does anyone know where the names elliott and daryl come from?
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DARYL (Unisex - French) \nDear, Beloved   \n\nELLIOTT (Male - Hebrew) \nClose to God
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winchester. their real names are jensen ackles(dean) and jared padalecki(sam).\n\ni love that show btw.
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Sorry this will be a bit long... but if you want to get good answer to questions about the meaning of names you need to know which sources and sites you can trust... so I'll try to point out why certain sites are NOT good sources.\n\nIn general, I do not trust the meanings given in the "baby name" sites.  Some are correct, same are way off!  Too much sloppy work and failture to co-ordinate related forms to rely on them.\n\nOne evidence of unreliability is this -- If you check out the "name-meanings" and "babyname" sites mentioned above and search for the list of names below --ALL of which are derived from the same Germanic name ("Karl"), you will find meanings that have nothing to do with each other!      \n\nCharles, Carl, Karl, Carlos\nCarla, Carlotta, Charlotte, Charlene\nCarol, Caroline \n(there are others, but they are unlikely to appear in English)\n\nEsp. laughable is what happens when you choose one of the FEMININE forms.  Some may properly say "from Charles", but others end up as "melody" (for "Carol" -- but this is NOT the meaning of the NAME!), "feminine",  "beautiful woman", etc. \n\nNow it IS true that since "carol" is a word for a type of song or hymn, people MAY choose the name for that meaning, and say it means that.  No problem there, even if that's not the way the name originally came about...  language is like that!  But in any case the names do NOT mean "feminine" or "beautiful".\n\nAlso, since names, like other words, can change meaning over time, some variation is understandable.  (Thus the negative word "churl" is derived from "Carl", but that does not mean the name Carl has that meaning.)\n\nBut that's not what's going on with the baby books and baby-name sites.  They are often trying to make the names sounds interesting and attractive (telling a girl her name is a feminine form of "man" or "warrior" may not be well received!) But in the process they are often far from correct!\n\nOn the other hand I have found "behindthename.com" to avoid such sloppiness.   They try to present the most reliable info they can.  For a cluster of names, ALL the names will eventually take you to one main entry that explains the derivation and meaning.  In this case all the names listed above end up at the "Charles" article.\n\nSo we discover that there is a bit of uncertainty/debate about whether the name simply means "man" (or in some cultures a particular status of man, such as a "free man") OR is from a Germanic root "heri" for "war", hence meaning "warrior" (the sort of name used quite often in Germanic cultures).\n\nBy the way "farmer" is not very helpful here.   It may be that in some societies the typical work of the "(free)man" was as a farmer, but that does not mean this word itself MEANS "farmer".\n\nWikipedia's article on the name is also quite good, and adds a bit of history and a hint at how the name could be related to status in society (which may make it difficult to fully translate, since our societies do not have that same structure)\n\nSo, check out the details at these two links:\nhttp://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?nmd=n&terms=charles\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_(name)\n(which includes a nice list of masculine and feminine forms as well as surnames)
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My son has a lot of friends in his school from China.  Most of them kept their given names which we got used to after a little assistance with pronunciation.  If you want an English name, though, how about Gerald, Jerome or Jeremy?
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How about trying to do a search in family trees, or just try typing the name in quotes in a search like "nevins" or "Norma nevins" is any one has done a family tree with that name you will find it.
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According to what Bernie Taupin wrote, it was a\nfictitious name, but take a look at the discussion in\nthe reference.\n\nFrom the song lyrics, I assumed that he was Levon's father.\nThe song is describing Levon and says:\n\nHe was born a pauper to a pawn on a christmas day\nWhen the new york times said God is dead\nAnd the wars begun\nAlvin tostig has a son today
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There are billions of names in the world... so who knows where it came from. Just go with it... and smile... and nobody will notice until you have to have to say it or have them spell it.\nBetter than Miller, Smith Anderson, etc. You won't be lost in the phone book somewhere with a million other names the same. lol
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actually the correct answer would be that the charecter;'s name was on both shows. No producers ever realized this or I am sure there would have  been a major copy wright infringement. Good luck and god bless  and happy thanksgiving.
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This is the only thing I could find about it, hope it helps:                                                                                                           Bocephus - Hank Williams Sr. began calling his infant son "Bocephus," presumably because he fancied the name given to Grand Ole Opry ventriliquist, Ron Brasfield's dummy.
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YES! Totally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n My friend and i were talking about them, and she was trying to name two of them and she accidently said"Sebastian, and Pear"(pair)and we've had a joke"Sebastion ate pear" ever since!
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The boy's name Daniel is pronounced DAN-yel. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "God is my judge."
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Very sketchy info; he left BST in 1968.  He then did work on Al Cooper's "Al's Big Deal (unclaimed freight") in 1975.  Since then, everyone I've spoken to has the same story-- he had a mental breakdown, and has been living in a mental institution ever since the episode (1977 or 1978)... "ahh... jucyfruit"
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i have thought up the weirdest names but anyway...here goes....\n\ngirl: hermia\n      raven\n      rein\n      larissa \n      rachelle\n      helena\n\nboy: julian\n     jared\n     sid\n     langdon\n\n....pretty weird names...hehehe
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William is a very old name in the English language, which has Germanic roots.  In the old English, the letter W sounded more similar to German, where they pronounce W's with a V sound.  The shape of the mouth to create a V and B are very similar.  When the English language became a written as well as a spoken language, people used phonetic spellings of words. Therefore some people's names were listed as Will and some were listed as Bill depending on how the listener thought it was pronounced.\n\nNow, people choose which one they like better or that suits their person more.\n\nWhy is Dick short for Richard? That's the one I never understood.
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justin is from Magee (Sanatorium, MO) High School and Mississippi StateIm not sure of his nickname
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Definition: Said to derive from "fraises," the French word for strawberry because the Fraser arms display three silver strawberry flowers on a field of blue. \n\nSurname Origin: Norman, Scottish \n\nAlternate Surname Spellings: FRAZER, FRAZIER, FRASIER\n\n\nlinks that have info on there genealogy\n\nhttp://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?LNM=FRAZIER&PLNM=FRAZIER&first_kind=1&kind=exact&offset=0&dwpdone=1\n\nhttp://genforum.genealogy.com/frazier/
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The Name we use today derives from the Pyramid of Pepy I at Saqqara, which is Mennufer (the good place), or Coptic Menfe. Memphis is the Greek translation. But the City was originally Ineb-Hedj, meaning "The White Wall". \n\nSome sources indicate that other versions of the name may have even translated to our modern name for the country, Egypt. During the Middle Kingdom, it was Ankh-Tawy, or "That Which Binds the Two Lands".