the meaning of your user name

[Jeannie]

I just thought Jeannie fitted so well with Johnnie.


Love
Johnnie and jeannie! How cute!

[Kim Eastman]

I checked the name Kimber, thats the name my mother had picked out had I been born female. Usually I use my nickname of Kim.

English meaning of the girls name Kimber:
leader

Kim

[Gaven McLaren]

Scottish meaning of the boys name Gaven:

* white hawk

Welsh meaning of the boys name Gaven:

* white falcon

[KathyB]

Honestly, Zippy is a name I first started using on this forum's message board, despite using a female name of Kathy for several years. Why? The cartoon character Zippy is offbeat, different, and happily oblivious to so much going on around him. I wish I could be all those things in my everyday life.

Kathy is of course derived from Katherine, but I chose it for it's similarity to my own name, Keith. It makes it so much easier signing my femme name to credit card bills the few times I get to use Kathy's card.

[Helen L]

Greek meaning of the girls name Helen:
light

(I shine ).

[Susan]

Susan is Hebrew for lily

I like lilies and so does my wife

Susan

[Kyra]

Wow, I've the 178th most popular baby name!

Latin derivative is Lord, Greek is Ruler! I had no idea I was so stately!

[Stormy(SO)]

Storm = a tempest = duh!!!

Stormy

[Curly(SO)]

1. curling or tending to curl: curly blond hair.
2. having curls (usually used in combination): curlyheaded.
3. having a rippled or undulating appearance, as cut and finished wood: curly maple.


I'm not overly pleased with no. 3

[Kerri]

Incredible, my last post on this subject was over a year ago, and its just one line up!

I didnt know till tonight that my boy name is also a girl name, how kool!

TTFN

Kerri reknowned for being dark and mysterious and from;
James the supplanter.

[Colette]

Colette means "people of victory."

I have loved the name since I read "Les Miserables" and grew fond of her character.

[DonnaT]

1. curling or tending to curl: curly blond hair.
2. having curls (usually used in combination): curlyheaded.
3. having a rippled or undulating appearance, as cut and finished wood: curly maple.


I'm not overly pleased with no. 3

Don't know why not!? It's a very pretty wood.

http://www.bowlturner.com/gallery.html
http://www.woodturningart.com/p-thirtythree.htm

[Lydia]

Lydia was a Hittite empire back in the 12th century BC. Named after their king: Lydus. Some of the earliest coins were produced there. See details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia

What ancient meaning it has, if any, I have not been able to find out. In Russian hagiography, there is a martyr named "Lydia, the tortured one." That was my mother's name, and she tried to live up to her taxonomic origins by leading as tragic a life as possible.

Lydia

[Anthea]

Anthea is a Greek name meaning Flower or Blossum

[SilverLady(SO)]

Well, the closest I could come to for a meaning of SilverLady is "white lady." Actually, SilverLady was my CB handle many years ago, as I drove a silver 5-speed Nissan.

The Hebrew meaning of my real name, however, is "drunk, satisfied." Hmmm, I know that's not the reason why my parents chose my name as I'm named to honor several of their close friends, all with the same first name! While I never cared for it's popular nickname while growing up, that is how I prefer to be called now - - it's all a part of the "real me", although most family members won't use the nickname!

Just for fun, I checked out Virginia's male alter-ego, and both the English and German meanings are "resolute protector." Very apt, IMHO!



- SL