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the name "Devin"

PostPosted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:14 pm
by Mayday
Somehow I came across this:

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DEVIN

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English, Irish

Pronounced: DEV-in [key]
From an Anglicized Irish surname derived from either of the Irish surnames Ó Damháin (which means "descendent of Damhán") or Ó Dubháin (which means "descendent of Dubhán"). The given name Damhán means "fawn"; the given name Dubhán means "little black one".

(source = http://www.behindthename.com )

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I've got nothing really to say, except: isn't it...kinda cool/cute? Devin is the little black one :D somehow strangely fitting


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:34 pm
by fullgore
that site is jewish, my name was not on there :furious: :swear:

PostPosted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:55 pm
by Yanko
YANKO

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Bulgarian

Other Scripts: Янко (Bulgarian)
Pet form of YAN



aw screw that site :lol:

PostPosted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:28 pm
by Intoc
So Devin is The Son of the Little Black One? Cool.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:43 pm
by Hughie
I wonder if my fiance will let me name one of our kids to be devin in a few years..

PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:01 am
by Goat
JERNEJ
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovene
Slovene form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHOLOMEW
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: bahr-THAHL-o-myoo [key]
From Βαρθολομαιος (Bartholomaios), which was the Greek form of an Aramaic name meaning "son of תַלְמַי (Talmai)". Talmai is a Hebrew name meaning "furrowed". In the New Testament Bartholomew was an apostle also known as Nathaniel.

NATHANAEL
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English, Scandinavian
Pronounced: nay-THAN-ee-el, nay-THAN-yel [key]
From the Hebrew name נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el) which meant "God has given". In the New Testament this is the name of an apostle also known as Bartholomew.

:shock:

So I'm the son God has given to the wrinkled one? Yeah, screw that site. :lol:

PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:42 am
by Coma Divine
Hughie wrote:I wonder if my fiance will let me name one of our kids to be devin in a few years..
Hey, it worked for Christian (Puzzleface). :wink:

PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:25 am
by Lolliklauer
I always thought it came from "divine".

PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:39 am
by Biert
Hmm something like this has been done before...

PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:03 am
by Kivenkantaja
Wasn't too easy to find. Ale-->Aleksi-->Alexius
My name is Aleksi but my friends call Ale. Which is kinda funny cause you know what it means in english :D

ALEXIUS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Αλεξιος (Alexios) which meant "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, to help". A czar of Russia has borne this name.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:40 am
by hog
Scott from Scotland.

From a surname which meant "Scotsman" in Old English. The original meaning of the word Scot is debated, but it may mean "tattoo", so given because Scotsmen often had tattoos.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:51 am
by Atari
Of couse it's been done before...... I did it :D

http://www.hevydevyforums.com/phpbb/vie ... 9070#99070

PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:25 pm
by Intoc
hog wrote:Scott from Scotland.

From a surname which meant "Scotsman" in Old English. The original meaning of the word Scot is debated, but it may mean "tattoo", so given because Scotsmen often had tattoos.


Heh, that's me too. I always thought it meant "From Afar" though. I guess that's only in some places.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:50 am
by djskrimp
ston·y also ston·ey (stn)
adj. ston·i·er, ston·i·est
1. Covered with or full of stones: a stony beach.
2. Resembling stone, as in hardness.
3.
a. Hardhearted and unfeeling; unemotional.
b. Exhibiting no feeling or warmth; impassive: a stony expression.
4. Emotionally numbing or paralyzing: a stony feeling of fear.

And I always thought I was a nice guy...

PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:44 am
by Goat
You are when you're stoned enough to cover the coldness that is you.