# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/61 "2004-10-28T02:37:55Z")
First: crowned with laurel Middle: university administrator Last: God That last name is ironic as hell. I don’t believe in myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Badge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Badge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badge)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/62 "2004-10-28T05:50:41Z")
First name: Beloved Middle name: Man Last name: Son of Mhagnuis ---
**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 28, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/63 "2004-10-28T06:11:19Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > ☹ > pig guard > :mad: Didn’t you here me say P I G G U A R D ! ! ! ☹☹☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/64 "2004-10-28T07:42:53Z")
Zoe Chloe Phithian-Thayer Almost Animalistic Slave-lost-in-the-Swamp Post-Fourthian Not-Herer ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/65 "2004-10-28T08:16:15Z")
First name:‘stone’ Middle name:“The Hebrew God is Gracious” I vaguelly remember finding out that my _last_ name meant something interesting. I could be wrong but I’m going to try and find out again. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/66 "2004-10-28T08:17:49Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > So…I’m the Little Usurper. You know, in New York right now there’s a production of _Richard III_ with Richard played by a little person… ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/67 "2004-10-28T08:20:56Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I vaguelly remember finding out that my _last_ name meant something interesting. I could be wrong but I’m going to try and find out again. [I think this was it](http://www.phil.lobley.ukgateway.net/Lobleyorigins.htm) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/68 "2004-10-28T09:05:09Z")
Pandemonium prescience fox of the hunt sword of god ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/69 "2004-10-28T11:48:32Z")
And apparantly my surname means ‘first-born’. So, I’m a happy first-born vanguard. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/70 "2004-10-28T11:58:04Z")
First name is the name of a plant. Middle name can mean either “bird” or “rival”, after going back through a few translations. Have to wonder what my last name means now. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/71 "2005-03-07T17:01:14Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > " “He Who Is Like God” Must be Michael ! (but that’s certainly a wrong etymology) ---
**Author:** ![Panzram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Panzram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panzram)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/72 "2005-03-07T17:11:41Z")
first: :eek: middle: :dubious: last: :smack: True story. ---
**Author:** ![Panzram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Panzram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panzram)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/73 "2005-03-07T17:12:47Z")
I think my first name means God is Gracious/God’s Gracious Gift. Seems a few others have it as well. My name is Shawn. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/74 "2005-03-07T17:19:59Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > “Praised one” (which I knew) “bitterness” (WTF?!?!?!?!) Hey there, don’t be all, y’know, bitter about it. You coulda been a **PIG GUARD**! 😃 First: Fairy Middle: Either plum or meadow Last: Either derived from a Greek form of a Hebrew name meaning ‘hearkening’ and ‘listening’ or ‘navigator/sailor’ Listen to the plum fairy who sails thru the meadow? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/75 "2005-03-07T17:33:47Z")
I’ve known for a long time that my name means “dark” or “mysterious,” which fits in many ways. I just found out that my middle name means “light.” I’m so confused! On the other hand, maybe it means I’m well-balanced. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/76 "2005-03-07T17:41:17Z")
First name: Ancient Greek for “wisdom” (No middle name) Last name: I have no idea what it means, but it’s a very common Korean last name. ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/77 "2005-03-07T17:43:18Z")
First Name: Honoring God (Greek) Middle Name: handsome, cheerful, noble (Celtic, and others) Last Name: “Dwells near the red spring” (Norse) or “Clearing + Spring,Stream” (English) -DF (whose handle derives from an obscure little book and references something more military than it appears at first glance). ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/78 "2005-03-07T17:51:19Z")
First: gift of God (Hebrew) Middle: western meadow (English) Last: son of Norway (Scots Gaelic) My brother’s first name also means gift of God, but in Greek. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/79 "2005-03-07T17:52:39Z")
Oh, dear. I’ve known the meaning of my first name for years, but never looked up my middle name. Together, we have “Victory of the people of noble birth!” No friggin’ way! Horrid name for a commune-coveting hippie girl! I swear, I’m for the proletariat, really! My daughter is Caileigh Morgan: “Slender woman of the forest who lives by the sea.” I dig it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038/80 "2005-03-07T18:22:08Z")
Dark water god is gracious lord of the sea. I feel like I’m trapped in a Lovecraft story. Well except for the gracious bit… Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-names-mean/271038.md?page=5)