![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
to name is to define...
KATRINA f English
Pronounced: ka-TREE-na
Variant of CATRIONA
CATRIONA f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: ka-TREE-na
Gaelic form of KATHERINE
KATHERINE f English
Pronounced: KATH-ur-in
From the Greek name Aikaterine. The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name Hekaterine, which came from hekateros "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess HECATE; it could be related to Greek aikia "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". The Romans falsely derived it from Greek 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. This name was also borne by two empresses of Russia, including Catherine the Great, and by three of Henry VIII's wives.
HECATE f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Possibly derived from Greek hekas meaning "far off". In Greek mythology Hecate was a goddess associated with witchcraft, tombs, demons and the underworld.
Two things I didn't know prior to this: first, that the given form of my name is an English transliteration of an Irish/Scottish Gaelic mangling of an English name. Second, that the actual etimology of my name means possible different things, and that the commonly used 'pure' isn't exactly right. I thought that was kinda neat. So yeah, this site is cool. http://www.behindthename.com/
What does your name mean?
Pronounced: ka-TREE-na
Variant of CATRIONA
CATRIONA f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: ka-TREE-na
Gaelic form of KATHERINE
KATHERINE f English
Pronounced: KATH-ur-in
From the Greek name Aikaterine. The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name Hekaterine, which came from hekateros "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess HECATE; it could be related to Greek aikia "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". The Romans falsely derived it from Greek 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. This name was also borne by two empresses of Russia, including Catherine the Great, and by three of Henry VIII's wives.
HECATE f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Possibly derived from Greek hekas meaning "far off". In Greek mythology Hecate was a goddess associated with witchcraft, tombs, demons and the underworld.
Two things I didn't know prior to this: first, that the given form of my name is an English transliteration of an Irish/Scottish Gaelic mangling of an English name. Second, that the actual etimology of my name means possible different things, and that the commonly used 'pure' isn't exactly right. I thought that was kinda neat. So yeah, this site is cool. http://www.behindthename.com/
What does your name mean?
no subject
CINDY f English
Pronounced: SIN-dee
Pet form of CYNTHIA
CYNTHIA f English
Pronounced: SIN-thee-a
Means "woman of Kynthos" in Greek. Cynthia was an epithet of the Greek moon goddess Artemis, given because Kynthos was the mountain on Delos on which she and her twin brother Apollo were born.
DELIA f English
Means "of Delos" in Greek. This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis, given because she and her twin brother Apollo were born on the island of Delos.
This is especially amusing because my first words were "Daddy, Daddy! See, a moon!"
no subject
no subject
-kat
no subject
Pronounced: SHAWN
Irish form of JOHN
JOHN m English, Biblical
Pronounced: JAWN
English form of Johannes, which was the Latin form of the Greek name Ioannes, itself derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning "YAHWEH is gracious". This name owes its consistent popularity to two New Testament characters, both highly revered as saints. The first was John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus Christ who was beheaded by Herod Antipas. The second was the apostle John who was also supposedly the author of the fourth Gospel and Revelation. The name has been borne by 23 popes, as well as kings of England, Hungary, Poland, Portugal and France. It was also borne by the poet John Milton and the philosopher John Locke.
---
I knew most of this already, though I didn't know the Hebrew form. That's kinda cool %