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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
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
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
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!
Sarah!
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
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
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
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!
Sarah!
