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mousmeI guess I should do this, even though I've been resisting (my name is too damned long).
What does your first name mean?
It means "laurel tree" in Greek.
What does your middle name mean?
Which one? ^_-
The first one is the feminine version of a greek name meaning "helper and defender of mankind."
The second is the Romanian translation of a Greek name meaning "bright one" or "beautiful one."
The third is the feminine version of a greek name meaning "tender," "gracious," or "good."
What does your last name mean?
The first of my last names is a gallic transformation of a Romanian name meaning, literally, "the Greeks."
The second means something like "the brown ones."
So what does your name mean when put together?
Nothing at all, except that my parents really liked Greek names (the other two choices for my first name were Cassandra and Zoe which they ended up discarding).
My mother's maiden name doubtless comes from the fact that her ancestors were the first to translate the New Testament into the Romanian vernacular, hence being called "the Greeks," or "Grecianu."
My last name is originally Italian (if you go back about eight hundred years), then becamse French as the people migrated North, and then became predominantly French–Canadian about three hundred years ago or so.
I suppose if I put it together in a way that made sense, it would read: "Brown-skinned Greek laurel tree: bright, tender helper and defender of mankind."
What would you have been named if you were the opposite gender?
I'm adopted, so my parents knew they were getting a girl from the start. They never bothered thinking of boys' names, although I assume I would have been named for my maternal grandfather, Lucien (or Luciano).
Any other name oddities?
Well, other than the fact that I have six names in total, and that most of them are Greek or have something to do with Greece even though I don't have a Greek bone in my body, no.
Do you like your name?
Yes.
What do you like best about it?
It's unusual, and has a beautiful spelling. It's pleasing to the ear because of the diphtongs and binary rhythm, and is generally easily pronouncable by most cultures (except the Chinese who seem to have issues with it). When I was very little I took pride in the "ph" which no one else my age knew how to spell or even suspected existed.
What do you like least about it?
The fact that adults don't know how to spell it.
The fact that most people seem bent on shortening it to "Daph," which I hate.
The countless "Daffy Duck" jokes I've heard in my lifetime.
If you HAD to change your name (witness protection program, whatever), what would you want it to be?
Tough one. I really like my name and I never ever wanted to be called anything else.
If I had to pick a name, it would be Victoria, or perhaps Margaret.
What does your first name mean?
It means "laurel tree" in Greek.
What does your middle name mean?
Which one? ^_-
The first one is the feminine version of a greek name meaning "helper and defender of mankind."
The second is the Romanian translation of a Greek name meaning "bright one" or "beautiful one."
The third is the feminine version of a greek name meaning "tender," "gracious," or "good."
What does your last name mean?
The first of my last names is a gallic transformation of a Romanian name meaning, literally, "the Greeks."
The second means something like "the brown ones."
So what does your name mean when put together?
Nothing at all, except that my parents really liked Greek names (the other two choices for my first name were Cassandra and Zoe which they ended up discarding).
My mother's maiden name doubtless comes from the fact that her ancestors were the first to translate the New Testament into the Romanian vernacular, hence being called "the Greeks," or "Grecianu."
My last name is originally Italian (if you go back about eight hundred years), then becamse French as the people migrated North, and then became predominantly French–Canadian about three hundred years ago or so.
I suppose if I put it together in a way that made sense, it would read: "Brown-skinned Greek laurel tree: bright, tender helper and defender of mankind."
What would you have been named if you were the opposite gender?
I'm adopted, so my parents knew they were getting a girl from the start. They never bothered thinking of boys' names, although I assume I would have been named for my maternal grandfather, Lucien (or Luciano).
Any other name oddities?
Well, other than the fact that I have six names in total, and that most of them are Greek or have something to do with Greece even though I don't have a Greek bone in my body, no.
Do you like your name?
Yes.
What do you like best about it?
It's unusual, and has a beautiful spelling. It's pleasing to the ear because of the diphtongs and binary rhythm, and is generally easily pronouncable by most cultures (except the Chinese who seem to have issues with it). When I was very little I took pride in the "ph" which no one else my age knew how to spell or even suspected existed.
What do you like least about it?
The fact that adults don't know how to spell it.
The fact that most people seem bent on shortening it to "Daph," which I hate.
The countless "Daffy Duck" jokes I've heard in my lifetime.
If you HAD to change your name (witness protection program, whatever), what would you want it to be?
Tough one. I really like my name and I never ever wanted to be called anything else.
If I had to pick a name, it would be Victoria, or perhaps Margaret.
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Date: 2003-04-03 05:22 pm (UTC)Christopher Godfrey Xinqun Huang:
"Christ-bearer"
"God's peace"
"Heart of the masses" (or "Lotsaheart", but I refuse to be a Care Bear)
"Yellow"
Altogether: "Get thee to a seminary"