The Hidden Meaning of your Name

[Athena Bast]

My given name is Tina.

Watching the a rerun of CSI Miami the other night I found out my name is also the nickname for Crystal Meth.

Addicts wanting to find other addicts to find dealers ask, "Are you a friend of Tina?"

Knowing this explains a lot of about the people who call me friend.

Anyone else find freaky stuff out about their names?

[Shellhead]

As a young atheist, I was very disturbed to find out that my first name means, "he who is like God."

[Grazzt]

As a young atheist, I was very disturbed to find out that my first name means, "he who is like God."

Were you worried you were going to disappear in a puff of logic?

[Michael P]

As a young atheist, I was very disturbed to find out that my first name means, "he who is like God."
That didn't throw me as much as the information that, apparently, I'm supposed to fight Satan at the end of days.

[bushboy]

My first name means "victory", which is contradictory to my terrible luck in competitions of any kind.

[Sir Tim Drake]

According to Wikipedia, my name means either "warrior lion" or "bearer of martyrs."

By the way, my arms are getting tired... will someone carry these martyrs for a little while?

[Christopher O]

As a young atheist, I was very disturbed to find out that my first name means, "he who is like God."
I know what you mean. I'm agnostic, and as such, I have no business being the "bearer of Christ."

According to Wikipedia, my name means either "warrior lion" or "bearer of martyrs."

By the way, my arms are getting tired... will someone carry these martyrs for a little while?
Try carrying the most famous martyr of all. That's a lot of responsibility and a lot of pressure, and, as I said, I'm not even a Christian.

Incidentally, my middle name means "lion." Seems we've got a lot in common. ;)

[GozertheGozarian]

Wiki says mine means God's peace. No wonder there are so many wars.

[Grazzt]

You guys are lucky. Wiki says my first name means "flower". Yet another chip chiselled from the ever-shrinking block of my masculinity.

[Haunt]

my last name means 'large army.'


You guys are lucky. Wiki says my first name means "flower". Yet another chip chiselled from the ever-shrinking block of my masculinity.


a dude named 'Daisy?!' i'm sorry.

[BlairH]

My first name, Blair, is an old Scottish word for a plain (as in the geographical term) that would be particularly suited to be the site of a battle. A battlefield basically. It's the most accurate translation I can give, as there isn't really an equivelant in modern English.

[Gilda Dent]

Depending on the source, Gilda means "golden", "servant of god", or "sacrifice". I think I like "sacrifice" best.

GILDA

[Adem]

My first name means Earth or Man. I don't think I have to say what my name is since everyone can probably figure it out.

[Tages]

In Greek my name means "healer."

In Hebrew it's a term for "the Voice of God."

[Rexi]

The only thing I have ever heard for mine was "Man of Britain"

[Matt]

I believe mine means "Gift of God" or somesuch.
However, since I don't believe in any sort of god ... I don't see how I can be a gift, therefore if I haven't been given to anyone then I don't exist.

Maybe I'm a Babblefish. Puffs of logic.
Hrm.

[Ontir]

I was once told that my first and middle names mean "Supplanter" and "On a sloped ledge."

[Lone Ranger]

My name is Scott

Apparently, if you drop the superfluous second 'T' it is a word often used to describe someone from Scotland.

Wacky, innit?

[Jeff Brady]

My full name, according to a name dictionary older than I am...

Jeffrey: Divinely Peaceful.

Walter: Powerful Warrior.

Brady: Spirited One.

[Wesley Dodds]

Well, my name's John.

Which is from "God is gracious" in Hebrew. Yochanan.

I learnt that off a keychain!

Well, G-d is gracious, I guess, Jews are Jews. Is the Y for YHWH?

As an atheist, I love having a name like that. I feel the same sort of irony Bertrand Russell did when he fell deathly ill in China:

"I was told that the Chinese said that they would bury me by the Western Lake and build a shrine to my memory. I have some slight regret that this did not happen, as I might have become a god, which would have been very chic for an atheist."

But, I agree with the sentiment. Even if there's no God life has been pretty gracious to me.

Oh, and I'm named after one of my grandfathers.

[Bear]

My last name is somehow derived from "Bricklayer" (in German), I think.

[jaguarshark]

Apparently my name is an Indian word for 'sandalwood'. Nobody in my family is Indian, and it's one letter away from being a traditional Welsh name, which would be much more appropriate, so I'm not sure what my parents were smoking when they picked it.
Still, it does enable my best friend to call me 'Han', which I find cool. Because I'm a geek.

[EZMOHR]

Ezra- (Hebrew)- "My Help/Court is God"

Dain- (Oh Good Lord, it's got to do with Geeks)- Name of a Dwarf from Norse Mythology. J.R.R. Tolkien used it to name two Dwarf Kings in Middle-Earth. Also, Dain is one of the four stags of Yggdrasill in Norse Mythology. Great, my weed smoking parents from the 70's named me after a name they briefly saw while they were reading Lord of the Rings stoned. That's just great. Oh well, at least I didn't come out named Frodo, Samwise, Bilbo (oh the Dildo taunts in school would've be mercilous. I thought being called Great Dain in school was rough as a kid.), or Smeagol.

Hunter- English- "One who Hunts" (Yeah, that one was hard to figure out.)

[StoneGold]

"Prophet of Doom."


http://www.indyjones.it/tempiogal/mola.jpg

[howyadoin]

I go by my middle name, but apparently my first name means "sodomize" in Britain.

[Jeff Brady]

I go by my middle name, but apparently my first name means "sodomize" in Britain.

Bugger Brett Taylor? Your name's a complete sentence, like Dick Sprang!

[Sabrinaset]

Hmm .... Sabrina: From the name of the Severn, a river in Wales, which was originally named Habren. In Celtic legend Sabrina was the name of a princess who was drowned in the Severn. Supposedly the river was named for her, but it is more likely that her name was actually derived from that of the river.

Well, that explains a lot.

My nickname, Sabrinaset... I got that in high school. There was some women in the 80's who ran a prostitution ring, but made it out to be a religion, and called herself the High Priestess of the Church of the Most High Goddess. The sacraments were performed by paying a priestess to have sex with you. Her name was Sabrina Aset... and somehow, that became me. This woman even had her own cable show on at some point.

[howyadoin]

Bugger Brett Taylor?Roger, actually.

And only one T in "Bret".

[Jeff Brady]

Roger, actually.

And only one T in "Bret".

Ah, thanks for the correction. I forgot about that.

[Rachel Grey]

Rachel = "innocence and gentility of a rose"

lol that is so not me! I'm a rough as sandpaper bitch and about as innocent as your average Baatezu. :p

[Kent H]

Kent comes from the County of Kent, which comes from the Kingdom of Kent, which comes from the Cantiaci tribe of Celts in Southeast England.

Supposedly that's where the English side of the family's ancestors come from.

[Kent H]

Rachel = "innocence and gentility of a rose"

lol that is so not me! I'm a rough as sandpaper bitch and about as innocent as your average Baatezu. :p

. . . DnD geek! *points finger*

*ignores fact that knowledge of such reveals similar background*

[Rachel Grey]

. . . DnD geek! *points finger*

*ignores fact that knowledge of such reveals similar background*

lol! I revel in my geekness! Shows Harper pin. :D

[Ontir]

My name is Scott

Apparently, if you drop the superfluous second 'T' it is a word often used to describe someone from Scotland.

Wacky, innit?

If Bill Willingham is right, according to an issue of Elementals, Scott also means Shadows. There was a character called "Porter Scott," and someone said to him, "Bearer of Shadows."

I once had a roommate who's full name means, "Noose," "Lake," "Dweller in a Stumpy Clearning."

[thehod]

Roger, actually.

And only one T in "Bret".

Actually, I was aware that "Roger" just meant shagging in general.

From Shakespeares Romeo & Juliet

"Shall I compare thee to a summer rose, or shall I just cut to the chase and roger you senseless?"



Annnnnyway.

As has been pointed out, Michael apparently in Hebrew means "who is like God?" or "likened unto God" which comes as a hell of a shock to Mrs Hod, I can tell you.

Hodder, on the other hand, is one who carries bricks.

Michael Hodder: God of bricklaying and dodgy quoteations.

[Spawn]

My names Joel,

Gender: Male
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: God is Willing

[Pól Rua]

If I hadn't been adopted, my birth parents would have named me 'Martin'...
which is apparently derived from Mars, God of War.
If I had been a girl, I would have been named 'Elizabeth'...
Which is derived from the Hebrew 'My God is an oath' (or 'an abundance')... hrm... actually, that latter's fairly accurate...
I was, actually, named Paul, which apparently means 'small' or 'humble' which is kind of true, because I was quite small when my parents first met me.
However, for the most part, I go by Pól, which is the Irish version of my name.
If you reverse the accent, it's the Scottish version.
And if you leave the accent off altogether, it means 'hole' apparently.

I try not to leave the accent off if I can help it.

[Sanagi]

I'm named after a guy from the Bible who killed two hundred people, chopped off their foreskins, and used them to get a wife.* (http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/1sam/18.html#25)





...... So, how about the weather lately?

[Typo Lad]

My name's actually a Babalonian name, most commonly thought to meaning "Servant of Marduk". That can denote being a warrior or a Rabbi, depending on who you ask.

The only Mordechai in fiction I know of, or even close, was Mordecai Sambi in Time Trax

[Lubichev]

The only Mordechai in fiction I know of, or even close, was Mordecai Sambi in Time Trax
Don't forget Children of the Corn.

[Typo Lad]

Never seen it.

[Elegance Liberty]

My name means 'Pure One'.

Well okay, I'm chaste, but given the jokes I make, you wouldn't think I was ever 'pure'.

[Guapo Méndez]

Several meanings: flower, defender and he who stands against an adversary.

[darkkeeperjr]

Wiki says I shall be known as Noble Friend. Other sources say I shall be loved for ever: Everloveing. Go figure.

[Michael P]

My name's actually a Babalonian name, most commonly thought to meaning "Servant of Marduk". That can denote being a warrior or a Rabbi, depending on who you ask.

The only Mordechai in fiction I know of, or even close, was Mordecai Sambi in Time Trax
There was a Mordecai Chalk in Astro City.

[jessecuster3]

My parents were clever enough to give me the middle initial D. and my last name is Light.... yes the groove is indeed in the heart.

[SOGG]

Jose - he shall add
Raymundo - king of the world
Deogracias - by the grace of god
Oliveros - an olive farmer
Estrella - a star
y
Lustre - luster

So.... going by this I think my kid is going to go out and become some kind of televangelist/olive farmer who has a thing for shiny stars.

Or maybe my kid becomes king of the world who has a thing for olive farmers.

Etymology is so confusing.

[Grazzt]

lol! I revel in my geekness! Shows Harper pin. :D

You need to do far more meddling if you're going to be a real Harper. ;)

[TinMan]

My first name means "gift from God" and my middle means "fair just" or "righteous".

[Alex L]

ALEXANDER

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovak

Pronounced: al-eg-ZAN-dur [key]
From the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος (andros))

Huh. Maybe I should have gone into the Army or Peace Corps or something like that. http://domsforums.net/images/smilies/ugh.gif

My Chinese first/middle name apparently means "love of knowledge" or something like that. Seems to fit, because I read pretty much all the time.

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3203/namevg5.jpg

[Shellhead]

I know what you mean. I'm agnostic, and as such, I have no business being the "bearer of Christ."


Try carrying the most famous martyr of all. That's a lot of responsibility and a lot of pressure, and, as I said, I'm not even a Christian.

Incidentally, my middle name means "lion." Seems we've got a lot in common. ;)

Could be worse. I have a friend named Christian King, and he's an atheist.