The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part eight- Page 125

[guitargeek0624]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:41pm

I love Trader Joe's! I love all the snacks you can buy there, especially Pirate Booty!

Speaking of specialty food stores, my mom went to an Indian store today and bought frozen garlic naan and gulab jamun in a can. Yummy.

[Chloe]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:46pm

Okay, I'll play along - I go to a Stop 'N Shop and it's... okay.

::wonders why everyone prefers talking about grocery stores instead of fascinating topics like the origin of names::

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:47pm

Probably because it's approaching dinnertime.

[Chloe]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:49pm

Deborah - Means "bee" in Hebrew. Deborah was the nurse of Rebecca in the Old Testament. Also in the Old Testament, this was the name of a heroine and prophetess who led the Israelites in defeating the Canaanites.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:50pm

Honeybee, I used to be told.

[Bohemian1232]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:51pm

I've never been able to figure out what my name means. It's spelt kind of weirdly.

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:52pm

Mine means deserving of love or something. I guess that's why you all love me.
Updated On: 3/22/06 at 05:52 PM

[Chloe]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:53pm

Bohemian, PM it to me if you'd like, and I'll look it up.

And of course we love you, Mandi.

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:54pm

I think mine means warrior. Which, if you've met me you know - I am certainly not.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:54pm

*hugs Mandi*

[Chloe]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:55pm

Amanda - Created in the 17th century by the playwright Colley Cibber, who based it on Latin amanda meaning "lovable".

[Atrias]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:57pm

It's so true! What does Chloe mean?

[Bohemian1232]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:57pm

*loves Mandi*

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:57pm

::wonders why everyone prefers talking about grocery stores instead of fascinating topics like the origin of names::

Well, you can't eat a name, can you?

I think I remember reading somewhere that Jessica means "graceful." *falls over laughing - emphasis on the "falls over" part *

[Chloe]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 6:05pm

I've been munching away, so am immune to the hunger motivation.

Chloe isn't my real name, but since I chose it for myself, I looked it up anyway. It's Greek for "green shoot" and also one of the goddess Demeter's names. Kind of appropriate since I feel like I'm reliving my adolescence here. Or maybe "redoing" would be more appropriate, since it wasn't very fun the first time.

My real name is one of the endless boring variations on the Hebrew Johanna.

ETA: Here's where I've been looking everything up - it's a fun site.

Behind the Name Updated On: 3/22/06 at 06:05 PM

[Atrias]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 6:12pm

Johanna comes from "John", right? Mine's another variation. Stupid meaning, really.

[Chloe]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 6:17pm

Right, John is from the Hebrew Johannes which means "Yahweh is gracious" and Johanna is the feminine form.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 6:18pm

My name means beloved.

[Amber_C2003]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 6:20pm

Mine means "a jewel"

[jlc6314]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 6:20pm

My name means something like, the white fair one. So boring.

[jeremykushnier1fan]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 6:22pm

Does Katelyn mean anything?

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 6:25pm

According to Chloe, my name means "little raid".

[Chloe]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 6:26pm

It's a variation on Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine - From the Greek name ?????????? (Aikaterine). The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name ‘????????? (Hekaterine), which came from ‘???????? (hekateros) "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess HECATE; it could be related to Greek ????? (aikia) "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". The Romans associated it with Greek ??????? (katharos) "pure" and changed their spelling from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this.

ETA: Sorry, the board is turning all the Greek script into question marks. You can see it more coherently at the link.
Katherine Updated On: 3/22/06 at 06:26 PM

[guitargeek0624]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 6:43pm

My Hebrew name is Molka Adina, meaning "Queen of Light." I like it.

My real name is Marisa, which according to Behind the Name has no meaning. How sad. Well, I was named for my great-grandmother Molly, so I guess it does have some meaning.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 6:48pm

I was going to post mine, but Chloe beat me to it. My name is Katherine.