Name origins and their meaning - Page 2

July 4, 2008, 5:11 AM

My name is Konstantinos. It is Greek but its roots are Latin. It is the name of Great Konstantinos, the Emperror of Byzantium.
It states a never-changing permanence, stability.

Cheers.

July 9, 2008, 1:38 PM

My name has a meaning the Sioux language, apparently. It means Friend. But there's some other language where it means Warrior or some such. I'm too lazy to find out

July 9, 2008, 9:54 PM

My name has different meanings depending on how the characters are spelled, but my name means 'Beautiful Fragrance'

July 9, 2008, 11:03 PM

My name means "he who loves God", but I think (now) that I'm not really so. I think that God doesn't exist, besides I hate my name (Amedeo) because it have a rubbishy (it is right?) pronunciation.

July 9, 2008, 11:11 PM

Gender: Girl

Origin: Germanic
Meaning: Work; effort; strain
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Work of the Lord
Pronunciation: (ah MEE lee ah); (ah MEEL yah) [Guide]
Form of: Amalia
Used in: English and German speaking countries
Additional info: Amelia is actually derived from two names: "Emilia," a Latin name meaning "rival," and "Amalia," a Germanic name meaning "work" or "labor." Henry Fielding popularized this name with his novel "Amelia" in 1751. More recently, the name took center stage in the "Amelia Bedelia" children's book series.

It was also the name of several British princesses in the 18th century - Princess Amelia Sophia was the daughter of George II, and the youngest of George III's fifteen children was named Amelia.

"Amelia" is also the term for a birth defect in which a child is born without limbs, from the Greek prefix "a-" ("none") and the word "melea" ("limbs").

Amelia Earhart was an aviatrix, she was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She later disappeared on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe.

The name is particularly popular in England and Wales, where it was the 10th most popular name in 2007.

All that above =

July 9, 2008, 11:18 PM

My first name is James. All I can say that it originates from Scotland.

"Nachlader" comes from a German electronica artist known by the same name. In German, "Nachlader" means "Reloader", I picked as my intarwebz name because the artist isn't very well known (not so I can STEALZ it, but because at least it's not like how someone would call themselves "Foo Fighters" or something). My signature, "An Die Wand" is a song produced by the aforementioned artist, and pretty much a one hit wonder. It means "Off the wall" or "At the wall", by "at", it means it's coming off it.

July 13, 2008, 4:04 AM

"The Hebrew word sarah indicates a woman of high rank, and is sometimes translated as 'princess' or goddess, or 'high holy one'."

I was Abraham's wife in the Bible.

Sweet deal.

July 13, 2008, 4:13 AM

Jessica -

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This name was first used in this form by Shakespeare in his play 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596), where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock. Shakespeare probably based it on the biblical name ISCAH which would have been spelled Jesca in his time. It was not commonly used as a given name until the middle of the 20th century.

The Hebrew root sakhah (ס.כ.ה) means "to see", so the name Yiskah, with the added yud, implies foresight or clairvoyance.

Jessica also means rich and god beholds.

July 13, 2008, 10:13 AM

Meh my name isn't really a name.
Hal is short for Henry or Harold.
Henry is Germanic and means ruler of home.
Harold means Army Leader, and is Scandinavian.
Mine also comes from Shakespeare, as in King Henry, the king was called prince Hal.

July 13, 2008, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Behind the Name

JAMES Gender: Masculine
Usage: Eng