The bible is full of names that tell you something about the person who has that name, and people were quite often given names for a reason...Jesus (God saves), Abraham (Father of many), Isaac (laughter), John (the Lord has been gracious), Noah (comfort) to mention just a few.
It's not common for people nowadays to think about the meaning of their name or if it's relevant or says something about them. It still can though and it's worth finding out what your name means. Here are a few that I have looked up:
Sarah - princess...if you are a princess then that means that you are related to the King and that the King will do anything for you. You're the King's daughter and He loves you. You're royalty - a special person. And of course a princess is always beautiful.
Natalie - French form of Natalya which is a Russian name derived from Natalis which means birthday. So you're always the birthday girl! Anyone called Natalie should have a birthday everyday. There is a Saint Natalia too who helped people.
Kirsty - (sorry long one this) Scottish name, a pet form of Kirstin which is a Scottish form of Christine which is a form of Christina, which is a simplified form of Christiana which is the feminine form of Christianus which is the Latin for Christian. So in the end, Kirsty means a Christian!
Zoe - life...when God promises to give "new life" ("...and in His love He will give you new life" Zephaniah 3:17) then He is really saying there will be a "new Zoe".
Ann Marie - Ann is a variant of Anne which is derived from the Hebrew name Hanna which means 'He has favoured me'. Marie is the French form of Maria which is a respelling of Mary. It is the New testament form of Miriam which means 'star of the sea'. So Ann Marie means 'God has favoured His star of the sea'
Rachel - from the Latin Rachiela which literally means "mad girl who writes a blog and then comments on it 12 times". OK I made that up. Rachel means ewe in Hebrew. It is an extremely popular Jewish name and was the name of Jacob's wife in the bible and the mother of Joseph.
Well I have only looked up a few, but if you would like me to look up yours and add it then please leave a comment and I will see what I can do.
8 comments:
What does pilch mean then? :P
Pilch is short for Pilchard. This is a pet form of Richard. Ric=power and hard=brave and strong. So Pilch means brave, strong and powerful!
awwwwww its a scots name , i never knew that lol, oh aye the nooooooooooooo, brave strong and powerful !!!!!! if your strong u could be a boxer
lol pilchie see if you can find out what Ann Marie means :) thank you
Ok Ann Marie - I have put it on
Please do mine! My real-life name is Rachel. :D Thank you!
Ok will do yours Nossie!
ROFL at mine!! Thank you again!
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