What Are The Origins of Your Name?

[PigSoldier]

So I was reading a baby name book this morning (another productive Sunday :rolleyes: ), and I discovered that Susanna is a Hebrew name, which means lilly. Very nice. :D

I wondered if anyone else knew what their name meant, and where it came from.

(Of course, the real fun in this is seeing which of the 17 Katies gets to post first :p )

- Suzi
:D

[Banzai]

Bradley comes from Old English meaning "Broad Medow"...

[BabyLove99]

I've seen more then one meaning for "Marissa" but the most common one is "the sea."

[Disney Daniel]

From behindthename.com

Daniel, m English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian,

Biblical,
"God is my judge" from the Hebrew name Daniyel. Daniel was a Hebrew prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament. He lived during the Jewish captivity in Babylon, where he served in the court of the king, rising to prominence by interpreting the king's dreams. The book also presents Daniel's four visions of the end of the world. Famous bearers of this name include English author Daniel Defoe, Swiss mathematician Daniel Bernoulli, and American frontiersman Daniel Boone.

[SDAngel101]

I used Daniels idea of behindthename.com also. But im gonna give you whole breakdown of my name Margaret Rose Paul.. but please call me maggie lol

Margaret-"pearl" from Greek margaron. Saint Margaret was martyred at Antioch in the 4th century. She is the patron saint of expectant mothers. Another famous bearer was Queen Margaret I of Denmark, who united Denmark, Sweden, and Norway in the 14th century.

Rose-"rose" from the English word for the fragrant flower, a symbol of love.

Paul-From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" (Latin). Saint Paul was an important leader of the early Christian church, his story told in Acts in the New Testament. He was originally named Saul, but changed his name after converting to Christianity. Most of the epistles in the New Testament were authored by him. This was also the name of six popes. Famous bearers of this name in the art world include Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin, both 19th-century impressionist painters from France.

well there ya go!

[mnky8g]

george is a wierd name that means farmer or like king of the land or something like that. but my first and last name means "Farmer King"

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

Ok i went to behindthename.com and typed in Norah.
from norah, i had to go to nora, then it send me to honora, then to honoria, then to honorius to get that my name meant Late Latin name which meant "honour". This was the name of an emperor of the West Roman Empire and also the name of four popes.

so i didnt have it quite as easy..i had to go WAY back to get the meaning (and i dont think that's what my name really means...)
I did find out that Norah is an Irish, English name though :)

[TinkerBell2001]

KRISTEN (2) f German
German form of CHRISTINA

[EPCOTgrl1]

Chelsea means a "port for ships"!

[C.C.H.M.]

:D My name is Ariadne and from behindthenames.com it told me that my name means Most Holy.

[nsyncraider17]

from behindthename.com:

REBECCA f English, Italian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name Rebekah, perhaps meaning "a snare" from Hebrew ribbqah, or perhaps from an Aramaic name. This was the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob in the Old Testament.

my parents named me after Rebekah from the Bible (they didn't like that spelling
:)) but I didn't know the other stuff. Interesting!:D

[WDWfanatic288]

i know that my name is "youthful" well Julie means that

heres what that thing told me!

Dutch, Scandinavian, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Julianus (see JULIAN). The Blessed Juliana of Norwich was a 14th-century mystic and author. This name was also borne by a queen of the Netherlands.

[IOAfan]

Rebecca f English, Italian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name Rebekah, perhaps meaning "a snare" from Hebrew ribbqah, or perhaps from an Aramaic name. This was the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob in the Old Testament.

Becky f English
Pet form of REBECCA

IOAfan

[ShuisFan584]

I went to behindthename and all it said was that my name is Polish, Czech, and Romanian, and that it is the feminime form of Dan or Daniel.

[animekatie]

Woo-hoo! The first Katie to post! ^_^ My full name (Katherine + my middle name) means "pure waterfall". It's so elegant sounding! I love it!

Quick random name related side note: Whenever I go to the orthodontist, I just let them call me Katherine, cause every once in a while it's pretty cool not to be called Katie. Once someone asked if I prefered Katie and I told her yeah, but not to put it on the sheet. ^_~ She laughed. I don't know, that might just be me. Do any of you other guys like being called your full names (if you're not already)?

[DiSnEyGrL13]

Nicole is from Greek Orgin and according to the picture thing hanging on my bedroom wall, it means victory of the people! Yea!

[PigSoldier]

This is all very interesting :D

I did that Katie!!! When I started college, I thought it'd be cool if everyone called me Susanna. I'm so fed up with it now, it sounds too formal. But everyone calls me it now!!! Aaaah!!!!

- Suzi
:D

[~Czarina~]

Kathryn...pure

[Rose_Greenthumb]

Emma f English, French
"whole" or "universal" from Germanic ermen. This was the name of the mother of Edward the Confessor. This is also the name of the central character in Jane Austen's novel 'Emma'