But it is in no way clear to the uninitiated that Rachel means 'ewe' in Hebrew. As to where to find meanings of names, the internet is -full- of baby naming sites with all sorts of meanings. Different sites will have different details, but together they'll give you a good idea of the history of a name. Most if not all names have a meaning. As far as I know, this holds true in any language - whether it be English, French, Chinese, Japanese, etc.
For example, I named my grey dog Lloyd, which is a Welsh name meaning "grey-haired". I named one of my cats Wynnie, which is another Welsh name and means "happiness". I chose that name for her since I had just moved in with my significant other at that time, which was a moment of happiness for us.
My own name - Bjorn - means "bear" in Norwegian while a friend of mine has the English name of Sara, meaning "princess". So names definitely do have a meaning. That being said, many people tend to be unaware of the specific meaning of a name unless it happens to be their own name. Given names first names have been addressed by other answers. To summarize: many names originally had meanings, but you can't assume that that meaning was intended in any given case.
As for family names last names , many were originally descriptive. Similarly, "Thomas Baker" might have been the town baker and his son might end up being "Samuel Fisher" or some such. Religious Religious Angels Biblical. Hindu Gods Names for God Quranic. Pets Birds Cats. Dogs Fish. Horse Rabbits. Modern Names for Dad Names for Grandmother.
Unique Unisex Vintage. By Region Northeast Midwest South. West New England Mideast. Great Lakes Plains Southeast. Southwest Rocky Mountain Far West. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming. First or Last Name Search. Full Name Search. It has been part of our identification throughout our lives. In some cases, the meaning does not seem to fit at all.
In other cases, it seems like the perfect description. Be sure to ask your parents why they chose the name for you because the meaning of your name might be more personal than you realize. Your parents may have chosen your name to honor a family member, someone else they liked, wanted to show their love, or wanted to show what they hoped you would become.
Advanced Search. Toggle navigation. The Study of Names Onomastics or onomatology is the study of proper names of all kinds - including the origins of names. Sources of Meaning At one time, parents would find names with positive meanings that would bestow honor to their children, signify their love for the child, or reflect their hopes for their offspring. Nominative Determinism: The Name Will Determine the Child's Future One recent term that was used to describe a theory about how a name affects children is called nominative determinism.
Jung even went so far as to give a list of psychologists whose contributions to the discipline is marked by their names; and they are: Sigmund Freud Joy whose theory focuses on the pleasure principle.
Alfred W. Adler Eagle whose theory centers on the "Will to Power" the eagle being a near universal symbol for power, authority, comprehension and ingenuity. Carl Jung Young and his theory of rebirth. Finding or Making the Right Aptronym Picking the best aptronym basically amounts to what a baby's parents want their child to be when they grow up. Jack William Armstrong Jr. Allan Ball - is a name that was shared by father and son footballers, the son eventually played in the World Cup, and yes their team won.
Scientists Jules Angst - a German professor who published works in the field of psychology, more specifically anxiety. Splatt and D. Weedon - published an article in the British Journal of Urology their topic, incontinence. May only be referred to as Lord Judge in formal proceedings.
Literature Novella Carpenter - a journalist and urban farmer who wrote the novel Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer; which earned itself the distinction of being hailed as one of the best novels in Finance Bernie Madoff - man made famous when he made off with a lot of people's money.
What Does My Name Mean? Laura was a 9th-century Spanish nun who met her death in a cauldron of molten lead. Laura is also the name of the woman addressed in the love poetry of the Italian poet Petrarch Francesco Petrarca, —74 and owes much of its subsequent popularity to this.
The sorceress Medea fell in love with him and helped him obtain a Golden Fleece, but Jason fell in love with another woman and deserted Medea. Medea took her revenge by killing her rival, but Jason himself survived to old age. Notable bearers include the poet Geoffrey Chaucer and the chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth Some say it's a variant of Godfrey; others say it comes from gawia "territory," walah "stranger," or gisil "pledge.
The Hebrew root occurs in the Bible only in the vocabulary word marbek "cattle stall," and its connection with the name is doubtful. In any case, Rebecca was Aramean, and the name probably has a source in Aramaic. The plant name "rose of Sharon" is used for a shrub of the genus Hypericum with yellow flowers, and also for a species of hibiscus. Cynthia was later used by the Roman poet Propertius as the name of the woman to whom he addressed his love poetry.
It was used among the Puritans in England, partly because of its association with the English vocabulary word ruth meaning "compassion. The derivation is described as being from Hebrew akev "heel" and to have meant "heel grabber. This literary influence fixed it firmly as a girl's name. The older form Angelis has been completely superseded by Angela. Various early saints had the name, notably a 2nd century Christian apologist and a boy martyr of the 3rd century.
Later taken up by Samuel Richardson for the name of the heroine of his novel Pamela In Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews , which started out as a parody of Pamela, Fielding comments that the name is "very strange. The story has it that she was condemned to be broken on the wheel for her Christian beliefs.
However, the wheel fell apart and she was beheaded instead. The name was a very popular one among the early Christians, who were mindful of the injunction "be sober, be vigilant" 1 Peter It may also be understood as a contracted form of Hebrew sha'ulme'el meaning "asked of God. His mother Rachel died in giving birth and in her last moments named him Benoni, "son of my sorrow.
Jane is a feminine form of John.
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