What does your name mean?
Me.....
Stephen: Prince/king/crowned one
Campbell: Scots for "crooked mouth"...ie "bullshitter"
So I am the crowned one of the bullshitters.
What about yous'uns?
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Well, since I am probably the resident insomniac of the lot, and because I'm not too ashamed of my name [give. me. a. break.], here goeth moi...
Jennifer [from a Cornish form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, or Guinevere. Guinevere is an old French form of the name Gwenhwyfar, which composed of the elements gwen meaning "fair, white" and hwyfar meaning "smooth".] [Mom gave me that name because, growing up in Miami, she wanted a name for me that the English speakers can handle and the Spanish speakers won't fook up]
Rose [...well, it's the name of a flower. it's also the name of one of my mom's relatives in New Jersey. mom gave me that middle name after her auntie rose.]
Villalobos [the dreaded last name *cringe* means 'house of the wolf' or 'town of wolves' in Spanish. blame my dad. 
]
...and there you have it. 
A fair, white smooth rose in a town of wolves. Lovely, innit?
Weird, it was seeing your surname (and guessing it meant what it does) that prompted me to post this. (insert twilight zone theme here)
BWAH!! 
Funny thing is, there's only one person at work who can actually say my last night and not botch it up. Ironically she's not Hispanic!!
eta [edited to add] *insert twilight zone here*
eta2 *you can tell i have a day off by noticing that i haven't gone to bed yet. 
that and i'm back in the chat for the first time in a bit over 2 hours.*
Jeffery: God's Peace (what the hell was my mom on???) Alan: rock (erm...okay) White: well, I'm gonna have to guess that this has something to do with a certain colour...
frigging boring eh...God's peaceful white rock...
shit
Big - not small
Inoil - immersed in organic compound
Err...
Actually, I'm named after this man:
and this man:
And my last name is a geological feature that looks a bit like this:
So superannuated blue hillock, I suppose
Noel: funny enough its french for christmas Sebastian: latin for 'from Sebaste' Breaks: obvious really
Well apparently I honour God for my first name, and my surname comes from the French for "yellow sky".
The family originally came from a village just outside Poitiers in France (Jaunay-Clan, the village was named after them), and were the nobleman landowners of a large area. The family shield had a yellow band across the top, above the coat of arms, and it was referred to as the yellow sky. The family elder was one of William the Conqueror's lieutenants in 1066, and was rewarded for his service with command of Herefordshire. The family home was Whitwick Manor, halfway between Worcester and Hereford, which is now the home of the heir to the Abbey National Building Society fortune. The family lost Whitwick Manor in 1642 when they sided with the King rather than Cromwell, and Cromwell's troops took all their plate valuables as well as the house, forcing them to live in nearby villages. They never did get the house back, but the coat of arms is still up at the house.
Me and my brother have traced the family history back to 942AD.
El Jarvo wrote: Means I'm the last known descendant of a clan from this island.
the bit by privat looks like mr burns!
my surname is of viking origin apparently. 
my first name means 'bound' and my last name means 'noble'.
i'm sure there's a gag in there somewhere about being tied up by a queen but i'm a bit tired and hungover today so i'll just leave it to rufus wainwright.
my middle name means light, which is apt, what with me being sweetness and.
So...what's the Website for all this bollocks?
my first name is all greek/roman or some other shit.
Have to break up the first name into halves for it to work: John - God's gracious Henry - Home Ruler Cottrell - Cottage
So I'm a King of my Home.....what an insight that is.....
Actually my first name came from this movie......
King John Honest John wrote: So...what's the Website for all this bollocks?
my first name is all greek/roman or some other shit.
From Behind the Name--
John = English form of Iohannes, which was the Latin form of the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan) meaning "YAHWEH is gracious" [The name has been borne by 23 popes and eight Byzantine emperors, as well as kings of England, France, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Portugal and Hungary. It was also borne by the poet John Milton and the philosopher John Locke.]
*my notes: John is a fairly popular name, really.*
Kershaw --> the closest I could find were Keshaun and Keshawn:
Keshaun = Combination of the popular name prefix Ke and SHAUN Shaun = Anglicized form of SEÁN = Irish form of JOHN
Keshawn = Combination of the popular name prefix Ke and SHAWN Shawn = *same meanings as for Shaun*
...I hope this shines some light into the matter, John.
Big Black wrote: Christopher: bearing Christ and to carry. Paul: humble Owens: nothing there.
Owen is Celtic and means "young fighter"
EdelBrock wrote:
Big Black wrote: Christopher: bearing Christ and to carry. Paul: humble Owens: nothing there.
Owen is Celtic and means "young fighter"
Always knew I was schizophrenic.
Big Black wrote:
Owens: nothing there.
Closest I could find was this:
Owen [two meanings]
Owen #1 = Modern form of OWAIN
Owen #2 = Anglicized form of EOGHAN
It could be another form of Eugene, basically.
Edited to add:
EdelBrock wrote:
Big Black wrote: Christopher: bearing Christ and to carry. Paul: humble Owens: nothing there.
Owen is Celtic and means "young fighter"
Whoa. You learn something new everyday. Thanks for that find, Edel!
EdelBrock wrote:
Owen is Celtic and means "young fighter"
Sorry mate, Owen means either "well born", from the Latin "Eugenius" or "lamb" from the Welsh "oen", or possibly "a youth" from the Irish "Ewen". (When I was a youngster it was my best mate's 1st name).
ATE (added to edit) Sorry Sunny, never noticed you'd more or less beat me too it! 
My name means "follower, or servant of, St Columbia, By the Grace of God, Son of the Champion".
Which is utterly fucking ironic!
P.S Mr Campbell
Doctor? wrote: Well, I did say a PUBLIC BOG in Glassgae....
since your asking about names and their meanings, where is this "Glassgae" place your talking about? Do you possibly mean Glasgow, or the phonetic Glaswegian spelling "Glesga"?
"Glesga, Glesca The only genuine broad Glaswegian pronunciations of Glasgow. Spurious alternatives like "Glasgie" spring from other parts of the country or the music hall". Michael Munro ~ "The Patter". :)
Katja : From the Greek name Αικατερινη (Aikaterine). The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name ‘Εκατερινη (Hekaterine), which came from ‘εκατερος (hekateros) "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess HECATE; it could be related to Greek αικια (aikia) "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". The Romans associated it with Greek καθαρος (katharos) "pure" and changed their spelling from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this.
Hmmm I always learned that Katja (Katharina) is russian for "The Pearl" or "The immaculate" - "The Immaculate Pearl" if you like (OK it says pure in the text above). So where's the link from torture to pearls?
Berenberg (my surename) maybe a link that our anchestors owned a hill with grapes.
So call me the "Pearl of the Vineyard"... :D :beer2:
Cuana - Conrad - bold/brave counsel O'Domhnallain decendant of little Domhnall - From the Gaelic name Domhnall which means "ruler of the world", composed of the Old Celtic elements dumno "world" and val "rule".
Samantha - the feminine form of Samuel. Means 'listener' in Aramaic Chapman - comes from the high old German 'Choufman' or 'Koufman'. (The modern German equivalent is Kaufman). Means dealer or merchant.
Johnny wrote: Samantha? Samantha Chapman??
How yer doin?? Great to see you:D
Good thanks Johnny! How's the good lady wife?!!
