Meaning of your name?
 

Do you know the roots or the meaning of your actual, real life name (first name)? I found out some pretty neat stuff about mine via Wiki. Apparently Irish used to have a goddess going by my name, a protector of crows and ravens and a goddess of violent death. One of old cults also had a nymph with the same name, a "daughter of the lake". In more recent time, sometimes it's known to mean "Merciful".
How about you, do you know what your name means? Might find out interesting things.

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According to the beaten-down name-book that my parents used to name me, mine just means something amorphous like "happy" or "great" or something. My last name is pretty general as well -- it just means something along the lines of "by the rocky shore."

So yeah. My names are kind of meaningless. And common. But thats ok, you can't actually find me on Google unless you know my full name and a little of my background. And even then its just sports information from my college.

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I've known what mine meant since I was born, It means John or John means mine. The exact translation means 'God's Gift' but I think I'm gonna see what wiki has to say 'bout my name.

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My First name, I know this because I've looked it up, means "The Lord Remembers." or "God has remembered."

Marino is Sicilian, I have no evidence that it means this, but the my limited knowledge of my own language and the fact that my grandparents used to leave near the sea, I would assume it means "Marine" or something closely related in the local dialect.

"The Lord Remembers (the) Marine(s)."

"God has remembered (the) Marine(rs)."

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Marino is a male version of Marina, which means "of the sea". It's a very nice name.

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Mine means "Gift from God"

Mine is Nathan

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So you and Speer might have the same name?

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I PM'd him about it.
We might, though My name and John both have the same meaning...

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Thank you, I know my grandparents and their brothers and sisters were peasants and fishermen.

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We don't have the same name, though they mean the same thing...

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^^name means he hates rednecks.

My name means something like "beloved child" or something.

...maybe I should have posted THAT in teh "embarassing fact" thread...

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Mine means "judged by God", which is very ironic, seeing I don't believe in a God.

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Marina is a very common name in Croatia, as well as Marino.
Speer, is your name as common as John?

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Nope...
That's my brothers name, Ironically our names have the same meaning.

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Thats always something I've thought interesting -- most of the things in life, you can choose yourself: what to wear, who to hang out with, how to act (to a certain extent), etc etc... But one of the most fundamental things about yourself -- your name -- you have absolutely no control over. I mean, true, theres always the legal name change, but that isn't your actual name name, if you know what I'm saying.

But yeah. Just my random pseudo-philosophical thought for the day.

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My name which is Kendall (obviously) means "Bright river valley"

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'Tis a good pseudo-philosophical of the day, and is true 10/10

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I never knew Kendall meant that, it's a unique meaning

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lol, my sister's name means "cow" in Hebrew.
good suff=p

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How come Odessa always is one of the best thread Starters?
You need an Award...

Wish my sisters name meant that...

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:lol:

Heh, maybe next year when they make another forum awards. Remember to vote for me if I get on the list ;)

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Even if you weren't that good I would vote for you anyway, the only person I know that is on the 'award choice' thing.

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:withstupid:


:bows:

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I´m a typical rock, cliff and well things like this.

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Mine's Hebrew for "Grace of God."

My two middle names mean "bitter" and "gracious/wealthy."

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My first name is a variant on "Little Warrior", and is descended from Mars. My middle name is "Peace and Glory", or "Peaceful Glory".

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"Bitter"? Which one is that? Did your parents know that when they picked it out, or did they just think it sounded cool?

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Heh, the name of a friend of mine means gift of god as well....Theodore.

Actually we had a thread with this topic a long time ago, but anyway...
My name is Adam. It's originally Hebrew and means something along the lines of "made out of earth/clay".

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What do you guys/gals think Speer means...
Don't tell me it's just an internet name becuase it's not...

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Spear. I'm Austrian and thus understand German :p

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If it was obvious, why did you post it? :Puzzled:

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What does 'Speer' mean...
It's spelled with 2 e's, I'm not related to that 'Brittany Spears' who has so many 'issues'
I don't understand German...

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She was saying that her name is Kendall, which was obvious from her user name: Kendall2000.

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Yeah, that's seems obvious. I thought her name was just Kendall. That's a unique name, come to think of it.

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I don't know what you're thinking of but in German, Speer means spear.

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My name has a billion variations but it comes from Hebrew as well. I don't know why my mum picked it out, my sister wanted it to be Christiana. My real name hides in that one, though ;)

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I presume that Spear means the throwable spear...
Do I presume too much?

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It means exactly the same as spear in English. It can describe a throwable spear (javelin) as well as an infantry spear.

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Sweet... I always knew I was a weapon on legs...

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A good site by the way: Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of First Names

My name is Riku, which is a Finnish form of Richard (means "brave power", derived from the Germanic elements ric "power, rule" and hard "brave, hardy")

or Greek Gregory (watchful, alert) as a book of Finnish first name etymologies suggested it might be either Richard or Gregory. Riku is still quite different so I don't think it matters that much. :) I quite like my name, if you can say so :D

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Thanks, 'tis a good site...

My first name is Scottish and English
My second name is
Usage: English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
My last name is not there...

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I used that site once for my name too, it's very useful. Still, I prefer Wiki, it contains some really interesting things

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Wiki is a good site, just don't list it as a source (when doing a paper, etc) because some people believe that it is unreliable, because anyone can edit it...

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My real name is Peter it means Rock in Hebrew.

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My name is a variant of Seth/Set. Which has an Egyptian and a Biblical meaning.

Egyptian: from Σεθως (Sethos), the Greek form of Egyptian Sutekh or Set, which possibly meant "pillar" or "dazzle". Seth was the evil Egyptian god of chaos and the desert, the slayer of Osiris. Orisis' son Horus eventually defeats Set and has him banished to the desert.

Biblical: means "placed" or "appointed" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he was the third son of Adam and Eve, and forefather of the entire human race.

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Good name...:nodding:

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Agreed :D

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What's the variant? I always liked the name Seth

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'Tis a good strong name...

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Nils (-> Nicholas)

From the Greek name Νικολαος (Nikolaos) which meant "victory of the people" from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and λαος (laos) "people". (...) He is the patron saint of children, sailors and merchants, and Greece and Russia.

Sounds good. ;)

Though I prefer my self-chosen name, tyrannicida. It's latin for "assassin of a tyrant".