• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
    10·
    11 days ago

    It keeps blowing my mind when I learn that other languages haven’t obfuscated the meanings of names behind two thousand years of linguistic divergence.

    Your name almost certainly means something basic too, you just don’t remember what it is.

    • balsoft@lemmy.ml
      3·
      10 days ago

      Yep. Some common names:

      Steve ← Steven ← Stephanus ← στέφανος = crown (or wealth)

      Linda ← -linde = tender, soft

      James ← Iacomus ← Iacobus ← Ἰάκωβος ← Ἰακώβ ← יַעֲקֹב = heel, footprint / follow, watch, observe

      Karen ← Catherine ← Αἰκατερίνη ← Ἑκάτη = one who works from far away (referring to a goddess)

    • huf [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      even in english, it’s a somewhat mixed bag. names like Grace, Hope, Faith are still accessible to modern people.