Behind Your name

[Azred]

from the website: STEPHEN Gender: Masculine Usage: English, Biblical Pronounced: STEEV-en, STEF-en Extra Info: Popularity, Related Names, Namesakes, Websites From the Greek name Stephanos which means "crown". Saint Stephen was an early Christian martyr who was stoned to death, as told in Acts in the New Testament. Another Saint Stephen is the patron saint of Hungary, the first Christian king of that country (10th century). As well, this was the name of kings of England, Serbia, and Poland and ten popes. More recently it is borne by the British physicist Stephen Hawking and the American author Stephen King.

Which not only explains why I am an elitist, but rightfully so. [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img]

[ 01-08-2005, 09:40 PM: Message edited by: Azred ]

[armageddon272]

Michael:
From the Hebrew name Miyka'el which meant "who is like God?"

I win. It also said that Michael is current;y the 2nd most popular name in America, and was 1st and 2nd most popular for quite a few decades. It was once even popular as a girl's name.

[ 01-08-2005, 10:45 PM: Message edited by: armageddon272 ]

[LennonCook]

LENNON
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LEN-un [key]
Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Leannáin, which means "descendent of Leannán". The name Leannán means "lover" in Gaelic.

Well, I won't dispute it. [img]smile.gif[/img]

VICTOR
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Portuguese, Romanian
Pronounced: VIK-tor (English), veek-TOR (French) [key]
Roman name meaning "victor" in Latin. Several early saints and three popes have had this name. Another famous bearer was Victor Hugo, the French author who wrote 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Les Miserables'.
So, "Victor" is latin for "victor". Oh, how very informative. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Gangrell]

Originally posted by Azred: from the website: STEPHEN Gender: Masculine Usage: English, Biblical Pronounced: STEEV-en, STEF-en Extra Info: Popularity, Related Names, Namesakes, Websites From the Greek name Stephanos which means "crown". Saint Stephen was an early Christian martyr who was stoned to death, as told in Acts in the New Testament. Another Saint Stephen is the patron saint of Hungary, the first Christian king of that country (10th century). As well, this was the name of kings of England, Serbia, and Poland and ten popes. More recently it is borne by the British physicist Stephen Hawking and the American author Stephen King.

Same here.

[Rikard T'Aranaxz]

My Real Name is Chao Kang, which is Shao Kang in proper pinyin.

Shao means Little or less
Kang means happyness
full translation would be
modest, happy with little...
or so my dad tells me

my names not in this damn thing XD

[Illumina Drathiran'ar]

Dark red...

[Sigmar]

"NICHOLAS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: NI-ko-las (English), nee-ko-LA (French) [key]
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From the Greek name Nikolaos which meant "victory of the people" from Greek nike "victory" and laos "people". Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop from Anatolia who, according to legend, saved the daughters of a poor man from lives of prostitution. He is also known as Santa Claus (from Dutch Sinterklaas), the bringer of Christmas presents. He is the patron saint of children, sailors and merchants, and Greece and Russia. Nicholas was also the name of two czars of Russia and five popes."

I am the Anti-Pimp.

[dplax]

PATRICK
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English, French, German
Pronounced: PAT-rik (English), pat-REEK (French) [key]
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From the Roman name Patricius, which meant "nobleman" in Latin. A 5th-century saint, the patron saint of Ireland, adopted this name (his birth name was Sucat). During his youth he was captured by Irish raiders and enslaved, but after six years of servitude he escaped to his home in Britain. Eventually he became a bishop and went back to Ireland as a missionary, where he succeeded in Christianizing the entire country.

[TheGodThatFailed]

Cool, another 2 people called Stephen.