Friday, September 19, 2008

Names

We all have them...most of us even like the ones we have. Seriously though? FURPLE NEEDERMEYER? (See "Random thoughts and wonderings...") Were those people smoking crack when they made that decision? It's nearly as bad as the twin girls that Jim's grandpa delivered. The Mother named them (no joke) Syphillis and Gonorrhea--she pronounced them "si-phyllis and gah-norrea with the emphasis on the second syllable of each word--OH MY.) Other noteworty famous names....Dweezil and Moon Unit, Picabo, Englebert Humperdink (Humperdink, Humperdink, Humperdink!), Apple....and then there are the one name wonders--Sting, Madonna, Elvis, Liberace... Here is some information on my name:

AMY
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-mee [key]
English form of the Old French name Amée meaning "beloved" (modern French aimée), a vernacular form of the Latin Amata. As an English name, Amy was in use in the Middle Ages and was revived in the 19th century.

My maiden name means "twig" in Swedish and my married name means "bent nose" in Scottish. I guess all told that means I am a "beloved twig bent nose?"

3 comments:

Suz said...

Just wondering when Sting retires will he then be known as "Stung"?

Shari D. Kurtz said...

Hahaha! The wit of Suzanne:) My maiden name Weir means Dam and my married name Kurtz means Short so my name is Shari Dam Short. Too bad Kurtz doesn't mean Beautiful!
....Shari Dam Beautiful! Wouldn't it be nice.

goat said...

here ya go:

LISA
Gender: Female
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Consecrated To God


PANTHEA
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Of all the Gods

GOAT: see list above