What is the origin and meaning of your first name?

Here's mine:

JOHN
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: God is gracious/God is merciful

If you're not sure, you can check here: http://www.babynames.com or http://www.babychatter.com/ or just run a search on "baby names." :hi:

Rudiger, "famous spear" -man, I think.

Bleagh. Darn Great-Grandmother Hearne anyway.

William

Origin: English

Meaning: Protector

:shrug:

:)

Always... :P

me and a pal were giving ourselves names, and she made me up one. Its Serbian if anyone cares and I believe made up.

Gender: Male
Meaning: Gift of God
Origin: Hebrew

God's Gift

I go by Jon though. Nice to know I am a gift :)

meaning: nobleman :think:

origin: celtic/gaelic


nobleman! ha ha ha . . ..

Gaelic version: Domhnall
Anglicized: Donald
Meaning: King/Ruler of the World

Do I have a big ego, YES!!!!
Don't worry I'll be a benevolent ruler. :conspiring: :evilgrin:

Hebrew: Who is like GOD
:)

in Arabic, it means "woman". Ayesha was the youngest bride of the Beloved Prophet, and the only virgin bride (all his other wives were widows when he married them).

but it is Swahili and it means intelligent.

Kind of ironic that I marched in Washington D.C. on 3/15/03 to keep our nation out of war.

The personal meaning of my name has to do with how my parents chose it for me. They were a couple of lefties in their younger days, and one of their favorite authors was Jack London. My real first name -- Martin -- derived from the title character from one of his novels. Therefore I adopted the last name of that charcter for my DU handle.

Latin: Living Spirit

"noble threatener." She is wise and caring, concerned and very kind, and devoted to her family. Worth her weight in gold.

If we go by weight I am worth a fortune.

"queen of the seas" -- From latin root "mar" which means sea.

Though Baby Names says it is of Hebrew origin, and means bitter sea.
I like that, too. :-)

Meaning: Warrior Descending
Origin: Celtic/Gaelic

Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: God's Gift

That inflates the old ego... :D

"Laurence"
Gender: Male
Meaning: Laurel-Crowned
Origin: French

about our David! :loveya:

"famous brilliance" (Robin). My brilliance has yet to be discovered apparently.

Bruce Willis to his Russan girl when she asked him what his name meant. Butch?

"I'm American - our names mean shit"

I'm the hostess with the mostest. (Which is why I'm here on DU instead of in the living room with our company!)

:-)

but annointed with what?

You can probably guess which common male first name it is.

Celtic for "from the dark water"

Meaning: Warrior/Defender
Origin: Celtic/Gaelic

Manly, Courageous

Greek? LOL

and all this time, I thought it meant "whiteboy swim team member"

Welsh pet form of MARGARET


Margaret - Derived from Greek margarites meaning "pearl". Saint Margaret was martyred at Antioch in the 4th century. She is the patron saint of expectant mothers. Another famous bearer was Queen Margaret I of Denmark, who united Denmark, Sweden, and Norway in the 14th century.

http://www.behindthename.com/ This is a great site to look up the etymology of names (and they are MUCH more accurate than most baby name sites, which are usually wrong on a lot of names, such as most defining Megan as greek for great, ignoring the origin of the names usage)

:)

God will increase...
Increase what? I have no idea.

Otherwise known as Stephen - Greek.

My daughter's is a Hero of God - Hebrew - Gabriela

My son's is God is Gracious - Gaelic - Ian

My wife's name is not there so she is unique - Chemagne

I just looked it up on google and I'm like what...? I just knew that my dad was into Winston Churchill, so I got stuck with the name (okay I'm dating myself here, because there aren't cig commercials anymore, but I remember them from when I was young).

"Winston tastes good like a <thump, thump> cigarette should"

Germanic

Origin: Greek (Stephanos or something of the sort)
Meaning: The crowned one

like the romans, i thought it meant "pure" also :D

From the Greek name Aikaterine. The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name Hekaterine, which came from hekateros "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess HECATE; it could be related to Greek aikia "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". The Romans falsely derived it from Greek katharos "pure" and changed their spelling from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this. The name belonged to a 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was tortured on the famous Catherine wheel. This name was also borne by two empresses of Russia, including Catherine the Great, and by three of Henry VIII's wives.
http://www.behindthename.com/