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What’s in a Name?
September 11, 2009 | | 33 Comments
People get their names in all sorts of interesting ways. Some are named after family members, fictional characters, months, or even flowers. Some parents choose a name for it’s meaning. Some names have very simple stories while others have complex ones.
My story is pretty simple. My name, Angela, comes from my grandmother, Angelina. My parents named me after her. My name means, ‘like an angel.’ Some people would agree with the meaning of my name while others would probably get a pretty good laugh out of it!
What is your name? Where did your name come from? How did your parents decide what to name you? What does your name mean? You may have to ask your parents first if you have never talked about this!
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My name is Marlena it means Marie Magdeline. My parents named me that for a couple reasons 1 is that my dad wanted to name me lena. 2 is because my mom wanted to give everybody a christain name.
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Eraloth Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Wow I think that’s very interesting. I really like your name!
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My name is Kilohana .It means superior .My dad named me Kilohana after him Hana and just added Kilo. My mom was goig to name me kaimi.When she told me that she was going to name me that i said i didn’t like it.
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My name Eraloth is parts of my dad’s name and my mom’s name. Era is from my dad’s name which is Rannie, and loth is from my mom’s name. I’m ususally called Era though because it’s easier and Eraloth is a very weird name to me. I am proud of it though.
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My name is Sabrina.It’s Sabrina because thats the name my dad wanted to name me.But Sabrina is actually my middle name. It’s my middle name because of the place I was born in.Were I was born the name had to be in that language.And I dont think my name has a meaning.
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my parents named me after the name Jonathan David in the bible they had long ago
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my name ulises.My mom and my dad named me like that beacause they said its a very special to them.I come from mexico thats why my name is ulises.
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my name is makala my mom siad it “like a princess name”
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Hi my name is Ever. My name is a mexican name. My mom wanted to call me John but my dad said theres too many Johns. So they called me Ever. My mom says my name stands for being the best child ever.
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my name is bethlehem,my family calls me betty. bethlehem is weregod was born,the city,and thats the meaning of my name.
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My name is Brent. My parents were going to name me Jacob ,but they thougt Brent was prettier ,and my mother is an english teacher which might explain why my name is of the old english meaning of “hill mount”. The other meaning of my name means when criminals get burnt or branded as a punishment. My mother doesn’t know about the second meaning.
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My name is Isabelle. It means God’s is my oath or God’s promise.
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michelle Reply:
September 25th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Thats cool.Do you like your name. I think your name is really nice.
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Isabelle Reply:
October 6th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Thank you Michelle and yes, I do really like my name.
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kilohana Reply:
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:04 am
thats very cool
My mom and dad named me after my granpa becuase he died.My name means generous.
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My name is christian.some people call me chris,my mom wanted my name to be alex but i like christian. christian my mom said fine because itsa christian name.
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hello mrs. k it is me ciena i haven’t seen you in like forever. oh and middle is a lot of work 6 classes of homework but they are fun but your the best out of all of the teachers i have had. And show the way you rock all year long and tell i said hello. and can you email me cause i would like to come and see you at school just to vist so i can tell you all abut middle school. my email is cienac5510@sola.ccsd.net. bye
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Angela Kulikowski Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Hey Ciena! It’s great to hear from you! I would love to have you stop by and visit. Just so you know, your e-mail account is no longer active through solia unless one of your middle school teachers set you up with one. So, if you don’t have another e-mail, get your mom’s permission and get a free account through yahoo, hotmail, google, or something like that. Let me know if you get another e-mail address and I’d be happy to correspond with you!
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I think your story is interesting.My name is Kevin. My name came from my dad. I think your name and your grandmother’s name is awesome.
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Hi, My name is Alyssa.My dad picked my name.My parents made a list and choosed Alyssa.They picked my name because my mom thought Alyssa sounded beautiful with my middle name,Yvonne.My name means rational.I’m proud to be named Alyssa.
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My name is Adam.It is biblical. It means man in hebrew.I was named Adam because my mom would of been named Adam if she was a boy.
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Mt mom told me that she gave me the name Isana Rain because the first part Isana was after my great grandma Anna. The second part Rain after her middle name Larain and since there’s already been an Anna Larain in the family she changed it a little.
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My name is Michelle. My dod chose that name because it had a nice ring to it. my name means who is like god. My family thought it would be good for me.
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SOME PEPOLES NAMES COULD MEAN DIFFRENT THINGS, AND NAMED AFTER A PERSON OR A THING. I THINK THAT YOU AND YOUR GRANDMOTHERS NAME IS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IT MEANS ANGEL.OTHER PEOPLES NAME IS BEAUTIFUL TOO IN ITS OWN WAY.
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My name is Isabelle. It means God is my oath or God’s promise.
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My parents both really liked the name Isabelle, so they decided to name me that. It originally came from the name Isabella, but my parents think that Isabelle is prettier.
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my name is john. John means god is gracious.
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My name Means Marie Magdeline in german. I got this name because my dad wanted to name me Lena so they figured out what Marlena means and decided on that to be my name. They also decided on that name because it is from the bibil. Everyone in my family has a name from the bible. Also I’m german and Marlena means Marie magdiline in German, So thats how I got my name.
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My name is Bethlehem.My name is from the Bible.My parents decided to name me Bethlehem because it means where god was born and they really like the name.My name means where god was born and Bethlehem is the city.My parents read the bible all the time and they thought that the name Bethlehem is legendary.
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Hi Mrs. Kulikowski!!!!!!!
It’s Yaelene.
It means beutiful and something I don’t remember..
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Hi Mrs Kulikowski’s class. I was named Pamela after my cousin – I think she was my mum’s favourite niece! It is apparently from Greek, and means “honey” or “all sweetness”. I think some of my family might have something to say about that!
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Well, my parents have always told me, and almost everyone they know, that my name means a gift from God. Although, I don’t really know where my name came from. But I think that my parents just looked in the baby name book in the hospital and picked Hiba. So, I don’t think that my name has a very interesting background. Only if you count your parents choosing your name out of name book.
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