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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:27 am    Post subject: Names Reply with quote

This page has the history behind first names...has graphs for popularity of it within the US too... find yours and post!

Amanda - Created in the 17th century by the playwright Colley Cibber, who based it on Latin amanda meaning "lovable".
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nelson: From a surname meaning "son of NEIL"

Neil: 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.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't need to go there for my name:

Benjamin - from Hebrew - literally means "son of the right hand"
Even today in Middle Eastern culture the left hand is the "ignoble" hand [used for - well you figure it out], so that figuratively this name means "son of favor" or "favored son".
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

PAUL
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Romanian, Biblical
Pronounced: PAWL, POL (French) [key]
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From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in 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.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thomas - Greek form of the Aramaic name Te'oma which meant "twin". In the New Testament he was the apostle who doubted the resurrected Jesus. According to tradition he was martyred in India. Famous bearers of this name include philosopher and theologian Saint Thomas Aquinas, philosopher Thomas Hobbes, inventor Thomas Edison, American president Thomas Jefferson, and novelist Thomas Hardy.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

STEVE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STEEV [key]
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Short form of STEVEN

STEVEN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
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Usual English form of STEPHEN. The filmmaker Steven Spielberg, director of 'ET' and 'Indiana Jones', is a famous bearer of this name.

STEPHEN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: STEEV-en, STEF-en [key]
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From the Greek name Στεφανος (Stephanos) which means "crown". Saint Stephen was an early Christian martyr who was stoned to death, as told in Acts in the New Testament. Another Saint Stephen is the patron saint of Hungary, the first Christian king of that country (10th century). As well, this was the name of kings of England, Serbia, and Poland and ten popes. More recently it is borne by the British physicist Stephen Hawking and the American author Stephen King.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JONATHAN

From the Hebrew name Yehonatan (contracted to Yonatan) meaning "YAHWEH has given". In the Old Testament Jonathan was the eldest son of Saul and a friend of David. He was killed in battle with the Philistines. A famous bearer of this name was Jonathan Swift, the satirist who wrote 'Gulliver's Travels' and other works.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ANDREW
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: AN-droo [key]
From the Greek name Ανδρεας (Andreas), which derives from ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος (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.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JOEL
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Jewish, Biblical
Pronounced: JOL, JO-ul
From the Hebrew name Yoel meaning "YAHWEH is God". Joel was a minor prophet in the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Joel.

outta curiousity, i tried this:

DUFF
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Derived from Gaelic dubh meaning "dark".
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DukeNukem wrote:
I don't need to go there for my name:

Benjamin - from Hebrew - literally means "son of the right hand"
Even today in Middle Eastern culture the left hand is the "ignoble" hand [used for - well you figure it out], so that figuratively this name means "son of favor" or "favored son".


Make that two! I have an odd middle name that I have yet to get a straight answer on where it came from. My last name is Irish and like many other of Irish Descended it is not the orginal name, but a variant.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

heres my last name

LUDWIG
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: LOOT-vik, LUD-wig [key]
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From the Germanic name Hludwig which meant "famous warrior", composed of the elements hlud "fame" and wig "warrior". This was the name of three Merovingian kings of the Franks, though their names are usually spelled in the Latinized form Clovis, and three kings of Bavaria. Other famojus bearers include the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven and the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, who contributed to logic and the philosophy of language.


middle name andrew which means of a man

ANDREW
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From the Greek name Ανδρεας (Andreas), which derives from ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος (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.

my full name means humble of a man famous warrior
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

First Name:

SEAN m English
Anglicized form of SEÁN

SEÁN m Irish
Irish form of JOHN

JOHN
Gender: Masculine
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English form of Johannes, which was the Latin form of the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning "YAHWEH is gracious". This name owes its consistent popularity to two New Testament characters, both highly revered as saints. The first was John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus Christ and a victim of beheading by Herod Antipas. The second was the apostle John, also supposedly the author of the fourth Gospel and Revelation. The name has been borne by 23 popes, as well as kings of England, Hungary, Poland, Portugal and France. It was also borne by the poet John Milton and the philosopher John Locke.

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MICHAEL
Gender: Masculine
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Pronounced: MIE-kul [key]
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From the Hebrew name Miyka'el which meant "who is like God?". This is 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. Other more modern bearers of this name include the 19th-century chemist/physicist Michael Faraday and basketball player Michael Jordan.


Put together you get Sean Michael, also known as KopiKat

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Middle name:

CHARLES
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: CHAHR-ulz (English), SHARL (French)
From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man". However, an alternative theory states that the name is derived from the common Germanic element heri meaning "army, warrior". 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'.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BRIAN
Gender: Masculine
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.


no my name isn't mike, its a long story about how i got it.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

FRED

From a Germanic name meaning "peaceful ruler", derived from frid "peace" and ric "ruler, power". Several rulers of Prussia, Germany and the Holy Roman Empire have borne this name, including the 13th-century patron of the arts Frederick II of Germany, and the 18th-century Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great. Another famous bearer was Frederick Douglass, an American ex-slave who became a leading advocate of abolition
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