# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/61 "2001-09-03T15:39:44Z")
I remember reading when I was a kid that Pamela means “honey”. I don’t know it’s origin though. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/62 "2001-09-03T17:10:44Z")
Well, a fourth (or fifth? I lost count) Andrew (i.e.: Manly) checking in. My middle name apparantly means warlike. Hmm…manly and warlike, there’s a good combo for ya! ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/63 "2001-09-03T18:21:58Z")
I’m “the light”, bay-bee. Oh yeah. That’s so… _me_ Not only that, but I’m “bitter light.” Woohoo! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Potter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Potter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potter)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/64 "2001-09-03T20:40:56Z")
Thomas - Hebrew, a twin. Named in memorandum because I was a twin but the other miscarried. Whoop-de-doo. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/65 "2001-09-03T20:50:35Z")
First name: Crowned with laurel leaves Second name: Raven-like So…in general, my mother just liked the way they sounded together. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/66 "2001-09-04T01:22:49Z")
William, from the German, _Wilhelm_ or helmet. As mundane and pointless a post as any I’ve ever posted, and that’s saying a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/67 "2001-09-04T03:29:09Z")
Well, my birthday is on New Year’s Eve, and my name is a feminine derivation of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and revelry.My parents got it right. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/68 "2001-09-04T04:05:14Z")
My name means “Reaper” or “Harvester”. I always wanted to change it so I could have one with a cooler meaning ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/69 "2001-09-04T05:19:09Z")
Mitchell: _who is like the Lord_ Andrew: _manly, brave_ Albert: _noble and famous_ My name indicates that I am a Godlike, brave, noble manly man who is famous. I can live with that. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/70 "2001-09-04T10:36:04Z")
Oo AlbertRose… Ladies, back off, he’s mine. 😃 \ ::: ducks and runs ::: ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/71 "2001-09-05T05:53:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyla \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > My first name means “gift of God” in Hebrew; my brother’s, Theodore, means the same in Greek. > > Huh, I just looked up Matthew in the [babynames.com](http://babynames.com) database and they do say it means “gift of God”, but they don’t say what language it’s from, and I’m pretty sure it’s not Hebrew. The name Nathaniel means “gift of God” in Hebrew. > > \*\* Kyla - Matthew is a derivation of “Matityahu” - you know, the father of the Maccabees? It’s usualy translated as “Matthias”, I believe. “Matityahu”, of course, is a combination of “Matat” - meaning “gift of” - and a varient of the ever-popular YH. “Nathaniel” would more properly mean “God Given”. BTW - my name means “God’s Salvation”. Can you guess what it is? ---
**Author:** ![deepbluesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@deepbluesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deepbluesea)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/72 "2001-09-20T00:39:08Z")
My full name, with a bit of juggling and interpretation, means: French Vine Worker. I assume I am destined to be an enologist. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/73 "2001-09-20T00:47:30Z")
I am the wind…wooooooooosh… Keith P.S. Post 2K ---
**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:** [September 20, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/74 "2001-09-20T00:55:54Z")
Happy 2000, **Odie**!! I’d start you a whole party, but my 3000th went unnoticed. Yes, I’m bitter. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999/75 "2001-09-20T01:40:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dentarthurdent \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*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… \*\* Technically you _“Christopher”_ are the “Christ-bearer”. I, _“Christian”_, am the “Christ follower” so pick up the pace would you it’s a long way to Damascus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-princess/78999.md?page=3)