My first name - Alyson - is of German origin and means Truth, Noble.

Middle name - Michelle - French origin meaning Who is God?

Last name - Martz - Also German, but I suck and can't remember what it means.

HOLY SHIT.

Okay, so I've spent years thinking my name was just a made-up word because I couldn't find any sort of meaning for it at all except for one possible derivation that really didn't seem right to me. Then this thread inspires me to take another look, and BAM I find my name is much cooler than I ever thought it was!

I'll break it down first. It's apparently a big dispute as to where it actually came from and what it means-- actually, all three of my names are, so basically I take this as permission to mix and match the way I want.

'Allahu Nuri' - 'God is my light'.

'ele' - 'light'.

'eleos' - 'pity'.

'alia/alius' - 'the other', OR 'the foreign', OR 'from a foreign land'.

'Aenor' - feminine form of Einar, which is derived from Ein Herr, which means 'notable warrior', OR a feminine form of Eino, which means 'awe'.

Marie - derived from Mary, which has the possible meanings of 'sea of bitterness', OR 'rebelliousness', OR 'wished for child', but the strongest possibility is mr/mry, which means 'love/beloved'.

And my last name means either 'basket-maker', 'vat-maker', 'tub-maker', 'fanning-wheel maker', OR 'winnowing fan maker'. Those kinda suck, but whatever. Good to know it's not meaningless.

I'm totally only putting down the meanings I like, there are way too many. If I switch around the meanings, it's only for grammatical purposes.

- God is my beloved light
- light and love
- pity and rebelliousness
- pity and love
- light and the sea of bitterness
- the notable foreign warrior, the wished-for child
- the beloved and notable warrior from a foreign land
- the rebellious and notable warrior from a foreign land

Is it just me, or does that name mostly sound like it belongs to Utena?

Also... here's a gorgeous song that many people have sung to me upon hearing my name, and information about the two women I was named for.

Crimson_Flame wrote:

I know that Susan is from the hebrew Shoshannah but that's about it.

According to the name book I have with me, it means lily.

And Patrice, being a French form of Patrick means nobleman.

huzza education these names all sound cool and i am glad that everyone knows some meaning of their names please keep posting

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Ugh. All of you with your fancy names. And here I sit with my bloody common name. *pouts* I'll share it anyway. I always have to look up my name, because I know there's 'grace' or 'wealth' somewhere in my name, but I can never remember where. So here's what I ended up looking up.

Jessica, from the Hebrew, means god beholds? That's.... not right. Ah. There's a translation I recognize more. Protected by god. It's still not what I remember, but I'll look up my middle to see if that's the one that has the other meaning.

My middle name, Anne. At least with a less common spelling. But for the love of all that is holy, call my middle name 'Annie' and I will tear your head off. It's also from the Hebrew, meaning grace, favor.

Streeter, I've always assumed, means something about my ancestors having to deal with streets. *shrugs* I can't ever find anything about that. But, I know I'm a bit of a European mutt. Mostly German & Irish with smatterings of a lot of other northern Europe thrown in the mix. And I'm sure my grandma's connected us to old-blood royalty somewhere....

I've never liked my real name. It's far too common. At the time, my mom thought she was being unique, but she happened to tap into the collective unconscious and name her daughter Jessica, one of the most common names in the US for many a year now. For a while, I was tempted to change my name legally to my screen name, Chani, as that's got to be unique (points/cookies if you know where it's from) and I like it. But, Jessica and Chani really are two different people. I don't want to mix them up. Besides, I was given the name for a reason, I assume. *shrugs*

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OMFG Alithea, marry me now. No one ever knows that! *calms down* Here's your prize of cookies, shaped in sexy Utena-character shapes.

............. When I first saw the movie, I thought Lady Jess was a bit of a...... I don't even know. She was too out there. But I latched onto Chani's name and have kept it for mine ever since. And, having read the books (nearly all of them....), I'm rightfully glad I chose Chani's over anyone else's. Imagine my horror when I found out what happens to Alia (whose name is also awesome!) and the rest of the ladies. Sometimes, I wonder if any of his ladies come to a pleasant end.....

If I had to pronounce your name, it would either be rather phonetically, or like 'aleetheah'. Which, I guess, properly spelled would be more like Alethia. Which also rings bells of books I've read and loved.....

angelicreation wrote:

Lady Chani wrote:

'aleetheah'.

You get to live a long and productive happily-like life.

I......... don't get it. Apparently my brain froze? Or something.

Not once have I ever met another person who can spell my name correctly.

It's spelt "Marianne," but everyone always spells it, "Maryann," "Mary-Ann," "Mary Ann," "Marian," "Marion," or "Maryan." That's not even counting some of the more unusual ways that I've seen people spell it.

Razara and BioKraze wrote:

PET PEEVES ABOUT HOW PEOPLE SPELL THEIR NAMES

I know what you mean, people get my name wrong as well, sometimes they even mistake it for something else all together.

My name is Ronen but I have had people mispell it as Rowan thinking I am named after Rowan Atkinson or Ronin, thinking my name is Japanese when in fact my name is Scottish in origin, I even been misnamed Roman like that famous director.

My name doesn't get misspelled much. It gets mispronounced.

I AM NOT ELNER OK

This is why I go by a nickname.

Yasha wrote:

I AM NOT ELNER OK

How on earth do people forget there's an A as well as an O in your name?   

Being the bratty American that I am, I kinda want to pin that one those darn Canadian accents.   And here I am making fun of the Canadian mod.  Aboot time I stopped that, eh? 

morosemocha wrote:

You watch yourself, or you'll sign in one day, and find that your title has been changed to something like "All of Canadia's Bitch" or "I Screw Movie-Akio."

The latter, I feel, is infinitely more shaming.

Point taken, but Canadian accents make me giggle.