Question of the Day - October 19th

What does your name mean and why did your parents choose it for you?

My older sister picked my name... Britni Nikol. She liked it because it was popular then. My mother picked the spelling though, which I'm not really fond of. I just looked it up on a name website, Britni is English and means "from Britain", and Nikol is Greek and means "victory of the people".

Jan is a variation of John which means "God's gracious gift". It was chosen because it can't be shortened.

So everyone has tried to lengthen it into Jane, Janet, Janice...

Not sure why they chose it?, but " SUSAN " is hebrew for Lily

Kathleen means "pure of heart"

it was chosen partly because if I was a boy I would have been Kenneth after my grandpa and because my Mom liked Katherine Hepburn but didn't like the name Katherine

My Name is Sadie Kathleen. Kathleen was my dad's gran's name so they gave it to me as my middle name

Sadie = meaning 'lady' or 'princess' in Hebrew (another name for Sarah)

Kathleen = means 'pure' from the Romans

here´s mine!... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigel

"Jennifer" is English for "Fair Phantom" or "White Wave"

My mom named me that because it was the most popular name at the time I'm rarely the only Jennifer in a classroom or organization setting.

Also I was never allowed to spell my name as "Jenny" because of its alter definition: the female of certain animals, esp. a female donkey or a female bird: a jenny wren. Grandma's rules...she didn't want me associated with a donkey.

Originally Posted by CoolCat

here´s mine!...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigel

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You could have been named Betelgeuse - armpit of the great one...

hmm i think it was the milk man's name

I know Rebecca is a Hebrew name, but I forget what it means.
I was a twin, and I was to be named Holly. My twin was stillborn, and for some reason my parents named me after a crazy old aunt that none of the family liked. I have never figured that one out.

Amanda means 'Worthy of Love' ... which is amusing to me considering how my family is... it's Latin. Don't know why they picked it... probably just sounded good. My middle name is Anne, so Amanda Anne flows well...

Amanda

Christina means follower of Christ... I know my parents didn't know that when they named me... My great grandmother's name was Clementina and my mom wanted to name me after her. For some reason they decided to just name me something close so they chose Christina or Christopher if I were to be a boy.

Autumn means...things dying? change? beauty?
It was the name of a villian on a made-for-tv movie...and they liked the way it sounded!

My names is a form of the Gaelic name Arlen, which means an oath, or a pledge.
And I chose it, not my parents

Mary means bitterness or sea of bitterness in Hebrew. My parents named me that because all my siblings were demon children and they thought maybe naming me after Mary in the bible would make me behave. Not to bright. LOL

I believe Stephanie means queen or royalty, or crowned. One of those, I'm not royalty but I guess with my somewhat feministic attitude you could consider me that

My name means Meadow-Beauty. My Mom just liked the name she says. I've chosen my kids names (even though they are a few years off still) based on meanings.

When DH and I got married we had the meanings of our names printed on the front of our programs. Together our names mean: God has given His beloved One, a Meadow of Beauty. I thought that was neat.

Mine means Christmas child...I was born a week before Christmas...real original eh?

My mom named me Lisa after Lisa Marie Presley, since she loved Elvis and also loved that name. She was born 4 months before me.

I have no idea what my name means though.