies a certain distance above the surface of Earth, including the atmosphere and the rest of outer space. Also known as the "celestial sphere," it is divided into regions called constellations. A tall order to live up to... but I've drawn a constellation using my hand, which is technically a region of me, so I'm counting it.

Many mythologies have deities especially associated with the Sky. I do indoctrinate all of my pets to worship me as a god. Except for that leopard gecko... his blasphemy went unanswered, but only because I wasn't in a smiting mood.

Flight is the process by which objects move through or beyond the Sky. So this one time, I was really sick and... never mind.

The Sky can turn a multitude of colors such as red, orange, purple and yellow. I've never been very good at diffuse scattering of light through my molecules, but I'm working on it.

My name means Lily 'Crooked Mouth' 'Tall and Lanky'

Well, my favorite character in HP has ALWAYS been Snape (see what I did there?), I had braces for 4 years, and I'm rather tall for my age and gender (which happens to be female, despite the fact that I go by my middle name, which is usually a rather masculine one.)

My first name is Jason and it means healer.

My last name is of Finnish orgin but I've never been able to find out if has a meaning.

Jenny wrote: "Kate wrote: "However according to the Irish I learned in school it would translate as great Monday. This makes less sense. ..."
Well, it depends. Have you had a great Monday?"

:) The first Monday in August is a public holiday in Ireland so, yes it's been pretty great.

I've also realised that the Irish de luain meaning Monday probably comes directly into Irish from the Latin for Monday lunae dies, so it's not so suspect that an luain could also mean great champion.

I need more dictionaries.

My name is Casey and this is what came up for my name meaning.

In general, Casey is a common variation of the Irish Gaelic cathasaigh, meaning vigilant, brave, or watchful. At least six different septs used this name, primarily in the Counties of Cork and Dublin.

Tessa means "Harvester".

I am not sure if that means that I also sow, or if I only reap what others sow. I, actually, have always seen myself as a gatherer of information, as if that was my best skill. That would mean I am living up to my name.

However, when I was born, I had no name for a little while (sound familiar?) My namelessness only lasted a couple days, not until I was a teenager. My mom thought I was going to be a boy, but surprise. So when it was time for her to leave the hospital she was flipping through the obituaries, and read about a pioneer woman named Tessa that had just passed. She was the last member of her family line, and had traveled in a covered wagon when she was young. My mom named me Tessa after her. Also, she told me, that Tessa was a good all around name, so that if I became a stripper or the president it would still fit.

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] has favoured me', the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel.[1] Anne is a common name in France."

What's more interesting (but I already knew that, at least partly):

"It is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands (for example Anne de Vries). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton)."

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?

Molly is a pet form of the Hebrew 'Mary,' meaning 'bitter.' Ugh. But I did find one random website that insists it means 'star of the sea,' which is quite nice.

Also: In the past 'moll' was slang for a prostitute or gangster's girlfriend. I'm currently neither, so hopefully this isn't prophetic. :)

"Jessica" was ported into English by Shakespeare from the Hebrew Iska/Yiskah/Jeska (depending on what transliteration source you use). The Hebrew root word means "to see" or "God sees" or "far-seeing" but most baby name sources will tell you that "Jessica" means "wealthy" because she was Shylock's daughter.

I have not yet fully mastered my superpowers of seeing into the future to acquire wealth, but I figure it's got to be any day now...

My parents named me after the Lady Jessica Atreides (Dune) but so far my children are not responding to my use of Voice.

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 Sun-day and Moon-day dates back to ancient Mesopotamia and spread to most parts of Eurasia. The other days are typically named after the five visible planets, though the connection can be obscure -- Tuesday, for instance refers to the Norse god equivalent to Mars, while in Japanese it's Kayoubi, or Fire Day after the element associated with Mars in astrology.

Julia-youthful or young. Also the female form of Julius.

Well at one point in my life..... I guess my curiosity about things could be interpted as youthful, so maybe. Honestly it's a family name, so the original meaning wasn't why I was named that.

According to Wiki, Rebecca is derivied from the Hebrew ribhqeh, which mean "connection." Usually given the meaning, "to snare" or "to bind."

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 beyond the grave; but my mom loved the book and Hitchcock's film adaptation and thought there was nothing more fitting for her first born.

That said, I really hope I don't live up to du Maurier's interpretation of my name, but if I can ensare the attentions of the right folks through my life and have it help me along, I'll be more than okay with that.

The name Kevin is Irish, which means handsome or beloved, but that is not my real name. Its the closest name in the English lanuage that is sounds like my real Chinese name. It was suggested by one of my mom's friend when I first came to the US.

My name is Aramaic.

"Thomas (the name means 'Twin') was absent when Jesus came. The other disciples kept telling him: 'We have seen the Lord!' " —John 20:24-

My first name, Meaghan, mean 'a pearl'.
My middle name, Shea, means 'majestic'.
Haven't the foggiest notion about my last name other than it's Polish (although my family considers itself Ukrainian).

I actually love the woods. I grew up on a mountain and now I live in a city and I hate it. it smells bad, is never green and people won't look you in the eye. its just weird

My first name is a either a Hungarian or Croatian variant of something like "army friend", my middle name an English variant of an Irish name meaning "dark", and my last name means a "cold stream (or cold spring) in Yorkshire." So I guess that makes me a dark friendly militant with a predilection for icy water. Oh yeah. Totally me.

My name has Germanic origins meaning "nobility."

My middle name is Dawn which is pretty self explanatory.

My last name is an Irish surname, as that is where they came from.

My middle name "Sven" means "boy." So it appears I have some affinity with Fitz.

I think it's also interesting to know why your parents choose the name they gave you. For me I think it's just that they liked the name.

As a kid I didn't like it, since it seemed so common and uninteresting, but I've learned to really love my first name. If I had a girl I'd probably choose the same name, only I wouldn't because I think it's weird to name your kids after yourself.

My middle name is Katharina, which is also the name of my great-grandmother. As far as I knew that was more of a coincidence, though, and my parents just liked the name and thought it fit well with my first name.

I *think* they told me what I would have been called had I been a boy, but I must have forgot. Michael maybe or Matthias.

One of my cousins would have been called Franziska, but then her parents and older siblings heard a song on the radio with the name "Carolina" repeated (no, NOT the Shaggy one), so she was called Carolina instead. At least her name has some kind of story to it.

Kirsten is a derivative of Christine, meaning "a follower of Christ". Since I turned out to be an atheist, I think we can call that a name fail.

My full name means "Small son of john". Not really much i could do to affect how suitable that is for me i guess. (although the first part has actually turned out to be accurate :-). Now just need to persuade my father to change his first name and i will have fulfilled my "name destiny".

Kirsten wrote: "Kirsten is a derivative of Christine, meaning "a follower of Christ". Since I turned out to be an atheist, I think we can call that a name fail."

My eldest daughter, too - we chose it despite being atheists because we liked the Germanic/Scandanavian sound of it (my DH has Nordic roots way back and I've lived in Germany); it fitted well with our surname and it's unusual enough to be "the only one in her class" here in the UK but common enough to be easily pronounced around Europe and most of the world. Her middle name is after one of my German friends. :)

Younger daughter is Danika - we've struggled to get the etymology right (the baby books just say "Eastern European") but it apparently means "morning star", and she was indeed born in the morning. Big sis picked her middle name.

Oddly enough, when both of the girls were born, there were student midwives from overseas on the team with both of those names and we didn't know that until afterwards!

Mine is boring - Caroline derives from Carolus/Karl and just means "man", afaik. Though I did come across a very fanciful baby book when I was a teenager which pronounced it "Little woman born to command"! I've always been bossy so it seems a good fit ;)

Joseph is obviously a biblical/Jewish name, means "he will enlarge" or "he will add" - whatever that means.

Middle name means "holy garden" or "the gray castle" - don't why they're so different, its also scottish.

My surname is too weird to have a meaning. :D

from what I know my name's choice was due to my mother being a huge fan of a poet from the XVIII century.

Igor

Origin: Norse

Scandinavian Meaning:
The name Igor is a Scandinavian baby name. In Scandinavian the meaning of the name Igor is: Hero.

Russian Meaning:
The name Igor is a Russian baby name. In Russian the meaning of the name Igor is: Warrior of peace. Ing's warrior (Ing was the Norse god of peace and fertility). From the Scandinavian name Ingyar.


Ok, it's time to pick up my sword and make peace with it :D

Nicholas or Nikolas is a male given name, derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), a combination of the words for "victory" (νίκη; níkē) and "people" (λαὸς; laós). The name can be understood to mean victory of the people.

I don't believe my parents worried too much about the names origin or meaning :-).

Jovan \j(o)-van\ as a boy's name is pronounced jo-VAHN. It is of Latin origin. Variant of Jove, from Jupiter (Latin) "the supreme God". Also means majestic.

But since my family is Serbian in origin, it's actually pronounced YO-vahn.

David Sven wrote: "My middle name "Sven" means "boy." So it appears I have some affinity with Fitz."

Sven also means farm hand in Danish - if that helps :)

My own name Sidsel Nørgaard Pedersen - I have two last names...
Sidsel is a Scandinavian version of the latin Cecilia and means blind. I do not think my parents had thought about that part of the name when they named me. It is a rather old Danish name and I think that is the part that made them choose it.
Nørgaard (the ø is pronounced oe)means "north farm" and is a very common Danish family name.
Pedersen just means "son of Peder". Peder is a danish version of Peter and is also extremely common in Denmark.

Stuart is a traditionally masculine given name as well as a surname. It is the French form of the surname Stewart. The French form of the surname was brought to Scotland from France by Mary Stuart, in the 16th century.[1] The surname Stewart is an occupational name for the administrative official of an estate. The name is derived from the Middle English stiward, and Old English stigweard, stiweard. The Old English word is composed of the elements stig, meaning "house(hold)"; and weard, meaning "guardian". In pre-Conquest times, a steward was an officer who controlled the domestic affairs of a household, especially of a royal household. After the Conquest, the term was used as a equivalent of Seneschal, a steward of a manor or estate.[2]