What's your name's origin?
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the etymology of my name is quite funny... for a male name: Dmitriy points to greek Demeter, which is the goddess of the earth...
funny guys them name makers
funny guys them name makers
They're the names that popped into my head and wouldn't go away. So I ordered a deed poll and officially changed my name.
Rebecca - To bind or tie, captivatingly beautiful.
April - not sure on that one.
Frost - as above.
Rebecca - To bind or tie, captivatingly beautiful.
April - not sure on that one.
Frost - as above.
Jacob--heel, to come on the heel of (after a great-grandfather)
Reuben--either "he sees my suffering" or "he loves me" (not really sure)
Raphael--healer, the angel of the same name (it's entire possible someone changed their last name down my family line to change their luck, based on a jewish tradition that if you change your name, you can change luck)
also, fun fact, we pronounce "ray-feel"
Reuben--either "he sees my suffering" or "he loves me" (not really sure)
Raphael--healer, the angel of the same name (it's entire possible someone changed their last name down my family line to change their luck, based on a jewish tradition that if you change your name, you can change luck)
also, fun fact, we pronounce "ray-feel"
I was named after my late Grandfather on my Dads side he was called James and my parents named me Jamie which derives from the name James in his memory.
Also fun fact but my name was written in stone. It didn't matter if I was born boy or girl my name was going to be Jamie.
Also fun fact but my name was written in stone. It didn't matter if I was born boy or girl my name was going to be Jamie.
My first name comes from a TV called Tour Of Duty, my name came from Terence Knox's character "Zeke Anderson" although they thought Zeke was too weird so they chose "Zac" because it was a little more common (They thought with Zeke I would have been picked on for it)
Middle name is James, after my Grandfather's middle name
and obviously, my surname is from my parents
Middle name is James, after my Grandfather's middle name
and obviously, my surname is from my parents
First name: Matthew, means 'Gift of God.' Mom always said that I was her Christmas present.
Second name (first middle name): Alan, named for my Uncle I think.
Third name (second middle name: Thomas, named for my father and grandfather.
Second name (first middle name): Alan, named for my Uncle I think.
Third name (second middle name: Thomas, named for my father and grandfather.
Originally a friend of my parents suggested naming me after my mother's deceased father who died in a tragic car accident. My parents like it and decided to stick with it, unfortunaly he died of cancer a few months before I was born.
Feels kinda sad to know the guy who came up with my name died a few months before my birth, it would have been nice if I could have met him someday.
Feels kinda sad to know the guy who came up with my name died a few months before my birth, it would have been nice if I could have met him someday.
My mother saw an advert for a training bra a couple of days before she gave birth to me. The design was called "Emma Jane". She claims to this day that the decision to call me that wasn't concious!
First name:
Lucretia
n (in Roman legend) a Roman woman who raped herself after being killed by a son of Tarquin the Proud
Also means 'insanity'.
Surname: Deschain, based on the Deschain family in Stephen King's The Dark Tower, especially Mordred Deschain.
Lucretia
n (in Roman legend) a Roman woman who raped herself after being killed by a son of Tarquin the Proud
Also means 'insanity'.
Surname: Deschain, based on the Deschain family in Stephen King's The Dark Tower, especially Mordred Deschain.
My whole name is of Vietnamese/Chinese origin. The first means spring. Second is pretty and I use my last middle name as a last name. I think it means poem. My parents picked it out for a reason, and my dad said it does have meaning: I?m not sure exactly what it is though.