Book~a~licious! discussion

Where does your name come from? What does it mean? You'll be surprised by what you might find! Everyone's name has an interesting origin.

What's yours?

Example:
Hi, my name is Trinity.It is derived from the Latin name 'Trinitas' meaning a group of three people or things. It is also known for meaning 'The Christian Godhead as one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.'

My name is Hadiya and it means gift in Arabian its origin is African-Swahili and Arabic.

Sheila

My given name is Rebecca, but I go by Becky. :-)

Since my dad is Richard S. Smith and I was a girl , they wanted me to have the same initials at least, so I am Rebecca S. Smith (maiden name).

My name is given by 2 reasons

1. Same as Trinity's The father, the son, and the holy spirit
2. The Matrix came out in 1999 and thats when my mom and dad wanted the name :)
(The main character , the girl, her name is Trinity :)

Trinity wrote: "My name is given by 2 reasons

1. Same as Trinity's The father, the son, and the holy spirit
2. The Matrix came out in 1999 and thats when my mom and dad wanted the name :)
(The main character , th..."

I've never seen the Matrix, but I've heard about the main character being named Trinity. :-D

Yup! Thats really where they got my name :)

TJ - that is sooooooooooo cool! I love the Matrix and I love the Trinity too. You have good Reasons behind your name!

;)

Hi my name is Summer because I was supposed to be born on the day of summer and spring just does not sound like a good name....

Hadiya wrote: "My name is Hadiya and it means gift in Arabian its origin is African-Swahili and Arabic."

That's beautiful c:

Summer wrote: "Hi my name is Summer because I was supposed to be born on the day of summer and spring just does not sound like a good name...."

LOL I have a friend named April, but she's "barely" April because her birthday's so late.

My name is Lulu

My Chinese name is 'dai' 'Lu' so my parents named me Lulu

my name Sheila (alternatively spelled Shelagh and Sheelagh) is a common given name for a female, derived from the Gaelic name Síle/Sìle, which is believed to be a Gaelic form of Cecilia. Like "Cecil" or "Cecilia", the name means "blind", from the Latin word caecus. There is also an etymologically-unrelated Indian name (alternatively spelled "Sheela"), which is rooted in the Sanskrit word शील (Sheela), meaning "character" or "good conduct" and is a common name across the country.

Sheila is also a colloquial term for a girl or woman in Australia and New Zealand.

My name is a Nigerian name that means something/someone beautiful, great, or more than gold :)

Pronounced E-FOE-MA! :D

Beatrice (just referred it to Wikipedia)

- is a name derived from the Latin name Beatrix. It is a feminine form of the late Latin name Viator, which means "voyager, traveler". It was also a common name amongst early Christians, though the spelling was altered by association with the Latin beatus, meaning "blessed". The French form is Béatrice and the Spanish and Portuguese form is Beatriz. The popularity of the name spread because of Dante Alighieri's poetry about Beatrice Portinari.

So does this make me a Divergent too?

My name is Mara. It's Hebrew and means bittersweet (which matches my personality shockingly well!). It appears in The Bible twice: in the Book of Ruth, when Naomi changes her name to Mara, and in the Book of Exodus, when Moses sweetens the waters of a river. The reason I was named Mara, though, was because of an old book my dad owned called "I Name Thee Mara" which was about a schooner.

And my middle initial - A - stands for Anne, and I got it because that's my mom's middle name and she couldn't come up with anything better. ;)