My Name

Mar 04, 2004 20:21

Besides Doug's explination of my name:

BRYCE m English
Pronounced: BRIES
Variant of BRICE
BRICE m French
Pronounced: BRIES
From the name Bricius, which was probably a Latinized form of a Welsh name meaning "speckled". This was the name of a 5th-century saint, the disciple of Saint Martin of Tours.

I also found this

Bryce Male English Form of BRICE. quick-moving
Brycen Male Scottish Variant of Bryce.
Bryceton Male Scottish Variant of Bryce.

NAME Bryce
ORIGIN Anglo-Saxon [477]
MEANING Son of a nobleman [2]

NAME Bryce
ORIGIN Scottish [534]
MEANING Speckled; Surname form of Brice.

NAME Bryce
ORIGIN Celtic [444]
MEANING Swift [16]

And then my middle name: Andrew

ANDREW
(Greek) Strong; Manly; Courageous

ANDREW m English, Biblical
Pronounced: AN-droo
From the Greek name Andreas, which derives from aner "man" (genitive andros "of a man"). In the New Testament the apostle Andrew was the brother of the apostle Simon Peter. According to legend he was crucified on an X-shaped cross, and he is the patron saint of Scotland, Russia, and Greece. This was also the name of kings of Hungary.

Andrew Male Latin manly

NAME Andrew
ORIGIN English [3670]
MEANING Manly; brave. In the bible the first of the twelve apostles chosen. Andrew is patron saint of Scotland and Russia. See also Jedrick and Kendrick. [2]

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NAME Kendrick
ORIGIN Anglo-Saxon [477]
MEANING Fearless leader [3]

KENDRICK m English
Pronounced: KEN-drik
The meaning of this name is not known for certain but there are several possibilities: "royal power" from the Old English name Cyneric, "bold power" from Old English Ceneric, "high hill" from Welsh Cynwrig, or "son of HENRY" from the Gaelic surname Mac Eanraig.
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