What does your name really mean ?

ZiabR · 14-03-2006 12:44PM

'Sleep by night, walk by day'

lol

Kinetic^ · 14-03-2006 12:50PM

"Least favoured offspring."

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

Cravez · 14-03-2006 12:56PM

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 · 14-03-2006 01:19PM

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! · 14-03-2006 01:30PM

"No, I'm just tired."

tSubh Dearg · 14-03-2006 01:39PM

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 · 14-03-2006 02:11PM

Literal meaning "Maker of tubular mouse cities."

Motto "Is this thing on?"

Kablamo! · 14-03-2006 02:18PM

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

charming

keevita · 14-03-2006 02:35PM

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

hmmm....

jabberwock · 14-03-2006 03:08PM

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 · 14-03-2006 03:28PM

"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 · 14-03-2006 04:55PM

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 · 14-03-2006 04:57PM

From behindthename.com

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

The_Minister · 14-03-2006 06:34PM

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 · 14-03-2006 07:25PM

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 · 14-03-2006 07:34PM

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 · 14-03-2006 07:38PM

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

Azureus · 14-03-2006 09:48PM

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 · 14-03-2006 09:53PM

Literal meaning "Satan"!

jimmidy_cricket · 14-03-2006 10:06PM

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

LegacyUser · 14-03-2006 10:12PM

The sole sound that could be made by a mysterious blank-faced man found wandering the streets of Paris in a fit of passion, the name Audrey was originally used spitefully to refer to the dead, before it escaped to France with the help of sympathisers.

ST* · 14-03-2006 10:39PM

INGRID
Usage: Scandinavian, German

From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with fríðr "beautiful". A famous bearer was Ingrid Bergman, an actress from Sweden.

Apparently I can celebrate my name on the 9th of October- yay.

Its a bit quiet in the namesakes dept too, no suprises there..

Namesakes for INGRID:
Oscar Award Winners: 1 actress +
Saints: 1 saint -
(saint) Ingrid of Sweden

casanova_kid · 14-03-2006 10:49PM

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

History
Coming to an apprentice shoemaker in a dream in a fit of terror, the name Frank was originally used cumbersomely to refer to Belgians over 5"11', before hard times forced its sale.

Famous Franks
1. Frank ap Millington, first victim of Britain's standards; ghost-writer of Anne Boleyn's excessively sophisticated autobiography, MEGASTAR!;
2. Frank Sponetote-Nivea, named in court as holding compromising material concerning the evaporating duck; ghost-writer of Peter Lawford's heavily censored autobiography, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM, HAVE YOU?; first holder of the office of Emeritus Professor of Prophecy Professing, Oxford;
3. Frank Nightdodge, indifferent to the world's seventh highest-rated episode of Mr Pastry;
4. Frank Oily, director of the new Bond movie, LIARS RARELY TANGO; ghost-writer of Richard Stilgoe's poorly bound autobiography, I'M FEELING QUEASY, GEOFFREY;
5. Frank du Frote ("The Blue"), who owes everything to a nice cup of tea;
6. Frank Endeavour ("The Celebrated Juggler"), haunted by an image of the definitive manual on drowning; ghost-writer of Charles Hawtrey's entirely adjectiveless autobiography, REMINISCING FROM MY DEATHBED;
7. Frank Grating, who could never shake an early association with Paul McCartney's Wings;
8. Professor Frank Smmith, who lost a fortune on the lost consonant of Atlatis; last holder of the office of Queen's Own Loan Shark;
9. Frank S'Ess, RN, opponent of the self-aware vacuum cleaner;
10. Frank Tube-Sprokes, reputedly trapped for eight days under a fallen monument to unspeakable guilt; last holder of the prestigious office of Hot Diggity.

Typical Frank motto
"Hahaha! That was funny."

FlutterinBantam · 16-03-2006 10:56PM

Vernon Mohades.... Keeper of the elephants cage

St Vernon was the patron saint of leopards

There is a church of St Vernon in Hemel Hempstead
and by coincidence the vicars name is Vernon Fanshawe.

Vernon Mohades discovered the upper regions of Lake Tanganyika and
indexed the breeding crocodiles in the area.

To this day crocodiles are known as "Vernons" iin the region

dédé · 16-03-2006 11:02PM

sillysausage wrote:

The sole sound that could be made by a mysterious blank-faced man found wandering the streets of Paris in a fit of passion, the name Audrey was originally used spitefully to refer to the dead, before it escaped to France with the help of sympathisers.

Hehe what a beautiful name! lol

What does your name really mean ?

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