What does your name really mean ?

http://theweekly.co.uk/4801/your_name_here/index.cgi


"That will never live" apparently in my case

(kind've explains a few things )*








*(hopefully harmless but interesting balderdash)

Pherekydes

"Cherry blossom falls; the wind sighs its brave respect; a mouse sings of woe."

That's me to a tee.

singingstranger

"Like a panther, a sleek, crouching panther. In fact, it is a panther. Jesus! No, wait, it's just some panther; I'm looking the wrong way."

When it's really just "white hawk" in Welsh. Go figure...

Cosine

"Christ, get that thing away from me"

:eek:

I knew it!

Pherekydes

Here's the real version:

http://www.behindthename.com/

My name means:

From the Roman family name Terentius which is of unknown meaning

arbeitsscheuer

Literal Meaning:
"The big tree next to the other equally sized tree."

Taken from the Latin for "gravel ornamentation of a (possibly "her") drive" in a fit of passion, the name Sebastian was originally used indulgently to refer to the dead, before falling down a flight of stone steps.

Motto: "A week is a long time on fire."
...

Which is nice.

EDIT: And for the proper one Slow Coach posted - "From the Roman name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste" in Latin. Sebaste was the name a town in Asia Minor, its name deriving from Greek σεβαστος (sebastos) "venerable" (a translation of Latin Augustus, the title of the Roman emperors)."

Terry

Literal meaning

"Contagiously miserable."


History

Illegal before being given amnesty exactly three hundred years ago next week, the name terry was originally used mostly to refer to a breed of goose, before it escaped to France with the help of sympathisers.

yep. i'm a miserable fuck alright.

Basq

Literal meaning

"Stuck in traffic."


History

Created by Act of God in a fit of terror, the name Brian was originally used inappropriately to refer to nuns and the violators of nuns, before being modified genetically by scientists.

Useful alright!

slipss

Literal meaning

"Satan."
History

Coined by Kenneth Coin, inventor of the coin, in a fit of terror, the name slipss was originally used mesmerisingly to refer to a breed of goose, before retiring to Budleigh Salterton.


Typical slipss motto

"The dog that wags its tail may have good reason; but the grass that is mown cannot articulate its despondency."

Terry

the real meaning:

English form of Thierri, the Norman French form of THEODORIC.
Means "ruler of the people" from the Germanic elements þeud "people" and ric "power". Theodoric the Great was a 6th-century king of the Ostrogoths who eventually became the ruler of Italy.

kneel before Zod. or Tod, as they are my initials.

DEmeant0r

Literal meaning

"Some minor celebrity, briefly popular during my period of gestation."


History

Celebrated as the first word written with the first pencil invented in 1222 AD, the name David was originally used indulgently to refer to licensed manufacturers of swanee-whistles, the endlessly amusing noise-making device, before falling down a flight of stone steps.


Famous Davids

1. David O'Cangoose, RN, MA, MD, haunted by an image of the Formidable Coat;
2. David d'Ach, indifferent to various messiahs later purchased by major world religions;
3. David Dots, belittler of those funny pirate hats;
4. David Staplegun, co-habitee of twenty-one people associated with stout boots; ghost-writer of Reg Parfitt's phenomenally foul-mouthed autobiography, REMINISCING FROM MY DEATHBED;
5. David Chinly, RN, who discovered the world's sturdiest box;
6. David d'Itching-Frote, channeller under supernatural influences of the nightmare cupboard; first holder of the office of High Scowler;
7. Professor David Sponetote, exposed in the press as having swapped a child for the self-aware vacuum cleaner;
8. David Proms, fascinated to death by a slightly famous TV chef whom they saw looking at cardigans in Woolworth's one time; first holder of the office of London and Home Counties Chief Dawdler;
9. David Sprokes ("The Mighty"), once saved by mottled glass;
10. David Dufallily, champion of the right to use several of the more violent gypsy curses.


Typical David motto

"All for one and one for example."


LOL!

county

yes this is me in a nutshell

Literal meaning

"Contagiously miserable."


History

Found in limestone deposits in Chester in a rush, the name karl was originally used charmingly to refer to warriors who died during drill practice, before it began experimenting with drugs.

Nightwish

Ooh, I'm Queen of the Fairies!

also it means "That'll never live"...the same as the OP apparently.

Gazza22

"Like a panther, a sleek, crouching panther. In fact, it is a panther. Jesus! No, wait, it's just some panther; I'm looking the wrong way."

Hmmm.....interesting

Scraggs

Literal meaning ... "No, I'm just tired." and "Keep refrigerated, eat within three days."

Typical motto...."Ducks come from duck's eggs, as do drakes, though I suppose technically both are ducklings at that point."

BlitzKrieg

Literal meaning

"Born covered with fur."


History

Spelled out by the movement of snakes across desert sands as the baleful influence of Halley's Comet was felt sharply among those distracted from their dangerous work to stare at the sky, the name connla was originally used repeatedly to refer to Belgians over 5"11', before being transported to Australia for its part in the "Christ, we're starving to death! - how about a bit of food; just if you can spare it, obviously, we don't want to put you out" Rebellion.


Famous connlas

1. connla Cangoose ("The Thing"), reputedly trapped for twenty-five days under a fallen monument to the quick-burning funeral boat; ghost-writer of Margaret Rutherford's heavily censored autobiography, MEGASTAR!; first holder of the office of Royal Gadget-Smasher;
2. connla Nivea, populariser of the Bakelite Diet;
3. connla Thews, who owes everything to the self-aware cartoon strip;
4. connla Mapduster-Orbiting, channeller under supernatural influences of demanding money with menaces; last holder of the office of Queen's Own Loan Shark;
5. connla Oaf, disgusted by static electricity;
6. Brigadier-General connla Lilly Li, who could never shake an early association with an ice sculpture of Hugh Scully;
7. connla E Marl-Dindymene, haunted by an image of the constellation of Pleiades;
8. connla Ach, opponent of the methods of Judge Dredd; first holder of the nepotistically awarded office of Police-constable;
9. connla Dufallily, MA, who lost a fortune on the deckchair-cum-hat;
10. connla Happenstance, once saved by stout boots.


Typical connla motto

"It's better to have a gun and not need it, than to be Emlyn Hughes."


*real meaning*
Connla:
Possibly derived from Gaelic conn "chief" and flaith "lord". This was the name of several characters in Irish legend including a son of Cuchulainn who was accidentally killed by his father.

Ruu_Old

Literal meaning
"Least favoured offspring."

History
At first the medical term for a specific congenital deformity in a fit of passion, the name Ruairi was originally used repeatedly to refer to the dead, before being pulled from a fire that killed its variants and diminutives.

Typical Ruairi motto
"I prefer to rely on my looks."

Rabies

I prefer the results from the second link.



From first link:

Literal meaning

"Misplaced optimism."


History

Coined by Kenneth Coin, inventor of the coin, as the baleful influence of Halley's Comet was felt sharply among those distracted from their dangerous work to stare at the sky, the name Michael was originally used inappropriately to refer to the dead, before the Visigoths swept down from the hills.

Second link


Pronounced: MIE-kul [key]
From the Hebrew name Miyka'el which meant "who is like God?". This is the name of one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven's armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers. This was also the name of nine Byzantine emperors and a czar of Russia. Other more modern bearers of this name include the 19th-century chemist/physicist Michael Faraday and basketball player Michael Jordan.

Rhyme

"Maker of small, irritating things out of hardening Blu-Tak."

connundrum

"The Tiny Baby-Like One."

Indeed :rolleyes:

Kojak

Surname: Means "strong wolf" in Gaelic. This is the name of several characters in Irish legend including the hero Conall Cernach ("Conall of the victories"), a member of the Red Branch of Ulster, who avenged Cuchulainn's death by killing Lugaid.

Saruman

"Uncannily reminiscent of Michael Aspel."

Femelade

stubborn understain......

History:

Taken from the English for "eibhlis" under appalling conditions, the name eibhlis was originally used inappropriately to refer to those who worked in the hills building things out of hills, before being modified genetically by scientists.

Famous eibhlises

1. eibhlis B Grating, fascinated to death by those funny pirate hats;
2. eibhlis du Tidecatcher-Nivea, who's never forgotten the everlasting trouser; ghost-writer of Anita Ekberg's generally tolerated autobiography, THE MAGIC OF ME;
3. eibhlis Oily, aroused by the evaporating duck; first holder of the informally insolent office of Ruler of the World in Exile;
4. eibhlis Smmith, MD ("The Reasonably Broadly Educated"), proponent of the self-aware cartoon strip;
5. Judge eibhlis Lilly Li, haunted by an image of a popular music band made entirely of soap; ghost-writer of Mr Grimsdale's publicly burned autobiography, CHRIST, MY LIFE'S DEPRESSING;
6. eibhlis O'Thews, champion of Britain's standards; first holder of the bewilderingly ritualistic office of Royal Plumber's Mate;
7. eibhlis S'Ess, who could never shake an early association with the self-propelled gardener;
8. eibhlis Orbiting, of the generation which fondly remembers the world's most popular cosh;
9. eibhlis Sponetote, PhD, early user of the Formidable Coat;
10. eibhlis C Macaulay, director of the new Bond movie, FIRE AND MUD.


Typical eibhlis motto

"Death to the Skies."

Saruman

Saruman wrote:

"Uncannily reminiscent of Michael Aspel."

jeepers mary and joseph

blahblah06

LOL

"The doctors say we should try to raise it as a boy and see how things go."

Pythia

Literal meaning
"Misplaced optimism."

History
Spelled out by the movement of snakes across desert sands in 1976 AD, or possibly BC, the name Rachel was originally used loosely to refer to licensed manufacturers of swanee-whistles, the endlessly amusing noise-making device, before eating a big cream cake.

Typical Rachel motto
"A muddy wolf never made an oven in the spring."

Real meaning
Means "ewe" in Hebrew. She was the favourite wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin in the Old Testament.

Beruthiel

Literal meaning
"Maker of hummings at inappropriate moments."

History
Yawped by a minor noble choking on a jammed branch, and taken up by the Guild of Branch-Jamming Choke-Killers in 1976 AD, or possibly BC, the name anna was originally used exclusively to refer to those bred solely for organ harvesting, before being adopted as a word for "slopping out" by prisoners.

Famous annas
1. anna Nootlooter-Grating, who could never shake an early association with the quick-burning funeral boat;
2. Lady The Miss anna O'Dindymene, indifferent to between nine and fifteen scientific principles;
3. anna Z S'Ess, BA, disgusted by the self-aware cartoon strip;
4. anna ap Nightdodge-Chinly ("The Uncanny"), who owes everything to those funny pirate hats; last holder of the office of Royal Gadget-Smasher;
5. anna Oily, channeller under supernatural influences of the Bakelite Diet;
6. anna Sponetote, who's never forgotten demanding money with menaces;
7. "Terrible" anna Ach ("The Mighty"), champion of the everlasting trouser; first holder of the office of London and Home Counties Chief Dawdler;
8. anna Q Macaulay, PhD, fascinated to death by paroxysms of fright; ghost-writer of Joyce Grenfell's agonisingly graphic autobiography, TOOT-A-TWANG-TWANG;
9. anna Orbiting-Itching, who discovered Evap-o-Floor;
10. anna Tinkermouse, MD, MSc ("The Nervous"), co-habitee of seven people associated with the lost consonant of Atlatis.

Typical anna motto
"To bide one's time is to advance; to bide-a-wee is to retire."

the name anna was originally used exclusively to refer to those bred solely for organ harvesting, before being adopted as a word for "slopping out" by prisoners.

this is the real reason for me smoking and drinking myself to death, my organs are useless to them!! mmaahahaaahaaww

mandz

Literal Meaning
"Feral Variety"

Motto

"You can't make an omelette, you're useless!"



Real meaning is "lovable"

joejoem

"Destined-for-Retail."


Where is pacman?

NikNik

singingstranger wrote:

"Like a panther, a sleek, crouching panther. In fact, it is a panther. Jesus! No, wait, it's just some panther; I'm looking the wrong way."

Gazza22 wrote:

"Like a panther, a sleek, crouching panther. In fact, it is a panther. Jesus! No, wait, it's just some panther; I'm looking the wrong way." Hmmm.....interesting

Literal meaning "Like a panther, a sleek, crouching panther. In fact, it is a panther. Jesus! No, wait, it's just some panther; I'm looking the wrong way."

Hmmm....very interesting.

Motto:

"You can't win 'em all, or people will get suspicious."

Real meaning:

"People's victory."

dédé

"Stop kicking me to death, I left the money with friends"
Strange!

ZiabR

'Sleep by night, walk by day'

lol

Kinetic^

"Least favoured offspring."

Basically I'm an only child and my parents hate me

Cravez

Literal meaning
"A powerful gypsy curse."

History
Killing twenty-eight and withering all crops for a mile when first read out from a newly discovered sliver of parchment under the Marquis of Bute, the name Michael was originally used inappropriately to refer to warriors who died during drill practice, before hard times forced its sale.

Typical Michael motto
"London's burning and I live by the river."

i'm not that harsh

Real Meaing
From the Hebrew name Miyka'el which meant "who is like God?". This is the name of one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven's armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers. This was also the name of nine Byzantine emperors and a czar of Russia.

Dizzyblabla

Literal meaning

"For another ten I'll throw the child in too."


History

Taken from the Greek for "Hey presto, there it is" in a fit of passion, the name Eileen was originally used inappropriately to refer to those bred solely for organ harvesting, before hard times forced its sale.

Typical Eileen motto

"The seventh gnome is never the largest."

Dave!

"No, I'm just tired."

tSubh Dearg

Literal meaning
"The doctors say we should try to raise it as a girl and see how things go."

History
Hallucinated by an antecedent of Jimmy Krankie around 11am, the name Joanna was originally used repeatedly to refer to the dead, before being mispronounced by a registering officer.

Famous Joannas
1. Lady The Miss Joanna Z Orbiting-Thews, who's never forgotten the early career of Roy Clarke;
2. Doctor Joanna Tidecatcher ("The Nervous"), champion of some thing or other;
3. Joanna ap Dindymene, opponent of the concept of acceptable losses;
4. Joanna Mapduster ("The Blue"), belittler of Paul McCartney's Wings;
5. Joanna Nightdodge, who could never shake an early association with the world's most popular cosh;
6. Joanna P Staplegun ("The Uncanny"), first victim of a nice cup of tea;
7. Chief Scientist Joanna de Boonk, disgusted by more types of bacterial infection than any fifteen people can name; ghost-writer of Lionel Stander's bestselling autobiography, MEGASTAR!;
8. Joanna Sprokes-Sponetote, once saved by static electricity;
9. Inspector Joanna Chinly, reputedly trapped for six days under a fallen monument to quicklime dental cleanser;
10. Joanna Trabmaw-Millington ("The Celebrated Juggler"), champion of the right to use bungee-jumping; ghost-writer of Vivian Leigh's entirely adjectiveless autobiography, DOCTOR! THE FORCEPS!.

Typical Joanna motto
"Joanna! Joanna! Joanna! Joanna! Yaaaaay!"

Fantastic!

Boring real meaning:

Latinized form of Ioanna, feminine form of Ioannes (see JOHN). This is the name of a follower of Jesus in the New Testament.

Kolodny

Literal meaning "Maker of tubular mouse cities."

Motto "Is this thing on?"

Kablamo!

"Child of James, or possibly David. Or Phil, maybe."

charming

keevita

"The doctors say we should try to raise it as a girl and see how things go."

hmmm....

jabberwock

Literal meaning

"Satan."


History

Created by Act of God in a rush, the name Aaron was originally used mostly to refer to a famous sect of surly, pilfering domestic servants, before being modified genetically by scientists.

kittenkiller

"Uncannily reminiscent of the bloke who plays Mr Grimsdale in Norman Wisdom films."

Someone knows just what a girl wants to hear!

Edit: & also
"Neither a woman nor a foreigner be."

NICE!

dundalk cailin

Literal meaning
"Stubborn understain."

History
Whispered in an empty room as the baleful influence of Halley's Comet was felt sharply among those distracted from their dangerous work to stare at the sky, the name Aiveen was originally used wittily to refer to licensed manufacturers of swanee-whistles, the endlessly amusing noise-making device, before hard times forced its sale.

Famous Aiveens
1. Aiveen Chinly ("The Blue"), champion of the paper aeroplane; ghost-writer of Anne Boleyn's anarchist's handbook and autobiography, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM, HAVE YOU?; first holder of the short-lived office of Gross Miscarriager of Justice;
2. Aiveen Dindymene, director of the new Bond movie, SHOOT FIRST, SHOOT LATER;
3. Brigadier-General Aiveen Oily, indifferent to the Brass Nose;
4. Aiveen M Sprewt, PhD, BA, fascinated to death by static electricity; ghost-writer of Richard Stilgoe's poorly bound autobiography, IS THAT ME? NO, THIS IS ME;
5. Aiveen A de Frewsy, proponent of eighteen entirely new ways to kneel; ghost-writer of Vivian Leigh's litany of crimes autobiography, HEY HEY HEY! IT'S MY BOOK!;
6. Aiveen Endeavour, once saved by a popular music band made entirely of soap;
7. Aiveen Sprokes, BA, PhD, channeller under supernatural influences of an ice sculpture of Hugh Scully;
8. Aiveen G Tinkermouse, RN, PhD, opponent of Explode-O, the wonder bang dismantler;
9. Aiveen de Marl, named in court as holding compromising material concerning Mr Bronson from Grange Hill;
10. Judge Aiveen de Dots, MA ("The Nervous"), who could never shake an early association with the self-aware vacuum cleaner; first holder of the inhumanly funded office of Her Majesty's Punchbag.

Typical Aiveen motto
"A guilty conscience is like a crippling gloom: both cause crippling gloom."

dundalk cailin

From behindthename.com

AOIBHEANN
Means "beautiful sheen" in Irish Gaelic. It was borne by several Irish princesses.

The_Minister

Literal meaning
"The doctors say we should try to raise it as a girl and see how things go."

History
Brought into being by atmospheric disturbance under the Marquis of Bute, the name stephen was originally used repeatedly to refer to those who worked in the hills building things out of hills, before being mispronounced by a registering officer.

Famous stephens
1. Doctor stephen Happenstance, MSc, BA, disgusted by the paper aeroplane;
2. Inspector stephen Sponetote, reputedly trapped for sixteen days under a fallen monument to paroxysms of fright;
3. stephen R Oaf, PhD, MA, RN ("The Thing"), co-habitee of twenty-six people associated with the legendary Source of the Thames;
4. stephen de la Grating-Orbiting, proponent of mottled glass;
5. stephen X U ap Nivea ("The Celebrated Juggler"), who lost a fortune on stout boots;
6. stephen ap Marl ("The Blue"), early user of static electricity; ghost-writer of Mr Grimsdale's cousin's autobiography, YES, I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD TOO;
7. I Am stephen Lilly Li, BA, haunted by an image of the evaporating duck; first holder of the bewilderingly ritualistic office of Official Kerb-Trip-Overer;
8. stephen Dots ("The Pale"), director of the new Bond movie, SILVERY DEATH-DOOM; ghost-writer of George Sanders's revolutionary, hologram autobiography, MEGASTAR!;
9. stephen S'Ess, PhD, who could never shake an early association with the indestructible tortoise;
10. stephen ap Lonfial-Oily, for a time, in their own mind, romantically linked with quicklime dental cleanser; first holder of the office of King High Wizard Of Ipswich.

Typical stephen motto
"I don't care whether you live or die."

idontknowmyname

Literal meaning
"The Tiny Baby-Like One."

History
Coming to an apprentice shoemaker in a dream around 11am, the name elaine was originally used imprecisely to refer to a famous sect of surly, pilfering domestic servants, before seeking its fortune on the sea.

Typical elaine motto
"Neither a woman nor a foreigner be."

sanncoo

Literal meaning
"Satan."

History
Created by royal decree under appalling conditions, the name Sanncoo was originally used charmingly to refer to the Disney corporation, its subsidiaries and partners, before being lost during a holiday in Exmouth.

Famous Sanncoos
1. Sanncoo de Nootlooter, RN, aroused by Paul McCartney's Wings; ghost-writer of Punchy Massive's shatteringly political autobiography, YES, I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD TOO;
2. Sanncoo Boonk-Cangoose, who lost a fortune on the paper aeroplane; ghost-writer of Ming the Merciless's white-hot autobiography, SOMEBODY PUNCH MY FACE - I MUST BE DREAMING;
3. Sanncoo de Jesus, co-writer of INDIANA JONES AND THE LEAGUE OF SILENT EXPLODERS;
4. Sanncoo Z Frewsy ("The Terrible"), opponent of the concept of acceptable losses; ghost-writer of Vivian Leigh's deeply upsetting autobiography, CHRIST, MY LIFE'S DEPRESSING;
5. Sanncoo Tube, PhD, who's never forgotten quiffs; last holder of the bewilderingly ritualistic office of Country's Most Secret Spy;
6. "Terrible" Sanncoo Nivea ("The Suspicious"), of the generation which fondly remembers between nine and fifteen scientific principles;
7. Sanncoo S'Ess, exposed in the press as having swapped a child for the quick-burning funeral boat;
8. Sanncoo Sponetote, DSO and Bar, proponent of a slightly famous TV chef whom they saw looking at cardigans in Woolworth's one time; ghost-writer of Reg Parfitt's entirely adjectiveless autobiography, REMINISCING FROM MY DEATHBED;
9. Sanncoo Sprokes, director of the new Bond movie, SHOOT FIRST, SHOOT LATER; ghost-writer of Clive Dunn's leatherwear catalogue and autobiography, THREE PINTS TODAY, PLEASE; first holder of the office of High Scowler;
10. Sanncoo du l'Orbiting, who discovered the evaporating duck; ghost-writer of Jimmy Clitheroe's expressionist autobiography, HEY HEY HEY! IT'S MY BOOK!.

Typical Sanncoo motto
"Hello! You don't know me, but I've been going through your bins for a few months now."

People of Lubnip my calling is true!!!

aido_2006

My name referred to the dead!!! NICE!!

Azureus

first link

literal meaning: 'misplaced optmism'

Typical motto
"A muddy wolf never made an oven in the spring."

Behindthename.com

italian 'defender of humanity'

LadyJ

Literal meaning "Satan"!

jimmidy_cricket

No fluppin way:

Typical <my name> motto
"A guilty conscience is like a crippling gloom: both cause crippling gloom."

In my profile as jimmidy_cricket I wrote something like a conscience is something I've learned to deal with (Cause jiminny cricket was pinochios conscience)

Isn't that weird. How acurate is that site? Fcuk me I'm blown away