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Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of First Names
i looked up my name and found it interesting take a look and if you want you can post it here.....
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if not you can find it here
Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of First Names
i looked up my name and found it interesting take a look and if you want you can post it here.....
here is mine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TREE-nə [key]
Short form of CATRINA
CATRINA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Scottish
Variant of CATRIONA
CATRIONA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: ka-TREE-na, ka-TREE-o-na [key]
Gaelic form of KATHERINE
KATHERINE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KATH-ə-rin, KATH-rin [key]
From the Greek name Αικατερινη (Aikaterine). The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name ‘Εκατερινη (Hekaterine), which came from ‘εκατερος (hekateros) "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess HECATE; it could be related to Greek αικια (aikia) "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". In the early Christian era it became associated with Greek καθαρος (katharos) "pure", and the Latin spelling was changed from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this.
The name was borne a semi-legendary 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was tortured on a spiked wheel. The saint was initially venerated in Syria, and the name was introduced to Western Europe by returning crusaders. It has been common in England since the 12th century in many different spellings, with Katherine and Catherine becoming standard in the later Middle Ages.
Famous bearers of the name include Catherine of Siena, a 14th-century mystic, and Catherine de' Medici, a 16th-century French queen. It was also borne by three of Henry VIII's wives, including Katherine of Aragon, and by two empresses of Russia, including Catherine the Great.
THIS IS ALL THEY WOULD GIVE ME.
TAYLOR
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAY-lər [key]
From an English surname which originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French taillur, ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut". Its modern use as a feminine name may have been influenced by British author Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985).
JOHN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JAHN (English) [key]
English form of Iohannes, 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 popularity to two New Testament characters, both highly revered saints. The first was John the Baptist, a Jewish ascetic who was considered the forerunner of Jesus Christ. The second was the apostle John, who was also supposedly the author of the fourth Gospel and Revelation.
This name was initially more common among Eastern Christians in the Byzantine Empire, but it flourished in Western Europe after the First Crusade. In England it became extremely popular: during the later Middle Ages it was given to approximately a fifth of all English boys.
The name (in various spellings) has been borne by 21 popes and eight Byzantine emperors, as well as rulers of England, France, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Russia and Hungary. It was also borne by the poet John Milton (1608-1674), philosopher John Locke (1632-1704), American founding father and president John Adams (1735-1826), and poet John Keats (1795-1821). Famous bearers of the 20th century include author John Steinbeck (1902-1968), assassinated American president John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), and musician John Lennon (1940-1980).
hmm quite an intresting site thanks for this one.
mine translates as "shield wolf", which is much better'n anything i could have hoped.
STEVEN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STEEV-ən [key]
Medieval variant of STEPHEN. The filmmaker Steven Spielberg (1946-), director of 'E.T.' and 'Indiana Jones', is a famous bearer of this name.
and for the root name
STEPHEN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: STEEV-ən (English), STEF-ən (English) [key]
From the Greek name Στεφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown". Saint Stephen was a deacon who was stoned to death, as told in Acts in the New Testament, and he is regarded as the first Christian martyr. Due to him, the name became common in the Christian world. It was popularized in England by the Normans.
This was the name of kings of England, Serbia, and Poland, as well as ten popes. It was also borne by the first Christian king of Hungary (10th century), who is regarded as the patron saint of that country. More recent bearers include British physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-) and the American author Stephen King (1947-)
couldnt find a etymology of Harlock though ive found it has a prussian origin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: BROOS [key]
From a Scottish surname, of Norman origin, which probably originally referred to the town of Brix in France. The surname was borne by Robert the Bruce, a Scottish hero of the 14th century who achieved independence from England and became the king of Scotland. It has been in use as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century.
If I may just add these thoughts to this thread:
There is a difference between a person's name acting as a label and a person's true name.
At the heart of all the lost traditions was the teaching of the power of the WORD.
Every society, tradition and religion used the secret arts of sound, music and words to teach, heal and enlighten.
The ancient God names are specific signals that can be used to call upon aspects of the one divine force throughout the Universe. They represent manifestations of the divine within our Universe.
The oldest of these traditions is the Kemetic religion of ancient Egypt.
It has always taught that to know someone's name is to have power over them.
A well known story is one about Aset (Isis) who learns the true name of Amon and thus has power over Him and uses Heka to retrieve her husband Wesir (Osiris) from the Underworld. (allegory for Spiritual Rebirth?)
It is also known that the Universe and everything in it was begun with 'The Divine Utterance' 'The Word' which I see as the Primordial Vibration from which everything was put into motion by.
In Hindu cosmology, the name of a thing is actually a vital key to understanding its inner nature.
To quote from Sufi Hazrat Inyat Khan:
"There is a great secret hidden in name . . . All mystery is hidden in name . . . the meaning of name plays an important part in man's life, and the sound, the vowels, the rhythm, number of the letters which compose it, the mystical numbers, symbol and planet, as well as the root from which it is derived, all disclose their secret."
sorry i jest thought it was weard that my name ment this but i did not mean for you to take affence i was jest sharing this if any feels that they dont care to post the by all means do but if others not want to post then they dont have to..... i jest thought it weard cause my parents gave me this name and i did not know what it ment so i looked it up and came to the web page but i jest wanted to know.... i know my dad is Syrian so it is weard to me that my name came from Syria and my mom is scots irish and i jest thought it was weard that my name also came from Irish, Scottish. i dont know my family background cause my family is keeping it scerat... but i wanted to know what my name ment and i aske for permishion befor posting this... and i am sorry....
Sorry for what, Isis? You pointed me an informative site and i liked it. So did a lot of other people. We do not think you are fishing for information so you can have power over anyone like that OTHER Isis did.
People keep changing thoughout thier lives. I think eveyone should change their name every ten years or so, because we are not the same people we were. That psychotic fourth grader had nothing in common with the pudgy twit that i was in college, who is not me as i am today, either. Certainly we can get new titles ("Lord Magistrate of Colorado" has a nice ring to it) but i look back twenty years and wonder why that idiot got to use my name. At least with on-line handles we can do this easily.
Isis I am glad you posted this. I never ever knew what my name meant. You do not have to be sorry for anything.
@isis: Interesting page:). Few years ago my Greek teacher already explained to me the meaning of my name. All i could say then and now is: meaning of my name is almost totally opposite to my nature ... that's what u get when parents give a christian name to a black soul. :rolleyes:
@EtuMalku: i heard of this many times and i have a question: true name? isn't this true name the reflection of your soul or your true self therefore not the name that u get as a child? how can your mother or father know your true name since the reason for naming u for ex. Deedee is because it was your grandmother's nickname and has absolutely no connection to her name, spirit or anything else? how can this name be a reflection of you, that is, of your true self and how can someone use it against u when it is not Your name? ... i don't really understand that part :S and with all that changing names thing: today i'm suzy, next year i'm Georgina and 2 years later i'm Deedee (no, i DON'T have a thing for this name: Dexter's lab was just on tv and her name is still ringing in my ear:D)
cool to find out what the vibrations of ones name means of pertains to
everything we do and say has a vibrational frequency to and how it deals with us in life
from names to the color clothes we are attracted to.
There are those that change their names just to change the vibrations of their being
No no no, Isis: I wasn't directing anything towards you or your name, I'm sorry if you perceived it that way, certainly not my intention what so ever.
Yes, your parents wouldn't know the true name of your being, your vibration, perhaps only your Higher-Self / Holy Guardian knows your true name?
it is ok i did not take it that away i was jest saying the reason for the post but i did not want to affend anyone... btw if you are wandering my name is trina and it means young mother in native american cause i am half irsh, native american, syeran, frinch.... but i was jest saprised about what this said that my name means... before my granddad died he called me catrina and i naver ansowered any one who called me that.....
Apologies for reviving an old thread, but this is something I have much interest in. (I'm pseudo-obsessed with names and their meanings.)
Heh, my name is Taylor as well. Not from any British author, though; it was my great-grandfather's surname.Quote:
Originally Posted by SororTD
My full name means (though I've taken slight liberties in the arrangement of words), "Clothes-maker and defender of the beloved one." If one really wanted it to make sense, I guess it could be condensed to "Armor of the beloved one," but I'm disinclined to that one.
It is fine this thread is good incase it any one wanted to know their names..
Please do what you want with this thread
I just looked up my middle name and this is what i got..
SUZETTE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: soo-ZET [key]
French diminutive of SUSANNA
SUSANNA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical
Other Scripts: Сусанна (Russian)
Pronounced: soo-ZAN-ə (English) [key]
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah). This was derived from the Hebrew word שׁוֹשָׁן (shoshan) meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose"), perhaps ultimately from Egyptian sšn "lotus". In the Old Testament Apocrypha this is the name of a woman falsely accused of adultery. The prophet Daniel clears her name by tricking her accusers, who end up being condemned themselves. It also occurs in the New Testament belonging to a woman who ministered to Christ.
As an English name, it was occasionally used during the Middle Ages in honour of the Old Testament heroine. It did not become common until after the Protestant Reformation, at which time it was often spelled Susan.
LOL here is mine... by the way, great idea for a thread Isis :D
MATTHEW
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: MATH-yoo (English) [key]
English form of Ματθαιος (Matthaios), which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattityahu) meaning "gift of YAHWEH". Saint Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles. He was a tax collector, and supposedly the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament. As an English name, Matthew has been in use since the Middle Ages.
thank you.
NATALIE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German
Pronounced: nat-a-LEE (French), NAD-ə-lee (English), NAH-tah-lee (German) [key]
From the Late Latin name Natalia, which meant "Christmas Day" from Latin natale domini. This was the name of the wife of the 4th-century martyr Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. She is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church, and the name has traditionally been more common among Eastern Christians than those in the West. It was popularized in America by actress Natalie Wood (1938-1981), who was born to Russian immigrants.
Here is my last name.....
PARKER
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAHR-kər [key]
From an English occupational surname which meant "keeper of the park".
This is kinda funny. I was born 6 months early in june not is december.....