https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 31 May 2026 18:11:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings/page/2#post-1563508 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:47:37 +0000 IRunForFun 1563508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't, really, but out of curiosity I just looked up my favorite girls name and it means "Pity" or "God is my light." We're not religious sooo...maybe if we have a daughter she'll be pitied because she got stuck with us as parents? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings/page/2#post-1563484 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:39:51 +0000 night cheese 1563484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I don't care about meanings. I honestly have no idea what either of the names we have picked out even means. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings/page/2#post-1561382 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:55:17 +0000 Pancakes 1561382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaobliva: Did that name happen to be Cecily? Because I really like that name, but of course I dislike that meaning...it bothers DH more than it bothers me. Who is really going to know or ask about the name meaning anyway? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings/page/2#post-1561342 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:48:23 +0000 mrsbookworm 1561342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dagret: Mary Anne must mean anal retentive :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings/page/2#post-1561309 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:42:06 +0000 Andrea 1561309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, just as long as it's not something really bad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings/page/2#post-1561250 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:27:25 +0000 MummaColston 1561250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. Hunter means exactly what the name would suggest. Although his Dad will be teaching him how to hunt when he is old enough so I suppose it's fitting. We chose his 2nd name because it's my father's name and Hunter John sort of just flowed.<br /> It wasn't until after we'd settled on names (both genders) that we bothered to look into meanings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings/page/2#post-1559898 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:59:25 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1559898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: she's lame. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings/page/2#post-1559895 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:59:03 +0000 MoonMoon 1559895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I'll never think of Claudia Kishi the same way, lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559880 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:55:48 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1559880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My name means "fair ruler of the little people" hahahahahahhaa</p> <p>No, i really dont care about things like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559877 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:55:32 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1559877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: I went further back from Claude to the family Claudian Dynasty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559860 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:51:48 +0000 MoonMoon 1559860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: wiki says persevering? Any Bees speak Latin...? :wink:<br /> <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(given_name)" rel="nofollow">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(given_name)</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559843 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:48:12 +0000 MoonMoon 1559843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: yeah, published sources or more reputable seeming name websites. I love learning the history of names! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559841 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:47:23 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1559841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: Everything I've read (by which I mean the first page of google results) says Claudius also means lame.<br /> From Wikipedia:<br /> "The nomen Claudius, originally Clausus, according to legend, is usually said to be derived from the Latin adjective claudus, meaning "lame"" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559826 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:45:00 +0000 rattles 1559826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: Where do you look for meanings then? I like Oxford's Dictionary of First Names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559814 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:42:33 +0000 MoonMoon 1559814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do care a lot, but I don't trust online name sites! Their definitions vary widely and are often inaccurate. For example, I don't think Claudia means lame. It's the feminine derivative of Claudius, a Roman dynastic name. Maybe they say it means lame because the emperor Claudius had a speech impediment? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559786 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:38:16 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1559786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes very important, because I do believe in the Pygmalion effect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559748 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:31:32 +0000 rattles 1559748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I care about name meaning. There are sometimes where I just can't handle the meaning. (For example, someone I know used a name that means "misshapen head" for their child who had severe birth defects.) Most of the time though, it's a nice thing if a name has a positive meaning, but personal meaning can trump dictionary meaning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559738 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:29:47 +0000 LuLu Mom 1559738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As logn as it's not negative I don't care. DD means "son of Emery" and clearly she's female ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559735 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:29:14 +0000 dagret 1559735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If Claudia means "lame"<br /> and Mallory means "unlucky"<br /> then<br /> Kristy means "bitchy"<br /> Dawn means "Wilford Brimley" (Diabeetus)<br /> Jessi means "must have ugly feet"</p> <p>who else am I forgetting?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559726 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:27:52 +0000 LovelyPlum 1559726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! LO's name means beloved child , and it went a long way towards us deciding to use it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559670 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:17:13 +0000 whenoceansrise 1559670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really care about the name meanings, but I do check to make sure it's not something awful. I had the name Ivah on my list for awhile and found out it meant iniquity soooo that went off my list! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559639 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:12:09 +0000 Radish 1559639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. The only names I stray from are very biblical names because we are not religious.<br /> My issues with names even having meaning are:<br /> - One name could mean so many different things depending on culture.<br /> - No one has the meaning of all the names memorized - I don't even know what my own name means.<br /> - A child defines their name, not some antiquated idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559622 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:08:22 +0000 Happygal 1559622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No as much as my husband! He will nix a name if he think the meaning is bad. If a name I like has a great meaning, I see that as icing on the cake.</p> <p>I do like the name Mallory and learned it means "unlucky." Bummer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559571 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:00:21 +0000 pui 1559571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kind of, but not really. If the meaning was really bad it might make me reconsider the name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559568 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:00:00 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1559568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought it would mean something to me... but in the end I chose name over meaning. J's name doesn't have a positive meaning. But he gives it a whole new meaning and that's what's important to me :) </p> <p>Name meaning mattered a ton to my mother. All six of us kids have special meanings to our name:<br /> -She outshines the starts<br /> -Victorious<br /> -Dearly loved<br /> -Bright/honor<br /> -Manly<br /> - Praiseworthy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559558 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:58:24 +0000 Greentea 1559558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559552 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:56:49 +0000 Sapphiresun 1559552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd probably check that it didn't mean something really bad, but just "not positive" or not applicable wouldn't bug me. My LO's name means "born on Christmas", and unless Christmas has moved to August, she was not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559544 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:54:23 +0000 lawbee11 1559544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: LOL those sound much better than bitter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559541 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:53:10 +0000 sunny 1559541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup it was very important that the name mean something positive. I think this might be cultural. Chinese names always have some sort of meaning. I think that definitely played a part in why I cared about the meaning as well.</p> <p>I've seen different meanings listed for LO's name but usually it is listed as either strong or joy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-pay-attention-to-name-meanings#post-1559498 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:47:26 +0000 MamaMoose 1559498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: It's a diminutive of Mary which can mean bitter... but I choose to go with "wished for child". It also can mean "star of the sea" which I love. </p>