What does your first name mean?

[Queen Michael]

Michael. Hebrew. "Who is like God?" I like it.

 

[chris89]

Christopher

Gender: Male
Meaning: Χριστόφορος (Christóphοros), 'Christ bearer'
Origin: Greek

Theirs Mine

 

[Bobzer77]

hmmm "bright with glory" although if you take my Irish name it means "Strong One".

 

[T-Bone24]

It's derived from the Latin for "Twin".

My last name has a story behind it, but alas, that is a tale for another day thread.

 

[Bobbovski]

Mine means "Bear".

Beowulf?

My name is Björn, it's the Swedish word for "Bear" =)

 

[Gebi10000]

"carrier of Christ" which is kind of ironic, since I'm an atheist.(well you could expand it to the message of Christ which i kind of agree on, especially the being nice to people bit)

 

[StigmataDiaboli]

Nathaniel = gift of god. So i'm pretty special, in a way...

 

[UpcountryGecko]

Colin = Gaelic for young creature.

 

[lee1287]

Lee... i don't know how to find meanings.

 

[Basse]

Neil = Champion!!!!!!!!

 

[ShakyFiend]

wiki quote 'Harry is a Norwegian derogatory term used in slang, derived from the English name Harry' oh well, although I get the impression it means 'if you have this name, chances are at least 3 other fuckers within a 100 square yards of you do too.' seriously my best friend is called harry, I know 3 other harry's, I have acquaintances with at least five more of the buggers

 

[Floppertje]

PS: I dare you to pronounce it right

I think I can probably do it right... Simpel toch?

Haha, you know that was aimed at the english-speaking part of the community. I'm pretty sure the germans and scandinavians wouldn't have much of a problem either.
When I was doing an internship in England they actually called me Bob cause they couldn't say my name right
Nice to know I'm not the only Dutchman around here though

 

[MissTwist]

My name is Greek in origin, coming from "Stephanos" meaning "the crowned one".
And then my surname, which is Norman, meaning "one who has taken a vow of poverty".
They don't seem to match, but I do like my name ^^

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

Hhmm... Wikipedia says it's the name of a city in Sudan,

MY GOD! YOU DIDNT KNOW THAT?
what did you do during history class

Not a lot, apparently, what happened there?

 

[DefiantlyNotAnAlt]

Jared - Which means "descent" or "to fall" in Hebrew.

My name sucks.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

PS: I dare you to pronounce it right

I think I can probably do it right... Simpel toch?

Haha, you know that was aimed at the english-speaking part of the community.

I speak english and I can pronounce it right... It just so happens I can speak dutch too. Har-Har-Har, see what I did there?

 

[lenneth]

BRENT
Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: BRENT [key]

From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, derived from a Celtic word meaning "hill".

More literally my name means people can tell i have a mild speech impediment just by asking my name

 

[Floppertje]

PS: I dare you to pronounce it right

I think I can probably do it right... Simpel toch?

Haha, you know that was aimed at the english-speaking part of the community.

I speak english and I can pronounce it right... It just so happens I can speak dutch too. Har-Har-Har, see what I did there?

yeah, you cheated I was talking about people from UK/America/Australia. I've never heard anyone who's motherlanguage is English pronounce my name right. Or any word with a decent 'ei' in it for that matter.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

Uhh... These quotes were so chaotic, did I snip right?

yeah, you cheated I was talking about people from UK/America/Australia. I've never heard anyone who's motherlanguage is English pronounce my name right. Or any word with a decent 'ei' in it for that matter.

Hehe, yeah, can't find any loophole out of there, I agree with you.
Wait a second, I'm going to try and find a word with a decent "ei".

EDIT: Damn, I failed.

 

[WilchBorisRyan]

Alright, people are gonna rip the hell out of my this, and I grant that to you since I'd do the same in your position; my name, is Scottish/English, for "Crooked Nose". Yep. Which doesn't make much sense since I like nothing like Scrooge or anything.

However when I searched for my second name, I found no results, which didn't surprise me much since I took a quiz not long ago which used Google technology (or claimed to) to find out how many people had my name. Apparently no one else in the world shares my name.