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Names and Meaning
DIR By: Allie
Date: February 6, 2019, 3:14 am
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I was talking recently about how important names were in the
past and how, in ancient times, people believed that they could
even affect a person's destiny.
I know it is still somewhat important in many cultures, but
where I am from, I have the impression other criteria are more
relevant (but I am not a parent)
Do you think the meanings of the names are still considered? Is
it important (in your culture of for you)?
Do you know the meaning of your name?
I was looking for a list a saw some days ago with popular names
with kind of lame meanings. As I could not find it though, I
found this website where you can enter your name and read an
"analysis" of it.
HTML https://www.kabalarians.com
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Re: Names and Meaning
DIR By: Alharacas
Date: February 6, 2019, 4:58 am
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My goodness, this is a truly wondrous site! I just entered the
name of Kevin for curiosity's sake:
HTML https://www.kabalarians.com/name-meanings/names/male/Kevin.htm
;D
No, in general, I don't think Germans pay much attention to the
meaning of the name they give their baby. Why else would atheist
parents have named their daughter Renate (from Latin renata -
the re-born one)?
People seem to just follow trends here. Every other guy roughly
my age is called either Michael or Thomas, every other woman
seems to be called either Sabine or Gabriele. Right now,
kindergartens and elementary schools are full of Alexanders and
Maximilians. Lots of Kevins in between.
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Re: Names and Meaning
DIR By: Kseniia
Date: February 6, 2019, 5:21 am
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Interesting website. It's always nice to know that your name
makes you generally intolerant and "could take you into bitter
experiences through impulsive action" :)
I think in Russia most people do not consider the mystical
"destiny" factor when giving names to their children. Still,
people are curious about these things, so I suppose many know
something about their name's origin. I know the meaning of my
name (at least some modern interpretations), and I find it a bit
ironic that I hear the literal translation of my name quite
often — usually when people think that I don't understand them.
Religious people tend to care more about it, but they use the
calendar of saints, so it's not about meanings, strictly
speaking, it's about your patron saint.
[interestingly, I just googled it and found out that today's my
name day (in Russia it's called
именины)]. In the
past, name days were probably even more important than
birthdays, and we have some linguistic evidence for this: today
a person having a birthday is still called
"именинник",
and some people use the words
"именины" ("name day")
и "день
рождения"
("birthday") interchangeably.
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Re: Names and Meaning
DIR By: Allie
Date: February 6, 2019, 6:50 am
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Hehehe, I am happy you seem to be enjoying the site. ;)
Where I am from, I also think it has a lot to do with trends.
Names from soap operas tend to become popular.
In certain regions, people like combining names to create
something “unique”. The results are… well… interesting.
The most common names last year were Helena, Alice, Laura,
Manoela and Valentina. As for boys, Miguel, Heitor, Benjamin and
the classic Davi, Matheus and Lucas.
Usually, our names come from Europe, particularly Portugal, but
names from other parts of the world can be found too and we may
need to translate/adapt them.
I was supposed to be a “Kelly”, but back then, the notary didn’t
allow foreign letters. It’d have to be “Queli” (as the spelling
is similar to a butter’s brand, my mother anticipated the
bullying I would suffer and changed her mind)
The result was the translation/adaptation of a Greek name and I
am sure no one checked the meaning, as I found out it is
“mocker”
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Re: Names and Meaning
DIR By: Allie
Date: February 6, 2019, 6:59 am
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@Kseniia
Reading your answer reminded me about a video I saw about a
Russian colony in Brazil (“Primavera do Leste”, if I am not
mistaken).
It said that they had preserved some old Russian traditions and
I think there was something about names. You have a regular
first name and then a “secret name” that they don’t tell. Is is
the Saint’s name?
Do you know what I am talking about?
#Post#: 12135--------------------------------------------------
Re: Names and Meaning
DIR By: NealC
Date: February 6, 2019, 7:45 am
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Is the site connected to the Kabbala religious sect? I am
afraid to do more than put in my first name - I don't want to
get a bunch of religious info in the mail. Or even worse, a
proselytizing team showing up at my front door!
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Re: Names and Meaning
DIR By: Allie
Date: February 6, 2019, 7:49 am
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--- Quote from: NealC link ---
>
> Is the site connected to the Kabbala religious sect? I am
afraid to do more than put in my first name - I don't want to
get a bunch of religious info in the mail. Or even worse, a
proselytizing team showing up at my front door!
>
--- End Quote ---
It was just suggested to me while I was looking for something
else, so I don't know much about it, but you just have to insert
your name (or anyone else's), nothing more.
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Re: Names and Meaning
DIR By: benseac
Date: February 6, 2019, 8:02 am
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The only meaning I know of my name is that I'm named after my
uncles as my first name is my maternal uncle and my middle name
is my paternal uncle. I don't think most Americans put much
thought into the meaning of the names they give their kids other
than naming them after someone else. There are times I think
they pick a bunch of random characters from a bag of Scrabble
letters and go what that. There have been kids named Espen
(after the sports network ESPN) and Nascar. I just don't
understand the lack of thought people put into their kids' names
sometimes.
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Re: Names and Meaning
DIR By: Alharacas
Date: February 6, 2019, 8:05 am
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--- Quote from: Erik link ---
>
> In certain regions, people like combining names to create
something “unique”. The results are… well… interesting.
>
--- End Quote ---
Heck, yes. Look at these names of German babies (from 2017):
Adonis, Platon, Mex, Tyler Holger, Sissi, Paige-Amber-Rose oder
Melody Elke. Poor little blighters.
There's even a whole blog about this:
HTML https://blog.beliebte-vornamen.de/category/babynamen-der-woche/
Thanks for reminding me, Kseniia. 50 years ago, name
days/saint's days were still much more important than birthdays
in some of the Catholic parts of Germany. As a child, the whole
concept seemed utterly bewildering to me as no two calenders
ever showed the same saint/s for the same date (except for St
John and St Barbara, I think), and there were obviously a lot
more saints than there were days in a year. Just imagine not
knowing when to celebrate the equivalent of your birthday, and
maybe even not having one every year - the horror!
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Re: Names and Meaning
DIR By: Truman Overby
Date: February 6, 2019, 8:12 am
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I always had the impression that name meanings were important in
the past because they described your occupation. For example,
Weaver, Laird, Potter, etc., told the world what you do to earn
a living. These are English/Irish/Scottish, of course. But I
suppose that other cultures used the same naming scheme.
We have the same trendy naming chaos in the US as Alharacas {
what kind of name is that?!?!? } describes.
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