Behind the name

[Kacie_bride]

This is sort of an interesting site. http://www.behindthename.com/

Here's mine:


KACIE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern) (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng-m.php) Pronounced: KAY-see [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Variant of CASEY (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=casey)


CASEY Gender: Masculine & Feminine Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: KAY-see [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Cathasaigh meaning "descendent of Cathasaigh". The name Cathasaigh means "vigilant" in Gaelic. Casey also serves as a form of CASS (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=cass) (feminine).

[Kacie_bride]

Here's my husband's:


JUSTIN
Gender: Masculine Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php), French (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/fre.php), Slovene (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/sln.php) Pronounced: JUS-tin (English), zhoo-STEN (French) [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From the Roman name Justinus, which was derived from JUSTUS (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=justus). This was the name of several early saints including Justin Martyr, a Christian philosopher of 2nd century who was beheaded in Rome.

[shawnsgirl]

JONELLE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: jah-NEL [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Feminine form of JOHN (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=john)

my FH's

SHAWN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: SHAWN [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Anglicized form of SEÁN (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=sea10n)

My boys'


DYLAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/wel.php), English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php), Welsh Mythology (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/wel-myth.php) Pronounced: DUL-an (Welsh), DIL-un (English) [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From the Welsh elements dy "great" and llanw "sea". In Welsh mythology Dylan was a god of the sea, the son of Aranrhod. He was accidentally slain by his uncle Govannon. The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and the musician Bob Dylan (real name Robert Zimmerman) are famous bearers of this name.


KYLE Gender: Masculine Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: KIE-ul [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic caol meaning "narrows, channel, strait".

[WebLady]

BRANDI
Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: BRAN-dee

Variant of BRANDY

Simply means "brandy" from the English word for the alcoholic drink. It is ultimately from Dutch brandewijn "distilled wine".

[NicksBride]

Mine didn't come up with anything but just the name katy and nothing else. :( Neat site though

[mlm063007]

Here's mine:


MEREDITH
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php), Welsh (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/wel.php)
Pronounced: MER-e-dith (English) [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From the Welsh name Maredudd or Meredydd, possibly meaning "great lord" or "sea lord". Since the mid-1920s it has been used more often for girls than for boys in English-speaking countries, though it is still a masculine name in Wales. A famous bearer of this name as surname was the English novelist and poet George Meredith

And FH:


CLAYTON
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php)
Pronounced: KLAY-tun [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "clay settlement" in Old English.

[katieandalex]

Mine:

KATIE
Gender: Feminine Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: KAY-tee [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Pet form of KATE (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=kate)

My DH

ALEX
Gender: Masculine & Feminine Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: AL-eks [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Short form of ALEXANDER (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=alexander), ALEXANDRA (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=alexandra) and other names beginning with Alex.

Ours aren't very exciting.

[neebelung]

Interesting, though not actually accurate:


NATASHA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/rus.php), English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Other Scripts: Наташа (http://www.behindthename.com/support/transcribe.php?type=RU&target=Natas%5Ea) (Russian) Pronounced: na-TASH-a (English) [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Russian pet form of NATALYA (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=natalya). This is the name of a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel 'War and Peace'.

The actual meaning behind it is "Christmas child, Gift of God."

[soontobemrs]

MICHELLE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/fre.php), English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: mee-SHEL (French), mi-SHEL (English) [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
French feminine form of MICHAEL (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=michael)

[rainbowtreat]

GWEN
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/wel.php), English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: GWEN [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From Welsh gwen, the feminine form of gwyn meaning "white, fair, blessed". It can also be a short form of GWENDOLEN (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=gwendolen), GWENLLIAN (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=gwenllian) or other names beginning with Gwen.



NICHOLAS
Gender: Masculine Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php), French (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/fre.php) Pronounced: NI-ko-las (English), nee-ko-LA (French) [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From the Greek name Νικολαος (http://www.behindthename.com/support/transcribe.php?type=GR&target=Nikolaos) (Nikolaos) which meant "victory of the people" from Greek νικη (http://www.behindthename.com/support/transcribe.php?type=GR&target=nikh) (nike) "victory" and λαος (http://www.behindthename.com/support/transcribe.php?type=GR&target=laos) (laos) "people". Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop from Anatolia who, according to legend, saved the daughters of a poor man from lives of prostitution. He is also known as Santa Claus (from Dutch Sinterklaas), the bringer of Christmas presents. He is the patron saint of children, sailors and merchants, and Greece and Russia. Nicholas was also the name of two czars of Russia and five popes.

[Nekochanpurr]

Haha, mines boring.

STACY Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php)
Pronounced: STAY-see [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Variant of STACEY (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=stacey)
so... i click Stacey..

STACEY Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php)
Pronounced: STAY-see [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Short form of ANASTASIA (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=anastasia) or EUSTACE (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=eustace)

..I feel a trend.

[Nekochanpurr]

Search text: Steven LOUIS (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=louis) m French (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/fre.php), English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php), Dutch (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/dut.php) STEVE (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=steve) m English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) STEVEN (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=steven) m English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php)

Home (http://www.behindthename.com/)

..Should i be amused, since Louis is his middle name..? XD

[woohoo2me]

ME~SAUNYA was not found in this database.

SONYA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/rus.php), English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Other Scripts: Соня (http://www.behindthename.com/support/transcribe.php?type=RU&target=Sona%5E) (Russian) Pronounced: SON-ya (English), SAWN-ya (English) [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Russian pet form of SOPHIA (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=sophia)
( a pet eh... ;) )



DAUGHTER~KAREA was not found in this database. Names that sound similar to KAREA:

CARA
Gender: Feminine Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: KAHR-a, KER-a [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
This name can mean either "beloved" in Italian or "friend" in Irish.


SON~BRANDON
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: BRAN-dun [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hill covered with broom" in Old English. It is sometimes also used as a variant of BRENDAN (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=brendan).



FH~KYLE Gender: Masculine Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: KIE-ul [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic caol meaning "narrows, channel, strait".


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Cute little site thank you for sharing. :D

[Camel]

Me:

MELISSA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php), Greek Mythology (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/gre-myth.php), Ancient Greek (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/gre-anci.php) Other Scripts: Μελισσα (http://www.behindthename.com/support/transcribe.php?type=GR&target=Melissa) (Ancient Greek) Pronounced: me-LIS-a (English) [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Means "bee" in Greek. This was the name of a nymph that cared for young Zeus in Greek mythology. It is also the name of the fairy who helps Rogero escape from the witch Alcina in Ludovico Ariosto's poem 'Orlando Furioso' (1516).

FH:

CAMERON
Gender: Masculine & Feminine Usage: Scottish (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/sco.php), English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: KAM-u-run, KAM-run [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From a Scottish surname meaning "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose". The Camerons were one of the great Highland clans.

[KMS]

KEELY
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: KEE-lee [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Caolaidhe meaning "descendent of Caoladhe". The given name Caoladhe is derived from the Gaelic word caol "slender".
Well, that fits me well because I'm part Irish, but not so slender. LOL The Irish connection is the most common, but the reason that my mom picked this name was because she was in the hospital for several months before I was born. She had LOTS of time to flip through name books. She always loved Native American stuff and saw that "Keely" was Native American for beautiful flower so she chose that for my name.

[Doglover]

JENNIFER
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: JEN-i-fur [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
From a Cornish form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar (see GUINEVERE (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=guinevere)). This name has been popular only since the beginning of the 20th century, when it was featured in George Bernard Shaw's play 'The Doctor's Dilemma'.
HUBBY:

EVAN
Gender: Masculine Usage: Welsh (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/wel.php), English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: EV-an (English) [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Anglicized form of Iefan, a Welsh form of JOHN (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=john). It can also be used as a short form of EVANGELOS (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=evangelos).

How could Evan come from John,lol?

[sjk1431]

SAMANTHA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: sa-MAN-tha [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Perhaps intended to be a feminine form of SAMUEL (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=samuel), using the popular name suffix antha. It is sometimes claimed to mean "listener" in Aramaic.
and


THOMAS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php), French (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/fre.php), German (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/ger.php), Dutch (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/dut.php), Scandinavian (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/sca.php), Greek (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/gre.php), Biblical (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/bibl.php) Other Scripts: Θωμας (http://www.behindthename.com/support/transcribe.php?type=MG&target=T%5Ewmas) (Greek) Pronounced: TAHM-as (English), TOM-as (English), to-MA (French), TO-mahs (German, Dutch), tho-MAHS (Greek) [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Greek form of the Aramaic name Te'oma which meant "twin". In the New Testament this is the name of the apostle who doubts the resurrected Jesus. According to tradition he was martyred in India. Famous bearers of this name include philosopher and theologian Saint Thomas Aquinas, philosopher Thomas Hobbes, inventor Thomas Edison, American president Thomas Jefferson, and novelist Thomas Hardy.

[mariaandmanish]

MARIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican
Other Scripts: ????? (Greek)
Pronounced: mah-REE-ah (Italian, German, Dutch), MAHR-yah (Polish) [key]
Latinate form of MARY. This was the name of several queens of Portugal. It was also borne by the 18th-century Habsburg queen Maria Theresa, whose inheritance of the domains of her father, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, began the War of the Austrian Succession.

My husband, Manish
MANISH
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian
Other Scripts: ???? (Hindi)
Means "lord of the mind" in Sanskrit.

[MOB Karen]

KAREN

Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/dan.php), Norwegian (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/nor.php), German (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/ger.php), English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php) Pronounced: KER-en (English) [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Danish form of KATHERINE (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=katherine)

From the Greek name Αικατερινη (http://www.behindthename.com/support/transcribe.php?type=GR&target=Aikaterinh) (Aikaterine). The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name ‘Εκατερινη (http://www.behindthename.com/support/transcribe.php?type=GR&target=%27Ekaterinh) (Hekaterine), which came from ‘εκατερος (http://www.behindthename.com/support/transcribe.php?type=GR&target=%27ekateros) (hekateros) "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess HECATE (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=hecate); it could be related to Greek αικια (http://www.behindthename.com/support/transcribe.php?type=GR&target=aikia) (aikia) "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". The Romans associated it with Greek καθαρος (http://www.behindthename.com/support/transcribe.php?type=GR&target=kat%5Earos) (katharos) "pure" and changed their spelling from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this.
The name belonged to a 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was tortured on the famous Catherine wheel. Another saint by this name was Catherine of Siena, a 14th-century mystic. This name was also borne by two empresses of Russia, including Catherine the Great, and by three of Henry VIII's wives.

[rebel]

MARIAH Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng.php)
Pronounced: ma-RIE-a [key] (http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php)
Variant of MARIA (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=maria). This name was featured in the song 'They Call the Wind Mariah' from the 1951 musical 'Paint Your Wagon'.