I've seen this sort of thing on Buffy sites and on S:AToF as well,and I began to wonder...what's in our names?
Alice: Noble, Truth (Greek); Noko= Girl Child (Japanese); Bunni: the "eye" or islet covered with "buns" or reeds (derived from an Anglo-Saxon word) or little rabbit (English)
Amanda "Daye" Blaise: Amanda: love, worthy of love, precious thing(Latin); Dae: Greatness (Korean); Blaise: The same as the Roman name Blaesus, which means "lisper."
Aron: shining light, high mountain, messenger (Hebrew)
Catherine "Kate" Wiccham: Catherine/Kate: Pure (Greek); Wiccham: despite similarities to Wiccan originates from the Old English wic and ham meaning a homestead associated with a dairy farm.
Darian Gray: Darian: Wealthy (Persian); Gray: Nickname for a man with gray hair, or a gray beard, from Old English groeg, meaning grey. 2) A place name, for one who originated in Graye in Calvados, from Latin gratus = welcome.
Elain Madoc: Elain: Light (old French); Madoc (Maddock): Good fortune, champion (Gaelic) or Beneficent (Welsh). Interestingly “Elain” is generally the Male spelling (Elaine for Girls) and Madoc (or Maddox which is more common) is a boy’s name.
Galen Eldridge: Galen: Calm (Gaelic); Eldridge: Old Council (Old English)
Jadyn "Jade" Lee: The boy’s name Jayden means “God has heard” in Hebrew. Since at least 2950 BC, jade has been treasured in China as the royal gemstone, yu. The character for jade resembles a capital I with a line across the middle: the top represents the heavens, the bottom the earth, and the center section, mankind. The word yu is used in Chinese to call something precious, as in English we use gold. Jade was thought to preserve the body after death and can be found in emperors' tombs from thousands of years ago. Lee means “plum tree” in Chinese.
Jessica Travers: Jessica/Jessie: God’s Grace or Woman of wealth (Hebrew); Travers: From the English and French place name that described the man who lived near a bridge or ford, or occasionally as an occupational name for the collector of tolls at such a location. The place name is derived from Old French traverser (which comes from Late Latin transversare), which means "to cross".
Kieran Hart: Keiran: Dark Haired; Hart: Deer or Stag often used as a name by woodsmen or games keepers.
Mantheana Alashkov: Theana: Goddess; the prefix ‘man’ could mean water or ship making Mantheana mean Water Goddess or Ship Goddess. I prefer thinking of ‘man’ as Ice (Ice Goddess). Alashkov: -ov suffix meaning “Son of” almost always associated with a male name. But Alisha is a female Russian name (meaning Noble or Truth – same as Alice) so it could mean Son of a Noble (an anonymous Noble? Could be a bastard) or Son of Alice which would be a strange thing (unless Alice was a Noble herself or of some importance).
Natasha "Tash" Brookes: Natasha is the Russian form of ‘Natalie’ which means “Born at Christmas” Brookes: Originally, from the Norman "Broc", meaning a stream near a home.
Parasol: From Latin parare (to shield) + sol (the sun).
Reanna "Reah" Kossinton: Reanna: Mighty (German): Kossinton: Listed as a variant of Cossington which in Old English means “Kissing Town” (where there might have been a brothel) or “Crossing Town” (where a crossroads may have existed).
Robert "Stalker" Orson: Robert: Bright, famous; Orson: From a surname meaning "bear" from Norman French ors, ultimately from Latin ursus.
Tristin "Sorrow" Barrington: Tristan: From the Celtic name Drystan, which was probably derived from drest meaning "riot" or "tumult". It is sometimes associated with Latin tristus "sad", but this connection is doubtful. In Celtic legend Tristan was sent to Ireland in order to fetch Isolde, who was to be the bride of King Mark of Cornwall. Instead, Tristan and Isolde end up falling in love. Barrington: In the past, it was used as an nobles' surname. Today however, it is commonly used as a first name.The well known Barrington family motto 'Honesta quam splendida' or ' honourable aquistitions rather than splendid'
Tarix “Jasmine” Conny: Tarix: A tree in the Larch family; Conny: derived from connla "prudent, chaste" (Irish); Jasmine: flower, Gift from God (Persian)
Terence "Fate" Wilkins: Terrence: Tender (Latin); Wilkins: The English surname Wilkins is of patronymic origin, derived from the name of the father of the first bearer of this surname. This surname derives from the Christian name William, ”son of William” is then the proper translation of Wilkins.
Tyler Hyatt: Tyler: Tiler, roofer (Old English) ;Hyatt: High Gate (Old English); The roofer of the High Gate?
Victor: Victor: Victorious (Latin); Martyr St. Victor was a soldier who was poisoned, locked in a cave for 20 days, coated in molten lead and finally beheaded when he still hadn't died. He predicted the death of the soldiers who had killed him (after he was beheaded) within 20 days which came to pass.
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What's in a Name?
Actually, I specifically researched the name for my character based on meanings. I found Natasha, which in its Greek form (not the derived Russian version) means rebirth. Christmas didn't enter into it, I'm afraid. :D
Hence I chose Natasha as my character's first name for that meaning of Rebirth.
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Wow, I like what you did to Mantheana's name! It now sounds all professional and real! I just made it up off the top of my head - Alice I recall, laughed at it quite a bit when I was creating the character. I created the name because i liked the sound of the 'Manth' syllable, so i turned it into a girls name. This was done when she was going to be roman, not Russian. This shows because in the Russian language, there is no 'th' sound, meaning that in actual fact, it should be Manteana. I actally thought that the 'ov' part of Alashkov sounded a lot more feminine than the alternative stereotypical russian name ending 'ski/sky'. Alashkov just rolls off the tongue (especially when said in a Russian accent) and I think, can sound very female, which I wanted for Mantheana, as she is every inch a lady.
Back to the point, the whole "ice goddess" this is totally spiffeh. Great job dave *dances merry jig of death* All the descriptions seem right on.
Boojeh
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Some more fun with the name "Amanda":
More literally, there are two possibilities. One is the future passive participle of amare. Which is used to form a construction called the "gerundive of obligation," something we must do. So in a sense, the name Amanda means "she who must be loved."
The other fun double meaning? It is the present active imperative of the verb amandare. Which means send away, dismiss, banish, or relegate.
Sorry. Have been doing Latin and suddenly thought, "Hmmm, I wonder what would happen if I ran this name through my dictionary program." Those are the parsings it came up with. Neat, eh? :)
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Very much so. I like the first one. "She who must be loved." Hehe
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So do I, LOL :mrgreen:
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ow ow ow do me do me what dose james connor meen!
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Oh oh oh me too! lol.
And no, you don't need to tell me what Chance means. ;)
And no Felix cat food jokes :p
I would do it myself but I'm too jet lagged and lazy. :D
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Oh!! Can I sing in too?
(btw Alessa's complete name is Alessandra María Hunt)
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wow - how fabbie is that!!!!
if you feel the urge, please look us up too. i don't think janey or maggie will be very interesting, but you never know,
its alos jicaques and mendiela, which are actually aztec words, what they mean i do not know!!!!
im gonna try and find out in my next free period!!! how i love free periods,
*sighs, and goes into daze*
aaaaaaaanyway! i will see if i can find out what we mean, but it may take a wwhile cos me being the youngest of the site (unless anyone was born apres le 2 of feb??? anyone????) i obviously will be very slow, jeni and booj will know whaat i mean when i say my lil brain certainly has problems!!! :P
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Since Dave hasn't shown much interest lately in this thread, and I had a bit of free time I decided to look up our newbies character names and see what meaning they held :D
James Connor - James is derived from the hebrew name Jacob meaning 'supplanter'. Connor is the Gaelic name Conchobhar which means "dog lover" or "wolf lover".
Alessandra (Alessa) Maria Hunt - Alessandra is the Italian feminine form of Alexander which means 'defending men' in Greek. Maria is the Italian form of the more common biblical name 'Mary' meaning 'sea of bitterness' and 'rebelliousness'.
Janey and Maggie - Janey is the pet name for english derived name 'Jane' which means 'grace of the lord'. Maggie is a shortened form of the name 'Margaret' which comes from the Greek 'margarites' which means 'pearl'.
Matthew/Felix (Chance) - Matthew is derived from the greek Matthaios which meant 'gift of the lord'. Felix comes from a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin.
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OMG you are kidding me? How appropiate are both those names? :p
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janey is totally appropriate!! i love it
maggie is less so, ill have to think on that
dear oh dear pearl!!!
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More fun, because I'm playing with my latin program again. :)
Felix, felicis - fertile; favourable; lucky; successfull, happy; fruitfull; blessed
Aren't double meanings fun? :)[/b]
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Thank you!!!
Arent Alessa's names appropriate too!!!
Only one correction Lou, it's María, not Maria. So it all applies the same but the name is in Spanish , not Italian. She was named like that by her nanny, a very devout Paraguayan woman who thought that the name of the Holy Mother would help her half-demon girl find her path, since the town's priest had refused to baptize her.
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what about everyones real names i know what mine meens but dose everyone else know what there names actuley meen :D
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Kristen means "Christlike" or "Follower of Christ"
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Hehe i don't really need to do me huh? :P
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Louisa (once you get back to it's derived form) means 'famous warrior' - so stay out of my way in an argument! lol :D
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jamie mcpherson meens supplanter' son of a priest
my middel name is archie but i have no idea what that meens
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Okay I had a spare... oh, thirty minutes :D so I thought I'd see what all our fellow LABN names mean...
HEATHER - Means simply "heather" from the English word for the variety of small shrubs with pink or white flowers which commonly grow in rocky areas.
KRISTEN - The feminine form of CHRISTIAN which means, as Kris said, "Follower of Christ".
LOUISA - Is the Latinate feminine form of LOUIS which is the French form of LUDWIG from the Germanic name Hludwig which meant "famous warrior".
DAVE - The short form of DAVID is possibly derived from Hebrew dod meaning "Beloved".
GREG - The short form of GREGORY is derived from Greek gregoros meaning "Watchful, Alert".
ROBIN - Is the pet form of ROBERT, means "Bright Fame"
APRIL - Means simply "April" from the name of the month. It originally derives from Latin aperire "to open", referring to the opening of flowers in that month.
ADAM - This is the Hebrew word for "Man". It could be ultimately derived from Hebrew adam meaning "To Be Red", referring to the ruddy colour of human skin, or from Assyrian adamu meaning "To Make". According to Genesis in the Old Testament Adam was created from the earth by God (there is a word play on Hebrew adamah which means "Earth").
HANNAH - From the Hebrew name Channah which meant "Favour" or "Grace".
ALICE - Is a short form of the Old French Adelais, itself a short form of Adalheidis[/i ] which was composed of the elements [i]adal "Noble" and heid "Kind, Sort, Type".
SHERLYNN - Is a variant of CHERILYN which is perhaps a combination of CHERIE and the popular name suffix lyn. Cherie is derived from the French chérie meaning "Darling".
AMANDA - This name was created in the 17th century by the playwright Colley Cibber. He based it on Latin amanda meaning "Lovable".
SAADIA - Is the feminine form of SA'D which means "Fortune, Good Luck" in Arabic.
JOHN - Is the English form of Johannes, which was the Latin form of the Greek name Ioannes, itself derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning "God is Gracious".
BENJAMIN - Is derived from the Hebrew name Binyamin which means "Son of the South" or "Son of the Right Hand".
SHAUN - Woah, this is a complex one! SHAUN is the Anglicized form of SEÁN which is the Irish form of JOHN, which, yes you guessed it, is the English form of Johannes, which was the Latin form of the Greek name Ioannes, itself derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning "God is Gracious".
ROBERT - Means, "Bright Fame".
JEAN - Is a Medieveal variant of JANE which is the English form of Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of Johannes, which, yes, once again was the Latin form of the Greek name Ioannes, itself derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning "God is Gracious".
RICARDO - Is the Spanish and Portuguese form of RICHARD which means "Brave Power".
MATTHEW - Is the English form of Matthaios, which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name Mattithyahu which meant "Gift of God".
JAMIE - Is the Scottish pet form of JAMES which is the English form of the Latin Jacomus which was derived from Iakobos, the New Testament Greek form of JACOB which meant "Holder of the Heel" or "Supplanter".
MEG - MEG, or MEGAN are both pet names of the English name MARGARET meaning "Pearl".
JENNI - Is a variant of JENNY which was formerly a pet name of JANE but now used as a short form of JENNIFER. JENNIFER is the Cornish form of Gwenhwyfa (GUINEVERE) which means "Fair White" and "Smooth".
ANA LAURA - ANA is a Cognate of ANNA which is a Latinate form of HANNAH which meant "Favour" or "Grace". LAURA is the feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "Laurel"
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ARCHIE - Is a Scottish pet name for ARCHIBALD derived from the Germanic elements ercan "genuine" and bald "bold".
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Great work, Lou!! Thanks!!