What Does Your Name Mean ?

We all get at least two names when we are born. A first and last. When parents mess up, we are stuck just like Johnny Cash in Boy Named Sue. Other names just seem to work. When our parents can't come up with a good name they may default to letters. B.J, H.R. I have a friend named Steve O'bryan we call S.O.B. he has been stuck with that for more than 60 years. Seems it is all in the name.

Today is "What Your Name Means Day". Did you know Earl D. Tupper is the name of the guy behind Tupperware? New Yorks "Broadway" was originally named the Wiechquaekeck Trail? Or that the name Peeping Tom came from a real person?

Tom was a tailor. He's said to be the only person who didn't respect Lady Godiva's request not to observe her nakedness. The term has survived and is used to describe someone who looks when he or she shouldn't.

Just in case you cared, the last name of Dorothy in the Wizard Oz is Gale.

What about your name? You might discover something interesting when you go here or here or here .

My name, Joseph has an interesting meaning.

From Ioseph, the Latin form of Greek Ιωσηφ (Ioseph), which was from the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef) meaning "he will add". In the Old Testament, Joseph is the eleventh son of Jacob. Because he was the favourite of his father, his older brothers sent him to Egypt and told their father that he had died. In Egypt, Joseph became an advisor to the pharaoh, and was eventually reconciled with his brothers when they came to Egypt during a famine. This name also occurs in the New Testament, belonging to Saint Joseph the husband of Mary and Joseph of Arimathea.In the Middle Ages, Joseph was a common Jewish name, being less frequent among Christians. In the late Middle Ages Saint Joseph became more highly revered, and the name became popular in Spain and Italy. In England it became common after the Protestant Reformation. This name was borne by rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Portugal. Other notable bearers include Polish-British author Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) and the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin (1878-1953).

This guys name is ZopittybopBopBop, yep it's a mug shot. Sorta fits doesn't it?

By the way: The study of names is, as close as I can tell, called Toponymy.

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