What does the name your theists parents gave you mean?
Posted on: April 27, 2006 - 11:45pm
What does the name your theists parents gave you mean?
ROFL, I just realized my name is a great source of humor.
My name is Christopher (I go by Chris).
From Behind the Name:
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Means "bearing Christ", derived from Late Greek Χριστος (Christos) combined with φερω (phero) "to bear, to carry". Christopher was the legendary saint who carried the young Jesus across a river. He is the patron saint of travellers. Another famous bearer was Christopher Columbus, the explorer who reached the West Indies in the 15th century.
Since I've been young, I've been told it means "Believer in Christ". I remember my parents giving me a plaque that says some such thing. Does anyone else have funny christian-based names?
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My name isn't Christian, but I enjoy it's meaning (although I've shared it with you before)
Personally, I like the "torture" one I've had things that said, "Pure and Esteemed one" as the meaning of my name.
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Scott -
From a surname which meant "Scotsman" in Old English. The original meaning of the word Scot is debated, but it may mean "tattoo", so given because Scotsmen often had tattoos.
most of my mother's friends gave their kids all ultra-biblical names. It's kinda creepy.
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LAURENCE (1)
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LOR-ents [key]
From the Roman cognomen Laurentius, which meant "of Laurentum". Laurentum was a city in ancient Italy, its name probably deriving from Latin laurus "laurel". Saint Laurence was a 3rd-century deacon and martyr from Rome. According to tradition he was roasted alive on a gridiron because, when ordered to hand over the church's treasures, he presented the sick and poor.
I find the whole sick and poor as treasures thing quite ironic, becuase in essence it is the sick and poor that are weak and easily converted. eh?
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Shit... :shock: my bad.
"Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think."
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and now you've reincarnated as an evil atheist..hellbound to undo the wrong's (chirstianity) you've done..in your past life....hahahahaha
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According to that site, my name (David) means:
and thats all it says aside from some stupid background info on king david from the bible such as: "Jesus was supposedly descended from him"
Anyways, i think my mom always told me it was "beloved of god", not just "beloved". Regardless i've always *hated* the 'true meaning' of my queer name. Seriously though, i've always thought David was a retarded name
As long as retarded biblical names came up, i thought i'd share what my mom named her new german shepherd: "Melchizedek".
YES... its from the bible. Although that names site doesn't have it listed, you can look it up on wikipedia. Some douchebag king from the old testament.
So thankfully, we all just call him "Mel" for short. As my brother pointed out, only crazy evangelicals would name their pet a crazy hebrew name like that. I highly doubt even a jew would use such a name.
By the way, it might not actually apply to pets, but my mom *actually believes* that what you name a child will affect their personality or who they will become or some crazy nonsense like that. So aparently, i'm supposed to share certain characteristics with the David of the bible and every other David just cause my retard parents arbitrarily named me that also. :roll:
When people ask me if I'm serious, I tell them that I am so serious that my parents called me Ernest. The real reason they called me Ernest was in honor of my Grandfather whose first name was also Ernest. I go by Ernie, as he did, but Grandma always called me Ern or Little Ernie to distinguish us.
My first name is Ernest (English) from the Germanic name Ernst, meaning honost or trustworthy.
My middle name is Allan (English, Alan-Scots/Irish) from the Gaelic word "alain", meaning handsome, noble or charming and implying that a person is at one with nature.
My last name is Whiteside (English). White is the English form of a gaelic phrase, "am ban" (the white), which means untilled soil or pastureland and is opposed to "an dearg" (the red) which means tilled soil. Side is a common reference to the side of a hill. Hundreds of places in Scotland are called Whiteside as a consequence of their being untilled pastureland on the side of a hill. The original Scot spelling was Quhytsyde, the "Quh" making a "wh" sound, "y" being a common Scot letter making the strong "i" sound. Originally "e"s only came at the very end of a word, but and "e" was later placed after the "t" because the word is a combination of two words. For a few hundred years the name had a "s" at the end (Whitesides) which was a popular English way of pluralizing surnames as in Ernest Allan of the Whitesides instead of Ernest Allan of Whiteside (the place) which was the earlier Norman custom. Whiteside, Whitesides, Whitside, Whitsitt and many other forms with a similar sound have been demonstrated by genetic y-DNA studies to derive from the same family use and have the same meaning.
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They could not hear the music.
GREGORY
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GREG-or-ee [key]
From the Latin Gregorius, which was from the late Greek name Γρηγοριος (Gregorios), which was derived from γρηγορος (gregoros) meaning "watchful, alert". This was the name of several saints including three Fathers of the Church: Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus (3rd century), Saint Gregory of Nyssa, and Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (both 4th century). This was also the name of 16 popes, including Gregory I, who was known as Gregory the Great.
The only times in my life I've been called Gregory rather than just Greg were when I was in trouble growing up or my friends were being assholes. Since high school I'm more often than not called by my last name or one of several assorted nicknames depending on which group of friends.
So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth;
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space,
'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth!
- Eric Idle, from The Galaxy Song
What an awful thing to do to a dog. By comparison, a german shepherd my family had when I was growing up was named Sabre, named after a shepherd my mom had, who in turn was named after the F-86 Sabre fighter jet by my grandfather. Much more badass.
So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth;
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space,
'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth!
- Eric Idle, from The Galaxy Song
LeftofLarry, the first thing I thought of reading your post about your name "Laurence" was this:
So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth;
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space,
'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth!
- Eric Idle, from The Galaxy Song
My first name BETH has Hebrew origins, meaning "house". It's also the second letter of the Hebrew letter.
My middle name ANNE also has Hebrew origins, meaning "grace".
My last name GRAHAM is Scotish. Here's what I found out about it: From a Scottish surname which originally derived from an English place name which meant either "gravelly homestead" or "grey home" in Old English. The surname was first taken to Scotland in the 12th century.
Well, mine is one of the Apostles. And my middle name actually is "Christian." Luckily, my parents told me it was for "Mr Christian" (from Mutiny on the Bounty), NOT the religion. :oops:
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Weird ... first name Joseph is originally Hebrew, meaning "he will add". My last name is Irish, O'Conghaile meaning "valorous".
-He Will Add Valorous
pshh, mine sucks:
ROSS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: RAWS [key]
From a surname which meant "promontory" in Gaelic, originally belonging to someone who lived on a headland. A famous bearer of the surname was Sir James Clark Ross, an Antarctic explorer.
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A friend of mine a few years back had a baby name book, so I looked up my name:
Andrew = Manly
Jeremy = Servant of God (from Jeremiah)
I haven't used my middle name in years, it's on my birth cert. and soc. sec. card, but otherwise I don't admit to having more than the letter J.
I am not concerned about hell, or heaven for that matter. If there is a god that sends people to hell, then he is no god of mine no matter how real he is. "Sick fuck," are the last words god would hear me say when he pulls the lever on the hell
Natalie - English / French
From the Late Latin name Natalia, which meant "Christmas Day" from Latin natale domini. (oh deary, deary me...) :smt111
Tamara - Russian
Russian form of TAMAR. The name can also mean "spice" in Sanskrit. :smt025
Spicey winter solstice? ...but I know why I got these names - my mother was stoned and watching gymnastics on TV - Natalia & Tamara where apparently the nicest names she heard... good job she wasn't watching the wrestling.
Surname: Gorton
If you ever read Jeff Noon you'll know it's a dodgy area of Manchester (UK). Gorton: Anglo Saxon, describing someone from this small area of Lancashire dating back before the Norman Conquest in 1066. Emigrants to the USA from 1630 onwards.
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Joshua. It's either after the Joshua of the Bible, or the Hebrew term meaning Jehovah.
Joshua or Yehosh?a is the formal name, the short form is Josh or Yēshua` and the Greek form is Jesus.
You were named after a famous fictional charachter.
They could not hear the music.
true story
My mother is a fan of the horror genre, especially the exorcist and the omen. I was named Damien because I reminded her of Damien from the omen, and of course father Damien in the exorcist. A year later, when she got married, my father had became "born again" and was uncomfortable with that bit of knowledge, so he had my name legally changed around to Michael Damien ______.
Ironicly my second name has some scandanavian/viking roots.
I also have 3 middle names.
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My given name is Michael. According to the site:
In reality, I reject God and I can't jump for a shit or dunk - even though I'm 6'3". I did excel in sports back in the day, but being blind in one eye and having no depth prececption sort of dictates you're not going to have great "ball handling skills" - I'm making the joke so you don't have to.
I am a scientist though, so the prophecy rings true
In reality I'm named after my dad's brother, Uncle Mike - who has numerous arrests for drug related "crimes". I take more after him.
/The Libertarian in me requires the "crime" above to be in quotes.
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I have the same name as you.... I wouldn't have minded being an actual christ bearer... then I'd have actual evidence...
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Haha. A staunch atheist is the gift of god? Now that's saying something.
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Oh, I didn't need you to tell me that.
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I bring to your attention:
Holy s*it! That's an... unfortunate... discovery.
However, we have this:
...and smite me if I'm wrong, but I do recall the very same Publius Aelius Hadrianus that made the legendary 12 jewish nation bercome only 2 legendary jewish nation, thus making Christianity almost extinct at the time (unfortunately, only almost).
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My parents weren't theists so none of us were named anything because of any religious stories or whatever. In fact my name appears nowhere in the bible at all. Woohoo! One of my brothers is named Adam but mom picked it just because she liked the name.
None of these names were found in the database:
Nabila, Najja, Musoke, Maluum, Katsumi, Toshi, etc....
Draw your own conclusion.
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First name, Donna. Middle name, Marie.
Donna Marie=Lady Mary, for the Virgin Mary. I was born May 1st, and May is one of the two months Catholics dedicate to Mary. The other is October.
I have one of those rare names...Stancel. I'm not sure what it means, but it's my grandfather's middle name (legally) but he uses it as his first name. Around the time I was born my grandfather was going through heart problems and had to get surgery I think and so in honor of him my mom named me after him. I really have no idea what it means, I've gotten a few leads, but I don't think they hold enough evidence for me to without a doubt consider that the meaning. I don't think it was made up by my great-grandmother, I think she got it from somewhere, but I can't ask her personally because she died several years ago. But apparently my grandfather doesn't know either. It doesn't matter what it means tho, it's a unique name, and altho at times I've hated how I had to explain to people how to pronounce it (STAN-sul, with the ul in sul rhyming with the el in bagel), I love it because it makes me unique. I wouldn't trade it for a John or a William ever.
However, my middle name isn't that rare that I couldn't find the meaning. Vernon comes from a surname meaning "alder tree" in French.
My last name 'Sawyer' means 'One that is employed in sawing wood.'
My first name 'Jameson' is a tad more interesting. The base, 'James' is Hebrew for 'supplanter' A supplanter is one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another. It was my grandfather's name. Kind of a family history. My father did now want me to be a 'Jr'. As he was.. So I offically was named Jameson, pronounced 'James son'.
So apparently I invade your house and make you a coffee table. Aren't I nice!
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"BRADLEY
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRAD-lee [key]
From a surname which originally came from a place name that meant "broad clearing" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the World War II American general Omar Bradley."
Terribly exciting, no? No religious context. My middle name is that of a bird, and my last name Roughly translates to 'travelling salesman' or 'suitcase'. Oh yeah. I'm epic.
Phillip is 'Lover of Horses.' LOL.
My first name is Christen. I think the meaning is pretty obvious. My mom named me that for a few reasons: it's a variation of her own name, I was born on 12/25, she's ultra Christian and after the character who shot J.R. on Dallas. Actually, I like biblical names...the masculine ones anyway. If I ever have a child, I'd prefer a boy and I'd probably name him Matthew, Mason...something like that.
Ya my name has nuttin to do with the bible.
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: DUG-lus [key]
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-ee-am, WIL-yam [key]
So...The Blood river will desire protection?
My last name is not in the data base but i know it was once one of the great Lords of Germany and that Some of your high ranking Generals in Germany under hitler had the name. Im not proud of that last part but i know it to be true.
VASTET was not found in this database.
Mua ha ha.
Daniel however I'm sure can be found, though I care little about the theistic interpretation.
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The name on my birth certificate is Billy. That site pretty much just links to William when you enter Billy. I was named after a Southern Baptist herder who preached at the same church I grew up going to.
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAHR-a, TER-a [key]
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
and... so... uh... there you have it! Didn't get a Christian meaning, but I got a Gaelic one *and* a Buddhist one. So worship me-- I'm the goddess of love, beotch.
Only two? It always seemed as if they were dedicating twelve months to her!
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: BRIE-an [key]
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Heh, I posted a similar thread on the FTT forum.
And my prefix Her- is a variation of a North Indian prefix that means 'God'.
So my name could be taken to mean "light of God".
Daniel in hebrew: "God is my judge"
I'm in big trouble..
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: BRIE-an [key]
Now I also have a something from when I was born that says:
Brian
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Wait, there's a loophole.
"Judge not lest you be judged"
God Judges Daniel, Daniel Judges God. Daniel Executes God.
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My name has been a family name really and my parents aren't really theists, but they did give into pressure from family to have me baptized and a few other things like that. I still have the crusifix I got from them.
I didn't think it had any connection to christianity I guess it does. Well I like the last two Stephens, but I'm not getting stoned in anyones name nor am I going to be a saint let alone a pope... Maybe the king of England :P