What's your name's origin?

[martin's a madman]

My First name comes from The roman god of war mars, and means 'Warlike' and my second name comes from the Norse god Thor, and essentially means 'thunder'.

So, my name is 'Warlike Thunder'

 

[AvsJoe]

I'm named for both of my grandfathers. My first name is my father's father's birth name, though he much preferred his nickname. My middle name is my mother's father's handle.

 

[StormShaun]

Storm Shaun...pretty simple.

I really like the element of lightning and thunder, it just intrigues me.

Plus my first name and you have it. xD

 

[2xDouble]

My name is from the old Hebrew, it means "God is my judge". It was chosen directly out of the Bible.

 

[German Borbon]

my name is for my uncle

my name (herman)comes from latin and it means the fighter
my second name that comes from my father, is henry and it means the man of the house

 

[Kizi]

I have no idea why my parents named me Davíð. It means "king" and "the loved one" though, so yay!

EDIT: Captcha: 'tyabin was'. Was what? WAS WHAT!?

 

[trooperpaul]

My name is Paul because I'm named after Paul McCartney. The guy from the Beatles.

 

[Drummie666]

Jordan: It comes from Aramaic. It means "One who descends."
It's too bad I never finished Amnesia.

Michael: Hebrew, meaning "Who is like god?" (Yes, my middle name is a question)
Are we playing jeopardy now?

Culver: An uncommon english term for a pigeon or a dove. That's all wiki says.
...Well... I am a dove in descent and like a god. ...Fuck it, why not.

 

[Lerasai]

I was named Elizabeth after a relative, I think. It's a boring name that means "oath to god" or something and has a shit ton of nicknames. Sometimes I'd rather go by my middle name, Faye, because it makes me think of cool stuff like fairies and Faye Valentine and it's not nearly as common as Elizabeth. Alas, I fear change and I will never be as cool as Faye Valentine.

 

[rayen020]

First Name Timothy (from bible)
middle name Also from bible not telling what it is tho
Last name Vinson. Apparently a french/latin contraction meaning the "Sound ("son" like in sonar) of Wine (Vin = Vine = Wine) apparently i'm decsended from french wine makers...

 

[])rStrangelove]

Daniel
Daniel is a Hebrew masculine given name and a surname. It means, "God is my judge",and derives from two early Biblical figures, primary among them the Prophet Daniel.

Funny thing is i don't believe in God. Hah.

 

[Ultra Man30]

I was named after Jacob from the bible. Also, because my three other brothers have names that start with the letter "J".

 

[Jedoro]

Going down the line, I was ultimately named after my great grandfather (I'm technically "the fourth"), which is odd because I'm the younger of my parents' two sons.

 

[X10J]

Either derived from the Assaryan word for king or the Hebrew word for humble.

 

[ChaosReaver]

First name is Wilhelm, and means "Determined Guardian" in an archaic form of German.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

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.

I'm a Matthew too. Except the Slavic version, Matija, which is, curiously, a unisex name over here. I know of a few "female Matthews", though the practice would probably be considered bizarre hippie-naming in the English-speaking world.

It's also a bit inappropriate for me since neither me nor any of my folks are religious. My parents told me they simply flipped through a phonebook and chose what sounded best.

Yeah it doesn't exactly work for me either since I'm an atheist, but I wasn't always so. I had a crisis of faith a number of years back and have since turned my back on God, religion, and all that nonsense stuff.

In any event, I never heard of Matthew being used as a woman's name so yeah I guess that would be pretty strange.

 

[Tsunimo]

Zachary- Hebrew, means 'The Lord Remembers'
Duane- Gaelic, means dark, or swarthy
Ortmann- Could have a couple, but I'm not 100% on any:
[sub]1st: Ort = Town, Mann = man,so Townman.
2nd: Someone who lives in an ort(Settlement on top of a hill, or a walled area/defensive fortress)
3rd: A Soldier who carries and ort(in this case being a spear of lance)[/sub]
Correct me if you know any for sure, 'cause I'm relying mostly on the internet for this info.

 

[minka1995]

My name is Madeleine meaning "from Magdala". Essentially its derived from the name Mary Magdalene. Explains why I was always chosen to play her in R.E. at primary school.
My last name is an occupational surname meaning "shaper of wood".

 

[xmbts]

It's some poetic nonsense, though the reason I have it is because my mom wanted to name me something else, but my grandmother wouldn't have it, so I got this one in order to have the other as a nickname, oddly enough the nickname was never even used.

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[SckizoBoy]

Yeah, I guess "drake" is more common with male duck most people from where I'm from only think of it as draconic so I'm cool with it.

Even better if you play MtG! The drakes from a lot of the older sets have awesome artwork!

Basically wyverns (which is a derivation of the old European word for dragon 'wyrm').

Anyway, interesting point being the prevalence of typically Biblical names in a predominantly atheist community... -_-