What Does Your Name Mean?

@suziecat7 (3350)
Asheville, North Carolina
June 22, 2017 6:25pm CST
I've always been fascinated by word roots and meanings. So much of the English language is derived from Latin or Greek roots. Not so names. People's given names have a variety of sources and, of course, there are variations. Many of the young folks I work with are starting families and I'm always interested in the names that they choose. Names have meanings and histories. Some are more popular than others. Some endure through generations (think Elizabeth or Andrew) while other names a have fleeting popularity. It's all a lot of fun. Do you know what your name means? Mine (Suzanne) is a French variant of the Hebrew name Susannah. It means lily. The name has several origins though it is noted that white lilies grew abundantly in the Biblical city of Susa in Persia. If you want to know what your name means (if you don't already know) - here's a link. It would be great if you shared :))
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@Kandae11 (55162)
23 Jun 17
Thanks for the link, I'll definitely check it out.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
23 Jun 17
I found your name with a variation - using an "i" instead of the second "a". It does mean Ethiopian queen which is pretty cool.
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@Yadah04 (3363)
• Philippines
23 Jun 17
Yeah, thanks for the link. Definitely interesting and fun site.
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@Kandae11 (55162)
23 Jun 17
@suziecat7I was thinking about my real name. I chose that username because its meaning has a link to my surname.
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• United States
23 Jun 17
Amber Jewel or Tree Sap / Resin
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
23 Jun 17
Nice - I've always liked that name.
• United States
23 Jun 17
@suziecat7 I haven't. My name was gonna be Adrian Nicole - Named after a soap opera character.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
23 Jun 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum - Many a child has been named after soap opera characters :))
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@rebelann (112966)
• El Paso, Texas
23 Jun 17
For a long time it was popular to name a child after a parent or grand parent which gave rise to girls names like Harriet because her father was Harold. Frank Zappa came up with some unique names for his children that probably don't have roots anywhere.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
23 Jun 17
Ha - yeah Frank Zappa did come up with some doozies. He is the root, I guess.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
26 Jun 17
@rebelann They sure do :))
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
23 Jun 17
@suziecat7 My name is Jaishankar and it means "Victory to God."
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
26 Jun 17
Nice.
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
27 Jun 17
@suziecat7 Thanks.
@1creekgirl (41747)
• United States
23 Jun 17
I guess Vicki means victorious. I am when I put my trust in Jesus Christ.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
23 Jun 17
It's a perfect name.
@KristenH (33393)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
23 Jun 17
That's correct. It's Greek and the female version of Victor as in Victoria.
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@diosabella (4789)
23 Jun 17
All I know is my name is from Italian / Spanish words.
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@KristenH (33393)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
23 Jun 17
It means defender of mankind like Alexander and Alexandra for both males and females.
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@KristenH (33393)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
25 Jun 17
@diosabella Oh I see.
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25 Jun 17
@KristenH Yes. I know my nickname Sasha is russian. But my real name means beautiful.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
25 Jun 17
Isabelle is a form of Elizabeth and means My God is bountiful or God is my oath.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
26 Jun 17
Nice.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
23 Jun 17
I know the meaning of my name. Anna is the Latin form of the Greek Avva and the Hebrew Hannah and it means "grace" or "beautiful".
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
23 Jun 17
@KristenH I see that the Greek name did not show correct. I will use western characters and it will show like Avva.
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@KristenH (33393)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
23 Jun 17
@LadyDuck AHH I see.
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@KristenH (33393)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
23 Jun 17
Correct. But it's not Greek in my book.
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@KristenH (33393)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
23 Jun 17
Anointed. It's Greek, though my mother told me it's Scandinavian.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
23 Jun 17
The Greeks have a monopoly of our language. Kristen is a pretty name.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
26 Jun 17
@KristenH - That's a good name too.
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@KristenH (33393)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
23 Jun 17
@suziecat7 Thank you. I was almost called Laura.
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• Otis Orchards, Washington
23 Jun 17
Back when I first studied writing it was suggested to buy a book of baby names so ifI couldn't think of a name for a character I could look in the book. It also has what names mean so I have known for some time what my name means–wealthy and powerful, although I'm neither.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
26 Jun 17
Well, maybe you are wealthy in other ways except money.
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• Otis Orchards, Washington
27 Jun 17
@suziecat7 That could be.
23 Jun 17
I checked the meaning of my nalme from the link. I like its French meaning "God is gracious"
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
26 Jun 17
It's good that they give several choices.
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
23 Jun 17
If it ever loads I will let you know what it says. But usually when I look up my name it just says "month". Lol which is funny because my bio dad was so drunk they told him to leave the room when my mother was in hospital. But he got to pick my name and it was because that was what month it was, and he was so drunk that's all he could think of.... I'm really just droning on while the name meaning website loads lol. Okay..... Well I guess it's not going to load.... so we will just have to end this comment with my lovely blabbing. lol.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
23 Jun 17
Babble on - Your name makes me think about the springtime. I wonder why it wouldn't load. Hmm.
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@KristenH (33393)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
23 Jun 17
April means opening or blossoming in Latin.
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@Yadah04 (3363)
• Philippines
23 Jun 17
Just yesterday i was browsing through the meaning of names since a friend of my is pregnant and specifically asked me to help her find a good name for her child-to-be. I just found out that my little one's name DEA meant goddess in greek. How cool.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
23 Jun 17
That is cool - I'll bet she is a goddess too.
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@Yadah04 (3363)
• Philippines
23 Jun 17
@suziecat7 yeah i guess she is in her unique special way
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@hillhjill (23717)
• United States
23 Jun 17
My name stands for happy and some other things.. I have to look it up again to remember it all.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
23 Jun 17
Happy is always good. I looked it up - it also means joyful and cheerful. Good name and it's from Latin.
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@JESSY3236 (20041)
• United States
23 Jun 17
cool site. Didn't know my first name was a Hebrew name. Jessica- Rich or God Beholds. In Israeli, God is watching.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
26 Jun 17
Nice meanings.
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
23 Jun 17
If it ever loads I will let you know what it says. But usually when I look up my name it just says "month". Lol which is funny because my bio dad was so drunk they told him to leave the room when my mother was in hospital. But he got to pick my name and it was because that was what month it was, and he was so drunk that's all he could think of.... I'm really just droning on while the name meaning website loads lol. Okay..... Well I guess it's not going to load.... so we will just have to end this comment with my lovely blabbing. lol.