# What your name really means... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2000, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812 "2000-08-26T07:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/21 "2000-08-26T12:07:15Z")
Of course, yer other moniker is a “shit boy” abhoration! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/22 "2000-08-26T12:25:27Z")
Sshhh, that’s my secret MI-5 code name. It’s my cunning plan… ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/23 "2000-08-26T12:27:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > Instant death to anyone who mentions a certain Rick Moranis movie. Well, for what it’s worth, it would imply that you have a really good singing voice… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/24 "2000-08-26T12:49:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Myrr21 \* > \*\*Well, for what it’s worth, it would imply that you have a really good singing voice… 😉 > \*\* Those who have gone karaoke with me know the truth. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/25 "2000-08-26T12:52:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anniz \* > \*\*Annie, was the closest to my name > > - innocent but not gorgeous.☹ \*\* I’m not innocent, but I am celebant and act very chaste. Gorgeous I am not. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/26 "2000-08-26T14:14:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Chris’s - have great bodies and have lots of different friends, but are full of themselves You’re damn right we do. ---
**Author:** ![SILENT-BOB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@SILENT-BOB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SILENT-BOB)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/27 "2000-08-26T15:13:38Z")
:eek: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: 😕 ;j = 🆒 ? ---
**Author:** ![Amthystre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Amthystre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amthystre)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/28 "2000-08-26T15:19:26Z")
No Shawna again, \ that’s fine. When I was growing up Shawna was a unique name. As a matter of fact for the first ten years of my life or so I never met another Shawna, so I was the Shawna of record. Which was cool because I like myself. Now that Shawna has become a bit more popular I have noticed that most Shawna’s that I meet are annoying as all hell. Actually, I usually use my real name Shawna Lanne to post with. It is so campy, southern stripperish that I have fun with it. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/29 "2000-08-26T17:07:03Z")
No Angela either… but I know my name means ‘angel’ or ‘like an angel’. It’s a good cover for the real me 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/30 "2000-08-26T17:17:18Z")
**Gregs - are really sweet and feel sorry for themselves** Part 1 is OK, but why do you people always have to throw in things like Part 2? And why doesn’t anyone ever follow up my posts? It’s all right though, I’ll just try and try again…_sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/31 "2000-08-26T17:34:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Louie \* > \*\*Pats - drunks, drunks, drunks > Patricia- nice and funny > \*\* Hmm . . . maybe that explains why people thought I was a girl in grade school . . . ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/32 "2000-08-26T17:44:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Laura- smart, popular, and pretty \*\* Wow. Whoever wrote this list didn’t go to _my_ high school. Kinda wishing they did, now! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/33 "2000-08-26T17:48:28Z")
FWIW, I think the OP misspelled Jonathan. Most people spell it as I just did. And my dad doesn’t match that description at all, again FWIW. Nor does Michi. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/34 "2000-08-26T18:13:33Z")
::yawn:: ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/35 "2000-08-26T18:41:13Z")
What/ No Rose?? The Desiree I know is short. And no STerling for boys? What year was this book written? ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/36 "2000-08-26T20:29:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Louie \* > **Jasons - HORNY!! but so sweet and you can talk to them about anything** Damn, this thing is pretty accurate. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/37 "2000-08-26T22:45:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Jasons - HORNY!! but so sweet and you can talk to them about anything \*\* yeah, I know a couple Jasons that fit that. > [@](#): > > \*\*Jessica- very pretty, funny, and intelligent \*\* Well I don’t think that really fits me, but who’s complaining? > [@](#): > > \*\*Tasha- slutty \*\* Poor Tasha, but I can vouch for her. She is not slutty. All in all I think that list was kind of dumb. Except fpr the one about Liam. That one was pretty much perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/38 "2000-08-26T23:27:04Z")
For the clueless: Audrey was in the movie _Little Shop of Horrors_, a campy but funny musical where Audrey was Seymour’s (Rick Moranis) girlfriend with a very squeaky voice and blonde hair. Audrey II, however, was a homicidal potted plant. Rent it. It’s good for a dull evening. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/39 "2000-08-26T23:40:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > \*\*For the clueless: Audrey was in the movie _Little Shop of Horrors_, a campy but funny musical where Audrey was Seymour’s (Rick Moranis) girlfriend with a very squeaky voice and blonde hair. Audrey II, however, was a homicidal potted plant. Rent it. It’s good for a dull evening. \*\* ::sigh:: Derleth, it was nice knowing you and reading your posts. However, I promised instant death to anyone who mentioned the movie… Seriously, you would not believe how much amusement it generates among eleven-year-olds to have a classmate with the same name as a giant carnivorous plant. ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812/40 "2000-08-27T00:50:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Seriously, you would not believe how much amusement it generates among eleven-year-olds to have a classmate with the same name as a giant carnivorous plant. Audrey, sweetie, you wouldn’t believe how much amusement it generates among 11-year-olds to have a classmate with a name, period… (as I enter three of them in rapid succession :D) But you did promise instant death…fire when ready! ::ducking out of the way:: Of course, I had the joy of having a last name close enough to “McFly” a la \* Back to the Future \* than my childhood seemed to be a near constant stream of one person or another knocking on my skull and saying “hello, anybody home?”, so I know where you’re coming from on the whole “instant death” thing… On an even worse note, my former roomate was also named Ian. Combining his last name (Ally-Seals) with mine–in a slightly inventive manner–produces Ally McBeal. I think I personally shot the first person to point this out, well, I should have anyway… 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-your-name-really-means/30812.md?page=3)