# What do your names mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 25, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038 "2004-10-25T13:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/41 "2004-10-26T03:16:57Z")
☹ pig guard :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/42 "2004-10-26T03:39:35Z")
First name–warrior woman, strong, brave (very funny) Middle name–beloved or lovable (OK, I guess so) Last name–a skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures (I am what is referred to as “mechanically declined”) One out of three isn’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/43 "2004-10-26T03:42:36Z")
First name “Gaurdian” Middle Name “Manly” Kind of fits together. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/44 "2004-10-26T03:54:46Z")
My first name is my dad’s name (and also an apostle’s name.) My last is the clan name from when we left Scotland centuries ago. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/45 "2004-10-26T04:09:49Z")
First name: Resurrection Middle name: Dawn (name is same as meaning). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/46 "2004-10-26T04:32:32Z")
First name: “Bright Fame” Middle name: “of Laurentum” (an Italian city whose name refers to the laurel) Last name: “Goatherd” (well, my sweetie did have goats at her old house, and I fed the caprines on several occasions) ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/47 "2004-10-26T05:14:24Z")
First name - soft haired, youthful Middle name - Most commonly given as “pure”, but according to Behind the Name, this is wrong. They give four possiblities: 1) “each of the two”, 2) derived from the goddess Hecate, 3) related to the Greek word for “torture” :eek: or 4) “my consecration of your name” Last name - pledge ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/48 "2004-10-26T05:19:53Z")
First name: Depending on which language origin you choose, it’s either “beautiful” or “soft, tender.” Middle name: Spelling variant of the name that means “God is my oath.” Last name: A little obscure since there are a number of spelling possibilties, but the two frontrunners are “sun” and “swampy lowland.” Guess which one I’d prefer. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/49 "2004-10-26T11:49:10Z")
First name means “Greatest”. Last name means “Strange”. Yes, literally. So I come out being called something that approximates to “The greatest strange person”. Oh, joy. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/50 "2004-10-26T14:31:21Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > **Smartini** , you could even have been PrincessPreciousRoseRed. Or PwincessPweciousWoseWed, even. But then **Eve** would probably bludgeon you with her lorgnette. 🙂 A worthy death :eek: for the SDMB obits I’m sure! ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/51 "2004-10-26T15:05:02Z")
First name: “God is Gracious.” Middle name: “Who is like God?” Last name: A word in English, for an ethnicity I do not possess. And no, I’m not telling. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/52 "2004-10-26T15:17:12Z")
“Strong” " Superior" “Merchant” ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Roscoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Captain\_Roscoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Roscoe)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/53 "2004-10-26T18:30:50Z")
“Crowned with Laurel” “Consecrated to God” “From the dark water” Hmm. Not sure if that’s good or bad. Starts off well, but that last one… makes me sound a little ‘from-the-other-side’ ish. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/54 "2004-10-26T19:48:44Z")
I quite like mine: First name: > [@](#): > > **Daniel** : From the Hebrew name _Daniyel_ meaning “God is my judge”. > \ > The book also presents Daniel’s four visions of the end of the world Middle Name: > [@](#): > > **Brian** : The meaning of this name is not known for certain but it is possibly related to the Old Celtic element bre meaning “hill”, or by extension “high, noble”. Surname: > [@](#): > > **James** : English form of the Late Latin Jacomus which was derived from Iakobos, the New Testament Greek form of Ya’aqob. In the New Testament James is an important apostle, the brother of the apostle John Well…supposedly I have quite a religious background…news to me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/55 "2004-10-27T13:01:19Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Well…supposedly I have quite a religious background…news to me. 😃 Heh. I have an Archbishop of Canturbury in my background. Of course, the direct line leads to his cousin who shared his name. _That_ one, who immigrated to America in the late-1600s, was admonished for chaining his wife to the bedpost. But after him there were a lot of preachers. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/56 "2004-10-27T13:14:11Z")
James: He Who Supplants Vaughn: Small King: Er…King So…I’m the Little Usurper. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/57 "2004-10-27T13:55:14Z")
My first name means “precious” My middle name means “protector” The meanings might not go well together, but they sound good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/58 "2004-10-27T14:30:03Z")
Don’t you love the Teutonic and Norse names? They usually involve spears or shields or battles. My first name is actually a combination of two names. Part of it would be brave or hard spear. Hard spear would be a great line if I were a guy. Hey baby, my name means “hard spear”. _waggles eyebrows_ … I guess it’s a good thing I’m not a guy, I’d never get any. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/59 "2004-10-27T17:29:50Z")
Chaim = Life Mattisyahu = Gift from G-d Chaim Mattisyahu Keller ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/60 "2004-10-28T01:50:44Z")
“Handsome by birth” Coincidentally, a good friend of mine in college and University came from an islamic background, and his name, though completely different, meant the same thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038.md?page=4)