# I am a Princess. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999 "2001-08-30T20:44:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/1 "2001-08-30T20:44:43Z")
Or so this baby name book I was looking at says. > [@](#): > > Sarah, Sara … “Princess” (Hebrew). The original name of the Biblical Sarah, wife of Abraham, was Sarai, “the contentious”, but this was changed to Sarah, “princess”, that she might become the mother of princes. Fun fact: **Cecil** is Latin and means “blind”. Do you know what _your_ name means? ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/2 "2001-08-30T20:46:59Z")
My name means “pure.” :rolleyes: Yeah, right. My middle name, though I don’t care for it, has a pretty cool meaning: “renowned warrior.” ---
**Author:** ![AndYrAStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@AndYrAStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndYrAStar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/3 "2001-08-30T20:49:52Z")
My name means **ewe**. wait… ---
**Author:** ![dentarthurdent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@dentarthurdent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dentarthurdent)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/4 "2001-08-30T20:52:59Z")
Mine means “Follower of Christ” hee hee hee… I’m going to hell… ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/5 "2001-08-30T20:53:50Z")
Eric is supposed to mean, IIRC, “kingly.” From [this](http://www.20000-names.com/) site: ERIC: From Old Norse name meaning “ever-ruling.” Wanna move up to Queen, **Silver**? If you’d like to read about King Eric (of Sweden) check [here](http://users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/0518.htm). Here’s a little snippet > [@](#): > > He was thrown to the ground from his horse, tortured, ridiculed, then beheaded. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/6 "2001-08-30T20:55:26Z")
Cecil \< Caecilius \< _caecus_, blind. A bit of a stretch, actually. My name means “warrior of Mars.” The god, not the planet, folks. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/7 "2001-08-30T20:57:45Z")
NAME Brian ORIGIN Celtic MEANING In use in England since the Middle Ages. Possibly connected with the Irish word for Hill, thus He ascends. Also some texts define it as Strong or Powerful. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/8 "2001-08-30T20:57:47Z")
Lee (Scottish) = the less windy side e.g. of a hill. Also used in sailing. ---
**Author:** ![dentarthurdent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@dentarthurdent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dentarthurdent)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/9 "2001-08-30T21:00:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dentarthurdent \* > \*\*Mine means “Follower of Christ” hee hee hee… > > I’m going to hell… \*\* err, I suppose I should mention what my name is… Christopher or just Chris for everybody except my mother… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/10 "2001-08-30T21:05:59Z")
Corrine - From the ancient Greek name Korinna, which was derived from kore “maiden”. Anne - “favour” or “grace” from the Hebrew name Chaanach. (Hannah) There you have it. Along with my last name, which means “Crowned One”, I am a graceful, maidenly Queen. **dentarthurdent** , I knew right away what your name is. It’s my son’s middle name. ---
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/11 "2001-08-30T21:06:11Z")
Andrew. From the Greek _Andros:_ ‘strong, manly.’ Just call me Butch. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/12 "2001-08-30T21:09:29Z")
MICHÈLE: French feminine form of Michael, “who is like the Lord?” Variant, **Michelle** (this would be me), exists. My name is a question?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/13 "2001-08-30T21:10:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > **Wanna move up to Queen, Silver?** Woo! Y’know, I was driving by this snowmobile dealership, and the sign said “THINK SNOW”. So the next day I went back because I wanted to take a picture of it. (No real reason why, I just thought it was cool.) But by the time I got there, it had been changed to “125 DAYS TILL X-MAS”. According to my book: **Brian** - “The strong” (Celtic) **Lee** - “This may, with equally good authority, mean ‘lion’ (Latin), ‘meadow-dweller’ (Old English), ‘a shelter’ (Old English), ‘physician’ (Celtic), or ‘gray’ (Celtic).” ---
**Author:** ![Caldazar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Caldazar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caldazar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/14 "2001-08-30T21:16:15Z")
Taking my first and middle names together, I am apparently a “free little king”. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/15 "2001-08-30T21:26:12Z")
Erin. Irish for “peace” ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/16 "2001-08-30T21:29:37Z")
Stephanie - Greek for “crown.” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/17 "2001-08-30T21:33:51Z")
IRL my first and last name mean: “Tattooed (or blue) individual of the Estate (court, large farm) of Ironshrubbery (small to medium sized woody vegetation sharing characteristics with iron) on a Sandy Height (overgrown dune)”. Translating this required mixing Pictish and early Low Germanic tongues. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/18 "2001-08-30T21:40:42Z")
My name, as I spell it, does not exist on the website that **thinks** linked to. However, I know it’s just an alternate spelling issue so (bolding the way I spell it): TANYA: Russian diminutive of Tatiana, the Russian equivalent of name of Italian mythical fairy queen. Variant, Tania, **Tanja** exists. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/19 "2001-08-30T21:41:47Z")
My first name, Amanda, means “loveable” or “worthy of love” Oh, how true that is! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/20 "2001-08-30T21:44:02Z")
Wendy. Has no real meaning, other than the oldest sister in the _Peter Pan_ tale. Some books have arbitrarily decided it means “friend”, derived from Gwendolyn. That’s always bothered me a little, though I couldn’t tell you why. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999.md?page=2)