Exactly as the title says.

(Mine's Mike BTW) :)

I answered this sort of on a recent thread, but I'll answer again: my first name is Justin, but people call me J. J. (simply because my name is Justin Jones (initials.)

No not nicknames, even if you never get called it, it's what's on your birth certificate.

Alisa. Derived from the Norwegian pronounciation of Alice.

My first name is Ville. It's one of the most common first names in Finland.

Khuyen, pronounced 'Kwin'.

my name is Maja Karin Viola. Maja is my first name but I prefer being called Mullah or Eilonwy. :)

Antoine. It's prenounced in the French way.

My first name is Joakim so you can see that my nick isnt all that innovative. :)

Charlotte, pronounced the belgian way. :p

andrew some people call me roo

My first name is Thijs.
Most foreign people cant pronounce the ij, but Tice (rhyming with mice) would be good enough.

My full name is Matthijs Pieter. People at school call me Malle Pietje, which means Silly Peter.
Matthijs comes from Mattheus, Hebrew for 'Gift of God'. Heheh, cant imagine that!
As far as I know, it has nothng to do with Mathetais.

Mine is Mona. God, I hate that name.

Brian - From the Celtic meaning "Honorable" Kinda fits, doesn't it? ;) :grin: :spin:

My first name is Jeffrey, but everyone calls me Jeff. I hate it when people spell my name Geoffrey, Jeffery, or any other messed up way.

andrew some people call me rooWow, you posted! :eek:

No Way! Sir Bel and I share first names.

Brian it is.

Coincedentaly reepnorp, my middle name is Jeffrey!

Dang, I must say, some people have cool names.

OH, I always thought the B was for Ben. :D

Me name is Robert, which means bright fame.

:lol:

If it were Ben, it would be more so akin to Obi-Wan than it would a clock :p .

I think so far, Ville is the coolest name in this thread. That's a great name. I could see why many people pick it.

Alexander

My real name depends on who you ask - I have a few real first name - one of the reasons I am known as Shape-Shifter in certain places.

Charlotte is the one most people use :evil:

[ November 10, 2002, 21:45: Message edited by: 8people ]

Kevin, plain Kevin,
also Celtic I think :confused:

My name is Kalle, its also a common finnish name. :D

Matthew, or Matt.

In fact, mostly Matt.

My middle name is Alexander.

I wish I was called Bubba. :(

Lol, bubba. Makes you sound like a Hamster. :)

Dude, when did I ever say I wasn't a hamster?

:p

Jay.
Umm...real name's Jesper (but i don't ever want to hear anyone say it incase they feel like losing a kneecap or two :mad: ).
Hans is my first name. As in Hans Jesper.

But Jay will do.
I get called a Gopher everynow and again, and I won't go into detail here about how i got that name.

:D

Z-Layrex wrote to Big B;
OH, I always thought the B was for BenAnd I always thought the B was for Binks.

By the way I am Kris. Chosen for me cause it was an international name... Neat.

[ November 11, 2002, 00:21: Message edited by: Nobleman ]

:grin:

"And I always thought the B was for Binks."

Hello boyos! Mesa back!

PS. Kris Kringle, I always knew you brought us good cheer Nobleman.

[ November 11, 2002, 00:40: Message edited by: Big B ]

Michalis (Michael in english), it comes from hebrew and it means "The man who managed to be almost equal to God" or something like this (I don't remember well).

Taufiq. Its arabic i think and i think (not sure on facts) it means wealth.

Yandrik Leclerc-Desjardins is my full name. Yandrik is my first name. Leclerc is my mother's last name and Desjardins is my father's last name. So Yandrik will do. :) I have no middle name.

[ November 11, 2002, 02:53: Message edited by: Rolsuk Fryulee ]

Christina. Although I answer faster to Stefanina.

Mine is boring -

Christopher David Michael Andrews.

I'll bet my parents were fresh out of church when they picked that one!!

(Not that that is a bad thing... I need all the help I can get!!)

Aidan - a rather celtic name, though I'm Anglo-Saxon myself.

i'm ben. and i like Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi.

big b, looks like you can be Obi-Wan Cannot Be. :grin:

Tapio.
Almost common name in Finland.

(Means the king of the forest)
(i do not play druids)

[ November 12, 2002, 14:44: Message edited by: Taza ]

Wout, which comes from Wouter, which comes from Walter, which means something in the lines of battlefield leader.

My full name is Wout Josephus Martinus Smits. (Raised Catholic)

some call me ...... TIM

Actually, the full name is Timothy ... which is form the koine Greek meaning "Honoring God"

Appropriate? I think so! :holy: :good:

Mathetais, I have a feeling you like Monty Python... :hmm:

My first name is Chris (Christopher, Cristobal [Spanish]). It means 'gift from God (or something like that).' :angel: :good: :holy:

[ November 11, 2002, 16:18: Message edited by: Tarol'azh ]

GARETH m Welsh, English
Pronounced: GAR-eth
Meaning unknown, probably of Welsh origin. In later Arthurian legends Gareth was a knight of the Round Table, the brother of Sir Gawain.

My kids names (which happen to be more interesting than my own) Are Stormie Alexandria and Kyrra Rae. Kyrra is supposed to just be a variation of Cairo (yes, I like Egypt) but I found out that it also means lady-like in Greek. Stormie's just stormy. Her father named her.

Martin, but Marty to pretty much everyone.

It's Latin for 'warlike' and 'unyielding.' :p

Jennifer. It means "pale lady" (very appropriate as I'm blonde and had very white hair and skin as a kid). My parents named me in France, after a pastry shop "Patisserie Jennifer", and were so pleased to have given me an unusual and old-fashioned name, then moved to Canada where approximately 98% of the population is named Jennifer. :rolleyes:

MMMMmmmmmm....Jennifer...!!! I mean, pastry!!! (that Homer Simpson drool sound) Mmmmm... :grin: :spin: :roll:

98% named Jennifer in Canada? Didn't notice that so much of the population was female :D

So I guess I'm in that little 2% range. I'm Gary, and I'd prefer that it's not pronounced the British way.

John here. My sister's name is Jennifer and, you'll note, I live in Canada.

Yeah, my parents were real creative when they came up with those two...

My name is Laura, which means 'kiss my ass' in American :hahaerr:

p.s.
doesn't this guy :sick: look like he's smokin' ?

My first name is Max, which has gotten me called so many different nick names by people that I've lost count; maximillion, mad max, maximillion my hero (don't ask), max powers, max payne, max damage, and, strangest of all, maxturbator (again, don't ask)

Mikkel Dahl Foss. As you probably can guess, Foss is not my first name, and neither is Dahl. That leaves Mikkel, which happens to be my first name. And Mikkel like various other m-names means Michael.

mine is gerard. Not the french pronunciation, but the Dutch one. This is rather close to the German Gerhard only the g sounds more like someone scraping his throath and no h. Its an old germanic name, meaning brave spearwarrior :eek: :D .

Kevin. My mother is from Ireland.

Beelzebub

Shralp - I thought your first name was "Sparky?!?!"

You're thinking of what your mom calls me: Spanky.

Bel ... Sharlp ... stop that.

You made me bust out laughing in the middle of the office.

Now everyone knows I'm crazy.

(That was supposed to be a secret!)

:good:

My name is also Christopher, which actually means a "bearer of Christ". My middle name is Page, which means a messenger. I leave you to ponder whether these names are appropriate...

My FULL Name means:

Powerful noble born maiden who is bitter and Gods gift of grace. I haven't a clue what my sirname means though :confused:

im from Sweden and my name is:
Carl EMIL Ferdinand Fredriksson... but i am going to change my last name to Rutkowzki couse my father is from Germany and thats his original game... well...

See Ya

Guess what Blog.... We are not so different you and I.

My name's Gary too. It means Spear Carrier in ancient tribal brittish and in old english it means Mighty Warrior. I thought that was neat.

(p.s. every film i've every seen that has caucasian working on it has a Gary working on it. Usually something stupid like 2nd light gaffer, or third best boy gaffer.)

Hey Gopher, :idea:
You can always tell us the story on the 'Weird or Interesting Nicknames' thread :grin: !

Shralp...I just talked to my mom, and she said she has two names for you:

Stubby and Speedy :grin: :spin: :roll: :lol: :p

Well mine is actually Lazy.....

nope just joking. My real first name is Gavin. Celtic for "eagle-eyed" or some such.

That's Mister Stubby and Speedy to you, junior.

Sir Bel, Shralp,
LOL. Keep it up.
Stubby and Speedy. LOL.

Shralp - She just told me to call you Daddy... :p

adam, aparently there was this guy with the same name who didnt have any friends, a talking snake, a magic tree and a naked wife.

Jan.

Not Jansen :D
It pronounces Yahn. I think it's a Swedish name, but in Slovenia, 50% people is named Jan, Tim, Tina or Sara(pron. Sarah). :rolleyes:

First name is Marguerite

Edited so people cannot see the name. Want it, EMail me and ask.

[ May 21, 2004, 18:54: Message edited by: Slith ]

jean-vincent.

Neilson ... there is a rating system named after you! Cool.

WHOA. I was coming here, going to do a whole spiel on secrecy, but screw it. I click on the link and what do I see? Me. Name's Johnathan. But everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY calls me JJ. Story behind each of those.

I was born under the name Jonathan in early May, so a few days after I was born, it was mother's day. Dad made the card and spelled my name with the h. Mom said right after that that she wasn't going to have her first mother's day card have my name spelled wrong, so she Changed it to match. Personally, I doubt that, but that's what they tell me.

As for JJ... Actually, they started calling me that before I was born. They didn't know if I was a guy or a girl, and political correct was in, so whenever someone called me (the unborn, unknown gender baby) "Junior", one of my parents said "Or Junior Miss." Junior/Junior Miss. Eventually shortened to JJ, and they just never stopped calling me that.

That's SO funny. I'm a paternal spelling error too. My mother wanted my name to be "Jenifer" rather than "Jennifer" but my father spelled it the English way (two n's) on my birth certificate.

There's a news reporter on my local station that spells Jennifer as Jenaphyr...An interesting twist!

My real name is John.

10 points for any who can guess mine. :)

Irene and it's supposed to mean peace goddess. My parents still don't know me... My middle name is June, my mom's name. Oh, how I hate my parents.

I`m Lennon, was named after some guy called 'John' :)

Everyone has such cool names! :)

Mine sounds Boring.
OH! I'm Alice btw.

And I don't wantto hear NO-Body making any refferencese to Alice in Wonderland. Damn I hate that...

Frosty.

David

Sebastiaan

Sebastion. That's the name of our French teacher, now I'm paranoid as I had a nightmare that he came onto the boards :cry:

btw - Alice in Wonderland - :evil: Oh I just love school

Thank the eight I was not named Pinky! My parents wanted to call me that :wail: the thought Pinky Meharry sounded CUTE!

Ashamed about your names?? See these few:

Got a cousin called Arwen and her brother is called Aragorn...

loving Tolkienstuff, ok
but dont bring that into the family :rolleyes:

My teacher(hellspawn) is named Toby, every time I see him I´ve got a great urge of running to him and tell him I named my dog after him. (No silly, of course my dogs name aint Toby -even though its a dogs name-, then I´ll get nightmares everytime is see the dog

[ November 18, 2002, 20:32: Message edited by: Morgoth ]

You know, I didn't think it was possible to have a three page post about names...I didn't realize there were that many people on the board. And yes, everyone DOES have really cool names ~^_^~. I'm quite jealous.

Evgueniy (Eugene in English) - it comes from Greek "Eugenuis" - meaning "Noble".

Pleeeeease dont laugh..

Mine's Rebecca. Rebecca Louise. :o

Teeny/Becky
(Going red)

Just noticed this whole trend of telling what your name means so here's my contribution.

Johnathan: The Gift of Jehova.

I'm assuming 'Jehova' can be replaced with whatever deity you choose, but that's exactly what the big book o' names said.

Rod

Mine is Alberto, the spanish form of Albert. It is a german name and it means 'noble & bright'

My first name is Mari, as in Virgin Mary but nó one except the people at the Doctor's call me thatt.. it's a family tradition to have some version of the name Mary in a girl's name.

My middle name is Elisa. No one calls me that, either. People seem to think that my firast two nimes are written togeter as Marjaliisa, which they are NOT.

People call me by my third name, which is Johanna, a very popular girl's name in Finland. It originally comes from John the Babtist, I think.

Then, add my last name which is the name of my mother's dead husband who is not in any way, shape or form genetically related to me, and you get my name.

Ara
(If I ever write a book, I'll use a pseudonym)

Rebecca is a nice name... you should not be ashamed of it...

My real name is Bezelbub

I think I was named after someone famous, but I can't remember who.

Um, Nutrimat, I really doubt that your name is Bezelbub.

Lol,

IIRC bezelbub was one of satan servants, the name reminds me of that demon anyways, correction here pleez

[ November 21, 2002, 22:09: Message edited by: Morgoth ]

Allright, you got me
It's Mattheulokronosakivasendiabyunvalarto

No, seriously, it's Matt
All these people have cool names, and mine is just boring. My middle name is Eric, which is a little better (Vikings!), but no one ever calls me that. My dad's side of the family, being mostly Italian and insistent on calling everyone by thier full names, calls me Matthew, which I can't stand.

When I was in high school, I once convinced a new teacher that my name was Freddy Krueger. She called me that for months! Guess she never saw A Nighmare on Elm Street. My cover was blown when I ran into her walking down the hall with another teacher. She said "Hi Freddy!". The other teacher looked at me and said "Freddy?!?".

Dudette_:
You just reminded of a set of funny (yet somewhat cruel) :hahaerr: jokes, and I'll only tell them with an extraordinary amount of pleadings to add a new anecdote to their monologue.

My real name is Maurício Eiji de Almeida Santos Yama****a. I'm a half-breed, hehe. Half Japanese, a quarter italian, a quarter portuguese and brazillian all the way. hehe.
Mauricio means something like "dark haired, brunnet", and my middle name "Eiji" means something like good man, or something (if there's a japanese somewhere around here, tell me what it means exactly, please). My last surname "Yama****a" means "man under the mountain" (again, not sure)

Now, some of the names posted here:

- Gift from god is actually Theodore, Teodoro, etc... I think.
- And Belzebub is a corruption of Baal Zeubub, wich was a mesopotamic deity, I belive. The name was "borrowed" by the catholic church, catholics regarded gods from other religions as demons. In time Baal Zebub became belzebub. Some other demons (who where gods): Belphegor (Baal of Fegor); Thamuz or Tammuz; Dagon or Dagan.
Some other Demon names:

Belial
Asmodeu or Asmodeus
Succor Benoth
Kobal
Verdelet
Nybbas
Wierus

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I have a lot of names and nobody can pronounce my last name. Anyways, my first name is Jessica.

layrex what was the point in this topic or is it just to make conversation

[ November 23, 2002, 22:08: Message edited by: silent_elf ]

Faerus, Youko sure dont sound scandinavian. I think you should go on the asian lead ;)

My real name is the same as Jesus grandfather :grin:

Joacqin, your name is Bob?

:bigeyes:

Amy here. I never liked my name as a kid but as I got older, I've learned that a simple yet uncommon name is a good thing!

Nutrimat, did you ever see the very early Tim Robbins movie "Erik the Red?"

I've never seen this movie. Is it captioned? I can't watch movies unless they are captioned or subtitled.

Honestly, I don't know. I saw it on VHS 5+ years ago. Who knows what's available on DVD?

My real name is Mike, so orginal I don't know what to do with myself sometimes. There are about 7 other Mikes at the firm I work for. It's very annoying for obvious reasons. So I'm know as 'Ice' around the office. Makes things a little less complicated.

Sorvo's name is Rod. That's sweet. If my name was Rod I'd be a pornstar for sure. :D

joacqin, I didn't think it sounded Scandinavian either, but my mom saw it on TV a few years ago, and it was big burly Norwegian guy. I'd think though, that if it is Scandinavian, it would also be spelt (is that a word? Spelt?) Jouko, or something similar. Perhaps?

Jaap --> it's a typical dutch name, hence Apeman because aap without the J is the dutch word for Monkey or Ape :D

Does that have anything to do with Andre van Duin's Animal Crackers, Jaap?

(Harhar!! That was funny, MoN!)

My Real name? It's Michael Andrew but I'm usually addressed as either Mike or Drew. I prefer Drew though, it sounds cooler!

:grin:

*referring to my [read it, MY ] previous post*
....which doesn't seem very likely.........

[ November 26, 2002, 00:05: Message edited by: Tarol'azh ]

Does that have anything to do with Andre van Duin's Animal Crackers, Jaap?

(Harhar!! That was funny, MoN!) Haha, that was funny.........NOT SO FUNNY, but hey it's not like I haven't heard that before, (remembers 8 year of school with that name ;) )

BTW it becomes even worse: last name is van der Aa, quite the original name isn't it (I like it :p )

(J)aap van der Aa, were youre parents stoned or something :p

No, it think they were mad at me at that time .........I was like three weeks late :D

Boris. Its slavic and its means something like fighter or warrior :D
not sure why my parents picked it, as i am not quite slavic but more frisian... have to ask some day

my 10th post already!

[ November 28, 2002, 12:24: Message edited by: Baldrak ]

Well mine is a rear one....

Joar, means a (Viking)Warior on a horse. A verry noble name(Horses to ride in combat was verry rare in those times) and was just named to rich and "High-in-ranks" family members....

Mine is Petar. Meaning has something with rock, if i remember correctly.

Harri. "Harry", in english. Don´t say anything. If you have seen Clint Eastwood´s "Harry", you know what I mean. That was not, however, the reason why my parents picked up that name...

[ November 30, 2002, 18:09: Message edited by: Virne ]

I'm Jari...another typical finnish name. Derives from the Scandinavian name Hjalmar, which basically means a soldier of sorts. I tend to twist into whatever forms with my friends of different nationalities(like Jay or whatever) :p

I'm sorry to interrupt, but I forgot to sy that Belzebub means "lord of the flies".
That's it.

Michelle. Or Meeshell if you so wish