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MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Name Origins

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

lol, it doesn't know anything about my maiden name! But I believe that my grandfather changed the spelling of it though.

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

But it doesn't know the other last names in my family either.

Ruby · The Good Witch Of The South

Amanda
A 17th-century literary coinage from the Latin gerundive (feminine) amanda lovable, fit to be loved, from amare to love. This is evidently modelled on Miranda. The masculine form Amandus, borne by various saints from the 4th to the 7th century, seems not to have been the source of the feminine form, and is itself not now used. The female name enjoyed considerable popularity in the mid-20th century. Short form: Manda.

Pet form: Mandy.

Ruby
English: from the vocabulary word for the gemstone (Latin rubinus, from rubeus red). The name was chiefly common in the late 19th century and up to the middle of the 20th. It is now out of fashion.

emily
English: from a medieval form of the Latin name Aemilia, the feminine version of the old Roman family name Aemilius (probably from aemulus rival). It was not common in the Middle Ages, and when it was revived in the 19th century there was much confusion between the originally distinct Amelia and the Latinate form of this name, Emilia. Cognates: French: Émilie. German: Emilie

I know my great uncle changed our name, I do not know the correct spelling.

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

here is what i got (and i am not suprised)
We have no name meaning and origin for vianney
but i was named after St. John Vianney -- yes, my birth name is Vianney that's why i go by Vee. My mom was on experimental pain meds when I was born --- that's my story and i'm sticking to it!

St. John Vianney, Priest (Patron of priests) Feast day - August 4 Universally known as the "Cure of Ars)," St. John Mary Vianney was ordained a priest in 1815. Three years later he was made parish priest of Ars, a remote French hamlet, where his reputation as a confessor and director of souls made him known throughout the Christian world. His life was one of extreme mortification.

Accustomed to the most severe austerities, beleaguered by swarms of penitents, and besieged by the devil, this great mystic manifested a imperturbable patience. He was a wonderworker loved by the crowds, but he retained a childlike simplicity, and he remains to this day the living image of the priest after the heart of Christ.

He heard confessions of people from all over the world for the sixteen hours each day. His life was filled with works of charity and love. It is recorded that even the staunchest of sinners were converted at his mere word. He died August 4, 1859, and was canonized May 31, 1925.

Ruby · The Good Witch Of The South

Really cool!

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

Ruby wrote:

Really cool!

i'm secure with it now, but as a child i was teased mercilessly! one reason all my children have "normal" names.

garougal · Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult

Seriously, I think that is such a cool name - so unique and it sounds pretty.