What does your name mean?

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Go to http://www.behindthename.com and look up the meanings for your first and middle names. Combined, what do they mean?

Mine (Alison Sandra): Noble defender of man
My sister's (Sarah Louise): Famous warrior princess
My mum's (Shelley Ruth): Clearing on a bank, friend
My dad's (Gerald Emile): Rule of the spear, rival

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[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Natasha Cecelia--Christmas child, blind.

[taraemily.livejournal.com]

Tara Emily; Elevated place (in gaelic), and Emily = Emil = Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".
Paul Michael (my partner); Small or humble, "who is like God?".
Asher Riley (my son); Happy or blessed (in hebrew), rye clearing (but I usually go by the Gaelic meaning which is valiant).

[patsfan610.livejournal.com]

Jordan Elizabeth: to flow down, God is my oath

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

Claire Louise - Clear bright and shining, Fame and war

Interestingly when I looked up Claire - Clairette came up too. Never heard of that name.

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

Me: Misty Lynn: Misty lake
Sister: Summer Lynn: Summer lake
Mom: Gina Gay: (doesn't really say), happy
Dad: Ronald Lee (doesn't really say), meadow

I'm not a big fan of behindthename. There are many names it doesn't really give a meaning for, just the origin.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

Leah Tess. Leah means weary and Tess is a derivative of Theresa. According to BehindtheName, Theresa doesn't really have a meaning.

[http://users.livejournal.com/ksiezniczka_/]

Michelle Jean: Who is like God, God is gracious.

Kind of funny since my brother and dad's name mean at war with God.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm going to use babynamesworld, I find that their definitions are a little more accurate, or at least concur with what all the baby books have told me, anyway.

Mine (Julianne Sarah): Down-bearded, youthful princess (Haha. Down-bearded is weird, I've never seen that on any other sites. In the baby books it was just said to be youthful. But on most other sites it said 'feminine form of Julian' was the definition O_o)

My sister's (Christina Florence): A charming follower of Christ.

My dad's (Dennis Gordon): A god of wine and a large fort. lol.

My mom's (Linda Daisy Madeleine): Pretty day's eye from Magdala.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Exalted one.

Oh yes 8).

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Kathleen Marie--can apparently mean either "pure bitterness" or "pure love." I'd prefer to go with "pure love."

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I might as well do my family, too.

Kevin William (brother)--"handsome will helmet"
Daniel James (dad)--"God is my judge, supplanter"
Christine Diane (mom)--"Christian, divine"
Adam Richard (husband)--"brave man"
Richard Charles (father-in-law)--"brave man or warrior"
Kathleen Ellen (mother-in-law)--"pure torch"
Florence Josephine (maternal grandmother)--"prosperous, she will add"
Tammi Marie (aunt)--"palm tree, love"

[girlsteve.livejournal.com]

Me: Steve Jacqueline - Potective crown or garland
Brother: Che Joseph - Name Che Guavara made up, God will increase
Mum: Joanne - Gift from God

[lovequote.livejournal.com]

Darby Leigh - Deer town meadow. Hahaha.

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

Mine: ALEXANDRIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-əg-ZAN-dree-ə [key]

Feminine form of ALEXANDER. Alexander the Great founded several cities by this name (or renamed them) as he extended his empire eastwards. The most notable of these is Alexandria in Egypt, founded by Alexander in 331 BC.

(and that's actually what i was named after. my nn however, Alix, is apparently French. though my father gave it to me in deference to the late Czarina & Grand Duchess of Russia. weird man lol)

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Well, unfortunately, my first name isn't on that website, but my middle name means "From a surname meaning 'lane, path' which originally belonged to a person who lived near a lane."

[bandnerd88.livejournal.com]

I did this a little while ago using my first, middle, and last names and came up with "little pearl who is like God" or "little pearl, who is like God?" (My name is Megan Michele C____.)

I'll do my family later, I am feeling extraordinarily lazy today.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Well, it is the feminine form of Julian, which means downy-bearded. I'm not sure where the baby names books got 'youthful' from. That's why I don't really trust baby names books or the website versions of them... often they twist or completely make up a meaning for a name, to make it sound more appealing.

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

Mine sort of makes no sense, but together my names mean laurel, beloved, noble.

[applesnpairs.livejournal.com]

Kristin Elaine: Follower of Christ, Bright

[drowning-inyou2.livejournal.com]

Brittany Victoria: My first name doesn't mean anything, haha, but my middle name means "victory"

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

Sharon Lynn - plain/field and lake. So... a field of lakes? Cool. :p

So putting them into sentences... my sister is a bitter lamb (Rachel Marie), my mother is a gracious song (Carol Ann), and my brother and father are bother all kinds of God-like (Michael John).

That was fun. :p

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

Melissa Rene - they don't have a meaning together, but Melissa is Greek and means "honeybee" (and was the name of a Greek handmaiden of Zeus who was transformed first into an earthworm by an angry Cronus, and then into a queen honeybee by Zeus) and Rene is the French form of Renatus, which means "born again" or "resurrected." I won't forgive my parents for spelling it the masculine way, though.

Caitlin Monique (my sister) - Caitlin is Irish and means "pure," and Monique is the French form of Monica, which no one knows what it means (there's a guess of "advisor"). Monique is my mother's first name.

Matthew Charles (my brother) - Matthew is Hebrew and means "gift of Yahweh," and Charles is English and means "manly." Charles is my father's first name.

My mother's middle name is Simone (French feminine form of Simon, which means "he has heard") and my father's is Henry (English, it means "home ruler").

My partner's name is Ron Antione (the middle pronounced "Antoine") which can be made into a sentence -- "trustworthy advisor to the king." Ron also means "song, joy" in Hebrew, apparently.

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

Julianne is my absolute favorite name. I think it may be the name of my first daughter :)

[spartan-picnic.livejournal.com]

Silja Adelita - blind, noble

My names are forms of Cecilia and Adela.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Me - Kate Elizabeth: Pure, god is my oath
Sister - Joanna Eileen: God is gracious, Irish Form Of Evelyn
Mum - June Elizabeth: Born in June, god is my oath
Dad - Keith Alec: Unknown, Defender of men