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HelpThe dumbest made-up meaning I’ve ever heard (rant?)
One time, maybe a few weeks or a month ago, I was talking with come classmates and someone brought up how all names have a meaning.
(That obviously isn’t true, but moving on)
Just for fun, we proceeded to each say what our names meant - and, boy, were these people lied to as kids.
Apparently Alyssa means "flower" and "cloud," Madison means "loved one" or something, Stephanie means "royalty," and then what is possibly the stupidest thing I have ever heard (regarding names) is said:
A girl named Preslee (that’s Presley, the surname, spelled kre8tyvely) told us that her name means "most beautiful one who ever lived".
Yes, word-for-word. "Most beautiful one who ever lived."
Preslee.
I tried my hardest to keep a straight face and not tell her that what she just said is pure sh*t. I know I probably sound really obnoxious, but this kind of thing always ticks me off. Turns out, people love making up these fancy, "special," 100% bullsh*t meanings for their names and showing them off as if it suddenly makes them "super speshul!!1!1!!1!!!"
Has anyone witnessed similar cases? Again, I know I sound obnoxious and probably shouldn’t have gotten annoyed at such a harmless thing, but I guess the "name-nerd" nature has taken over me, lol. I just wanted to let this out after it (perhaps unnecessarily) irritated me so much.
(That obviously isn’t true, but moving on)
Just for fun, we proceeded to each say what our names meant - and, boy, were these people lied to as kids.
Apparently Alyssa means "flower" and "cloud," Madison means "loved one" or something, Stephanie means "royalty," and then what is possibly the stupidest thing I have ever heard (regarding names) is said:
A girl named Preslee (that’s Presley, the surname, spelled kre8tyvely) told us that her name means "most beautiful one who ever lived".
Yes, word-for-word. "Most beautiful one who ever lived."
Preslee.
I tried my hardest to keep a straight face and not tell her that what she just said is pure sh*t. I know I probably sound really obnoxious, but this kind of thing always ticks me off. Turns out, people love making up these fancy, "special," 100% bullsh*t meanings for their names and showing them off as if it suddenly makes them "super speshul!!1!1!!1!!!"
Has anyone witnessed similar cases? Again, I know I sound obnoxious and probably shouldn’t have gotten annoyed at such a harmless thing, but I guess the "name-nerd" nature has taken over me, lol. I just wanted to let this out after it (perhaps unnecessarily) irritated me so much.
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I think using the nickname Lyssa for Alyssa is strange. Alyssa contains 'a', a negative prefix, with 'lyssa', 'madness'; so that Lyssa means madness. Yes, 'Lyssa' just looks namey, but it does seem strange.
This message was edited 12/27/2020, 8:30 PM
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Charlotte as “little woman “ because Charles mEans “man.”
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Yeah lol, what the hell is up with that?
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Conversely, I was teaching a class of, supposedly, 13-year-olds going on 14, though quite a few of them had repeated classes before. They wre not the brightest, poor dears, and the school system really did them no favours. I mentioned to them that names have meanings, don't remember why; they got very excited! One girl in particular literally jumped up and down, begging me to tell her what her name meant. Which was all very sweet ... but her name, fn and ln, was Melody Miller.
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on behalf of all 13 year olds i apologize...
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Accepted! Thank you.
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I saw someone with a daughter names Claudia on another website insist that it didn't mean lame, but instead meant "new beginnings".
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I wouldn't be too worried about it: these people's parents probably picked names out of those supermarket baby name booklets, which always have THE most bizarre versions of name meanings.
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Not all names have a meaning? I don't agree. Some are just more mysterious than others.
Alyssa = "flower" isn't that different from Stephanie = "crown", or it's like saying Victoria means "goddess". It's true in a way but imprecise.
Maybe Preslee does mean "most beautiful one who ever lived" to Preslee or her mom (what does a "priest clearing" even look like?!)...
And I'm going to guess several sons of Maud were loved by someone, at some point. :)
I think it's legit (meaningful) if a name develops folk etymologies.
I have no idea why there'd be a connection between Alyssa and cloud, though! Unless it has something to do with noble gases?! Weird.
This is a comment on the Raina name page that I think is funny and sweet:
I have a friend with a young daughter who was named Raina. She told me it meant the moments just after a rainstorm. You know, the clean smell, the sun peeks through the clouds, a rainbow in the sky, the birds start to chirp, everything seems so clean, fresh and renewed. That will always be my favorite definition.
I haven't seen her in years but I always think of her when it rains.
Alyssa = "flower" isn't that different from Stephanie = "crown", or it's like saying Victoria means "goddess". It's true in a way but imprecise.
Maybe Preslee does mean "most beautiful one who ever lived" to Preslee or her mom (what does a "priest clearing" even look like?!)...
And I'm going to guess several sons of Maud were loved by someone, at some point. :)
I think it's legit (meaningful) if a name develops folk etymologies.
I have no idea why there'd be a connection between Alyssa and cloud, though! Unless it has something to do with noble gases?! Weird.
This is a comment on the Raina name page that I think is funny and sweet:
I have a friend with a young daughter who was named Raina. She told me it meant the moments just after a rainstorm. You know, the clean smell, the sun peeks through the clouds, a rainbow in the sky, the birds start to chirp, everything seems so clean, fresh and renewed. That will always be my favorite definition.
I haven't seen her in years but I always think of her when it rains.
This message was edited 12/25/2020, 10:45 PM
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Imo, that seems like a pretty dumb thing to lie about.
Madison damn sure doesn’t mean “loved one”, it means “son of Maud”, Alyssa has a noble meaning, and Stephanie means crown. I don’t know who the hell lies to these kids, but you learn something new everyday.
As I already said, it seems pretty stupid to lie about the meaning of your name, my name, Isis, means “woman of the throne”, and I absolutely love that. But I can assure you literally nobody cares about the meaning of my name. For others it also means Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, but I’m not about to get into that right now.
Anyhow, honestly, I don’t really see how the meaning behind a name make you special or anything, lmao. If there some story or something like that behind your name than that’s a different story. Otherwise, meaning of a name barely means anything to people.
Madison damn sure doesn’t mean “loved one”, it means “son of Maud”, Alyssa has a noble meaning, and Stephanie means crown. I don’t know who the hell lies to these kids, but you learn something new everyday.
As I already said, it seems pretty stupid to lie about the meaning of your name, my name, Isis, means “woman of the throne”, and I absolutely love that. But I can assure you literally nobody cares about the meaning of my name. For others it also means Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, but I’m not about to get into that right now.
Anyhow, honestly, I don’t really see how the meaning behind a name make you special or anything, lmao. If there some story or something like that behind your name than that’s a different story. Otherwise, meaning of a name barely means anything to people.
This message was edited 12/25/2020, 7:35 PM
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Don’t get offended. The person probably didn’t mean to say that in an offensive way, they just genuinely thought that Anders meant "wild dog".
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Sounds like a compliment to me :)
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Alyssa meaning "flower" isn't that farfetched, if they chose it in reference to the alyssum.
Stephanie meaning "royalty" isn't too farfetched either, since the meaning of Stephan is usually cited as "crown."
The Madison and Preslee ones just sound like things the parents told their kids when they asked, because it sounded so much sweeter than "I don't know, I just liked how it sounds" ... and maybe, since they were such small children at the time, they just never questioned it. Kinda cute, and funny that they still seem to believe.
Stephanie meaning "royalty" isn't too farfetched either, since the meaning of Stephan is usually cited as "crown."
The Madison and Preslee ones just sound like things the parents told their kids when they asked, because it sounded so much sweeter than "I don't know, I just liked how it sounds" ... and maybe, since they were such small children at the time, they just never questioned it. Kinda cute, and funny that they still seem to believe.
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Well, my classmates and I are still pretty young, and I’m the only name-nerd among them, so I’m not really that surprised that Madison and Preslee still think that the made-up meanings for their names are true. Maybe they’ll find out the real meanings soon, who knows?
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I think you're kind of overreacting, but I also think that there is too much fuzz to be "special and unique" these days. Making up some deep meaning to your name should not be necessary. You are always special in the eyes of those who love you, no matter what your name is or the meaning behind it. Even if it doesnt have a meaning, the name was loved and therefore picked. Doesnt really need to be more special than that, in my opinion. But with social media I guess its natural for people to feel the need to stand out and be special to the world.
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I think the "special and unique" frenzy is partially why this annoyed me so much. My generation was raised with social media, so I see almost everyone my age trying to be "unique" and "not like the others" a lot. I’ve even pulled that myself, sometimes (though unintentionally).
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I think you're overreacting.
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