The meanings of gymnasts names

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What's in a (gymnast's) name?



Have you ever wondered what a person’s name means? All names mean something, and the meanings usually originated a long time ago. Like my name, Sarah, means “very smart and pretty and talented and a really good writer and guitar player."


Okay, that’s not EXACTLY what it means, but it’s close enough for me.


Below is a list of a lot of first names of popular gymnasts followed by what their names mean, according to a number of pages I found on the Web. And of course my comments, where necessary. I only did Romanians, Russians and Americans.


ROMANIANS





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Simona: to hear; to listen


Lavinia: name of the legendary mother of the Romanian people (I couldn’t find any definition for Milo’s first name.


Andrea: manly; virile; warrior (There’s no listing for Andreea with two E’s, so this is for Andrea. By the way, somewhere I read that Andreea Raducan said something like, “Nobody in Romania would name their daughter Andrea with one E, because it means something dirty.”


Gina: queen


Nadia: hope


Mirela: admire


Alexandra: man’s defender


Cristina: anointed; Christian


Daniela: God is my judge (No, because she would have beat Shushunova if that was the case.)


Aurelia: Golden


Gabriela: heroine of God


Maria: star of the sea


Claudia: lame (And she was anemic.)


Mariana: star of the sea




RUSSIANS





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Yelena: sun, ray, shining light


Svetlana: light


Ekaterina: pure


Lilia: lily (Lilies are what you lay across dead people’s chests, FYI.)


Viktoria: victory


Olga: blessed; holy; successful


Natalia: birthday


Tatiana: fairy queen (NOT painted bird)


Anna: grace; favor


Roza: rose




AMERICANS



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Shannon: old; ancient (I didn’t make this one up!)


Dominique: lord


Kerri: black


Amy: beloved


Jaycie: blue crested bird (How beautiful!)


Amanda: fit to be loved


Elise: God’s promise


Shawn: God is gracious (Let us thank Him for our tacos.)


Nastia: Resurrection


Elfie: elf; magical counsel; magical being; strength; white; noble; bright (Notice how Elfie’s name needs way more words to describe it than anybody else’s.)


Phoebe: bright; radiant


Kim: Cyneburg’s field. Huh?

(I spent all kinds of time trying to figure out what the hell Cyneburg’s field is. Here’s something called “Cyneburg’s Field” on esty.com, but it looks like all it is is a bunch of bracelets, and I doubt Kim was named after a bracelet.


An answer to what it means is on chacha.com: “Cyneburg's field meaning - Cyneburg (meaning 'royal forest') was an Old English personal name. In time, the place name.”


Another questionable website says it’s a “royal town.” So that’s where I’m going to leave it. Probably Cyneburg’s field was a reference in some ancient Celtic literature or some **** to a place that never really existed and was so obscure nobody even remembers it anymore.


Jamie: he who supplants

Kristen: anointed


Tasha: birthday




Now that you know what all these gymnasts’ names mean, go find out what YOUR name means. Here are a few sites that will be helpful.


Think Baby Names
Parents Connect
BabyHold


Oh, and the real meaning of Sarah is princess!


Tell everybody here what YOUR name means!



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