What Does Your First Name Mean?

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jeremyTH

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JEREMY
Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical (Variant)

Pronounced: JER-ə-mee (English), JER-mee (English) [key]

Medieval English form of JEREMIAH, and the form used in some versions of the New Testament.


CULLEN(Middle name)
Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: KUL-ən [key]

From a surname which was derived from an Old French form of Cologne, the name of a city in Germany.
 

Satki

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Another Samuel here!
SAMUEL

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Biblical

Pronounced: SAM-yoo-əl (English), SAM-yəl (English) [key]
From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemu'el) which could mean either "name of God" or "God has heard". Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament. He anointed Saul to be the first king of Israel, and later anointed David.

As a Christian name, Samuel came into common use after the Protestant Reformation. Famous bearers include American inventor Samuel Morse (1791-1872), Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), and American author Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain.

Fuck being named after God, I'm named after Mark Twain!

EDIT: I only said that due to his awesome tache on his wiki page
 

Redlac

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MATTHEW

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical

Pronounced: MATH-yoo (English) [key]
English form of Ματθαιος (Matthaios), which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattityahu) meaning "gift of YAHWEH". Saint Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles. He was a tax collector, and supposedly the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament. As an English name, Matthew has been in use since the Middle Ages.
 

santaandy

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SnowCold said:
I speak hebrew, and Andrew isn't Manly
the clostest thing to that is Hidrew: which means made something look prettier, and thats not really manly =P
Sorry, that was Greek, not Hebrew. My mistake. I'm still manly though. Manly *and* pretty.
 

Asymptote Angel

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Timothy:
From the Greek name Τιμοθεος (Timotheos) meaning "honouring God."

Damn, I don't believe in him.
 

dekkarax

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The Iron Ninja said:
Jobz? Gerald is an awesome name by the way.

Anyway here's mine.

that site said:
From Nigellus, a medieval Latinized form of NEIL. It was commonly associated with Latin niger, meaning "black"
I would think that the same Latin word would have been the basis for a certain word with racist connotations. So lucky me.
My name is the Gaelic form of Neil, and it means "Champion" or "cloud"
 

PsykoDragon

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MAZIN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: مازن (Arabic)
Means "rain clouds" in Arabic.
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Which is a common misconception for others who look up my name here. It's actually a name that appears in the Qoran, means "ant eggs" (-_-), & is mentioned for its medicinal properties.

So I can always say to anyone "At least your name doesn't mean "Ant Eggs".

I have, however, met some fellow arabs whose names translate directly & exclusively to "garbage". wtf? It's not a common name, mind you. I guess the parents just really didn't want that daughter.
 

Toiboi

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my name is very differnt its TOI it is pronoced TOY lol im not sure what it means though
 

Tentunf

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"Son of my right hand"

Oh man... when I REALLY process this one out, ok, a name bestowed BY a lord to a child of a noble...

But MAN... COME ON NOW!!
 

xitel

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Maet said:
From the Greek name Áíäñåáò (Andreas), which was derived from áíçñ (aner) "man" (genitive áíäñïò (andros) "of a man"). In the New Testament the apostle Andrew, the first disciple to join Jesus, was the brother of Simon Peter. According to tradition, he later preached in the Black Sea region, with some legends saying he was crucified on an X-shaped cross. Andrew, being a Greek name, was probably only a nickname or a translation of his real Hebrew name, which is not known.

I knew most of this already since I'm taking a course in Ancient Greek. I also have a book mark with the more pressing facts about my name on it.
Dude... Mine already got posted... but yeah, according to my parent's baby name books Andrew means "Strong and Manly"
 

Di22y

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Darren - some definitions I've seen say it means 'the small one' other say the 'big one' so dunno really.

After my death it'll probably mean something along the lines of 'Best'.