What does Your Name Mean?

[Aero]

ok, so in trying to prove something to HB which was kinda weird (wasn't it weird HB?) i stumbled across this site below, it's not the best site, but it tells you where your first name comes from, what it means etc.

check it out and post your findings here.

heres the link - Behind The Name

[Aero]

Whilst i'm at it, i'll post mines -

DAVID

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Biblical

Other Scripts: דָוִד (Hebrew), Давид (Russian)

Pronounced: DAY-vid (English), dah-VEED (Hebrew), da-VEED (French), dah-VEET (Russian), DAH-fit (German) [key]

Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved". David was the second and greatest of the kings of Israel, ruling in the 10th century BC. Several stories about him are told in the Old Testament, including his defeat of Goliath, a giant Philistine. Jesus was supposedly descended from him.

Famous bearers of this name include the 5th-century patron saint of Wales, two kings of Scotland, empiricist philosopher David Hume, and explorer David Livingstone. This is also the name of the hero of Charles Dickens' semiautobiographical novel 'David Copperfield'.

[Jonny]

JONATHAN Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, German, Scandinavian, Biblical

Pronounced: JAHN-a-than (English), YO-nah-tahn (German) [key]

From the Hebrew name יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonatan) (contracted to יוֹנָתָן (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.

[Heart Breaker]

BRANDON

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: BRAN-dun [key]

From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hill covered with broom" in Old English. It is sometimes also used as a variant of BRENDAN.

I'm a hill covered with broom.

[Aero]

i'm a dvd, but more important than that, JESUS decended from a dvd, weird or what?

[Subrick]

RICHARD

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French, German, Czech

Pronounced: RICH-ard (English), ree-SHAR (French), RIKH-ahrt (German) [key]

Means "brave power", derived from the Germanic elements ric "power, rule" and hard "brave, hardy". The Normans introduced this name to Britain. It was borne by three kings of England including Richard the Lionheart, leader of the Third Crusade in the 12th century. Two German opera composers, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, have also had this name.

[Legendeath]

TYLER

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: TIE-lur [key]

From an occupational surname meaning "tiler of roofs" in Old English.

lawl.

[Subrick]

That's the weirdest name meaning I've ever heard.

Edited August 18, 2007 by Subrick

[RingMaster2001]

Subrick, I've always thought you were a Dick.

[Fozy]

JOHN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical

Pronounced: JAHN [key]

English form of Iohannes, which was the Latin form of the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (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 21 popes and eight Byzantine emperors, as well as kings of England, France, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Portugal and Hungary. It was also borne by the poet John Milton and the philosopher John Locke.

[RingMaster2001]

RANJIT

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Indian

Other Scripts: रञ्जित (Hindi)

Means "coloured, pleased, delighted" in Sanskrit. A famous bearer was Ranjit Singh, the founder of a 19th-century Sikh kingdom that covered most of the Punjab and Kashmir.

[Fozy]

(Iain is John in Scottish)

[RingMaster2001]

(Martin is Ranjit in Indian)

[Subrick]

Yes Ming, I am a Dick. I'm the biggest Dick on this site, perhaps the biggest Dick in the world! You happy now?

[RingMaster2001]

No, you are still here.

[Joe =/]

JOE

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: JO [key]

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

[Aero]

bah joe, you suck -

JOSEPH

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French, German, Biblical

Pronounced: JO-sef (English), zho-ZEF (French), YO-zef (German) [key]

From the Latin Iosephus, which was from the Greek Ιωσηφος (Iosephos), which was from the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef) meaning "he will add". In the Old Testament Joseph is the eleventh son of Jacob. Because he was the favourite of his father, his older brothers sent him to Egypt and told their father that he had died. In Egypt, Joseph became an advisor to the pharaoh, and was eventually reconciled with his brothers when they came to Egypt during a famine. This is the name of two characters in the New Testament: Joseph the husband of Mary and Joseph of Arimathea. Also, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire have had this name.

[Nemo]

joe isnt short for joseph. not our joe anyway. heres mine:

SALVATORE

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: sahl-vah-TO-re [key]

Italian cognate of SALVADOR

SALVADOR

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: sahl-bah-DHAWR [key]

From the Late Latin name Salvator, which meant "saviour". A famous bearer of this name was the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dal

[RingMaster2001]

Martin means the God of War. So I'm just going to destroy you now Sal.

[Nemo]

i hope im not the jesus type savior. man thatd suck.

[Heart Breaker]

lmao Sal means savior? The irony is too much to handle.

[Subrick]

The oh, so, cruel irony.

[Aero]

joe isnt short for joseph. not our joe anyway. heres mine:

but his name is Derived from joseph all the same muppet

[Nemo]

no, his name is derived from john, you fucktard.

[RingMaster2001]

That means Joe = Iain.