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Nitemare

Lifer
Feb 8, 2001
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CHRISTOPHER
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KRIS-to-fur [key]
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Means "bearing Christ", derived from Late Greek ???st?? (Christos) combined with fe?? (phero) "to bear, to carry". Christopher was the legendary saint who carried the young Jesus across a river. He is the patron saint of travellers. Another famous bearer was Christopher Columbus, the explorer who reached the West Indies in the 15th century.
 

hevnsnt

Lifer
Mar 18, 2000
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BILL
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BIL [key]
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Short form of WILLIAM. The change in the initial consonant may have been influenced by an earlier Irish pronunciation of the name.
 

RandomFool

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RYAN
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: RIE-an [key]
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From a surname which was originally derived from an Irish first name which meant "little king" (from Irish rí "king" combined with a diminutive suffix).
 

GhettoPeanut

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I can now say i really like my name.

BRIAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: BRIE-an [key]
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The meaning of this name is not known for certain but it is possibly related to the Old Celtic element bre meaning "hill", or by extension "high, noble". Brian Boru was an Irish king who thwarted Viking attempts to conquer Ireland in the 11th century. He was victorious in the Battle of Clontarf, but he himself was slain.
 

meltdown75

Lifer
Nov 17, 2004
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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: meltdown75
JASON
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical
Pronounced: JAY-sun [key]
From the Greek name ?as?? (Iason), which was derived from Greek ?as?a? (iasthai) "to heal". Jason was the leader of the Argonauts in Greek legend. He went in search of the Golden Fleece in order to win back his kingdom from his uncle Pelias. During his journeys he married the sorceress Medea, who helped him gain the fleece and kill his uncle, but who later turned against him when he fell in love with another woman. This name is also used in Acts in the New Testament to translate the Hebrew name Joshua.

Whoa... we have the same name. :thumbsup: :p
and apparently the same initials... :shocked: