Do you know the meaning of your name?

@durgabala (1360)
India
June 18, 2010 12:06pm CST
I believe that there should be some meaning to our names. Mine is the name of a goddess (Incarnation of goddess Parvathi) who dwells in the hills of Vijayawada. My daughter's name is again another name of Parvathi and my son's name is that of Lord Krishna. Usually Hindus christine their child'names after some mythological character or gods.
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19 responses
@monicaei (55)
• Romania
18 Jun 10
yes, i know it. it means "wise" in a certain ancient language (i can't remember) and hermit in ancient greek. or something like this...
@durgabala (1360)
• India
18 Jun 10
Very nice.
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
18 Jun 10
When growing up I was not so happy with my name. However, as I got older I grew to love it because of the meaning. The meaning of my name is "God is Gracious" and I just love that, that is what it means because its so true.
@durgabala (1360)
• India
18 Jun 10
Very true. Love your name always since it builds in lots of confidence.
@reetu3 (262)
• India
19 Jun 10
yes meaning of my name is accorting to tradition and you are right hindus name their children after god and goddess names i do named my daughters after the names of goddess parvati and durga....
• Philippines
19 Jun 10
i don't really know the meaning of my name. my mother just got my name from her popular idol in showbiz. but many of my friends says that the meaning of my name is handsome. i just don't know if it is true...
• India
19 Jun 10
my real name is NISHANT, this word made with two words "NISHA" and "ANT", in hindi language and Sanskrit(ancient language) "NISHA" means DARKNESS/NIGHT and "ANT" means "end" the complete meaning of my name is "End of Darkness"
• Indonesia
19 Jun 10
I Do ,coz,I am Chinese My first character is family names ( GOW ) Second character mean Chinesse Mayority tribe ( HAN ) Third character = Bravery ( Yong ) In Chinese traditional character ,there is called the number of stroke of a word.It became the benchmark and explanation about his life with elderly,child,future etc...
@hanizah (255)
19 Jun 10
Yes my name has a meaning and my mother said that my name is a name of an indian princess...
@jugsjugs (12967)
18 Jun 10
I know what mine is aswell and mine is the meaning of a princess, my daughters had to look up their names once aswell for some school work, they also had to look up other family members names aswell to see if they had what ever meaning aswell.Its like when people choose babies names,some people look for a name in a baby book aswell as what the meaning is.
@TheAdvocate (2392)
• Philippines
19 Jun 10
Yes, I do. A lot of people gush over my name which means messenger of God.
@bettydeng5 (1822)
• China
19 Jun 10
I knew the meaning of my name, my mom gave my birth when my dad joined army that year, so my dad named my Chinese name Jun, because I am a daughter, and my dad hope I can like phoenix when I growed up, so last word was PHOENIX of my name. I think everyone's name have the definite meaning when they were called.
• India
18 Jun 10
Hi, My name is a bit prehistoric. Its not that I don't like my name. But I am not absolutely in love with my name either. As a matter of fact our friends and relatives use our name more often than we do. We only use our names in filling up forms or signing checkbooks. Otherwise there is really not much use of a name. The meaning of my name is, someone who conquered the world. Sounds funny, as I stay in my room most of the time, and don't know many people in my neighborhood. May be I will conquer the world with love and philanthropy. Lets see. Thanks God bless you
@Metatronik (6199)
• Pasay, Philippines
18 Jun 10
My name means Little Angel in Italian term. It was actually from the name of my Grandmother which is the Aunt of my mother.
• Philippines
19 Jun 10
hello. my late grandmother in my mother's side gave this name to me and i love it.. my name represent my country.. the 3 islands of my country.. i can say that my name is a kind of historical name too.. thanks grandma!
• Netherlands Antilles
18 Jun 10
My name, my father have make it. He just think about it, i can find my name in nothing. It's meaning nothing important or like that way. I have ask him a lot of time but never got the good answer about my name.
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
18 Jun 10
As my name is Ram, it is very simple for me as it is based on Lord Ram. So I do know the meaning of my name or rather the derivation of my name. Cheers! Ram
@johnpillai (2082)
• Germany
18 Jun 10
My name is 'Sobia'. Acctually it is a tamil name. sobitham means: make more beautier. (Am I correct?). But there is an English name 'Sofia' or 'sophia'. Sophia was a profet. As my father was a fan of sophia lawrence (an English Actress) He named me like that. As I am a catholic and living in Germany most of the people call me Sofia or Sophia. But my real name is Sobia. a beautiful tamil name. Isn't it?
@oldchem1 (8132)
18 Jun 10
My given name is Susan which means Graceful Lily and derives from the name Suzanna and the origin is Hebrew. My last name is Wynne which means dweller at or near a wynd (narrow street in a town) To find out the meaning of your name go here http://www.meaning-of-names.com/names/s-names-4.asp
@juicekodai (1121)
• Philippines
18 Jun 10
well, my mother named me after the name Joseph, the son of Jacob.. they were hoping for a boy and wanted it to be like Joseph, but it turned out to be a girl.. tsktsk so they changed it to Josie... anyway, i searched it online for my whole first name... it means "God will add/provide grace" i used to hate my name but when i found out the real meaning i started loving it..
@rastogisw (445)
• India
18 Jun 10
Yes whenever we put name of our kid then first thing we check is what does that name means ...My name meaning is special Nakshtra . My daughter name meaning is promotion ie whenever we promote we said in hindi " Unnati".My younger daughter name meaning is happiness.