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Date Posted: 21:22:40 05/05/01 Sat
This is a list of everybody's names and what they mean. I have been meaning to post this for a while, but then more people kept showing up so I kept having to add to it! So I am just going to post it now. I hope I didn't forget anybody, if I did and you want your name looked up, let me know! Also, I hope I don't offend anyone with this. Everyone may have a different view of what their name means and I certainly don't mean to step on any toes, I only did this because I find names to be very interesting. I generally look up everybody's name! Don't know why, just have a curiosity streak that won't quit. So I figured that if I was going to look them up, well I may as well post what I found.
If you have a different concept of your name, please let me know. The origins of names are fascinating, and our reasons for choosing the ones we do are intriguing. Everyone here has a name with their own personal meaning so this is not meant to catagorize you or any such thing, I meant it for enjoyment only!!! (Please don't flame me!) The names are in alphabetical order. I included some posters we have not seen in a while in case they are lurking.
The Names
Amber - found in English: amber (the color); Gaelic: fierce; and Arabic: jewel
Dark - not a name in any language I can find. Etymology: Middle English derk, from Old English deorc; akin to Old High German tarchannen to hide. Date: before 12th century
1 a: devoid or partially devoid of light : not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light
b: transmitting only a portion of light
there are many other meanings for dark but you can look them up!
Delena - not listed as a name in any language I could find which is ridiculous because: Delena is the 2,882nd most popular female first name in the United States; frequency is 0.002%; percentile is 88.331 [SourceCBN]
This is also a surname. And is the name of an Australian spider: Delena cancerides.
There is a german dog out there with this name.
Just can't get a definition. Come on Delena, whats your name mean?
Feycara - unable to find as a name in any language. But as a compound name it breaks down as follows:
Fey: Etymology: Middle English feye, from Old English f[AE]ge; akin to Old High German feigi fey and perhaps to Old English fAh hostile, outlawed -- more at FOE Date: before 12th century
1 a chiefly Scottish: fated to die : DOOMED b : marked by a foreboding of death or calamity
2 a : able to see into the future : VISIONARY b : marked by an otherworldly air or attitude
And Cara: found in English: Feminine variant of Charles meaning "manly"; Celtic: friend; Italian: beloved; Latin: doe, beloved
Jadedragon - not listed as a name, however this one breaks down into two.
Jade is found in Spanish meaning jewel...now this is absurd because I am sure many other languages have this name (of course maybe it is in a different language! LOL!)
Dragon: Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dracon-, draco serpent, dragon, from Greek drakOn serpent; akin to Old English torht bright, Greek derkesthai to see, look at Date: 13th century
1 archaic : a huge serpent 2 : a mythical animal usually represented as a monstrous winged and scaly serpent or saurian with a crested head and enormous claws
Judy - in Hebrew Judy is both a boy's and a girl's name. It means Praised "From Judea."
Kali - found in Greek: rosebud; Hindu: in mythology Kali is wife of Shiva and a Hindu goddess symbolizing the essence of destruction; Hawaiian: hesitation; Indian: (a boy's name) black
Medeis - not listed as a name, but found as a male Greek name. Personally chosen from Medea, Jason's wife, medeis (latin): magical
Also a Greek word medeis (including the irregular feminine medemia and the neuter meden) meaning nobody, no one, nothing (gotta love it!)
Also some kind of ant species
Mike (Michael) - the Hebrew meaning of this name is Gift from God
Myra - found in English: poetic invention; Latin: marvelous; and Greek: abundance
Panther - not found as a name but is a very large cat! Etymology: Middle English pantere, from Old French, from Latin panthera, from Greek panthEr Date: 13th century
1 : LEOPARD: as a : a leopard of a hypothetical exceptionally large fierce variety b : a leopard of the black color phase 2 : COUGAR 3 : JAGUAR
? - not a name in any language I can find, however, this is a symbol called the question mark. I think you all know what it is for. I did find this interesting tidbit off a grammar site: "Rhetorical questions (asked when an answer is not really expected), by the way, are questions and deserve to end with a question mark: How else should we end them, after all?"
Scorpina - not found as a name (although there are people out there using this name). Must be feminine for scorpion I figure, or scorpio. Interestingly enough there are scorpion flys and fish as well as water, sea and whip scorpions (love that last one!). Scorpions are nocturnal arachnids. And the dictionary also has a second definition that I just don't get: 2 : a scourge probably studded with metal. (!)
Storm - found as a female English name: tempest, storm (also found as a surname in Teutonic and is a boy's name in Anglo-Saxon)
Yolanda - Spanish: violet (also found in Greek and French with same meaning)
hope you enjoyed!
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