The Name Quiz That's Been Going Around
Apr. 5th, 2003 08:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bookofmirrorsIn my usual style, I'm going to make this much more complicated than it needs to be. ;)
I'll it, however, to spare the loading time.
The reason this is going to be complicated is because I recently legally changed my name from my birth name (Krista Lynn Fleming) to K'La Albertini. During my first marriage, my name was Krista Lynn McCormick. Also, I was adopted. I've since asked my birth mother what she would have named me had she kept me. She said it never really crossed her mind, since she never had any intention of keeping me, but she guessed she would have named me Star (Starr? Starre?). My biological mother's last name is Wood, my biological father's last name is Bottom. At any rate, I'm going to use this as an exercise to kind of explore all those names, and see how (if at all) they relate to me.
1. What does your first name mean?
Krista: I've seen various meanings, but they're all related to Christ. "Christ-Bearer" seems to be the most common.
K'La: It's an acronym. I made it up. K(rista)'L(ynn)a(lbertini). It originally started as a way to keep me from being confused with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blckwngdorcl's friend Christa. It kinda stuck, and it was at a time in my life when I was rediscovering myself, so I thought the changeover was pretty symbolic. I made it legal, recently, when I had some money I was able to put aside.
Looking up that name under the more common spellings, it says it's a derivation of KAYLEY f English, Irish Pronounced: KAY-lee From the Irish surname Ó Caollaidhe, which means "descendent of Caollaidhe". The given name Caollaidhe derives from the Gaelic word caol "slender". Hee hee hee.
It's apparently also the Hawaiian form of Sarah, which means lady, or princess, in Hebrew.
2. What does your middle name mean?
Lynn: a pool
Currently, I have no middle name.
3. What does your last name mean?
Fleming: descendant of someone from Flanders (Flanders means "submerged land"). Flanders is in Belgium, which is apparently where the Flemings originated. I know my great-grandfather came from Ireland, during the potato famine, I think.
McCormick: "Son of Chariot Lad" (Irish and Scots Gaelic).
Albertini: Damn... no wonderblckwngdorcl couldn't find anything on this... Closest I can find is ALBERT (British). "Noble bright" (Germanic), and I'm quite sure it's not the same thing. However, I also found ALBERTINA f Italian, German, Portuguese, English - Feminine pet form of ALBERT. Looking it up from the second link, I found ALBERT m English, French
Pronounced: AL-burt
From the Germanic name Adalbrecht which meant "bright nobility", composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". It was introduced to England by the Normans. This name, in its various forms, has belonged to kings of Belgium and Germany, as well as others among European royalty. Other famous bearers include the physicist Albert Einstein, creator of the theory of relativity, and Albert Camus, a French-Algerian writer and philosopher. I know that Albertini is related to Tuscan nobility, so maybe that IS it.
Moore: "The Moor or darkie". (This isblckwngdorcl's birth name.)
Wood: Possibly a modern form of the ancient Irish name "O'Coilligh". I can't find any information on this name at all... :( I'm just going to assume it means from the wood(s).
Bottom: English, described a lone resident in a valley, dale, glen, deep hollow, pit, ravine, or bottom land; the delicate, fastidious person may spell it Botham.
4. So what does your name mean when put together?
Hmmm.... I wonder if I can incorporate everything... Let's see....
A noble, bright, Christ-bearing son of the wooded valleys of the moors of the submerged land.
4b. Do you have a nickname?
When I lived up north, my friends called me Quib. This comes from when my niece was a baby, and couldn't pronounce Krista, so she called me Quibba. I thought it was kinda cute/cool, so I started using it as a nickname, and it caught on. My parents call me Lynnie. And no, I haven't told them I changed my name. During my short stint in Catholicism (my first husband was raised Catholic, and it was easier to "convert" than it was to do the Protestant/Catholic wedding thing), I took the saint name Monica, patron saint of mothers, because I thought (think) that being a (good!) mother is the most wonderful, sacred duty on the planet. I don't really have a craft name, as do most witches, although there's a pet name thatblckwngdorcl uses for me. I think he came up with it in response to a similar pet name I made for him. Both are private, though. :)
5. What would you have been named if you were the opposite gender?
I was never intended to be the opposite gender, so I have no idea. My parents told the adoption agency they wanted a girl. They originally wanted to call my Kristen (not sure of that spelling), but for some reason, they wanted the middle name Lynn, and Kristen Lynn doesn't roll off the tongue nearly as well.
6. Any other name oddities?
I think I've already covered all the oddities. :)
7. Do you like your name?
Very much. I liked it before, too, although it was entirely to easy to associate Fleming with phlegm. There was a guy in grade school who called me Flamingo-Breath. McCormick wasn't bad. I don't think Krista really "goes" with any particular last name.
8. What do you like best about it?
It's unique, it's mine, and, to the best of my knowledge, no one else has it (at least with that spelling or history).
9. What do you like least about it?
My husband has recently been having issues with his adopted family. If, as a result, he decides to change his name, I'm not sure what I'll do about the fact that my last name will no longer be the same as his.
10. If you HAD to change your name (witness protection program, whatever), what would you want it to be?
I DID just change it. I think I should be exempt from this question, 'cause it's a done deal. If I did, it would probably be something beautiful-sounding, or that relates to an aspect of myself. It would probably be horribly pretentious, but musical. :)
I'll it, however, to spare the loading time.
The reason this is going to be complicated is because I recently legally changed my name from my birth name (Krista Lynn Fleming) to K'La Albertini. During my first marriage, my name was Krista Lynn McCormick. Also, I was adopted. I've since asked my birth mother what she would have named me had she kept me. She said it never really crossed her mind, since she never had any intention of keeping me, but she guessed she would have named me Star (Starr? Starre?). My biological mother's last name is Wood, my biological father's last name is Bottom. At any rate, I'm going to use this as an exercise to kind of explore all those names, and see how (if at all) they relate to me.
1. What does your first name mean?
Krista: I've seen various meanings, but they're all related to Christ. "Christ-Bearer" seems to be the most common.
K'La: It's an acronym. I made it up. K(rista)'L(ynn)a(lbertini). It originally started as a way to keep me from being confused with
blckwngdorcl's friend Christa. It kinda stuck, and it was at a time in my life when I was rediscovering myself, so I thought the changeover was pretty symbolic. I made it legal, recently, when I had some money I was able to put aside.Looking up that name under the more common spellings, it says it's a derivation of KAYLEY f English, Irish Pronounced: KAY-lee From the Irish surname Ó Caollaidhe, which means "descendent of Caollaidhe". The given name Caollaidhe derives from the Gaelic word caol "slender". Hee hee hee.
It's apparently also the Hawaiian form of Sarah, which means lady, or princess, in Hebrew.
2. What does your middle name mean?
Lynn: a pool
Currently, I have no middle name.
3. What does your last name mean?
Fleming: descendant of someone from Flanders (Flanders means "submerged land"). Flanders is in Belgium, which is apparently where the Flemings originated. I know my great-grandfather came from Ireland, during the potato famine, I think.
McCormick: "Son of Chariot Lad" (Irish and Scots Gaelic).
Albertini: Damn... no wonder
blckwngdorcl couldn't find anything on this... Closest I can find is ALBERT (British). "Noble bright" (Germanic), and I'm quite sure it's not the same thing. However, I also found ALBERTINA f Italian, German, Portuguese, English - Feminine pet form of ALBERT. Looking it up from the second link, I found ALBERT m English, FrenchPronounced: AL-burt
From the Germanic name Adalbrecht which meant "bright nobility", composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". It was introduced to England by the Normans. This name, in its various forms, has belonged to kings of Belgium and Germany, as well as others among European royalty. Other famous bearers include the physicist Albert Einstein, creator of the theory of relativity, and Albert Camus, a French-Algerian writer and philosopher. I know that Albertini is related to Tuscan nobility, so maybe that IS it.
Moore: "The Moor or darkie". (This is
blckwngdorcl's birth name.)Wood: Possibly a modern form of the ancient Irish name "O'Coilligh". I can't find any information on this name at all... :( I'm just going to assume it means from the wood(s).
Bottom: English, described a lone resident in a valley, dale, glen, deep hollow, pit, ravine, or bottom land; the delicate, fastidious person may spell it Botham.
4. So what does your name mean when put together?
Hmmm.... I wonder if I can incorporate everything... Let's see....
A noble, bright, Christ-bearing son of the wooded valleys of the moors of the submerged land.
4b. Do you have a nickname?
When I lived up north, my friends called me Quib. This comes from when my niece was a baby, and couldn't pronounce Krista, so she called me Quibba. I thought it was kinda cute/cool, so I started using it as a nickname, and it caught on. My parents call me Lynnie. And no, I haven't told them I changed my name. During my short stint in Catholicism (my first husband was raised Catholic, and it was easier to "convert" than it was to do the Protestant/Catholic wedding thing), I took the saint name Monica, patron saint of mothers, because I thought (think) that being a (good!) mother is the most wonderful, sacred duty on the planet. I don't really have a craft name, as do most witches, although there's a pet name that
blckwngdorcl uses for me. I think he came up with it in response to a similar pet name I made for him. Both are private, though. :) 5. What would you have been named if you were the opposite gender?
I was never intended to be the opposite gender, so I have no idea. My parents told the adoption agency they wanted a girl. They originally wanted to call my Kristen (not sure of that spelling), but for some reason, they wanted the middle name Lynn, and Kristen Lynn doesn't roll off the tongue nearly as well.
6. Any other name oddities?
I think I've already covered all the oddities. :)
7. Do you like your name?
Very much. I liked it before, too, although it was entirely to easy to associate Fleming with phlegm. There was a guy in grade school who called me Flamingo-Breath. McCormick wasn't bad. I don't think Krista really "goes" with any particular last name.
8. What do you like best about it?
It's unique, it's mine, and, to the best of my knowledge, no one else has it (at least with that spelling or history).
9. What do you like least about it?
My husband has recently been having issues with his adopted family. If, as a result, he decides to change his name, I'm not sure what I'll do about the fact that my last name will no longer be the same as his.
10. If you HAD to change your name (witness protection program, whatever), what would you want it to be?
I DID just change it. I think I should be exempt from this question, 'cause it's a done deal. If I did, it would probably be something beautiful-sounding, or that relates to an aspect of myself. It would probably be horribly pretentious, but musical. :)
