Name origin and name meaning

Vania

Hi!

I found a very interesting site about the meaning of the names and their origin!
http://www.babynamesworld.com/

Now I'm searching for the meaning of my friends' names Very Happy

I found Vala's name Thanks! Thanks!

wow, Vala, did you knew that your name means The chosen one :dube:

Now I'm a bit confused, hehe, because my full name (Ivanka) means Gracious god, but the diminutive (Vania) means Talented :dube:

hm...
But I can't find Albena :disap:

Maxim means smth I can't understand A salmon basin scratch

I have no idea what is that....

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Marina

Vania wrote:

Now I'm a bit confused, hehe, because my full name (Ivanka) means Gracious god

Is Ivanka the same as Ivana ?

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But I can't find Albena :disap:

I found only Albina, that means "white" in Latin. It's very cute, and white fits a lot to Albena... lovely heart

And about Marina, it means "sailor". I don't like this meaning a lot. On some other sites, I read that it means "from the sea", and I find it cutier.

Thank you Vania for this site ! zvet

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russianskaterdiva · AM forever in love Number of posts: 564 Age: 18 Registration date: 2006-10-15

Well, my first name (real name) doesn't exist in the database... :disap:

But, Lyra does!! It is Greek for musical!! Ironic, no? I am in chorus and love music!! lol!

musical Lyra!!

Hehe...Daria means well-to-do in Greek :kataus:

, Ekaterina is Greek...but it lists no meaning..., hehe...my middle name (not my Russian one...I have a random one... lol!

) Serafina, means a soft ripple in Spanish... I love you

I love my name!!!

Good luck Albie and Max!!! bg2

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Dasha · AM fan novice Number of posts: 28 Age: 18 Registration date: 2006-12-03

russianskaterdiva wrote:

Hehe...Daria means well-to-do in Greek :kataus:

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My name means well-to-do in Greek?!?!?! Shocked

Oh. My. Gosh. :kataus:

How have you got the pretty and lovely ones?!?! Weep

Oh well, poor Katya doesn't even have a meaning for her name right now... :blush2:

Haha!! Maxim is salmon basin?!?! :kataus:

Where the heck did that come from? Sorry...I shouldn't insult him... :disap:

Shame on me. Ayayay!

But Albena's meaning is very suited to her!

Well, I have to say...at least Lyra and I don't have something like shy or quiet as meanings...as of yet, I don't think I have gone 5 minutes without talking or saying/doing something crazy or stupid... Ugu-ugu

Like this: :krut:

What is this? some kind of crazy, mentally demented smily?!?! bla-bla-bla

And why do we feed the birds with this smily? cute birds)

Haha...I will shut up now... :mdr:

-Dasha

Lana

Mine means victorious in Latin. :wink:

Or "crowned with laurel" but it is the same thing. Razz

And Lana is Polynesian for Harmony? :kataus:

Lovely.

Another website that I like for names is: Behind the Name. :stari:

Grace · AM expert Number of posts: 545 Registration date: 2006-03-30

Maxim, from Lana's website:

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Roman family name which was derived from Latin maximus "greatest". Saint Maximus was a monk and theologian from Constantinople in the 7th century.

Much better than "a salmon basin". :kataus:

Albena:

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Created by Bulgarian writer Yordan Yovkov for the heroine in his drama 'Albena' (1930). He may have based it on ALBINA.

The first website says that my name means "good will". Razz

Lana's says:

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Means "grace" from the English word, which ultimately derives from Latin gratia. The actress Grace Kelly was a famous bearer of this name.

Excellent, Grace Kelly! Very Happy

But my real first name (Christina) means "Christian", which is extremely boring. Lana's link is more interesting though...

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Feminine form of CHRISTIAN. This was the name of a Swedish queen of the 17th century who was interested in the arts and philosophy. She gave up her crown to become a Roman Catholic.

... and that's actually whom I'm named after, so cheers

to Lana's website for psychically defining my name absolutely correctly. Wink

rosee

My real name is Roukhsana (or Rooksana) it doesn't exist but ROXANA is close:

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Latin form of the Persian or Bactrian name Roshanak which possibly meant "bright" or "star". This was the name of Alexander the Great's first wife, a daughter of the Bactrian nobleman Oxyartes.

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russianskaterdiva · AM forever in love Number of posts: 564 Age: 18 Registration date: 2006-10-15

Grace wrote:

But my real first name (Christina) means "Christian", which is extremely boring. Lana's link is more interesting though...

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Feminine form of CHRISTIAN. This was the name of a Swedish queen of the 17th century who was interested in the arts and philosophy. She gave up her crown to become a Roman Catholic.

... and that's actually whom I'm named after, so cheers

to Lana's website for psychically defining my name absolutely correctly. Wink

And her father always wanted a son, but ended up with a daughter, so he always treated her like a boy. Her mother was either dead, or had been exiled by her father...I can't remember. Or was she in Denmark... confused

I can't remember.. Rolling Eyes

But she is a really interesting woman in history!! Very strong and independent...like you, Grace!!

loveall

Lyra

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Marina

Thank you for the website who gave us Lana !
On it, I have found it :

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MARINA
Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman

Other Scripts: Μαρινα (Greek), Марина (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian)

Pronounced: mah-REE-nah (Italian, Spanish, German)

Well... all european usages, except French ! lol!

I didn't know that Marina was a Romanian or Serbian name too... scratch

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cute_n_gorgeous

Vania wrote:

Hi!

I found a very interesting site about the meaning of the names and their origin!
http://www.babynamesworld.com/

Now I'm searching for the meaning of my friends' names Very Happy

I found Vala's name Thanks! Thanks!

wow, Vala, did you knew that your name means The chosen one :dube:

Now I'm a bit confused, hehe, because my full name (Ivanka) means Gracious god, but the diminutive (Vania) means Talented :dube:

hm...
But I can't find Albena :disap:

Maxim means smth I can't understand A salmon basin scratch

I have no idea what is that....

)) Oh my! I'm the chosen one! Gotta be proud of it! flower

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Marina wrote:

Thank you for the website who gave us Lana !
On it, I have found it :

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MARINA
Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman

Other Scripts: Μαρινα (Greek), Марина (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian)

Pronounced: mah-REE-nah (Italian, Spanish, German)

Well... all european usages, except French ! lol!

I didn't know that Marina was a Romanian or Serbian name too... scratch

Oh, Marina is extremely popular in Russia. I know about 20 Marinas Smile

)))

When a child, I wanted to be Marina sooo much!!! ohhhh

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Vania

Marina wrote:

Vania wrote:

Now I'm a bit confused, hehe, because my full name (Ivanka) means Gracious god

Is Ivanka the same as Ivana ?

Yep, Marinochka it's the same! Smile

Thanks, Lana, for the other site! I've found this there, for my name (for Ivan, actually)

IVAN
Gender: Masculine

Usage: Russian, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Ukrainian

Other Scripts: Иван (Russian, Bulgarian), Іван (Ukrainian)

Pronounced: ee-VAHN (Russian), IE-van (English) [key]

Russian, Czech, Croatian, Slovene and Bulgarian form of JOHN (Kerr :kataus:

). This was the name of several rulers of Moscow, including Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible, the first czar of Russia. Other notable bearers include Ivan Turgenev, a Russian author who wrote 'Fathers and Sons', and Ivan Pavlov, a scientist and physiologist best known for his discovery of the conditioned reflex.

lol!

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Vania

Grace wrote:

Albena:

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Created by Bulgarian writer Yordan Yovkov for the heroine in his drama 'Albena' (1930). He may have based it on ALBINA.

Yes, it's absolutely true! As I know, he based this name not on ALBINA, but on ABLENA (that comes from the Bulgarian word for "peony" or "plane-tree") he just changed the place of B and L Very Happy

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Marina

Grace wrote:

Albena:

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Created by Bulgarian writer Yordan Yovkov for the heroine in his drama 'Albena' (1930). He may have based it on ALBINA.

So Albena is a created name... I thought that it was a typical name in Bulgaria... Such a beautiful creatd name... I love you

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Bea

Lana wrote!

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Another website that I like for names is: Behind the Name. :

That is verrry interesting!Thanks! :vo:

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