Name Meanings
 

Give me a name, and I will tell you the origin and the meaning.

For example, my name, Jeanette, is the pet form of the French name "Jeanne". "Jeanne" is the modern French version of "Jehanne", which is the Old French feminine form of "Johannes", which was the Latin form of the Greek name "Ioannes", itself derived from the Hebrew name "Yochanan", meaning, "Yahweh is gracious."

"Roger" is less complicated. It means "famous spear", and it comes from the Germanic elements "hrod" (fame) and "ger" (spear). The Normans introduced this name to Britain.

Who wants me to find the meaning of their name?

Pick Sam!!! I wanna know!

Clayton. I hate my name :( .

What does the name Google mean? :lol

Sef

I don't recall his name, but a 19th century mathematician coined the term "google" to refer to 10^100. It was his nephew's idea. Likewise, a googleplex is 10^1000.

actually i think it is spelled Googol. But thats what they based it on, just spelled wrong

The way I always remember it, a googol is a 1 with a hundred zeroes, and googolplex is a 1 with a googol zeroes. Is that right?

edit: er, yeah, googol. "google" is probably just a cutesy spelling of it.

I think they just came up with a name, and it happened to be Google. :/

Anyways, my name means "who is like the Lord" or something like that. :(

Sam is the short form of Samuel. Samuel is from the Biblical name Shemu'el, which means either "Name of God" or "God has heard".

Clayton comes from an Old English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "clay settlement."

I've been dealing with name meanings myself, for my story I'm working on.

What's funny is I picked a few names, and didn't look at the meanings until way down the line. And eerily enough, the meanings have an incredible amount in common with the characters. :chatter

My last name is named after a Scottish battle, and it means "bald dove" in latin.

John :o

I like my name :(

John is the English version of Yochanan.

What does that mean :(?

I'd like to know the meanings of the following "names". (air quotes)

Blaine
Brent
Tucker
Rodney
Clifford

I feel sorry for anyone with these names.

Ean I think means God is gracious, or Gracious gift from God. I find it fittingly ironic. :)

See the first post on this thread.

Blaine: A Scottish surname meaning "Servant of Blaan". I don't know what Blaan means. :( In Irish Gaelic Blaine can mean "thin". Blane can mean "chief" or "leader" in Celtic, that might be it.

Brent: A English surname derived from a place name meaning "hill" in Celtic.

Tucker: An English surname derived from the Old English word "tucian" meaning "folder of cloth."

Rodney: An English surname originally derived from an Old English place name meaning "Hroda's island". Hroda's is a Germanic name that means "fame".

Clifford: An English surname originally derived from a place name meaning "ford by a cliff" in Old English.

Andrew

Andrew is from the Greek word "Andros", which means "man".

Ean is the Manx form of John.

I already know what my name means :o

-willie

Kristin

I like my name except everyone always spells it wrong :(

Kristen is a varient of Christine, which means 'follower of Christ".

Could you please look up Jeremy and Travis for me? Much obliged, Jeanette.

Wiffrain
Oh please tell me ^_^