Old_Joe Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 (edited) What do your name(s) mean? I'm just curious. Use this site if you don't know it off of the top of your head----> [url="http://pregnancy.parenthood.com/babynames.html"]Name definitions[/url] Mine are: Zach: Remembered by God Nicholas: Victory of the people Joseph: God adds or God mulitiplies Sposato: Bethrothed or Marriage (You'd think that alone would make it easy to decide my vocation.) An even better question is: Does the meaning of your name(s) define you as a person? In other words, could someone use the meanings to describe your and/or your life? Edited September 18, 2005 by Old_Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philothea Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I'm an herb.... (Laurel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Joe Posted September 18, 2005 Author Share Posted September 18, 2005 [quote name='philothea' date='Sep 17 2005, 10:50 PM']I'm an herb.... (Laurel) [right][snapback]728064[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Or possibly a sign of honor and power and peace (or is that an Olive branch?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiyoung Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I've heard different meanings for my name but they're all pretty similar. Clara means clear, bright, glowing, illustrious. My Korean name, Jiyoung, means something like eternal intelligence (Ji is for ji-hae, intelligence, and young is for young-won, which is eternity). My last name means land, I think, like your nation, something like that. I don't know if my name(s) really describe me so well. I'm pretty smart, okay, and I don't know, is there something very bright and glowing about me? Whatever. But there you go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philothea Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 [quote name='Old_Joe' date='Sep 17 2005, 11:00 PM']Or possibly a sign of honor and power and peace (or is that an Olive branch?) [right][snapback]728092[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Well, an herb used in victor's wreaths in ancient Greek contests. (I'm being silly; I like my name. I was kind of dismayed the first time I looked it up in a dictionary, though!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Joe Posted September 18, 2005 Author Share Posted September 18, 2005 I've been looking up names of friend's and you'd be surprised how often it fits them. For instance: I have a friend whose name means poor and he had some financial trouble a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Joe Posted September 18, 2005 Author Share Posted September 18, 2005 [quote name='jiyoung' date='Sep 17 2005, 11:00 PM']I've heard different meanings for my name but they're all pretty similar. Clara means clear, bright, glowing, illustrious. My Korean name, Jiyoung, means something like eternal intelligence (Ji is for ji-hae, intelligence, and young is for young-won, which is eternity). My last name means land, I think, like your nation, something like that. I don't know if my name(s) really describe me so well. I'm pretty smart, okay, and I don't know, is there something very bright and glowing about me? Whatever. But there you go... [right][snapback]728094[/snapback][/right] [/quote] You could say it means Bright eternal land, which could mean Heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofpheritup Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Pamela is supposed to mean "sweet as honey." Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I'll be honest. Middle name is Clare. If LIGHT means telling the truth, I'm there. I don't know what my last name means. I need to go look it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinitelord1 Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 (edited) "matthew"- Gift of God. does that mean i am a gift to the world given by god? I dont know. Is there a devine reason behind why we were named what we were named? Edited September 18, 2005 by infinitelord1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelly_freak Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 my last name means mercinary (sp?) in German... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Colleen: little girl or maiden Kathryn: pure Rose: rose or red-haired Interesting. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinitelord1 Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 This is so funny.......keep in mind my last name "overfield" is a very rare last name in the united states. I have this genealogy book on "overfields in the United States" and there are only a couple thousand of us. anyways i was looking online to find the meaning of my last name. i found a sports card on Ebay........the guy on the card is named Jack Overfield..........i guess he was a Soccer star in England in the 1950's. i thought about buying it cuz i have a collection of sports cards......lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaidoh Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 (edited) ummmmm let me go on the net to find out lol my full name is Hoai-Quoc Ba Nguyen its viet 1st part of my 1st name Hoai = always or constant 2nd pary of my 1st name Quoc = nation; state; contry Middle Ba = Papa, daddy or in #s Three; third Last Nguyen = Pray wow loook at its web site its crazy [url="http://www.bostonuk.com/names/default.asp"]http://www.bostonuk.com/names/default.asp[/url] i dont know but i found it my name means "You are an extremely gifted individual with the ability to be outstanding in your chosen area. Independent, intelligent and wise you tend to rely on your own efforts rather than team support. You have a disciplined approach to life using your logic, organisational ability and sound judgement to achieve results. You do not seek the limelight and remain modest about your considerable successes. You are admired for your integrity and honesty. " Edited September 18, 2005 by kaidoh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaidoh Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 that site doent work for viet last names Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 [quote name='kaidoh' date='Sep 18 2005, 12:44 AM']that site doent work for viet last names [right][post="728179"][/post][/right][/quote] Do they have coat-of-arms in Asia? Maybe it's just a European tradition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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