Sunday, September 19, 2004

all your name are belong to us

language shit is interesting - thats what jp's mom does, ya? here's our names:

ERIC
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: ER-ik (English), er-EEK (French)
From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from ei "ever" and ríkr "ruler". Danish invaders first brought the name to England. A famous bearer was Eiríkr inn Rauda (Eric the Red in English), a 10th-century navigator and explorer who discovered Greenland.


for both our jons:
JOHN
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JAHN
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".

AARON
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: ER-un
From the Hebrew name Aharon which is most likely of unknown Egyptian origin. Other theories claim a Hebrew derivation, and suggest meanings such as "high mountain" or "exalted". In the Old Testament Aaron was the older brother of Moses and the first high priest of the Israelites.

MICHAEL
Usage: English, German, Czech, Biblical
Pronounced: MIE-kul
From the Hebrew name Miyka'el which meant "who is like God?". This was the name of one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven's armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers. This was also the name of nine Byzantine emperors and a czar of Russia.

dennis comes from:
DIONYSOS
Usage: Greek Mythology
Pronounced: dee-o-NOO-sos
From Greek Dios meaning "of Zeus" combined with Nysa, the name of a legendary mountain. In Greek mythology Dionysos was the god of wine, revelry, fertility and dance. He was the son of Zeus and Semele.

ARTHUR
Usage: English, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: AHR-thur
The meaning of this name is unknown. It could be derived from British art "bear" combined with viros "man", or it could be related to Irish art "stone". Alternatively it could be related to an obscure Roman family name Artorius.

RUDOLF
Usage: German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene
Pronounced: ROO-dahlf (English)
Derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and wulf "wolf". This was the name of rulers of the Burgundy, the Holy Roman Empire and Austria.

RYAN
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: RIE-an
From a surname which was originally derived from an Irish first name which meant "little king" (from Irish rí "king" combined with a diminutive suffix).

Ok, i'm bored. :) Intersting shit though. So, the action team has the ever-ruler, couple of yahweh-lovers, a high-mountain, someone with a god-complex, zeus-mountain, bear-man, wolf-fame, and my favorite, the "little" king! :) Fuck - i need to go to bed now.