what's your name? ^_^

DICK (1)

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: DIK [key]
Medieval diminutive of RICHARD. The change in the initial consonant is said to have been caused by the way the trilled Norman R was pronounced by the English.

JONATHAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
Pronounced: JAHN-ə-thən (English), YO-nah-tahn (German) [key]
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonatan) (contracted to יוֹנָתָן (Yonatan)) meaning "YAHWEH has given". In the Old Testament Jonathan was the eldest son of Saul and a friend of David. He was killed in battle with the Philistines. As an English name, Jonathan did not become common until after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was the Anglo-Irish satirist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), who wrote 'Gulliver's Travels' and other works.

I rather hate my name, for the fact that I am an atheist since I was little and my mother is what I call a Jezusfreak and Gave me the name Jonathan and the 2nd name Joshua which she clearly stated she took out the bible to name me. Thus I made it my rule to never let my friends call me my full name but instead, John, Jona, and any other form of nicknames they like.

JUSTIN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French, Slovene

Pronounced: JUS-tin (English), zhoo-STEN (French) [key]
From the Latin name Iustinus, which was derived from JUSTUS. This was the name of several early saints including Justin Martyr, a Christian philosopher of 2nd century who was beheaded in Rome. It was also borne by two Byzantine emperors. As an English name, it has occasionally been used since the late Middle Ages, though it did not become common until the 20th century.

Hm, Interesting.



I knew it had SOME Scottish background.

Alt. Name: (Yes, I have another name)

my first and middle name are these

first


middle

DEREK

Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DER-ik [key]

From a Low German form of THEODORIC. It was imported to England from the Low Countries in the 15th century.

That is interesting because I think Theodoric is actual related to the name theodore. SO Theodore and Derek have a root name - which is a little wierd.

Meh I have no idea lol.

Dats cool dude, I just found it interesting.

Apparently my name is too foreign for the database to tell.

JUAN
Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish, Manx

Pronounced: HWAHN (Spanish) [key]

Spanish and Manx form of Iohannes (see JOHN). This name is borne by Don Juan, a character from Spanish legend who, after killing his lover's father, is dragged to hell by the father's ghost.

JOEL Legally changed it a year ago to Urien.

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical

Pronounced: JOL (English), JO-əl (English) [key]
From the Hebrew name יוֹאֵל (Yo'el) meaning "YAHWEH is God". Joel was a minor prophet in the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Joel. In England, it was first used as a Christian name after the Protestant Reformation.

ALEXANDER

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Pronounced: al-əg-ZAN-dər (English), ah-lek-SAHN-der (German), ah-luk-SAHN-dur (Dutch) [key]
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος). In Greek mythology this was another name of the hero Paris, and it also belongs to several characters in the New Testament. However, the most famous bearer was Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. In the 4th century BC he built a huge empire out of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India. Due to his fame, and later medieval tales involving him, use of his name spread throughout Europe.

The name has been used by kings of Scotland, Poland and Yugoslavia, emperors of Russia, and eight popes. Other notable bearers include English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744), American statesman Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), Scottish-Canadian explorer Sir Alexander MacKenzie (1764-1820), Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), and Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), the Scottish-Canadian-American inventor of the telephone.

My name wasn't cataloged properly.

JOHN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical

Pronounced: JAHN (English) [key]
English form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan) meaning "YAHWEH is gracious". This name owes its popularity to two New Testament characters, both highly revered saints. The first was John the Baptist, a Jewish ascetic who was considered the forerunner of Jesus Christ. The second was the apostle John, who was also supposedly the author of the fourth Gospel and Revelation.

This name was initially more common among Eastern Christians in the Byzantine Empire, but it flourished in Western Europe after the First Crusade. In England it became extremely popular: during the later Middle Ages it was given to approximately a fifth of all English boys.

The name (in various spellings) has been borne by 21 popes and eight Byzantine emperors, as well as rulers of England, France, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Russia and Hungary. It was also borne by the poet John Milton (1608-1674), philosopher John Locke (1632-1704), American founding father and president John Adams (1735-1826), and poet John Keats (1795-1821). Famous bearers of the 20th century include author John Steinbeck (1902-1968), assassinated American president John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), and musician John Lennon (1940-1980).

if you see in facebook my name is weird

:D

KOBE
Gender: Masculine

Usage: Various

From the name of the city in Japan. The parents of basketball player Kobe Bryant chose this name after seeing Kobe beef (which is from the Japanese city) on a menu.

This is for me too...heh, that just proves that my name's unique.