What does your real name mean?

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-12-06 09:41am

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:Does anybody know what the hell "Nigel" means? Because of all the shows I've seen, Nigel is always attached to some nerd-type who gets close to chicks but never gets any. Damn.

The rest of my name, Wong Yuan Wei, basically means " Great Lord of Money" (not well translated, I never liked Chinese that much.

NIGEL m English
Pronounced: NIE-jel
From Nigellus, a Latinized form of NEIL. It is sometimes associated with Latin niger "black".

http://www.behindthename.com

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-12-06 10:03am

CORY m English
Pronounced: KOR-ee
From a surname which was possibly either derived from the Old Norse given name Kori (of unknown meaning), or else meant "ravine" in Gaelic.

http://www.behindthename.com

Cory -- Male -- Celtic --> Helmet

http://www.parenthood.com/

Absolutly never saw this definition before.

CORY
Gender: Male
Root: COREY
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Between Two Cliffs

http://www.zelo.com/firstnames/

There are a crapload more meanings to my first name. No one seems able to agree on the meaning except for the one derived from Old Norse. With that one they all agree that they don't know what it means.

I was always thought it meant "Chosen One" sometimes includeing "..of the Hollow" or "...of the glenn". Some of the other sites I found said that it only meant "hollow" or "glenn". The "Between Two Cliffs" and "Ravine" kind of fits with "hollow" in a way.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2002-12-06 10:05am

Victory
Favor or Grace

does it fit?

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-12-06 10:11am

Kelly Antilles wrote:Victory
Favor or Grace

does it fit?

I don't know, but it's cool.

If you didn't already have a custom title you could be
Nike of SD.net. We'd have to get you a statue then.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-12-06 10:11am

Nah, she should be the Athena of SD.net.

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2002-12-06 10:35am

"Christ bearer," based on a saint who carried Christ across a river on his shoulders. As anyone who's seen my posts in the Science forum knows, the irony is priceless.

last name is german for "small." Don't bother with the jokes, I've heard them all already.

CmdrSweevo · Post by **CmdrSweevo** » 2002-12-06 11:05am

John means "God is Gracious."

Gavin, apparently, is an English version of Gawain: "White hawk."

Healey is Irish for "Decendant of Claimaint/ Ingenious"

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2002-12-06 11:13am

My first name is basically God of Wines and revellry

My last is more than likely Irish jibberish.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-12-06 12:13pm

First is rich friend

Second is wil "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection".

Third is, I've no clue. It's Gillait. Anyone ever heard of that?

Fourth is ARCHIBALD m Scottish, English
Derived from the Germanic elements ercan "genuine" and bald "bold

It's actually Archbold, which is the English version. Damn scots.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2002-12-06 12:35pm

I am about as english as one can get.

First name "Cody" comes from Irish or Celtic derivitive of a German name that means "son of Otto", wich happens to be a line of nobility there. Ha ha ha.

Middle name is good old Celtic and or English/Scottish that means woods or wind. I guess I'm as stuborn as a log, and I just can't hear you over my own wind.

Last name, one I happily share with a larged....Um, chested, lady of English decent that is promently portrayed on a video game that is a blatent rip off of Indiana Jones, is a English name that means or ment at one time, town with small inclosed field.

So, three names and all three are English. A spot of tea, anyone?

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2002-12-06 12:43pm

Knife wrote:I am about as english as one can get.

First name "Cody" comes from Irish or Celtic derivitive of a German name that means "son of Otto", wich happens to be a line of nobility there. Ha ha ha.

So, not English, at all really.

Me:
First name Debi - which is a Hebrew "bee" that can't spell
Second name Hazel - that's a tree.
Third is Linton - Well, that means my Grandmother really liked Wuthering Heights

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2002-12-06 12:49pm

Knife wrote:I am about as english as one can get.

Not.

My first and middle names are English/English derivitive
My last name is English. There's a bay in England that is named from my family.

I married German, however.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2002-12-06 01:09pm

Yah, sorry the Celts were never in England. My bust.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2002-12-06 01:20pm

Martin is derived from Mars, God of War. That, and my deific alter-ego apparantly has really kinky sex with Venus.

My last name, for one, is bastardized because no one could pronounce it in my great-grandad's day. Even before that, I'm not sure what it means. Kemish originates from the Isle Of Man, and until someone can prove otherwise, I'm going to assume it means 'He of titanic manliness'.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-12-06 01:22pm

I dunno. What does Patrick mean?

Zaku-chan · Post by **Zaku-chan** » 2002-12-06 01:22pm

My first name is straight out of the Bible. I find the fact that I am atheistic quite delicious.

My last name is something Poleish. As such, it is unpronouncable by those who've just met me.

Post by **Coyote** » 2002-12-06 01:46pm

My name--

"Ariel"-- Hebrew, Lion of God
pronounced: ar-re-EL (not AIR-e-el, which is the English female version).

"Shaham"-- Hebrew, meaning "stone" or "granite".

Adopted family name of "Grant", supposedly Scottish of the Stuart line but also derived from French "LaGrande".

So my Hebrew name, translated into English, would be: "Arik Stone"
Not bad.

And Spanks, "Hart" is an old term for "Buck", a dominant male deer. So get out there and prove dominance to someone. And make them say "yes, deer".

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-12-06 01:52pm

No, I'm the one who calls people Dear.

Well, I think my parents gave the middle name Hart because my mom likes how it sounds, but didn't want it spelt as 'heart', which is kinda stupid.

Post by **Coyote** » 2002-12-06 02:08pm

innerbrat wrote:Me:
First name Debi - which is a Hebrew "bee" that can't spell

"Debi" would be a derivative of the original "D'vorah", and since in some forms a "B" and a "V" can be the same latter, that's also how we get "Deborah", which many girls don't like but I always thought was cool.

And yeah, it means "bee" or maybe "wasp" --something that can sting when not treated right.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-12-06 02:09pm

innerbrat's a woman?

Huh.

Post by **Coyote** » 2002-12-06 02:11pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:innerbrat's a woman?

Huh.

She may be a "StarDestroyer Grrrl" too. Heheheheh.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-12-06 02:13pm

I just wanted to avoid calling her a girl, as I don't know her age.

And also because I know that some of our resident women (Kelly, Zaia...) don't liked to be refered to as girls.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2002-12-06 02:20pm

Yeap, I'm female. 21 BTW, so I'm a girl emotionally but a woman physically. you can call me a girl, woman, lady, beyutch, anything, depending on your mood.

Coyote wrote: "Debi" would be a derivative of the original "D'vorah", and since in some forms a "B" and a "V" can be the same latter, that's also how we get "Deborah", which many girls don't like but I always thought was cool.

And yeah, it means "bee" or maybe "wasp" --something that can sting when not treated right.

Yeah I knew that. And they can sting just cause they want to

It's really Deborah, but Debi's easier to say and Debbie just cries out for a heart over the i, IMO.
My English teacher wants felt the need to explain how 'Debi' was not a phonetic spelling - all over my coursework.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-12-06 02:21pm

I see.

20, BTW.

Poof, now I am Big Bird.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-12-06 02:23pm

Kind of guessed innerbrat was a girl... ever since she posted about her friend in the A&P forum.