Wednesday, January 21, 2009

What is in a Name?


We will begin talking about Greek Mythology this week. The main part of Greek Mythology are the gods and goddesses. Some, perhaps, are quite common: Zeus, Apollo. Others may be new to us: Ares, Haphestus, Hera. We will be taking a look at the notable Olympians and the Titans. We will discover that the names of these gods, goddesses and Titans means something. Posideon: god of the sea, Ares: god of war, etc. With this as the theme to our new post for the week, let's think about what our own Name means. Using the link along the side under "Name Meaning," find out what your first name means. Simply click on the link, type in your first name, and share the origin and meaning in your comment. It should be interesting to see what all of our names mean. Enjoy!
Example:
Name: Abby (my wife's name)
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: A Father's Joy

57 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi mr k my name is emily its a latin name and it means idustrious idk wat that mean though

Anonymous said...

NAME:Tyler.

Orign:Middle Eng.

Meaning:A tiler of roofs.

Popularity:16th.

Anonymous said...

NAME:Dylan

ORGIN:Welsh

Meaning:Son of the waves

Anonymous said...

My first name "Patrick" is Latin and it means Nobleman.

Anonymous said...

Name: Brendan
Origin: Irish
Meaning: A Raven

Anonymous said...

Name: Paige
Origin: English
Meaning: Young Child

Anonymous said...

Gender: Female

Origin: Spanish

Meaning: Open Plain

Anonymous said...

Name: Paidon

Origin: none

Meaning: none

Anonymous said...

First Name: Alex

Gender: Male

Origin: Greek

Meaning: Protecter Of Men

Popularity: 15th in the U.S


Last Name: Wilde

Gender: Female (unless it is Alex Wilde then it's 100% Male)

Orgin: German

Meaning: Untamed

Anonymous said...

Name: Emily
Origin: Latin
Meaning: industrious

Anonymous said...

Name:Alyssa
Origin:German
Meaning:Truth

Anonymous said...

hey mr. klumper!

name: Jessie

origin:) Hebrew

Meaning:) God's grace

Anonymous said...

Hey Mr.K

Name:Hannah
Origan:Hebrew
Meaning:Grace of god

Anonymous said...

Lydia is my name it means a maiden from lydia it's origin is greek and gender is female.

Anonymous said...

Austin

latin ame

Anonymous said...

MAKENZIE
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Irish
Meaning: Son/Daughter Of The Ruler

It's GROSS!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

name zachary
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Jehovah Has Remembered

Anonymous said...

My name is Anastasia:

Definition:
Ressurection or Springtime

Origin:
Greek.

Ressurection is like coming back to life after your dead. And (duh) springtime. Spring.

Anonymous said...

Name: Brad


Origin: English


Meaning: Broad


Name: Taylor


Origin: Mid. English


Meaning: A cutter of cloth

Anonymous said...

Levi...
Gender: Male (obviously)
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Joined to


Whatever that is supposed to mean, right on. See ya later bye

Anonymous said...

Sadly they have no meaning for McKercher so I am feeling very sad and unneeded. Just kidding. Bye

Anonymous said...

NAME: Andrew

Origin: Greel

Meaning: Manly

Anonymous said...

Name: Kjerstin (my name)
Origin:No information
Meaning:No information

Name: Michell (my mom's name)
Orgin:French
Meaning:Who is like a God?

Anonymous said...

Name: Mackenzie

Origin: Irish

Meaning:Son/Daughter of Kenneth


It's Weird

Anonymous said...

Name:Denton Origanal:english Meaning:from the valley farm.

Anonymous said...

Name:Evan

Origin:welsh

Meaning:God Is Gracious

Popularity:#39

Anonymous said...

my name mean
descenent from gaelic
CASSIDY

Anonymous said...

Name: Nicole

Origin: GREEK

Meaning: Victory of the people

Anonymous said...

name:ADAM
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: The Earth

Anonymous said...

Hi, my name is chris and here are the results from the name thingy:
Name:CHRIS
Origin:Greece(SWEET!)
Meaning:Christ-bearer

Anonymous said...

Allison/Alli=

Origin- English
Meaning-Truth (HA yeah right)


I got a kick out of it meaning "truth"

Alli out!!

Anonymous said...

NAME: Molly
ORIGIN: Irish
MEANING: sea of bitterness :(



But it's wierd because I am like that.

Mr. Klumper said...

Great Blogging, my students. I find it very interesting to see what your first names mean. Some are actually quite true :)

Anonymous said...

Hi people.
The Gender is: Female
The origin is: Hebrew[ Honestly don't like Hebrew people, no offense to anybody that does or anything]
Meaning or my name: A female Sheep.

Last name,
I looked on another site.
It is:
The Gender is a: male
The origin is: Greek
The meaning is: a male deer.

Anonymous said...

OOPs i messed up
Name:Riley
Origin:Irish(for my luck i could go to notre dame)
meaning:Valiant(I like this website!)

p.s. Mr. Klumper please dont publish the other one I messed up my name.

Anonymous said...

my meaning is brave spear

Anonymous said...

Origon:English
Meaning:Broad Hillside
Gender:Male
Popularity:2004;#417

Anonymous said...

garrett
meaning brave spear
gender male
origin irish

Anonymous said...

name:lexi
gender: femaale
origin: greek
meaning: protector of men

my real name.
alexis
gender: female
origin: greek
meaning:defender

Anonymous said...

name: tyler
origin: Middle eng
meaning: Tiler of roofs

last name: erck
origin: old norse
meaning: Ruler of all

Anonymous said...

Name: Halle
origin: German
Means: ruler of the home

Anonymous said...

name/ jessica/jessie
origin/ hebrew
meaning/ god's grace

Anonymous said...

first name
Name: Maggie
Origin: Greek
Meaning: A Pearl

last name
name: roe
Gender: Male
Origin: Anglo-Saxo
Meaning: Red Haired

Anonymous said...

my name is sammie and my name means listener and i no i am a gooood listener!!!

Anonymous said...

Name:Troy
Origin:France
Meaning:From Troyes

Anonymous said...

hi this is marie and my name is french and it means sea of bitterness... what a nic meaning huh?

Anonymous said...

My name "Theodore" means gift of god.

Anonymous said...

My name Marina means From the Sea

Anonymous said...

Gender:Male
origin:Hebrew
Meaning:To flow

Anonymous said...

HI MR.KLUMPER I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ONN WENDSAY AND GOT OUT LATE THURSDAY AND WENT BACK SATERDAY IM DOINNG MY HOME WORK NOW BUT YA IVE HAD A VERY BUSY WEEK AND I HAD SO MUCH HOME WORK YOU DONT EVEN NNO I HAVE 4 PAGES IN ENGLISH AND 1 PAGE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES AND THE HOLE REVIEW IN SPELLING AND IM ONLY HALF WAY DONNE WITH IT AND ACHIVMENT SERIES INN MATH WITCH ILL DO ON MONDAY AND CHAPTERS TO READ IN READING SO YA ON WE I WEDNSDAY TO BED AT 4 AND WOKE UP AT 6 AND GOT LOTS AND LOTS OF SHOTS AND IVS WELL IM GONNA FINISH MY HOMEWORK BYE:)

Anonymous said...

Name:Jordan

Origin:Hebrew

Meaning:To Flow

Anonymous said...

My name goes right along with the truth about me!

originated: English

Meaning: Smart(Its true)

Anonymous said...

my name has no match because my dad made it up he said it means her fathers glory

Anonymous said...

my name doesn't have a meaning

Anonymous said...

Name: Kaity

Gender: Female

Origin: American

Meaning: Pure

Anonymous said...

MR.KLUMPER!!!!!!
My first AND middle name means THE SEA OF BITTERNESS!!!!!


MOLLY MARIE

I am mad at the Irish people now>:(

Anonymous said...

Name: Kaitlyn (or Katy)

Meaning: pure

Origin: Irish