What a name means.

[Epona]

Laura = Feminine form of Late Latin name Laurus, meaning Laurel which was used to make crowns for winning athletes.

My surname is of Saxon origin and means 'cudgel wielder'

Originally posted by Epona: My surname is of Saxon origin and means 'cudgel wielder'

Get that bloody thing away from me, before you poke my eye out with it [img]tongue.gif[/img]

This thread's been quite a laugh, actually. Some of your parents really were optimistic

[Willard]

Hmmm, Willard:

WILLARD m /WIL-ard/ English
From a surname which was derived from the Germanic personal name Wilhard, composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and hard "brave, hardy".

That's strange, all of those traits are exactly the opposite of me....

[Arnabas]

Hmm... My first name means "rock" and my second name has the meaning "protect"... Guess I'd better protect my stones.

DAVID m /DAY-vid/ English, Jewish, French, Russian, Czech, Biblical
Possibly means "friend" or "beloved" from Hebrew. David was the second and greatest of the kings of Israel, ruling in the 10th century BC. Several stories about him are told in the Old Testament, including his defeat of Goliath, a giant Philistine. Jesus was supposedly descended from him. Other famous bearers of this name include the 5th-century patron saint of Wales, two kings of Scotland, empiricist philosopher David Hume, and explorer David Livingstone. This is also the name of the hero of Charles Dickens' semiautobiographical novel 'David Copperfield'.

ROBERT m /RAW-burt/ English, French, Scandinavian, Romanian
"bright fame" from Germanic hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". The Normans introduced this name to Britain. It belonged to three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce who restored the independence of Scotland from England in the 14th century. The author Robert Browning and poets Robert Burns and Robert Frost are famous literary bearers of this name. Also, Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Confederate army during the American Civil War.

Beloved Bright Fame? how... Bizarre. \

[Attalus]

William is from the Old High German Wilhelm which means, "strong Helmet."

[Lifetime]

Hmmm..
Kenneth, derived from Cinaed and Coinneach in Gaelic, meaning born of fire and handsome respectively..
Interesting..

[Bruce The Aussie]

this really annoys me. it says absoloutly nothing about my name, it just says some famous people who had the name and some other drivvle. Gggrrrrrr:

MARK m /MARK/ English, Russian, Biblical
Familiar form of MARCUS. Saint Mark was the author of the second Gospel in the New Testament. He is the patron saint of Venice, where he is supposedly buried. Another famous bearer of this name was Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius), the Roman triumvir who was the lover of Cleopatra. Shakespeare tells this story in his tragedy 'Antony and Cleopatra'. Yet another famous bearer was the American author Mark Twain, writer of 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huckleberry Finn'.

i had to go to marcus to get what it says about mark. this is stupid becuase in my lifetime i've know 4 marks other than me but only one marcus.

also i've just found out my second name also has a religeos background. damn it!

[Lioness]

Originally posted by Attalus: William is from the Old High German Wilhelm which means, "strong Helmet."

*taps Attalus, he gives off a resounding ring* [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Originally posted by Sazerac: Try this site, SomeGuy: http://www.behindthename.com/ Cheers, -Saz Oh, my real name means "warrior" in Greek.

Hey! I have a link to that site at PunkinHaid's House!
Its not a real accurate site for a lot of names though.
Monique means "the advisor" (yeah I can tell you where to put it lol) according to this site but by older translations and in "The Book of Names" (find it at Barnes & Noble) it means "one of wisdom". The book of names contains detailed histories on names along with a lot of other cool info...check it out next time you are there!