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 somehow strangely fitting


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that site is jewish, my name was not on there

YANKO

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Bulgarian

Other Scripts: Янко (Bulgarian)
Pet form of YAN



aw screw that site

So Devin is The Son of the Little Black One? Cool.

I wonder if my fiance will let me name one of our kids to be devin in a few years..

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.



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

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).

I always thought it came from "divine".

Hmm something like this has been done before...

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

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.

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.

Of couse it's been done before...... I did it

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

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.

[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...

You are when you're stoned enough to cover the coldness that is you.