Baby Name Meanings – What Does Your Name Mean?

the-grey-tribe:

veequoi:

aaronsmithtumbler:

Albert: Arabic, al-bara’at, “the salvation”
Alexander: Greek, a+lex+ander, “a man without law”, popular among anarchists
Alfred: Arabic, al-fareed, “the unique”
Allison: Greek, “have mercy upon us”
Bailey: Hebrew, “my master”, cf Hosea 2:16
Benedict: ben+edict, “son of the laws”, popular among statists
Benjamin: ben+jamon, “son of Ham”, popular among Hamitic peoples
Brooke: Hebrew, “blessed”
Cassandra: kaas+ander, “cheese-man”
Cathleen: Anglicization of “Cthulhuian”, popular among Cthulhu cultists. Cf. Christian
Celia: small hair-like protrusion used in bacterial motion
Cooper: short for “cooperator”, eg in prisoners dilemmas
Cynthea: from sin+theos, “one who is without God”, popular among atheists
Demi: short for “Demiurge”
Derek: Hebrew, “path”
Devin: “godlike”
Emmett: Hebrew, “truth”
Felicia: “catlike”
Gerald: “a verb used as a noun”
Godfrey: “one who is without God”, cf. Cynthea
Isaiah: from iso+Yah, “one who is equal to God”, cf Devin
Jacqueline: “one who is like a jackal”, cf. Felicia
Jeb: short for “John Ellis Bush”
Jeffrey: from Yah+free, “one who is without God”, cf. Godfrey and Cynthea
Jermaine: “relevant”
Jessie: short for “John Ellis Bush”, cf. Jeb
Jezebel: short for “John Ellis Bush”, cf. Jeb, Jessie
Karen: from ka+ren, “benevolent soul”
Katarina: Japanese form of Cathleen
Kinsley: eg Feanor
Megan: Greek, “great”
Monique: mono+unique, emphatic form of “unique”.
Nevaeh: Hebrew, “prophetess”
Percy: short for “pursuer”. Cf. Hunter and Chase
Rayleigh: see “Riley”
Raymond: from rei+mundi, form of “rex mundi”, “king of the world”, cf. Demi
Riley: Anglicization of “R’lyeh”; popular among Cthulhu cultists. Cf. Cathleen
Samantha: sam+anthros, “half a man”
Savannah: short for “Savonarola”, famous Florentine monk
Valerie: “one who is like the Valar”

@etirabys

These are infuriating. I know the real etymologies of many of these and aaargh