Do you know what YOUR name means?

mateo soletic

MATEO
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish Spanish form of MATTHEW
Pronounced: mah-TE-o [key]
MATTHEW
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: MATH-yoo (English) [key]
English form of Ματθαιος (Matthaios), which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattityahu) meaning "gift of YAHWEH". Saint Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles. He was a tax collector, and supposedly the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament. As an English name, Matthew has been in use since the Middle Ages.

Well I knew most of that except that I am a tax collector so beware guys.

Mike Lucey

Edson, I think we might like this meaning for your name?

Mike

ely862me

about Coen i found this
Coen
Irish: variant of Coan, or an alternative Anglicization of Gaelic Ó Cúáin or Ó Cadhain (see Coyne).
Dutch and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Koen.

Dutch: nickname from Middle Dutch coen(e) ‘bold’, ‘daring’ or personal name Cono with the same meaning.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): one of the many forms of Cohen.

eeva

EEVA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Finnish form of EVA

EVA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian
Other Scripts: Ева (Bulgarian, Russian)
Pronounced: E-vah (Italian, Spanish), EE-və (English), E-fah (German), AY-vah (Dutch) [key]
Latinate form of EVE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVA.

EVE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Biblical
Pronounced: EEV (English), EV (French) [key]
From the Hebrew name חַוָּה (Chavvah), which was derived from the Hebrew word חוה (chavah) "to breathe" or the related word חיה (chayah) "to live". According to the Old Testament Book of Genesis, Eve and Adam were the first humans. She gave the forbidden fruit to Adam, causing their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Despite this potentially negative association, the name was occasionally used during the Middle Ages. In the English-speaking world both Eve and the Latin form Eva were revived in the 19th century.

or: Breath of Life, "living one", "alive, living". could be worse...

ALIVE AND KICKING!

stee

STEPHEN
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Crowned One

Surname - Crowley
Origin: South West Ireland
(in Irish - An Cruadhlaoch, which is "Hardy Warrior")

Alan Fraser

I haven't a clue. It could be Gaelic, it could be Germanic via Breton "Precious"; it could even be from the ancient Sarmatian tribe the Alani that spread out from Iran around the Black Sea area. No one knows for sure.
My last name, though Scottish, probably has its origins (via the Normans) in the French word for strawberry (fraise). It forms part of one of the clan crests.
It comes from one of William's barons who was famous for his strawberry daiquiris.

...and it's pronounced FRAY ZER, not FRAY SHURE. However you want to pronounce Frazier (almost unknown in the UK) over the other side of the pond is up to you.

Ross Macintosh

ROSS
Origin: Scotland
Pronounced: Rosssss
Meaning: I don't know if I should tell you this or not... Traditionally "Ross" as a given name was given to baby boys who were unusually well endowed if you get my drift. So in other words it means "hung like a horse". The clan Ross were descendants of a well-hung leader.

MACINTOSH
Origin: Scotland
Pronounced: Mac-In-Tosh
Meaning: Clan name. Descendants of Tosh. Tosh, our glorious ancestor, was a reggae singer from Jamaica. He worked with Bob Marley.
Clan Motto: "Touch not a cat bot a glove" -- meaning is 'wear gloves when you handle cats'.

Frederik

@Bossy Rossy... ( )

@unknownuser said:

ROSS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: RAWS
From a Scottish and English surname which meant "promontory" in Gaelic, originally belonging to someone who lived on a headland. A famous bearer of the surname was Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862), an Antarctic explorer.

@unknownuser said:

Macintosh
Noun
Singular: macintosh
Plural: macintoshes

(UK) A raincoat.

Well wha'd ya know...

@unknownuser said:

ALAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Scottish, Breton
Pronounced: AL-ən (English)

The meaning of this name is not known for certain, though it possibly means either "little rock" or "handsome" in Breton. Alternatively, it may derive from the tribal name of the Alans, an Iranian people who migrated into Europe in the 4th and 5th centuries. This was the name of several dukes of Brittany, and it was introduced to England by Breton settlers after the Norman conquest. Famous modern bearers include Alan Shepard (1923-1998), the first American in space and the fifth man to walk on the moon, and Alan Turing (1912-1954), a British mathematician and computer scientist.

@unknownuser said:

FRASER
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English (Rare)
Pronounced: FRAY-zər, FRAY-zhər [key]

From a Scottish surname which is of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of the surname was Simon Fraser (1776-1862), a Canadian explorer.

It's all in your name...

lewiswadsworth

I have a Chinese name, too, though I haven't thought about it in years. (My wife is Chinese-American.) I'm afraid I don't have the character written anywhere, or actually know how to draw it...I think it might even be a non-Mandarin dialect.

I'll have to ask my father-in-law to write it for me again.

It is pronounced similar to the English name "Lou" and means destruction.

Phil Meadows

Phillip is Ancient Greek and means "lover of horses". So I shorten it to Phil.

Prince means prince.

Meadows is english and means "lives in the meadow".

So I'm a prince who loves horses so much he lives with them

boofredlay

@phil meadows said:

Phillip is Ancient Greek and means "lover of horses". So I shorten it to Phil.

So does that mean you love ponies?

solo

Damn! everyone has some cool meaning, mine is a dull boring friggin ROCK.

Pete the rock ... jeez!

Here I am blocking traffic.

Stinkie

lol. Not just any rock, though, if I remember correctly from, er, God class.

pichuneke

PICHUNEKE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanglish, Klingon, Esperanto, Quenya, Orc
Pronounced: Dïefurgonthênsièlfënmatchbrongoûnderfragtèn
Meaning: Polite, Nobel Prize awarded, good person, handsome, strong, intelligent. The name is used by prophets when they want to call someone that is going to rule the world under a golden age of wisdom and peace.

Gaieus

juju

@pichuneke said:

PICHUNEKE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanglish, Klingon, Esperanto, Quenya, Orc
Pronounced: Dïefurgonthênsièlfënmatchbrongoûnderfragtèn
Meaning: Polite, Nobel Prize awarded, good person, handsome, strong, intelligent. The name is used by prophets when they want to call someone that is going to rule the world under a golden age of wisdom and peace.

SoH 'oH vaj teblu'ta' vo' SoH 'ach SoH chenmoHta' jIH [smile]

pichuneke

@unknownuser said:

SoH 'oH vaj teblu'ta' vo' SoH 'ach SoH chenmoHta' jIH

@unknownuser said:

you am so full forth you but you made I

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~joela/

I am sorry, but I only studied klingon for two years at the galactic academy and I don't fully understand your sentence

juju

yup, I used that one, it seems like their database and translator needs more work.

That was supposed to say "you are so full of yourself, but you made me smile".

david_h

David . . Heberew. .. Beloved of God
Hunter . . .Um . ..no idea. Any thoughts?

It's ironic. Im a pacifist. don't like the guns.

david_h

@solo said:

Damn! everyone has some cool meaning, mine is a dull boring friggin ROCK.

Pete the rock ... jeez!

Here I am blocking traffic.

Pete .. . That is the Coolest. The Bible calls Peter**--THE ROCK**or his Greek Name . ..Cephas. that's cool

Pierre
Pedro
Pietro
Pere
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Good Name. . .Beats the heck outta Dwayne. . .(apologies to any Dwayne's out there)