What's In A Name?

Etymology Stuff

JASON

Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical
Pronounced: JAY-sun (English)

From the Greek name ????? (Iason), which was derived from Greek ?????? (iasthai) "to heal". Jason was the leader of the Argonauts in Greek legend. He went in search of the Golden Fleece in order to win back his kingdom from his uncle Pelias. During his journeys he married the sorceress Medea, who helped him gain the fleece and kill his uncle, but who later turned against him when he fell in love with another woman. This name is also used in Acts in the New Testament to translate the Hebrew name Joshua.


Apparently I'm a healer.
A Golden Fleece go-getter.

And a lover of more than one woman at a time.


-JR

 

Cool, so I'm like, a Jesus baby?

 

CHRISTOPHER
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KRIS-to-fur
Means "bearing Christ", derived from Late Greekâ?? (Christos) combined with (phero) "to bear, to carry". Christopher was the legendary saint who carried the young Jesus across a river. He is the patron saint of travelers. Another famous bearer was Christopher Columbus, the explorer who reached the West Indies in the 15th century.

 

JULIANA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: yuy-lee-AH-nah (Dutch), yoo-lee-AH-nah (German), joo-lee-AHN-a (English) [key]

Feminine form of Julianus (see JULIAN). The Blessed Juliana of Norwich was a 14th-century mystic and author. This name was also borne by a queen of the Netherlands.

 

KAREN (1)
Gender: Feminine

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, German, English

Pronounced: KER-en (English) [key]

Danish form of KATHERINE



But, more importantly, I am also a tribe from Myanmar.

 

BRIAN
Gender: Masculine

Usage: Irish, English

Pronounced: BRIE-an

The meaning of this name is not known for certain but it is possibly related to the Old Celtic element bre meaning "jerk", or by extension "butthole, muncher". Brian Boru was an Irish king who thwarted Viking attempts to conquer Ireland in the 11th century. He was victorious in the Battle of Clontarf, but he turned out to be a pretty crappy warrior and ended up cutting off his own big toe before getting killed by his own troops.

 

OLUFEMI

Gender: Unisex

Usage: Yoruba

Pronounced: Oh-loo-FEH-me

The meaning of this name is derived from the Yoruban phrase "Oluwa fero mi" meaning "The Lord loves me". The use of "Oluwa" as The Lord in the Christian context is undoubtedly a residual effect of British imperialism in the late 19th/early 20th century.

 

SONIA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian

Pronounced: SON-ya (English), SAWN-ya (English)

Variant of SONYA:

SONYA
Gender: Feminine

Usage: Russian, English

Pronounced: SON-ya (English), SAWN-ya (English)
Russian pet form of SOPHIA

SOPHIA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Greek, German, Italian, Ancient Greek

Pronounced: so-FEE-a (English), zo-FEE-ah (German)
Means "wisdom" in Greek. This was the name of an early, probably mythical, saint who died of grief after her three daughters were martyred.

 

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I have a feeling, Bri, that you may have adapted yours just teensy bit...


-JR

 

SAMANTHA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: sa-MAN-tha [key]
Perhaps intended to be a feminine form of SAMUEL, using the popular name suffix antha. It is sometimes claimed to mean "listener" in Aramaic.

 

so using that popular suffix, if AmazingB was a woman he would be AmazingBantha?