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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:

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

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  2. NAME:Tyler.

    Orign:Middle Eng.

    Meaning:A tiler of roofs.

    Popularity:16th.

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  3. NAME:Dylan

    ORGIN:Welsh

    Meaning:Son of the waves

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

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  5. Name: Brendan
    Origin: Irish
    Meaning: A Raven

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  6. Name: Paige
    Origin: English
    Meaning: Young Child

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  7. Gender: Female

    Origin: Spanish

    Meaning: Open Plain

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  8. Name: Paidon

    Origin: none

    Meaning: none

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  9. 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

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  10. Name: Emily
    Origin: Latin
    Meaning: industrious

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  11. Name:Alyssa
    Origin:German
    Meaning:Truth

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  12. hey mr. klumper!

    name: Jessie

    origin:) Hebrew

    Meaning:) God's grace

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  13. Hey Mr.K

    Name:Hannah
    Origan:Hebrew
    Meaning:Grace of god

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

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

    It's GROSS!!!!!!

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  16. name zachary
    Origin: Hebrew
    Meaning: Jehovah Has Remembered

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  17. My name is Anastasia:

    Definition:
    Ressurection or Springtime

    Origin:
    Greek.

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

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  18. Name: Brad


    Origin: English


    Meaning: Broad


    Name: Taylor


    Origin: Mid. English


    Meaning: A cutter of cloth

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


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

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

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  21. NAME: Andrew

    Origin: Greel

    Meaning: Manly

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

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

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  23. Name: Mackenzie

    Origin: Irish

    Meaning:Son/Daughter of Kenneth


    It's Weird

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

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  25. Name:Evan

    Origin:welsh

    Meaning:God Is Gracious

    Popularity:#39

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  26. my name mean
    descenent from gaelic
    CASSIDY

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  27. Name: Nicole

    Origin: GREEK

    Meaning: Victory of the people

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  28. name:ADAM
    Origin: Hebrew
    Meaning: The Earth

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

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  30. Allison/Alli=

    Origin- English
    Meaning-Truth (HA yeah right)


    I got a kick out of it meaning "truth"

    Alli out!!

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



    But it's wierd because I am like that.

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

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  33. 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.

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  34. 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.

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  35. my meaning is brave spear

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

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  37. garrett
    meaning brave spear
    gender male
    origin irish

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  44. Name:Troy
    Origin:France
    Meaning:From Troyes

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

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  46. My name "Theodore" means gift of god.

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  47. My name Marina means From the Sea

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  48. Gender:Male
    origin:Hebrew
    Meaning:To flow

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  49. 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:)

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  50. Name:Jordan

    Origin:Hebrew

    Meaning:To Flow

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  51. My name goes right along with the truth about me!

    originated: English

    Meaning: Smart(Its true)

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

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  53. my name doesn't have a meaning

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  54. Name: Kaity

    Gender: Female

    Origin: American

    Meaning: Pure

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


    MOLLY MARIE

    I am mad at the Irish people now>:(

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  56. Name: Kaitlyn (or Katy)

    Meaning: pure

    Origin: Irish

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