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Does everyone know what their name means? Some people have made up names so they don't have to know i guess. But most names DO mean something. I think. If you don't want people to know your real name then i guess you can ignore this. Or you could say what your name means and not say what your name is. Which would be weird. If there has been a thread like this it just means that I am drunk and too sleepy to check. Oh yeah, my name is Scott! Which means "Someone from Scotland" or something like that. And my last name is Seward which originally meant "Toward The Sea". Or something like that. But don't ask me how my last name became pronounced SUE-WORD. Cuz I don't know! I do know this: My dad's name is Ashley Seward. Actually Saxton Ashley Seward. I know, I know, but we are dumb and poor so no jokes. And when he was little the kids used to call him "Ashcan Sewerpipe". Aren't kids cruel? So what does your name mean?

― scott seward, Friday, 14 November 2003 04:53 (twenty-two years ago)

"he who is shot in the face nine times and yet walks among us still"

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 14 November 2003 04:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"his parents were utterly, utterly ignorant of the entertainment world"

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 14 November 2003 04:58 (twenty-two years ago)

My name means "Liar" in English, German, French, and Spanish....LOL

― Bill Clinton, Friday, 14 November 2003 04:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm American. Our names don't mean shit.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 14 November 2003 04:58 (twenty-two years ago)

U R right there "oops", our names are just that........names.....

― Bill Clinton, Friday, 14 November 2003 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

" Jess! I'm here to talk to you!" Jess smiled at her. " Hey, Ror."

" Let's go to the gazebo." She took his hand and they walked across the street. They sat down. " OK, Jess, I love
you."

" But you love Tristan more."

" No, no. I was going to say. I love you and I want to be with you. I want you to be my boyfriend. I want to date you,
I want to kiss you. You are so special to me, Jess." Jess's eyes had lit up some.

" Rory, I love you so much." She leaned in and they kissed passionately. They heard clapping. Lorelai, Luke, Miss
Patty, Babette, Sookie, Michel, Maury, Kirk, Jackson, and about half of the town were watching. " Rory chose! Hey,
everyone! Jess and Rory are together." Lorelai continue to chant. " Rory and Jess sitting in a tree,

K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in the baby carriage." Rory rolled her eyes.
" It's a puzzle, Jess, how I can be 16, yet my mother is 5." Jess laughed as he lifted her up and twirled her around. "
I've never in my entire life been as happy as I am right now, Rory." He put her down gently and they touched their
foreheads together. He traced her jawline and they kissed again. " Let's get out of here. I feel like Big Brother is
watching." He said quietly.

" I get that funny feeling, too." They walked hand in hand to Luke's and hid out in the back room. "I want to give you
a nick name. You call me everything from Jessy to Dodger. The only thing I've come up with is Ror."

" Whatever you want to call me, except Mary."

" How about My Little Dreamer."

" That works."

" That or Angel."

" I like Dreamer. It's original."

" Dreamer it is." They kissed again.

― scott seward, Friday, 14 November 2003 05:01 (twenty-two years ago)

i tried to find out what jess means by way of google but i could only find gilmore girls fan fiction. actually, i just stopped looking after i found gilmore girls fan fiction.

― scott seward, Friday, 14 November 2003 05:03 (twenty-two years ago)

who are the gilmore girls, scott?

― Willie, Friday, 14 November 2003 05:04 (twenty-two years ago)

like the golden girls with fewer nooks and crannies

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.childrennow.org/photos/02-gilmore.gif

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:07 (twenty-two years ago)

That was the most disturbing fan fiction I have read for some reason. More so than Trading Spaces (Vern and Tye's special projects) or Harry Potter slash.

― Carey (Carey), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:09 (twenty-two years ago)

where the hell is sally struthers in that picture?!!! she's got enough nooks and crannies for anyone.

― scott seward, Friday, 14 November 2003 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

My name means "Liar" in English, German, French, and Spanish....LOL
-- Bill Clinton (slic...), November 14th, 2003. (later)

Yeah, `cos the current administration is such a hotbed of honesty, isn't it!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

surely not as disturbing as calvin and hobbes slash though

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree with you Alex...true,,so true...

― Hillary Clinton, Friday, 14 November 2003 05:12 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm gonna have to find a way to work the phrase "hotbed of honesty" into my life.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:13 (twenty-two years ago)

being "american" doesn't give you an out! almost every name MEANS something for heavens sake. unless you are that little snot-nosed kid i saw at the thrift store the other day who's mom called to him: Jaden! Jaden! that's right! the hot new name is the name that will smith gave his kid! how would YOU like to be named after Jada friggin' Pinkett!!??

― scott seward, Friday, 14 November 2003 05:14 (twenty-two years ago)

First name: A helpler of mankind
Middle name: Brother of George
Last name: One who works with metal

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Jaden sounds like a character from Virtua Fighter
That line about being American was from a movie. Pulp Fiction?

I had a bookmark when I was younger that told me that Andy means 'king'.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:17 (twenty-two years ago)

that's more like it! oh, that's right, middle names. my middle name is anthony, but i don't know what that means. it's roman right? antony? i'll have to look it up.

x-post, oops. i guess i haven't seen pulp fiction in a while. or since it came out come to think of it.

― scott seward, Friday, 14 November 2003 05:20 (twenty-two years ago)

My surname is a variant of one that means, "to have the characteristics of an eagle". My given name is a variant of one that means "heavenly" or "divine". So apparently I'm a variant of someone who is a "heavenly" or "divine" person who also apparently "has the characteristics of an eagle". Sorta God-like, four times removed. ;)

― Pancakes For Breakfast! (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:24 (twenty-two years ago)

g--ffr-y: the -frey part means peace, the first bit is unclear, either land, stranger, or hostage. Norman.
st--rt: administrator (pigherder really)
c-nn-n: minor churchman or layperson who served one.

very weeny!

― typo acapulco (gcannon), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:31 (twenty-two years ago)

First name: Beloved

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:50 (twenty-two years ago)

The house behind the main house?

Spelling variations include: Backhouse, Baccus, Bachus, Bakehouse, Backas, Backhuse and many more.

― David Beckh0u5e (Dave Beckh0u5e), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Manly Twin

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 14 November 2003 05:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Ronan means little seal. No chance of ever being an internet hardman now.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 14 November 2003 06:29 (twenty-two years ago)

My last name is a battle cry.

― Prude (Prude), Friday, 14 November 2003 06:34 (twenty-two years ago)

christening name - sword of the trinity
first name - the chosen one
last name - my eyes have rested (in ethiopia, yr last name = father's first name. his gramma chose the name as he was the first grandson)

― H (Heruy), Friday, 14 November 2003 06:35 (twenty-two years ago)

According to the infallible internet: it is either "cottage" in French or "Place of the Cow Sheds" in Old English.

― bnw (bnw), Friday, 14 November 2003 06:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I have the same name as Luna - it means beloved. And my 2nd name means a small farm with hawthorn trees on it.

― isadora (isadora), Friday, 14 November 2003 08:07 (twenty-two years ago)

is your name really isadora? cuz that's not luna's

― oops (Oops), Friday, 14 November 2003 08:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Dark(-river), beloved(-of-God), cloud. Hence my label name.

― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 14 November 2003 08:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I did not know that. :-)

Ned derives from a complicated Anglo-Saxon letter shift I'm not going to talk about here.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 November 2003 08:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Too painful?

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 14 November 2003 08:41 (twenty-two years ago)

My last name means "feather".

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 14 November 2003 08:44 (twenty-two years ago)

In Germany, 'von' means noble, and all persons belonging to the nobility have 'von' before their family names, without any exception. Persons who do not belong to the nobility cannot put 'von' before their names, as they have no right to do so, and would be found out directly if they assumed it, and make themselves ridiculous.

Haven't been found out yet! I have no idea if my ancestors were noblemen or not.
The second part of my last name has been Americanized, so my initial statement on this thread was correct. It doesn't mean shit.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 14 November 2003 08:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Mark is derived from the Roman god of war, Mars. It also means a hammer.

my middle name Edward is Anglo-Saxon and means wealthy guardian.

Hester is a variation of the Low German place name Heister, which described the man who lived by a conspicuous beech tree, derived from Middle Low German héster. Heester, Heesterman are Dutch forms; Hetre, Lehetre are found in France. Hester is also the English cognate form of Heister. Hetreau is a diminutive French form.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:02 (twenty-two years ago)

My real name means Princess! (so fitting!)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:07 (twenty-two years ago)

The extended version of my first name has a number of similar meanings in Sanskrit, all centered around the solar deity, including "Sun of Valour," "Sun of Power" "Invincible Sun," "Indomitable Sun," etc... timely since the name in particuar refers to the rising sun, and i was indeed born when the sun was rising (it's on my ascendant!) around 6 AM. It also begins with the appropriate letter (Vi) it's supposed to, in order to be in agreement or harmony with my lunar asterism, but this was a matter of coincidence. It's best known as being the name of both a legendary/mythical Indian Emperor as well as the secondary titular name of a historical one. My parents' best friends actually had a son with this name, and they asked them beforehand if it was cool to give me the same name as well ...it's pretty common these days actually, the whole combination of my first and last name, so at times I like to use the extended version even though it's 13 letters long

My last name means Lion, sometimes Tiger. I am unclear as to what our caste name's literal meaning is, but a conjugate of it means Chieftain or Lord

― Vic (Vic), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:15 (twenty-two years ago)

First name - "Pure" (hah!)
Middle name 1 - "Pearl"
Middle name 2 - disputed, may mean "Chief" or "brave" or may be feminine of "Dove" (depending on which side of the family you ask, and if you take the Gaelic or Latin meaning)
"Real" Surname - Arrow-maker
"Chosen" Surname/Saintsname - "clear, bright, famous"

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)

"Tuomas" is a Finnish variant of "Thomas", and it comes from the Bible. The most famous biblical Thomas is the doubting Thomas ("epäilevä Tuomas" in Finnish), the guy who didn't believe Christ had risen from death until he saw his wounds. I find this rather fitting, since I myself am a sceptic and an atheist. "Alho" means "garlic" in Portuguese, but in Finnish it's a deep pit. There's a common Finnish expression "murheen alho", which translates roughly to "valley of sorrow", and people sometimes use that expression to make a joke about my name. This I find less appropriate, since I'm not prone to being sad.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:39 (twenty-two years ago)

My second mane means "fairy" haha. My forst name probably means "french bloke w/funny helmet who came over and beat the shit out of us, oh no! domesday!"

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:42 (twenty-two years ago)

"forst" = how i actually pronounce it haha

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Your first name is Napoleon?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:45 (twenty-two years ago)

About a thousand years earlier, Tuomas!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:46 (twenty-two years ago)

ha! real name = norman fay.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops, sorry, I thought it were "William The Conquerer". ;-)

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Normans were French?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, technically they were originally Norsemen but they lived in France for a couple of hundred years - long enough to give up mead for poncey wine and silly French names.

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:53 (twenty-two years ago)

That thing Scott posted gave me the unholy creeps and I don't even know who the Gilmore Girls are.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 14 November 2003 09:55 (twenty-two years ago)

well they came across the channel, anyway.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 14 November 2003 10:01 (twenty-two years ago)

my name means 'bad guy'.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 14 November 2003 10:12 (twenty-two years ago)

First name: Loveable, worthy of love, precious thing.
Last name: An occupational name meaning "craftsman, builder," from the Old English "wryhta" meaning "worker."

My name kind of means boring stuff.

― Mandee, Friday, 14 November 2003 10:39 (twenty-two years ago)

no it doesn't, you precious thang builder you

― Vic (Vic), Friday, 14 November 2003 10:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm a really loveable and adorable construction worker.

― Mandee, Friday, 14 November 2003 10:50 (twenty-two years ago)

napoleon fairy is a pretty cool name

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 14 November 2003 10:52 (twenty-two years ago)

name = 'I am become death destroyer of worlds'

― Ed (dali), Friday, 14 November 2003 10:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Hush there, "Rich Guard"!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 14 November 2003 10:57 (twenty-two years ago)

First name, summat about being King i think I remember.

Surname: One of my ancestors found that a particular type of cement when watered down, goes great for putting between tiles. He so then named it after himself. So, I'm back to not knowing again...

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 14 November 2003 11:00 (twenty-two years ago)

My first name is Hebrew innit and means 'ewe'. Baaaa. I haven't a clue about my surname - where can you find out this stuff?

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 14 November 2003 11:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I found an apparently really great surname dictionary, but the STUPID WORK FILTER WON'T LET ME GET TO IT. I'll check back over lunchtime. Cause I really need to know what "Spivey" means. Sigh.

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 14 November 2003 11:05 (twenty-two years ago)

First name: "filled with mercy" (or something like that)
Last name: means "pale" in German I think

― Hanna (Hanna), Friday, 14 November 2003 11:08 (twenty-two years ago)

my name means er.. greg young cat

i guess.

― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 14 November 2003 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

'Dodgy Essex car salesman/coke dealer working for shadowy global terrorist network'

― dave al-q, Friday, 14 November 2003 11:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Hm, neither last-names.net nor ancestry.com can come up with anything for playforth. I'm an enigma!

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 14 November 2003 11:19 (twenty-two years ago)

godess of the poon

― what am i doing here?, Friday, 14 November 2003 11:25 (twenty-two years ago)

First name: Famed, bright, shining.

Last name: According to the modern interweb there are various interpretations including 'to brand', 'sorrow', 'little drop', 'sons of little raven' or 'one who delights in battle'. May also be a corruption of Celtic war god Braon.

― robster (robster), Friday, 14 November 2003 11:36 (twenty-two years ago)

First name: Princess *high-fives the other princesses*
Middle name: I have no idea what it means. The interweb seems to hint at business or managerial skillz.
Last name: A variation on the German word for "sun"--may have origianlly indicated someone who came from a town named Sun. (??)

― sgs, Friday, 14 November 2003 11:42 (twenty-two years ago)

First name: Light
Second name: God is my oath (haha, yes, well)
Surname: Through an intriguing plot twist four generations back involving an illiterate ancestor and a registrar of births unfamiliar with the regional accent, our family graduated from 'tenant or occupier of land' to 'important governing officer of craft guild'.

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 14 November 2003 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh dear. Lastname.net was quite cruel about what "Spivey" means. It's as unfortunate as it sounds. Sigh.

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 14 November 2003 12:37 (twenty-two years ago)

'song' (ref to 'bhagavad-gita' the scripture which loosely translated is 'song of god')

― geeta (geeta), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow, that makes me think yer name is even prettier, Geeta.

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:24 (twenty-two years ago)

name = 'I am become death destroyer of worlds'

Your name is Shiva?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:25 (twenty-two years ago)

If so, we have two people here with Bhagavad-Gita names. Cool!

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Funny, that's not what is sez on his phone bill...

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:28 (twenty-two years ago)

According to last-name.net, "Thomas" (and therefore "Tuomas" too) means "twin, double", which is kinda appropriate because my star sign is Gemini. If I'd believe in any of that shit I'd take this as some sort of a sign.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)

My friend used to work for the Helsinki city library and he altered my files there, so all the mail I get from the library is addressed to "professor Tuomas Alho". It would be way cooler if it'd be "Tuomas Alho, destroyer of worlds", but he doesn't work there anymore, sadly.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:33 (twenty-two years ago)

First name: Latinate for "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", and "wished for child"

Middle names (I have two): "beloved" and "Elli's homestead"

Last name: patronymic derived from the Old Testament name of the Hebrew prophet, Daniel 'judged of God.'

― Maria D., Friday, 14 November 2003 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

George Bush = farmer who dwells near a bush

― Maria D., Friday, 14 November 2003 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

First name: Anna, Ann and Hannah are all varients on the Hebrew word for graceful, which is a laugh given how often I fall over.

Last name:
This family trace their descent to the Earls of Hapsburgh, in Germany. Geffery, a son of Edward of Holland, served with Henry III. in the wars of England, and because his father had dominions in Lauffenburgh and Renfelden, he took the name of Felden or Fielding

Which is news to me. I thought my lot were all farmers, or people who catch things in cricket before last-name.net.

― Anna (Anna), Friday, 14 November 2003 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Princess Office Minion, I believe.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 14 November 2003 14:20 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, Starry has the best meaning yet!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 14 November 2003 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

What is this talk of Trading Spaces fan fiction, Carey?! That sounds so bizarre.

My full name means: Princess of Christ who is the son of John.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 14 November 2003 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)

My first name means "dark" or "black" and my last name means "ancient".

― Kerry (dymaxia), Friday, 14 November 2003 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Kerry that is so GOTH!

― Hanna (Hanna), Friday, 14 November 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I misread that as My first name means "duck" and I was like, yeah, that's totally GOTH.

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 14 November 2003 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Kate, what did you think the 'S' stood for?

― Ed (dali), Friday, 14 November 2003 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

OK... that's not what it says on you PASSPORT, then. (Though I can't remember what it actually says, I would have noticed had yer middle name been "Shiva"!)

― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 14 November 2003 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

"blind horse christmas metalworker", as far as I can recall.

― cis (cis), Friday, 14 November 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

1st = life
2nd = Christmas
3rd = sweet

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 14 November 2003 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Aw.

The 'Ned' thing, as explained to me by a professor teaching the history of the English language at UCLA, so if you have a problem with this, complain to her (she actually brought it up randomly in class without knowing my own name!) -- so back when the Anglo-Saxons were picking the nits off each other and being killed by Norsemen and all that, a typical form of the possessive was 'mine' -- 'mine horse,' 'mine sheep,' etc. You got your son here, common name is Edward or Edwin or something beginning with 'Ed' so you say 'mine Ed.' So over time the possessive settles on 'my' and in a few cases the 'n' carries over to the common following word (thus 'nuncle' for 'uncle,' a dialectical variant used in Tolkien a couple of times). And thus 'mine Ed' => 'my Ned.' Aw. And now you know. (And it's my legal name too, not a nickname, so there.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 November 2003 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

everyone thinks my name is french or occasionally some sort of slavic (maybe because they are unfamiliar with actual slavic languages) but it is actually all english. My first name means 'fair' as in pretty, the last is a Cornwellian possessive that translates to 'house of _____". No middle name.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 14 November 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Just to clear this up once and for all - "yeah, he knows a little Norwegian"

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 14 November 2003 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

"but he's not actually Scandinavian in any way, shape, or form"

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 14 November 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Martin is warlike I think, which is hopelessly wrong. Herbert means I am a bit of a twat. I've no idea what Skidmore means - the ending is often rooted in Yorkshire, from the moors there, but I'm not even sure about that. An ancient coachman who went around slippery corners too quickly, perhaps.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 14 November 2003 20:56 (twenty-two years ago)

SKIDMORE :
English, applied to the original bearer who dwelt in or near ' Skyti's wasteland.'

From vitalog.net

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 14 November 2003 20:58 (twenty-two years ago)

And where might that be?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 14 November 2003 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

A skyti is an archer, so it is the wasteland of the archers (ie. R4 on a Sunday mid-morning).

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 14 November 2003 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not sure this is getting me anywhere that I understand, but thank you for the help. 'Warlike archers wasteland' sounds like a Fall song.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 14 November 2003 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)

"Great Erect King"

― Leee Majors (Leee), Friday, 14 November 2003 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

My fake American name is gaelic/old english for meadow.

behindthename.com is good for first names

― Leee Majors (Leee), Friday, 14 November 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

First name: "youthful" or "downy"
Last name: "small town"

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 14 November 2003 22:50 (twenty-two years ago)

My name is quite unique.... Storm of the long fields.

― gale, Saturday, 15 November 2003 01:21 (twenty-two years ago)

"Clarke" means scholar (or, cleric, get it?), and it comes from Old English. My last name, Boehling (or Böhling) never comes up in ANY search, darnit.

― Clarke B. (stolenbus), Saturday, 15 November 2003 01:45 (twenty-two years ago)

my second name means "he who shall be called fitzy". or else "son of gearoid" if you're being accurate. LITTLE SEAL, SON OF GEAROID. not so keen.

― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 15 November 2003 01:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I stole a building.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 15 November 2003 02:08 (twenty-two years ago)

wanderer

― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Saturday, 15 November 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Hartlepool first.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 15 November 2003 02:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Pardon my ignorance, but are seals common in Ireland?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 15 November 2003 06:00 (twenty-two years ago)

isadora is not my real name (delayed response). what about kelpies?

― isadora (isadora), Saturday, 15 November 2003 06:42 (twenty-two years ago)

lady
ewe ( my middle name is not lorelei ) great hey? so i am a lady lady sheep!
and as for my maiden surname, well it basically means there are a zillion of us on the planet with the same name and you all should aspire to keep up with us!
i prefer my married surname, it means something like 'king of the river' ( i think ) . pity im no longer married to it.

― donna (donna), Saturday, 15 November 2003 07:10 (twenty-two years ago)

If it's an it, be glad to be rid of it.

― Maria D., Saturday, 15 November 2003 07:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Um, somebody told me that Fitz was bastard son of... (not just son of...) Hence Fitzroy, bastard son of the king etc.

Don't hate me! *runs away quickly*

― Madchen (Madchen), Saturday, 15 November 2003 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

"She loves No New York"

― nathalie (nathalie), Saturday, 15 November 2003 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

William means hard of head, or something like that. Swygart, unsurprisingly, doesn't feature on last-names.net.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 15 November 2003 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't find the meaning of my last name anywhere, though it's been suggested that it may mean "lockpick" or "locksmith" or something.

First name: soft-haired, youthful
Middle name: graceful

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Saturday, 15 November 2003 20:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Either Priceless Son Of God or Priceless Pig Farmer, depending on what section of Italy you're in (or so my family tells me).

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 15 November 2003 20:20 (twenty-two years ago)

My Italian surname isn't abundant enough to have a description :/

― Markelby (Mark C), Saturday, 15 November 2003 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Casserole that has gone bad?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 15 November 2003 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

If it had an A on the end instead of an O it would mean broken home.

― Madchen (Madchen), Sunday, 16 November 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

"God is gracious"
"consecrated to God"
"roses"

― ethereal cereal (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 16 November 2003 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

My surname is Gaelic for Son of a Preacher Man, a fact I am blissfully proud of.

― Tag (Tag), Sunday, 16 November 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

First name: "landing place for chalk or limestone" in Old English (any port in a storm, heh)

Last Name: Means simply "star" from the English word for the celestial body.

Put together, it paints a whimsical nautical picture, I think, stars being used for navigation and all.

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 16 November 2003 20:01 (twenty-two years ago)

from http://www.behindthename.com

JEREMY   m   English, Biblical (Variant)
Pronounced: JER-e-mee, JER-mee
English form of JEREMIAH, and the form used in some versions of the New Testament.
=>
JEREMIAH   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
Pronounced: jer-e-MIE-a
From the Hebrew name Yirmeyahu which meant "YAHWEH has uplifted". This was the name of one of the major prophets of the Old Testament, author of the Book of Jeremiah and (supposedly) the Book of Lamentations. He lived to see the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in the 6th century BC.
DAVID   m   English, Jewish, French, Russian, Czech, Biblical
Pronounced: DAY-vid (English), da-VEED (French)
Possibly derived from Hebrew dod meaning "beloved".
neat! my middle name ALSO means beloved.
Last name = Yummy smoked dinner.
― Jay Dee Sah Mon (Kingfish), Sunday, 16 November 2003 21:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Duckmouth Crappy-Footracer Superfluous-Apostrophe. Tep for short.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 16 November 2003 21:23 (twenty-two years ago)

― Jay Dee Sah Mon (Kingfish), Sunday, 16 November 2003 21:27 (twenty-two years ago)

first name Gift of God
second name means that also
last name means Onion

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Sunday, 16 November 2003 21:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"Honey, what did we get God for Christmas this year?"

"Uh, frankincense, I think. Oh yeah, and myrrh and gold. Why?"

"He got us an onion."

"Is it ... a magic onion?"

"It isn't even a blooming onion. It's just an onion. Maybe this is some kind of statement? Like, you know ... 'behold, I am the Lord your God. I created the heavens and the earth, the walnut and the onion, and I thought I'd just remind you of that instead of buying you a sweater.'"

"Maybe it's like ... adopt-an-onion. Like with the whales, you know, or where you name a star after Mandy Moore?"

"I don't think he named the onion after us."

"Oh wait! Wait, I get it!"

"What?"

"CONSIDER THE LILIES!"

"What?"

"The onion is a member of the lily family, isn't it? Like garlic and ... and yams."

"Yams?"

"Shallots, maybe."

"You're just making things up now to cover for God. I hate when you do that. This is just like that whole 'mosquitos protect us from lightning' argument we had last summer."

"They totally do, though. You're sure it's not a magic onion?"

"As sure as I can be, I guess."

"He is so off next year's gift list."

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 16 November 2003 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

now they're saying that
my middle name really means
"crown." Well, whatever.

plus I would just like to say that this is the first jesus'-birth slash fiction my last name has ever inspired. i pray to shiva and/or geeta that it is the last.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Sunday, 16 November 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I tried looking up what my surname means (my first name is John and means something boring like "grace of God"), but apparently there's much controversy. Popular definitions include "courage in battle," "king's home," "rabbit's home," and "milk-pail village." (!)

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:38 (twenty-two years ago)

seven months pass...

My real name means that I am Scottish John from the meadow of the beavers. *snickers*

― Ian Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 25 June 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, make that Scottish John of the victorious people near the meadow of the beavers.

― Ian Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 25 June 2004 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)

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