Wow this is cool .. and I would think those who are named Johanna/Joanna etc. would be included in the group as well. I also love how Arthur’s name means the “Lion of God” and here his middle name is Daniel. How fitting … His parents knew what they were doing when they carefully chose his name! :yes: My name Denis is derived from the Greek God of wine Dionyisus, probably misspelled! In Hebrew it is Tsebach I believe. I hate wine! But a NT believer had that name! TR Well, Arthur was my paternal Grandfather's name. So that was straightforward. My paternal great great grandfather's name was Daniel who was a Methodist lay preacher. (He was nicknamed "The Worthy" since he was a member of the House of Keys, the Parliment of the Isle of Man.) Can't wait to meet him! My family name hasn't such a beautiful meaning so it all evens out. :good: It looks like Denis is also … the keeper of the vegetation not just the wine. Do you like veggies? You don’t like wine but isn’t brandy wine? :scratch: A variant form of Dennis, in allusion to Dionysos, the god of vegetation and wine, in Greek mythology. French The fruit of the vine may not be to your liking but being a keeper of the vine does not necessarily mean you have to drink it :wacko: As Geri mentioned, you could be the vegetation king .... got cucumber :mdrmdr: Names are important to God, isn’t great He knows your name! :prayer-hands: I think I looked my name up in the right place :scratch: My full name is Jacquelyn, which they said was associated with the root name of Jacob....or Yaakova...the a at the end I think adds the feminine aspect to it as Jacob I believe is Yaakov....but it means to grab at the heel or follower...I like that....I certainly am a follower of Jesus. :heart: My name will remain Yohanan on my stone because not only has God been gracious to me on this rock but because He chose me from the beginning of time and has allowed me to love Jesus for all eternity which shows that He continues to be gracious towards a wretch like me. The older I get the more I realize how desperately unworthy I am to even speak the name of Jesus much less garner a nanosecond of His attention. Knowing that He looks upon me is sometimes unbearable. When I was younger I never understood why Peter was speaking such "hyperbole" when he said in Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” Well, I totally get it these days. But that just goes to show how amazing the love of the Father is towards us. I looked up Geri and in Hebrew it means Coffee Lover! 😉 Copy that! TR Well my nick name is Tig’ger if that’s helpful! Yep! Right from the Winnie the Pooh gang, probably because of my high energy level, hate to think it was because I was annoying (only to Piglet) ... but Tig’gers are a wonderful thing to have :mdrmdr: :mdrmdr:
