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Strange meanings...

by Lilith (guest)

9/9/2001, 1:36 PM

There are some names with extremely strange meanings. For instance:

Kennedy : "Ugly head."
Byron : "Place of the cow sheds."
Culhwch : "Hiding place of the pig."
Abeni : (this one amuses me) "We asked for her, and behold, we got her."

And, of course, all the girls' names derived from names meaning 'manly' or 'man'. Kind of depressing to be named Charlotte or Andrea and find out what your name means.

What are some of the weirdest name meanings you've found?

(Oh, also, is there any name that actually means 'meaning unknown'? Because that would be awesome.)

Messages

Strange meanings... · Lilith · 9/9/2001, 1:36 PM

•Re: Strange meanings... · Pavlos · 9/9/2001, 3:09 PM

•*chokes* · Lilith · 9/9/2001, 4:18 PM

•Maybe *donkeyful* or *donkeysome* would be better translations :P n/t · Pavlos · 9/10/2001, 3:14 AM

•See, in Esperanto... · Nanaea · 9/10/2001, 6:58 AM

•Donkey-shun Nanjo! :) n/t · Pavlos · 9/10/2001, 7:21 AM

•Re: Donkey-shun Nanjo! :) n/t · Nanaea · 9/10/2001, 7:39 AM

•Anagram tribute to Dr Esperanto · Pavlos · 9/10/2001, 9:03 AM

•Very, very cool, Pavlos. Extremely cool, in fact. You get 10 "cool points" today! :) n/t · Nanaea · 9/10/2001, 10:42 AM

•Thanks! I'm gonna buy me a second-hand russian guitar from an Albanian refugee! :) n/t · Pavlos · 9/11/2001, 2:38 AM

•Re: *chokes* · Zelda · 9/9/2001, 9:16 PM

•ROTFL!!! · 'Cole · 9/9/2001, 10:04 PM

•A few claricications. · Pavlos · 9/10/2001, 3:11 AM

•Re: A few claricications. · Mike C · 9/10/2001, 4:07 AM

•Re: A few claricications. · Pavlos · 9/10/2001, 5:26 AM

•PS being queen of the Amazons surely qualifies as "nonconformist" :P n/t · Pavlos · 9/10/2001, 5:35 AM

•Thanks for your help again Pavlos! n/t · Mike C · 9/10/2001, 2:19 PM

•Pleasure is all mine n/t · Pavlos · 9/11/2001, 2:35 AM