What does your first name mean?

[OniSuika]

"The boy's name Owen

Owen is pronounced OH-en. It is of Scottish and Greek origin, and its meaning is "born of yew; youth". Variant of Eoghan. Also variant of the Latin name Eugenius (see Eugene). It may also derive from an old Celtic name meaning "born of Esos", referring to a god with a cult in Gaul. Owen Glendower was a 14th-century Welsh chieftain who fought unsuccessfully for Welsh independence from England. Common outside Wales since the 18th century. Author Owen Wister; actor Owen Wilson."


Hooray for Google, you learn something new every day. Being named by my Dad, who's grandparents were Welsh, it's likely that mine is named for Owen Glendower. I was named after a failure? Ouch. On a less self-depreciating note, It's syllables mean Raining Fire in Japanese. MANLY.

 

[Nugma]

"Victory of the People" and then it goes on about Saint Nicholas. Name is Nicklas though, but I guess that's just a variant.

 

[cathou]

CATHERINE
Gender: Feminine

Usage: French, English

Pronounced: ka-tə-REEN (French), ka-TREEN (French), KATH-ə-rin (English), KATH-rin (English)

From the Greek name Áéêáôåñéíç (Aikaterine). The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name ?Åêáôåñéíç (Hekaterine), which came from ?åêáôåñïò (hekateros) "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess HECATE; it could be related to Greek áéêéá (aikia) "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". In the early Christian era it became associated with Greek êáèáñïò (katharos) "pure", and the Latin spelling was changed from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this.

 

[Ciarang]

The boy's name Ciaran \

cia-ran\, also used as girl's name Ciaran, is pronounced KEE-a-rawn. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "black". Ciarán is derived from "ciar". Often Anglicised as Kieran. Name of two Irish saints, a hermit of the fifth century and the founder of the monastery.
Ciaran has 1 variant form: Kieran.

Pretty cool, right?

 

[Christemo]

Christian (the name) means the exact opposite of me: a fucking Christ Believer.

 

[TheDoctor455]

"Jason" refers to the hero of Greek myth.

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

"Sebastian" - either "Venerable" of "God of Earth". The latter is the Egyptian interpretation.

 

[BaldursBananaSoap]

"Craig is a masculine given name. It is derived from a Scots Gaelic or Irish surname meaning "rock"."

I'm a rock!

 

[A Pious Cultist]

Jordan, Hebrew for "down-flowing" (as in of a river).

 

[PurpleLeafRave]

My first name means youngest son. My second name meant fucker in Shakesperian times.
My full name labels me as a pedophile.

 

[BNguyen]

Brandon - Prince
Nguyen - Pure

 

[hotacidbath]

Jeanne which apparently means "God Is Gracious." It's the French form of Jane or Joan and the feminine form of John.

 

[rokkolpo]

honor & pride.(or something along that)
something knightly.

 

[high_castle]

Amanda = "worthy of love, beloved, lovable". Go figure.

 

[axia777]

Alan (Alain, Allan, Alun, Alyn, Allen, Ailean, Ailín) is a male given name. Its origin is uncertain. It may ultimately derived from the Alanus "of the tribe of the Alans"( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alans ), or from Aelius, a given name ultimately from Helios "Sun", or from a Breton word for "rock".

It was introduced to England by Bretons before and after the Norman Conquest of England, having been popularized in their province as the misspelled name of Allorus (feast date 27 Dec.), bishop of Quimper. Having a similar name and feast date only a month apart, Allorus was thus conflated with Saint Alan (feast date 25 Nov.) of Lavaur Cathedral in Gascony near Toulose, whose name was a Vulgar Latin spelling of Aelianus, being recorded variously Alen or Elan.

Aelianus is a developed form of Aelius, itself a Roman borrowing of the Greek Helios. There is a Church of Saint Elian in Syria. The name is interpreted as meaning either "little rock" or "handsome" in Breton, and "harmony" in some Celtic languages.

 

[Woodsey]

I'm going to go for the far more interesting route and tap my name into Urban dictionary.

Ethan:

"A male given name meaning strong, firm and safe." I'll point out that is the actual meaning that someone's written on there, clearly they're no fun.

"known for his good looks,whitty charm, and having a much larger penis than Colin." Suck it, Col.

"a person who has A.D.D and a very good vocabulary. they can hold converstations with a tree stump for several hours. Can also be stupid and idiotic.Is unaware of his or her surroundings." Slightly contradictory; ADD and yet they can hold a conversation with a tree stump for hours?

"usually the sexiest man in school and has many friends and many girls want him. hes charming, funny, nice, smart." Oh yes.

"the coolest, sexiest man ever. he has all the bitches and hoes. and money." I do haz all da bitchez n hoez. N moneyz.

"guy with small weiner" Maybe I'll be the one sucking it then Colin.

"A really small penis. Almost as small as a micropenis, but not quite that small." Clearly Colin can't take a joke...

"a big bully who thinks he can draw. Usually makes fun of black people and calls them his slaves. Likes to pick on people with glasses." In my defence, they all called me a cracker.

"Someone who has a really enormous forehead. Can also be called "Captain Forehead"! Also has huge ears that can closely resemble dinner plates." I resent that nick name.

"hair located around the genital area of a man and woman." Err...

 

[Archemetis]

Well in Japanese and Scottish cultures my name means "Grey House"
(My name's Graham)

Also in Scotland there was an old clan called the "Clan Graham"
Which I'm only assuming must have meant "Clan of the Grey house"

Also, again in scottish culture Graham used to be another word for hill.

My second name is Shine.
I'm pretty sure even the dopes amongst us can interpret the meaning there.

Also, according to UrbanDictionary, I'm fucking GOD of a man.

 

[Dr. Wily III]

Marc has something to do with Mars. (The war god)
It says I am warlike.

 

[_Janny_]

Most sites don't even feature "Janny" in the list, the hell why not? *waves angry fist* Anyone know of any good site with a full list? I Googled a bunch of stuff to no avail...

The closest thing I found was that its meaning is similar to "God is gracious". That's weird, I don't even believe in God...

 

[007dog900]

My name is Amund, which apparently is the short form of
Agmund. Here is what behindthename.com has to say about it:

www.behindthename.com" The first element of this name is derived from ag, an uncertain element for which a few possible origins exist. The accepted explanation is that it comes from Proto-Germanic *agjo, which means "sharp, pointed." Because of that, it also means "edge", as in the sharp cutting side of a sword - which is why the meaning of the element has ultimately come to be "sword". See also Anglo-Saxon ecg or Old High German ekka (New High German ecke, which means "corner"). Other possibilities for the meaning and origin of ag include: Gothic agan "to fear, to be afraid", Old Norse agi "unrest, agitation", Gothic ahjan "to believe" and Old Norse aka "to do, to act." The second element of this Germanic name is derived from Old High German mund "protection."


so basically it means "sword protector" which is kind of awesome.