The Meaning Behind Your Name

hello and welcome to fire learning I'm Justin what does your name mean in a past video we did we discussed a meeting behind a large number of common given names in the english-speaking world however in that video we didn't quite get to everyone's name there are a lot of names out there so I promised a second video if that video did well and well here we are in this video I hope to discuss where your name came from and what it means so let's jump right into it Olivia Oliver an interesting pair of names but we may in fact have here is a situation where two separate names that sounded similar became one classical Latin o'leary ODIs meaning olive farmer and a germanic a lifer or Alf our meaning elf warrior Aidan a Celtic name meaning born of fire a reference to the Celtic Sun God aid Kyle Kyle a Kiley Celtic from the word for an arrow or straight Gary dramatic origin related to care an Old Germanic word for spear which is actually where the name Germany might have come from Zechariah Zach from the Hebrew Zechariah meaning remembered by God Theresa Terry Tessa likely from the Greek the reaso meaning harvests are possibly related to Diana the goddess of the hunt Tyrone a name which was originally a place named Tyrone or T Rowan land of Owen is in Ireland where it became a common given name Ethan from the Hebrew Etan meaning spiritual strength Sebastian from the Greek sebast os-- meaning venerable strongly influenced by the Greek city of the same name now called C Vaz Keith a Celtic name related to the word for forest Lawrence Larry likely related to the name Lauren which were discussed in last video related to laurels symbols of victory in ancient Greece and Rome Wyatt from the Germanic veto or we doe meaning wood or forest extra points to any of you who remember Budokan from my videos where we talk about Charlemagne Bruce popularized by the Scottish King Robert the Bruce it comes from Bree normally meaning the will lands Beverly this was once a last name in English which was itself derived from a place name it essentially means Beaver land or one who comes from Beaver land Pamela Pam Pammy the origin of this name is unclear it was likely made up by the 16th century poet Philip Sidney possibly meaning something like universal sweetness from greek harper germanic meaning a harp player Elijah from the Hebrew Yahweh is my god related to the biblical character Lillian Lily Liliana from a Latin lilium of course related to deflower Otto I had a number of requests for this one it's a German name meaning wealth or prosperity Logan a Scottish name meaning little Hollow Caleb Hebrew meaning faithful or devoted Karin and Katrina I forgot to mention in your last video these names also come from Katherine which means pure Renee from the French reborn similar to the word Renaissance Clint meaning likely settlement on a hill another place name Spencer from dispenser an English name for an administrator or steward Stuart a similar name dispenser an old english word that became popular as a name in scotland meaning guardian or steward bernard germanic from baron hard strong like a bear jamal an Arabic name meaning beauty Isaiah Hebrew meaning yahweh is salvation' Austin Augustus Augusta Augustine agostina a Roman name meaning venerable or esteemed Austin is a contraction of this name Connor Celtic from I'm told it's pronounced Connor meaning lover of wolves again extra points to those of you who remember the O'Connor's from my Ireland documentary Calvin originally a surname popularized by the religious leader John Calvin Mason a name derived from the occupation a stone worker hence masonry Chadwick Chad from the Celtic Cod meaning battle or one who does battle Lloyd a Welsh name meaning gray Maurice originally a place name referring to a Roman from the province of Mauritania Virginia from the Latin of Virgo a virgin or Maiden with reference to the mythical Roman character Virginia but also the American state which was named after Queen Elizabeth the first the Virgin Queen Cheyenne from the Sioux language referencing the Western and North American tribe of the same name meaning the supplanter Sharon a Hebrew name from these Sharon plains in Israel Stacy from the Greek Anastasia meaning resurrection Sheila Cecilia Celia once again we have a name that was once one name but became varied across different regions in Europe then re-entered English as different names Cecilia is the original it likely comes from a caelum the word for heavens or sky in Latin so heavenly but might be us meaning blind Shayla or Sheila is the Irish equivalent Deen from the old english word for Valley Luke Lukas Luca forming Latin Luke add a meaning to Brighton this name means the bright one with no small influence from the Gospel of Luke Tristan a Celtic name noisy or bold Casey from a Celtic origin meaning vigilant or watchful Noel from the French word for Christmas Walter Valter Gautier from the Germanic vault and Aria meaning leader of the army Caden likely Celtic from a CAD meaning battle the same word that brings us the name Chad one who does battle Troy sometimes a reference to the legendary city of the Iliad sometimes from the Irish Troya foot soldier Jazmin from the Persian Jasmina gift from God with reference to the flower Zoe from the Greek meaning life Tobias tobe from the Hebrew to via the goodness of the Lord Craig from a Celtic word meaning rock Paulie by their old English a place name meaning place by the hollow or possibly Celtic meaning hollow-eyed Arthur popularized of course by the legendary king of the Britons the name probably comes from a Roman family name our Toria although the origin is unclear Isaac from the Hebrew meaning laughter with reference to the biblical character Colin likely meaning whelp a puppy in Celtic languages or possibly derived from Nicholas Mitchell a variant of Michael Mikio a rhetorical question Hebrew meaning who could be like God Joel from the Hebrew ul Yahweh is God Dylan a Welsh name son of the sea Dominic from Latin domine Equus meaning lordly or belonging to the Lord Carly a variant of Carl which I forgot to mention in the last video in this case it would be dramatic and mean free woman Cody a Celtic origin meaning helpful one Vincent related to Victor from the Latin Wing ketta it means Conqueror Barbra from the Greek Barbaro's foreigner the same root for the word barbarian Jeremiah Jerry Jeremy from the Hebrew God will raise made popular by the Hebrew prophet Lois from the ancient Greek Lois meaning desirable or agreeable Louis Louie from the old romantic Ludovic Claude and Vic meaning bright warrior Humphrey from the Old Germanic meaning peaceful warrior Douglas a Celtic name from Doug and gloss meaning black stream dustin a norse name from Thorstein Thor's stone Hans a dramatic name which comes from Johannes which is a German form of John which means God is gracious Wade likely from the Old English go Wade meaning one who dwells by a waiting place or a few word garret Jared Gerard Jarrett Gerald Geraldine these names share a similar germanic origin either Gerhard meaning brave spear or guerre walled spear ruler Dalton a Norman family name meaning from the farm of the valley or town of the valley Wayne Old English meaning wagon builder or wagon driver Riley from the Irish ralick meaning valiant Mackenzie as mentioned in the previous video Mack means son of usually a Celtic family name Kenzi means welcoming or pleasing or something along those lines Tyler an old English occupational name for a tile maker or tile layer Roy Rex ray Regina Reginald all associated with the romance languages and their words for kings or royalty Roy is French Rex is Latin Ray is Spanish Regina or Regina is Latin for Queen Derek Dietrich Terry dieter from the germanic theodoric meaning ruler of the people Simon from the Hebrew is Simone meaning listener Morgan an old Welsh name meaning something along the lines of defender of the sea Serena a Latin and Greek name related of course in the word serene Valerie a Latin name related to the word for a strong brave and of course valiant Miranda similar to Amanda in the last video it means worthy of admiration Winston originally an English family named Winston joyful stone maximilian maxwell max maximus a Roman name from the Latin Maximus the greatest Cooper Old English meaning barrel maker Madeline a Greek name derived from Mary Magdalene the woman mentioned in the Bible it means of Magdala a city now in modern Israel but can also mean magnificent or elevated Bradley an old English place name meaning place of the Broadwood or broad clearing Madison today it's a unisex name popular with girls but it used to be a surname like most names ending in son meaning son of Matthew Leonard Leopold Leo all related to the Latin word Leo meaning Lion Leonard from the Germanic Mayo hard meaning strong like a lion Leopold is a bit complicated it appears at first the Leo part came from the word lute meaning people in the Old Germanic languages related to the modern German word for people Loida and bald meaning brave lute bald brave people however it was likely altered to be Leia polled brave like a lion Neil and Nelson this name has a Celtic origin meaning champion Nelson was originally a surname mean son of Neil Alec sandy both variants of Alexander or Alexandra Alec is a Scottish form of Alex which was originally Greek meaning a defender of the people Eileen in Irish form of Helen meaning light or bright Rudolf from the germanic crude and wolf meaning glorious or famous wolf I suppose you could say wolves went down in history Ross a Celtic place name originally meaning the headland Felix a Latin word for lucky or fortunate Clayton clay originally in Old English place named the place of good clay hunter chase another occupational name as one might expect hunter means hunter chase is the French equivalent from chasse to hunt page from the Latin topographers to a young helper with specific reference to the medieval position a page was typically a young man on his way to becoming a knight although it has become a unisex name Darnell an old english occupational name referring to the one who grew the Darnell plant and so we have covered well over 100 more names hopefully you were able to find a meaning of your name in this video however if not once again I did make another video on the exact same topic with over 100 other names if you haven't seen that one yet as a closing thought I wanted to mention that when it comes to names like Beaver land or the amount of girls who are named son of Matthew that while the original meanings of names are very interesting and important as time passes the important thing is to people who bear them I hope you enjoyed this video if you did and I invite you to come check out the rest of fire of learning and to subscribe to keep up with more videos like this in the future to help what the cost of production fire of learning does take donations on 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Length: 12min 53sec (773 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 02 2019