[cal823]

Just curious (probably best if you don't include your last name for internet safety :))
What is your first name and its meaning?

My name is sean, which is a form of john, which is an english form of lohannes, which is the latin form of the greek name loannes, which comes from the hebrew name Yochanan, which means "God is Gracious"
So, what about yor names? You can use this site
Behind the Name: View Name: John

Edit- also, what name would you be called if you could choose your name?

[Synnen]

My first name is Heather, and it means "flowering shrub"

The only interesting thing I really know about my name is that Erica is the Italian version of my name.

[Clough]

What an interesting subject for a thread to start! :)

I'm going to use the part of my name that I use on this site, and that would be Clough, because I think that it would be more interesting to tell what it means rather than my first name.

Clough \Clough\, n. [OE. Clough, cloghe, clou, clewch, AS.
(assumed) cl[=o]h, akin to G. klinge ravine.]
1. A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley. --Nares.
2. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after
depositing its sediment on the flooded land. --Knight.
Clough \Clough\ (?; 115), n. (Com.)
An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.
Cloff \Cloff\ (?; 115), n. [Etymol. Uncertain.]
Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred
weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only
in a general sense, of small deductions from the original
weight. [Written also clough.] --McCulloch.

References in classic literature

[1] Adam Bell, Clym o' the Clough, and William of Cloudesly were three noted north-country bowmen whose names have been celebrated in many ballads of the olden time.

Clough can also be used as a reference to the people who live in the valley maybe at the bottom of a hill.

There is a Clough Castle that is situated in Clough, County Down, Northern Ireland. I know that my family on my father's side is of celtic origin.

The word/name is very ancient in origin. There have been many spellings of it throughout the ages. The Oxford English Dictionary has quite a section devoted to Clough. But, that information from the O.E.D. to my knowledge, is not available online.

[METERRE]

My name means " I love You" in a dialect.

[Clough]

My name means " I love You" in a dialect.

Do you mean "Meterre?"

[METERRE]

No, my real first name... Nayeli. Usually spell it Nalleli which sounds the same.

[Clough]

No, my real first name.....Nayeli. Usually spell it Nalleli which sounds the same.

Thank you for the clarification. It sounds interesting concerning your name! Are there any other spellings to it? Where did the name originate?

[METERRE]

I think it's just what people who speak that dialect/language use to say I love you. So yeah it's just a word/phrase of the Zapotec language.
And there's Nayely... Nallely... Nalleli... Nayeli, etc.
I think someone just named their daughter that one day and it went from there.

[Clough]

Where is the Zapotec lanquage used?

[METERRE]

I'm thinking somewhere around Mexico or maybe South America... don't really know for sure.

[Clough]

I'm thinking somewhere around Mexico or maybe South America....don't really know for sure.

Thanks! Gosh, I was thinking that it was from somewhere in the Middle East! But, come to think of it, it does sound like a name for a language that might be from Mexico or South America. It does have kind of an Aztec kind of ring to it.

[METERRE]

Yeah it sure does... thinking about I would like it better if it was the reverse of it: Ilellan. I'd like it like that.

[Clough]

yeah it sure does.....thinking about i would like it better if it was the reverse of it: Ilellan. I'd like it like that.

Ilellan looks and sounds kind of cool! :)

[METERRE]

I have another question in addition to the original post by Cal823, what is the name you would've chosen to be named by if you could've?? Of course if you don't like your current name...

[Clough]

I have another question in addition to the original post by Cal823, what is the name you would've chosen to be named by if you could've??? Of course if you don't like your current name...

Do you really mean the word "didn't" to be used in your question, as in "didn't like your current name?" I am assuming that most people do like their given names here...

[Clough]

Hey, Cal!

This could really turn out to be a winning thread!

Craig

[rpg219]

OK, wouldn't you know... my name doesn't exist :eek: My name is spelled Raegan and pronounced like Ronald... however I detest that because I am female!!

Closest I found:

REGAN
Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: REE-gan [key]

Meaning unknown, probably of Celtic origin. Shakespeare took the name from earlier British legends and used it in his tragedy 'King Lear' for a treacherous daughter of the king. The name also appeared in the 1979 movie 'The Exorcist' belonging to a girl possessed by the devil... it fits the season :)

Or

REAGAN
Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English, Irish

From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Ríagáin meaning "descendent of Riagán". The name Riagán possibly means "impulsive". This surname was borne by American president Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).

[shygrneyzs]

My name is Delores, which is a variant of Dolores. The girl's name Dolores \d(o)-lo-res\ is pronounced doh-LOR-iss. It is of Spanish origin, and its meaning is "sorrows". Refers to the Virgin Mary as "Mary of the sorrows". I was named my Dad's Aunt Dolores.

[startover22]

Hmmmm, my name is a city in Nebraska...
I can't say it on here cause it is to unusual and would be a given for anyone who knows me... And I kind of like being startover22... a little privacy please! LOL

[macksmom]

Michelle... feminine form of Michael... meaning "who resembles god"

My daughters MacKenzie... meaning "fire born" or "son of the wise rule"... once only used as a surname, the girls name MacKenzie is considered masculine.