What's Behind Your Name?

Being it's St. Patrick's Day and Erin's name means "Ireland" (Anglicized form of Eireann), I was wondering what other people's name meant. Using BehindTheName.com, I was able to come up with the following results.

• • Erin = "Ireland"
  
• • Bernt = "Brave, Hardy Bear"

Our Fathers

• • Bruce = From a Norman surname meaning "of Brieuse" in French.
• • Kevin = Composed of the Old Irish elements coem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth".

Our Mothers

• • Deb = Means "bee" in Hebrew.
• • De (Dale) = From an English surname that originally belonged to a person who lived near a dale.

Our Siblings

• • Leif = "Descendent, heir"
• • Josh = From the Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshu'a) which meant "YAHWEH is salvation". The name Jesus is derived from this name.
• • Emily = "Rival"
• • Danae = From Δαναοι (Danaoi), a word used by Homer to designate the Greeks.

Since Brevin "was not found in this database" we can combine our dads names to come up with Brevin's origin.

• • Brevin = "Kind, gentle, handsome of Brieuse"

What does your name mean? Click here to find out.

Happy Lucky Charms Day!

—b