my name means " the dOOd who has that name fookin' rules".

Anneke?

my name is stupid, it means my parents should have given me one that doesn't suck

Patrick is a name derived from either the Latin name "Patricius" (patrician, i.e. nobleman) or from an earlier Celtic name.[1] It was Gaelicised as Padraic or Padraig, and owing to the importance of Saint Patrick in Irish history, it is an especially popular name in Ireland.

Hoover? or by extension, Herbert?

we have a winner!

I guess most of you know what my name is but just for the record, it means "the celebrator of peace"

I have a friend from New Zealand named Anneke! You tricked us, that wasn't so hard! Although, she was the first person I'd met with that name, so I guess it isn't very common.

My name derives from the word for anmcient ROman aristocrats.

First name: ROBERTO - Portuguese form of Robert (bright with fame), which is derived from the Old High German Hruodperht, a compound name composed of the elements hruod (fame) and beraht (bright)

Middle name: XAVIER - Derived from the Basque place name Etxaberri meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552). He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in eastern Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries. His surname has since been adopted as a given name in his honour, chiefly among Catholics.

Last name: TORRES - (Galician, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic)) habitational name from any of the numerous places named Torres, all named with the plural of torre ‘tower’

From the Hebrew name meaning "who is like God?". In the Book of Revelation in the New Testemant he is portrayed as the leader of heaven's armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers.

Mine means 'God's Peace'

michael

Chuck?

My name is french (of course) and means that I'm "golden" or a "golden coin"

Derek is a male name of English and Old German origin, derived from the same root as the Old German Theodoric, meaning power of the tribe or ruler of the people. Variants recently revived are Deryk, Deric, Derak and the Dutch form Dirk, popularised by the actor Dirk Bogarde. In recent years it has been used occasionally as a family name, for example Bo Derek.

Mine is a Russian derivate of the Greek "Alexander", and means "defender or helper of mankind".

woah really? that's the first person out of a country other than belgium or the netherlands i've heard of... most people speaking anohter language can't even pronounce it correctly.

it is derived from anne, the 'ke' is a dialect way to indicate something small or young in flemish. so basically it means 'little anne'. that's why many people think it's not my real name, but a nickname.

I think my name means "just another civillian" in japan

My name is overall fairly religious. which is kind of ironic since I'm more spirituality inclined than a follower of organised faith.


variation of God beholds/from the hands of god/apparently also 'foresight or clairevoyance', ? (in reality my name is shakeasperean though it is derived from hebrew of this nature) + variation of 'christ' + 'humanity/mankind'


Im far less inspirational and holy than my name could have you believe, though.

Neato. It's pronounced like "ann-ika", for you?