What does your name mean?

[Bereta_Eder]

Interesting.
I have managed to salvage a photocopied transcript from my linguistics class in university which talks about the endings of greek words and where each comes from.


For Mr Fun, and your name could be enriched if it was a correctly toned alexandros

seriously though, I've heard that depending on where the accent goes to that word it can either mean attractor of men or either one who repulses men or something. I know this goes for Alexandra, we had a teacher named Alexandra who explained that to us (she belonged to the latter category - asizititi) that or either it has both meaning somehow incorporated but I think you can differantiate it either by pronunciation or by where each of the two comes from the greek mythology, but unfortunately memory is very vague.

[Bereta_Eder]

As for Christos, they say it means messiah/savior in greek and it does after the coming of the christ however the original greek etymology is the one who is useful/best (xristos) in everything. quite a load to carry. and in the biblical sence one who's annointed with oil since that's how the messiah would be recognized I think. and I have nothing against being hedonistically anointed with oil from scarcely clad gals with lots of "health" either

[axi]

and I have nothing against being hedonistically anointed with oil from scarcely clad gals with lots of "health" either.

H legomeni paravoli "tou sporews"...

[Verto]

ROBERT m English, French, Scandinavian
Pronounced: RAW-burt (English), ro-BER (French)
Means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". The Normans introduced this name to Britain. It belonged to three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce((who I am supposedly related to)) who restored the independence of Scotland from England in the 14th century. The author Robert Browning and poets Robert Burns and Robert Frost are famous literary bearers of this name. Also, Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Confederate army during the American Civil War.

[Whaleboy]

Perhaps Drogue would like to tell us his....

This really is a good one!

[Whaleboy]

It works for my surname too!

ELIJAH m English, Jewish, Biblical
Pronounced: ee-LIE-zha
From the Hebrew name Eliyahu meaning "my God is YAHWEH". Elijah was a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century BC, during the reign of King Ahab and his queen, Jezebel. The two Books of Kings in the Old Testament tell of his exploits, which culminate with him being carried to heaven in a chariot of fire.

[Immortal Wombat]

See opening post.

[Ben Kenobi]

Likewise.

(Although to be fair, this isn't my real name.)

[Dinner]

John= "beloved of god" and is an old Biblical name.

[orange]

BOBBY m,f English
Pronounced: BAW-bee
Pet form of ROBERTA, ROBERT or BARBARA. Hockey greats Bobby Orr and Bobby Hull have borne this name.

ROBERT m English, French, Scandinavian
Pronounced: RAW-burt (English), ro-BER (French)
Means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". The Normans introduced this name to Britain. It belonged to three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce who restored the independence of Scotland from England in the 14th century. The author Robert Browning and poets Robert Burns and Robert Frost are famous literary bearers of this name. Also, Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Confederate army during the American Civil War.

[Eli]

ELI m Jewish, English, Biblical
Pronounced: EE-lie
Means "height" or "ascension" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he was the high priest of Israel and the teacher of Samuel.

But that's not exact since Eli is just a modern form of :

ELIYAHU m Jewish
Original Hebrew form of ELIJAH

[orange]

however the original greek etymology is the one who is useful/best (xristos) in everything. quite a load to carry.

So you'd be a christos of all trades?

[Jaguar]

ALAN m English, Scottish
Pronounced: AL-an
The meaning of this name is not known for certain, though it possibly means either "little rock" or "handsome" in Breton. It was introduced to England by Bretons after the Norman invasion. Famous modern bearers include Alan Shepard, the first American in space and the fifth man to walk on the moon, and Alan Turing, a British mathematician and computer scientist.

[Dis]

JAMES m English, Biblical
Pronounced: JAYMZ
English form of the Late Latin Jacomus which was derived from Iakobos, the New Testament Greek form of Ya'aqob (see JACOB). In the New Testament James is an important apostle, the brother of the apostle John. According to the Book of Acts he was beheaded by Herod Agrippa. Another James is also mentioned in the Bible as being the brother of Jesus. Kings of England and Scotland have borne this name. Other famous bearers include the inventor of the steam engine James Watt, the explorer Captain James Cook, and the novelist and poet James Joyce.

[loinburger]

KEVIN m English, Irish
Pronounced: KEV-in
Anglicized form of the Irish name CaoimhÃn, derived from the older Irish Coemgen, composed of the Old Irish elements coem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth". Saint Caoimhin established a monastery in Ireland and is the patron saint of Dublin.

Any guess as to how you'd pronounce CaoimhÃn?