What's the MEANING of your first name?

[flowomo]

look here for help:

http://www.behindthename.com/

[flowomo]

1. mine RICHARD = strong ruler

[Career Prole]

12. Mine too!

Richard, Jr.
The aunts and uncles used to refer to my dad and me as "Big Dick" and "Little Dick" until I got a little older and my friends started laughing. Now they just call me Richard. :D

[aquart]

2. Source of joy.

Commonly misread as My father's joy.

[freetobegay]

3. WILLIAM m

"Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-ee-am
From the Germanic name Wilhelm, which was composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection". The name was introduced to Britain by the Normans. It has belonged to several rulers of England, Prussia, and Germany, including William the Conqueror, the first Norman king of England. Another famous bearer was William Tell, a legendary 14th-century hero from Switzerland. In the literary world it has been borne by dramatist William Shakespeare and poet William Blake, as well as contemporary authors William Faulkner and William S. Burroughs."

Damn! nothing about queens!

[BritishHuman]

64. put those elements together and what do you get?

"Desire" + "Helmet" - sounds like a condom to me.

[TNDemo]

4. The worst.

Beaver meadow or beaver stream.

[flowomo]

5. Do you have a brother Wally?

just kidding

[TNDemo]

28. I think that just went over my head.

Wally Beaver? Beaver Wally? Sorry I'm so thick...

[flowomo]

29. Hmmmm..... I'll wait a minute and see if anybody else wants to handle it

[flowomo]

32. old TV reference to "Leave it to Beaver" -- Beaver's bro was Wally.....

[camero]

6. Charles=man

From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man". 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'.

[Political_Junkie]

7. 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 import saints: a patron saint of Ireland (also known as Brigid) who established a convent at Kildare in the 5th century, and the patron saint of Sweden (also known as Birgitta) who founded an order of nuns in the 14th century.

[flowomo]

8. Dagda.... that's a good name too!

[Tom_Foolery]

9. Mountain n/t

[UnAmericanJoe]

10. Well,

JOE
Short form of JOSEPH. Five famous sports figures who have had this name are boxers Joe Louis and Joe Frazier, baseball player Joe DiMaggio, and football quarterbacks Joe Namath and Joe Montana.

I never use Joseph because I flat out hate the biblical roots.
And actually my name is Joey on my birth certificate but I haven't been called that since I was 3.

[flowomo]

13. Joseph means "he will add" -- are you are math teacher?

n/t

[UnAmericanJoe]

14. It is without a doubt my worst subject.

I always suspected I was mis-named.
I would have much preferred to be named Otto.

[flowomo]

16. Yep, that's a form of ODO, which means "wealth, fortune"

[UnAmericanJoe]

18. See, that doesn't really fit either... ;) n/t.

[Teddy_Salad]

11. "To tame"

Damian: "...the patron saints of physicians."

I'll tell my quack that next time I see him. :smoke:

[jmowreader]

15. Jim. noun. Short for "Jimnasium"

Freeper spelling of large building you play basketball in.

Edited to make a lame joke a fairly vicious attack on freepers.

[cheezus]

17. Butch

Said to the driver
I'm American honey
Our names don't mean shit

[Pithlet]

19. I don't have to look mine up.

It's Dawn.

[RushIsRot]

20. Newton

NEWTON m
Usage: English
Pronounced: NOO-tun
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "new town" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the physicist Sir Isaac Newton.

[Liberal Veteran]

21. Mine means "who is like God?"

Nice Hebrew name.

[SarahB]

22. Princess

But really, I'm not quite so high maintainence. :7

[DieboldMustDie]

23. Twin

:toast:

[flowomo]

24. what's the other one's name?

[OneBlueSky]

25. bow down, heathens . . . Michael="who is like God" . . . n/t

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[VOX]

26. "bright fame"

Maybe I should share this with my boss for that inevitable "kick upstairs."
:toast:

[citizen snips]

27. Matthew.

MATTHEW m
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: MATH-yoo
English form of Matthaios, which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name Mattithyahu which meant "gift of YAHWEH". Saint Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles (a tax collector). He was supposedly the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament.

[Snoggera]

30. Strong and loyal n/t

[aljones]

31. Allison=Alison=Alice=Adelaide=noble&kind

Alison, medieval norman form of Alice
Alice, Short form of the Old French Adalheidis
Adelaide, from the Germanic name Adalheidis, composed of the elements adal "noble" and heid "kind, sort, type".

And all the years i thought allison meant truthful!!

smile ally

[achtung_circus]

33. Dark Water

Douglas, or Doug, mostly.

[dolo amber]

34. My name means

"French form of Diana"...whatever THAT means...:shrug:

:P

I'm the goddess of the moon, bitch! :D

[fudge stripe cookays]

35. Milaina

Since my mom created her own spelling from the 2nd version (*), I have 2 to use for sources:

Melaina- (Original Greek form of Melanie)-Derived from Greek melaina meaning "black, dark". This was the name of a Roman saint who gave all her wealth to charity in the 5th century.


* Milena-Short form of Slavic names beginning with the element mil meaning "gracious". A city in Italy bears this name, though it originates from a different source.

[freestyle]

36. Peace

Simply peace. My grandfather's parents dropped the ruler part, so it is just Fred. Now to look up my middle and last names, which are first names also.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

37. priyanka

loved by all

[JohnLocke]

38. 'Son of Right Hand.'

[RoadRunner]

39. mine = "God has heard"

Now I'm really in deep doo doo. :shrug:

[JohnLocke]

45. Hi, Sam!

:hi::hi:

[Paragon]

40. "Gift of God"

Well, obviously. ;-)

[Reverend_Smitty]

41. My name means...

Strife or war maker in Gaelic (Kelly) and my last name means freedom in Russian or one of those languages

[LifeDuringWartime]

42. heres mine

ANDREW   m
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: AN-droo
From the Greek name Andreas, which derives from aner "man" (genitive andros "of a man"). In the New Testament the apostle Andrew was the brother of the apostle Simon Peter. According to legend he was crucified on an X-shaped cross, and he is the patron saint of Scotland, Russia, and Greece. This was also the name of kings of Hungary.

[Guaranteed]

43. Nathan- hee hee it means "gift from God."

Hee hee hee hee hee......

[scarlet_owl]

44. My name is Ember.

That's a pretty easy one. On edit: my name wasn't even in the database.

[flowomo]

52. that's a lovely name!

[scarlet_owl]

65. Thanks.

I get called "Amber" all the time, though. My sisters have more traditional names-Ann and Molly. I ended up with the unusual one.

[fudge stripe cookays]

86. Red-haired?

I love names like Ember or Autumn for little red-haired girls. They just fit so well!

[supernova]

46. Follower of Dionysus

Greek God of wine, revelry, theatre, and debate. Heh. Succeeding famous persons include St Denis, the patron St of France, and philosopher Denis Diderot.

My name is Denice. That's DeniCe. De-Neece. ;-)

[amerikat]

47. howard

HOWARD m
Usage: English
Pronounced: HOW-ard
From an Old English surname which can derive from various occupational sources ("high warden" or "ewe herder" or "hog warden"), though another theory states that the surname derives from a Germanic first name composed of the elements hug "heart, mind" and hard "brave, hardy". The surname was borne by a British noble family.

[CatWoman]

48. MIDORI

Usage: Japanese
Means "green" in Japanese.

[Fenris]

51. How pretty!

:*

[Fenris]

49. NEIL m.

Usage: Irish, Scottish, English
Pronounced: NEE-ul
From the Gaelic name Niall, which is of disputed origin, possibly meaning "champion" or "cloud". This was the name of a semi-legendary 4th-century Irish king. A famous modern bearer of this name was American astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon.

[CatWoman]

67. Neil also means

oversexed slut

:D

:hi:

[Angelus]

50. JUSTIN :

Pronounced: JUS-tin (English), zhoo-STEN (French)
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.

Cool. I'm named after a Christian saint. :)

[flowomo]

53. a headless one!

[Burma Jones]

54. God's Peace

Jeffrey

[rhino47]

55. Linda =Beautiful

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

56. Valarie = To be strong

This was the name of several early saints.

[LWolf]

57. Several choices.

It could mean "war" or "strife."

Or it could mean "bright headed."

Both derived Gaelic.

Or it could be a Pictish word meaning "wood" or "holly."

[flowomo]

58. you are a very meaningful person, indeed!

[Amaya]

59. Here ya go:

Nick name:

AMAYA f
Usage: Japanese
Means "night rain" in Japanese.

Real name:

AMYE f
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-mee
Derived from Old French aimée meaning "beloved".

[welshTerrier2]

60. God

so don't any of you wise-ass DU'ers be messing with me !!!

[flowomo]

61. wow, the DU women, especially, have such lovely names!

I was surprised to see the wide range of names... and it was fun to learn their "meanings."

[GOPisEvil]

62. David - Beloved

:loveya:

[dryan]

63. "The Bee"

Deborah - Hebrew for "the Bee"

[Beware the Beast Man]

66. BRIAN-"Hill, noble"

also heard that it means "strong"

[phillybri]

84. Read as: No Meaning...

BRIAN m

Usage: Irish, English

Pronounced: BRIE-an

The meaning of this name is not known for certain but it is possibly related to the Old Celtic element bre meaning "hill", or by extension "high, noble". Brian Boru was an Irish king who thwarted Viking attempts to conquer Ireland in the 11th century. He was victorious in the Battle of Clontarf, but he himself was slain.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

68. "The name Jesus was a variant of the name Joshua." - cool!

I had no idea!

"JOSHUA   m
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JAH-shu-wa, JAW-shwa
From the Hebrew name Yehoshua which meant "YAHWEH is salvation". Joshua was one of the twelve spies sent into Canaan by Moses in the Old Testament. After Moses died Joshua succeeded him as leader of the Israelites. The name Jesus was a variant of the name Joshua."

[mvd]

69. Matthew means

"Gift from God."

[Lindacooks]

70. Beautiful

eom

[Samurai_Writer]

71. Mary, the most common female name in the world...

Usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Mariam or Maria (the spellings are interchangeable), which were from the Hebrew name Miriam. The meaning is not known for certain, but there are several theories including "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", and "wished for child". However it was most likely originally an Egyptian name, perhaps derived in part from mry "beloved" or mr "love". This is the name of several New Testament characters, most importantly Mary the virgin mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene. Two queens of England have had this name, as well as a Queen of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots.
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I will take the 'rebelliousness' and 'beloved' meanings, thanks. :c)

[Angelus]

72. ANGEL

Usage: English
Pronounced: AYN-jel
From the medieval Latin masculine name Angelus which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived from the Greek word angelos meaning "messenger").

[sus]

73. Worship me!

SUSANNA f
Usage: English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Biblical
Pronounced: soo-ZAN-a

From Sousanna, the Greek form of the Hebrew name Shoshannah which was derived from the Hebrew word shushan meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose"). In the New Testament this is the name of a woman who ministered to Christ. It also occurs in the Old Testament Apocrypha as the name of a woman falsely accused of adultery. The prophet Daniel clears her name by tricking her accusers, who end up being condemned themselves.

[VelmaD]

74. Barbara

Usage: English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene
Pronounced: BAHR-bahr-a (English), BAHR-bra (English)
Derived from Greek barbaros meaning "foreign". According to legend Saint Barbara was a young woman killed by her father Dioscorus, who was then killed by a bolt of lightning. She is the patron of architects, geologists, stonemasons and artillerymen.

[Khephra]

75. Mine's boring

Scott = "From Scotland"

Yawn.

[Bertha Venation]

76. royal fortress -- which i prefer to translate as:

"Built like a brick shithouse." ;)

[buddhamama]

77. beloved

n/t

[southpaw]

78. Jeffrey...

Geoffrey:


From an Old French form of a Germanic name. The second element is Germanic frid "peace", but the first element may be either gawia "territory", walah "stranger", gisil "hostage" or god "god" (see GODFREY). It is possible that two or more names merged into a single form. The name was introduced to England by the Normans, where it became common among the nobility. Famous literary bearers include the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth and the 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of 'The Canterbury Tales'.

[hyphenate]

79. Mary

MARY f
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: MER-ee
Usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Mariam or Maria (the spellings are interchangeable), which were from the Hebrew name Miriam. The meaning is not known for certain, but there are several theories including "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", and "wished for child". However it was most likely originally an Egyptian name, perhaps derived in part from mry "beloved" or mr "love". This is the name of several New Testament characters, most importantly Mary the virgin mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene. Two queens of England have had this name, as well as a Queen of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots.

[MissMillie]

83. me too

and my middle name means "noble"

[proud patriot]

80. Patricia see Patrick = "nobleman"

PATRICIA f
Usage: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: pa-TRISH-a (English), pah-TREE-syah (Spanish)
Feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PATRICK m
Usage: Irish, English, French, German
Pronounced: PAT-rik (English), pat-REEK (French)
From the Roman name Patricius, which meant "nobleman" in Latin. A 5th-century saint, the patron saint of Ireland, adopted this name (his birth name was Sucat). During his youth he was captured by Irish raiders and enslaved, but after six years of servitude he escaped to his home in Britain. Eventually he became a bishop and went back to Ireland as a missionary, where he succeeded in Christianizing the entire country.

[Name removed.]

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[DS1]

82. Martin - I am the God of War

but I'll also give the shirt off my back :hi:

[CatWoman]

87. also King of DU photo stories and photoshop!!!

:hi:

[DS1]

90. aww shucks, someone remembered

:hi:

[CO Liberal]

85. Wayne - "Wagon Maker"

WAYNE m

Usage: English

Pronounced: WAYN

From an occupational surname meaning "wagon maker", derived from Old English wægn "wagon". Use as a first name can be partly attributed to the popularity of the actor John Wayne. Another famous bearer is Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky, likely the greatest in the history of his sport.

Actually, my parents picked it because it went well with my last name, Zitkus. It's the same challenge I had naming my kids - finding names that went well with the "z" and "k" sound - we settled on "Glynn" and "Gloria".

[ElsewheresDaughter]

88. Kynthia: Goddess of the Moon, my twin brother is Apollo, born on Mt Delos

[skypilot]

89. Scott=A Scotsman (YAWN)

*

[ohiosmith]

91. Michael

MICHAEL m
Usage: English, German, Czech, Biblical
Pronounced: MIE-kul
From the Hebrew name Miyka'el which meant "who is like God?". This was the name of one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven's armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers. This was also the name of nine Byzantine emperors and a czar of Russia.