Eli. I dunno, it's short for Elijah and is a biblical name of some sort I guess. I'm named after my father, unfortunately.

 

my parents named me Basel ; which in Arabic means :brave, courageous, valiant, intrepid, dauntless, doughty, soldierly, undaunted, gallant.

and i kinda have balls so , it worked out OK i guess

 

Eli. I dunno, it's short for Elijah and is a biblical name of some sort I guess. I'm named after my father, unfortunately.

Why unfortunately?
Don't you like that name?

I suppose you can always have it changed.

 

I was named after my father

Further reading on names and some uncanning factoids:

1. The ordering of authors’ names in academic publications:

Alphabetical ordering of authorship of articles in economics journals apparently is the source of two biases. Einav and Yariv (2006) show that alpha order is biased against authors with later surname initials; the problem is the name that is salient and that readers remember in connection with an article is the first in the sequence, especially when subsequent names disappear in “et al.” Eninav et al. (1999) show that alpha order biases downward the total quality of research; here the problem is that the alpha order convention blocks a race among authors to attain first place by contributing more.

2. Odd kid names:

"Parents who make up bizarre names for their children are ignorant, arrogant or just foolish." Psychologist Albert Mehrabian of the University of California, Los Angeles, on his study looking at how people reacted to names. Traditional names aroused positive feelings, but alternative names did badly (The Guardian, London, 29 April)

3. Why Susie Sells Seashells by the Seashore: Implicit Egotism and Major Life Decisions (the best, though a rather extensive academic paper):

Because most people possess positive associations about themselves, most people prefer things that are connected to the self (e.g., the letters in one’s name). The authors refer to such preferences as implicit egotism. Ten studies assessed the role of implicit egotism in 2 major life decisions: where people choose to live and what people choose to do for a living. Studies 1–5 showed that people are disproportionately likely to live in places whose names resemble their own first or last names (e.g., people named Louis are disproportionately likely to live in St. Louis). Study 6 extended this finding to birthday number preferences. People were disproportionately likely to live in cities whose names began with their birthday numbers (e.g., Two Harbors, MN). Studies 7–10 suggested that people disproportionately choose careers whose labels resemble their names (e.g., people named Dennis or Denise are overrepresented among dentists). Implicit egotism appears to influence major life decisions. This idea stands in sharp contrast to many models of rational choice and attests to the importance of understanding implicit beliefs.

 

ROFLMAO...Oh man, that was priceless...

I looked up the meaning of my name (James)...I didn't know what the meaning meant (Supplanter), so I looked it up and the definition it gave me was, "One who supplants". That just made my day...:lol:...anyways, the THESAURUS defines it as:

supplanter - one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another

giggity...:thumb:

My mom obviously gave it to me because she liked the sound of it rather than the fact that she probably didn't know what it meant...

 

My first name, Ali means "brave" in Persian and Urdu. That, and it was also the name of one of the Prophet Muhammad's closest companion/nephew, who was also the 4th caliph of Islam.

 

My first name, Ali means "brave" in Persian and Urdu. That, and it was also the name of one of the Prophet Muhammad's closest companion/nephew, who was also the 4th caliph of Islam.

Are you brave? ^^

 

Andrew - comes from old greek 'aner/andros', meaning "male".
Reason for it: my moms religious end of story.

 

Are you brave? ^^

Mmm.....not really. I'm no coward, but on the other hand I'm not really someone who'd do something heroic either.

 

Mine is John. It means: We couldn't call you Katie like we wanted, so here, have this ****ty name.

 

Mine is John. It means: We couldn't call you Katie like we wanted, so here, have this ****ty name.

Go have a sex change then!'

Nah but seriously, John is a good strong name

E:

Mmm.....not really. I'm no coward, but on the other hand I'm not really someone who'd do something heroic either.

There's a difference between being brave when you need to, and being the knight in shining armour 24/7.

 

actually, it means Dick.

 

You're only the 1124709217th person to mention that

 

yeah, but the first to mention it here without a word filter D:

 

Dick.

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My first name, Ali means "brave" in Persian and Urdu. That, and it was also the name of one of the Prophet Muhammad's closest companion/nephew, who was also the 4th caliph of Islam.

actually your name is of arabic origin and it means superior or high ,this is not dope related

 

My parents called me Racheal... which apparently is a biblical name and it mean 'Ewe'. That's just great. My parents called me a sheep.

My parents were going to call me Alex, but my grandma was finally given the honour of naming me, so I got called a sheep and 7 years later my brother got the cool name which means 'warrior'. Humph.

 

better then Eww, though right?

 

Why unfortunately?
Don't you like that name?

I suppose you can always have it changed.

I don't dislike the name, I dislike the fact that it was my father's name.

 

Emmanuel.

"God [is] with us" in ancient hebrew.

For the christians it designates the Messiah, yup, Cheesus himself ! :innocent:

In the calendar of saints, Emmanuel's celebration day is the 25th of december, naturally.

Funny I got that name when neither me nor my family have a religion. Guess my parents just liked how it sounded.
Stupidly enough, that name doesn't sound comfortable in my language, so everybody uses an equally stupid nickname instead.
Curses.

I'd prefer 'Alexander'.

 

Funny I got that name when neither me nor my family have a religion. Guess my parents just liked how it sounded.

I'd give my first son the name Gabriel, just because I like how it sounds

 

I got my father name, who in turn got his father's name, who in turn got his father's name. Male first borns FTW.

 

I got my father name, who in turn got his father's name, who in turn got his father's name. Male first borns FTW.

Proto?

 

Proto, your creator was Dr Light.

 

Nay, it was Dr. Willy.

Proto?

But of course. Why did you think otherwise?

Sorry, I'm still paranoid about the internet. I'm not ready to disclose anything more than the generic area I'm living in.