<p>Inspired by the UD thread, I'd like to know: what's the origin of your actual first name? Nationality, meaning, history, whatever. You don't have to post your actual name, obviously, just the meaning {i am for mine, though}. this</a> site is useful if your name is common.</p>
<p>HANNAH
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Hebrew, French, German, Dutch, Biblical
Pronounced: HAN-ə (English), HAH-nah (German) [key]
From the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah) which meant "favour" or "grace". Hannah was the mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament. As an English name, Hannah was not regularly used until after the Protestant Reformation. The Greek and Latin version Anna is used in the New Testament and was traditionally more widely used as a Christian name.</p>
<p>OSCAR
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Scandinavian, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: AHS-kər (English) [key]
Possibly means “deer lover”, derived from Gaelic os “deer” and cara “lover”. Alternatively, it may derive from the Old English name OSGAR or its Old Norse cognate ÁSGEIRR, which may have been brought to Ireland by Viking invaders and settlers. In Irish legend Oscar was the son of the poet Oisín and the grandson of the hero Fionn mac Cumhail.
This name was popularized in continental Europe by the works of the 18th-century Scottish poet James Macpherson. Napolean was an admirer of Macpherson, and he suggested Oscar as the second middle name of his godson, who eventually became king of Sweden as Oscar I. Another notable bearer was the Irish writer and humourist Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).</p>
<p>I guess I’ll just say my first name. It’s not a huge deal.
Bryanna (I searched up Brianna since it’s a more common spelling.)
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Irish
Pronounced: bree-AN-ə (English), bree-AHN-ə (English) [key]
Feminine form of BRIAN
Meaning: Noble, strong, virtuous; hill (I got this from a different website.)</p>
<p>Name: xrCalico23
Gender: Feminine
Origin: from the depth of a girl’s overactive imagination on a rainy afternoon
Usage: CC username</p>
<p>Meaning:
a plain-woven cotton textile
a neotropical brush-footed butterfly species
Calico or Tortoiseshell is a common coloration for domestic cats
goldfish that sports a type of metallic and transparent scales
a species of fish found in Bermuda and the United States
a dragonfly found in North America</p>
<p>Calico Light Weapons Systems, a small firearms manufacturing company currently based in Hillsboro, Oregon
Calico Liberty, a roller-delayed blowback-operated semi-automatic rifle or pistol
Calico M100, a blowback operated semi-automatic rifle/carbine (M100)
Calico M100P, a semi-automatic pistol
Calico M960, 9mm semi-automatic gun</p>
<p>CALICO (consortium), American consortium</p>
<p>Calico Mountains (California), just north of Interstate 15 in the Mojave Desert, California
Calico Ghost Town, a ghost town in the Mojave Desert region of Southern California
Calico and Odessa Railroad, a heritage railway in the ghost town of Calico, California
Calico Peaks, a mountain range in Inyo County, California
Calico, Kern County, California
Calico Mountains (Nevada)
Calico Early Man Site, a possible archaeological site 15 miles NE of Barstow, California
Calico Mills, one of Ahmedabad’s (India) earliest textile mills established in 1880
Calico Museum of Textiles, in the city of Ahmedabad, state of Gujarat in western India
Calico Rock, Arkansas, a city in Izard County, United States
Ghost Town and Calico Railway, a tourist railroad within Knott’s Berry Farm, a theme park in Buena Park, California</p>
<p>Pronounced: HAHR-vee [key]
From the Breton given name Haerviu, which meant “battle worthy”, from haer “battle” and viu “worthy”. This was the name of a 6th-century Breton hermit who is the patron saint of the blind. It was introduced to England by settlers from Brittany after the Norman conquest. During the later Middle Ages it became rare, but it was revived in the 19th century.</p>
<p>HOLLY
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHL-ee [key]
From the English word for the holly tree, ultimately derived from Old English holen.</p>
<p>MATTHEW
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: MATH-yoo (English) [key]
English form of Ματθαιος (Matthaios), which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattityahu) meaning “gift of YAHWEH”. Saint Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles. He was a tax collector, and supposedly the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament. As an English name, Matthew has been in use since the Middle Ages.</p>
<p>My name isn’t in the system. Yea my name is that unique get at me. And I am of the light skinned persuasion so I don’t have a name like Sha’Quia or something (No racism intended)</p>
<p>I’m actually named after George Kennan. (The last name).</p>