| Tuesday, July 06, 2004 |
| WHAT'S IN A NAME-- PART II |
Here are some names again with its derivatives.
***ARCHIBALD
the name has its origin in the Norman French name, 'Archambault', itself ffom an old German name formed from 'erkan', meaning "genuine", and 'bald' meaning "bold" so the overall meaning is "TRULY BRAVE".
***ARETHA
the name a rose as a form of a Greek name 'Arete', meaning "EXCELLENCE".
***ARTHUR
a celtic name of uncertain origin, but linked with 'art' meaning "BEAR".
***BARRY
the name is either an English form of the Irish name 'Barra' a short form of 'Fionnbarr'. itself formed from Irish 'fionn' meaning "white" and 'barr' meaning "head", hence "WHITEHEAD"
***BASIL
the name derives from the Greek name 'Basileios' , meaning "Royal", itself from 'Basileus' meaning "King", hence "ROYALKING".
***BEATRICE
the name comes from the latin word, 'Beatrix', meaning "she who makes happy, itself from 'beatus', meaning "BLESSED".
***BELINDA
the name ultimately derives from the old German word, 'lint' meaning to say, "snake". it could be a blend of Italian 'bella' or French 'Belle' or "BEAUTIFUL.
***BENEDICT
an english form of the latin 'Benedictus' meaning "BLESSED"
***BERNARDthe name has its origin either in the old english name 'Boernheard', form from 'beorn', meaning to say "man" or "warrior" and 'heard' meaning to say "brave", hence it is "BRAVEMAN".
***BERTHA
the name derives from the old german name 'Beratha', itself from 'beraht' or "bright" or "FAMOUS".
***BRENDA
the name may ultimately come from the old Norse word 'brandr', meaning to say "SWORD".
***CANDIDA
an adoption of the latin name 'candida' the feminine name of 'candidus' meaning to say "WHITE".
***CATHERINE
it was first linked to the word 'aikia'. meaning to say "torture", but then it was linked to a Greek word 'katharos', meaning to say "PURE".
***CELIA
an adoption of the latin word 'Caelia' or the word 'Caelum' meaning to say "HEAVEN".
***CONRAD
an english spelling of the form German named 'konrad', formed from the old german 'kuon', "bold" and 'rad' "counsel", so hence it is "BOLDCOUNSEL".
***DAMIAN
An english adoption of the greek name 'Damianos', in turn from 'daman' to "Tame", so the meaning is "TAMER".
***DESIREE
this is a french name that represents the original latin name,'Desiderius' ,meaning "DESIRED".
***DIANA
the name is that of a greek goddess of the moon and the hunt, also from the latin word, 'dea' meaning "GODDESS".
***EDGAR
old english formed from the word, 'ead', "Prosperity", or "Riches" and 'gar', meaning "spear", hence the name is "OWNING MANY SPEARS".
***ERNEST
the present english name developed from the old german name 'Ernust', corresponding to the modern german name 'Ernst', meaning "SERIOUSNESS" or "EARNESTNESS".
***ETHEL
the name comes from the first element meaning, 'noble', of an old german name such as 'Ethelburga' "NOBLE FORTRESS" or 'Ethelgive', meaning "NOBLE GIFT".
***FERDINAND
the name is an english form of the old german name 'Fridenand' formed from the word 'Fridu', "PEACE" and 'Nand' "BRAVERY", hence iit is called "PEACE THROUGH BRAVERY".
(abstracted from the Dictionary of First Name)
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