Question of the Day - October 19th

Marianne- sea of bitterness- Named after a woman my parents admired
Elizabeth-God is my oath -after my mother

I was going to be Diane -- Dad really loved that name for some reason. Not long after I was born -- hours -- he looked through the nursery window at me and I made some face that reminded him of my Mum's brother who had died the year before. Frank was much loved and missed, so I became Frances (means "free"). Diane got moved over to the middle. Then my brother stuck his nose in and said that since he has Dad's name as his middle, I should have Mum's. They went along with that.

Rhonda means "good spear" in Celtic and "powerful river" in Greek
my Middle name Leah means "glad tidings; mistress, ruler" in Hebrew an my second middle name Janice means "God is Gracious" in Hebew

So I guess I am a female ruler that brings good tidings while crossing the powerful river with my good spear to declare that god is gracious.

Esther - means star

It means something 'angel' I'm sure... my parents chose my name, and my brother's name, because they wanted, simple, traditional names that EVERYONE can spell and pronounce, because our last name is usually wrong and they had first names that were always incorrect as well. (My Dad has a boy's name spelled like a girl's name, and my Mom has a traditional female name, spelled as it sounds.)

My first name is Kelli, a variation of Kelly, which is Celtic for 'Warrior'. My last name is a very long and usually mis-pronounced Irish name. My middle name is Jo, probably because it went well with Kelli, and was short enough that it didn't complicate my unpronounceable last name! My father named me after his favorite cartoonist and political satire writer Walt Kelly (the writer of the Pogo cartoon of the '50's.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Kelly Kind of a cute coincidence...my cousin (with the same unpronounceable last name) is named Walt. He's a year or two older than I, so my dad wouldn't have been able to name me Walt if I had been a boy!

I was named after my grandmother. My name means Laurel Crowned.

My name is Gene Paul and I was named after the two lead singers of KISS, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. My parents were immigrants from Asia and they were flipping through a magazine (TIME I believe) and there was an article on KISS. They knew that they wanted their children to have Western names and they liked the sound of Gene Paul, and so here I am. Crazy, no?

My name is Farrah. My father gave it to me (I wonder why ).

It means--
(noun) Sufferer of repeating " 'F' as in Frank" due to misunderstood name; Burden bearer of lame jokes, are you "Farrah Fawcett?" are you a "Charlie's Angel"

Originally Posted by krazy kat2

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.

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It means "Servant of God" or "To Tie"

Originally Posted by gemlady

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

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you mean I live in a Mansion?....."is show time!",,... ...I love that movie, and I have it in DVD!!..

My user name: the "cat" is Rudyard Kipling's Cat Who Walked By Itself, the 52 is the year I was born.

My actual name: Carolyn, feminine form of Charles and my Mom's sister's name. Charles means masculine. I hope its feminine form doesn't mean masculine also...although my daughter does say I'm "da man"

My name is Hope, and after mom had a stillborn, and a miscarriage, they decided to adopt, so when they got me I was the child they always "hoped" for.

I also respond to Faith, Charity and Joy because people know I'm ONE of those names. And, I officially hate the song "High Hopes"!

My name means youthful and beautiful which so does not describe me at all! I think they named me that since we all have "J" names.