Saturday, April 19, 2008

What's in a name?

I always thought my name meant "Little girl". Since Ann represents a woman and hence the assumption that Annette meant little girl.

Cigar --> Cigarette
Ann --> Annette


But when i did some research on it, i found:

1) Annette is derived from Anne (Usage in French)
2) Anne is actually the french form of Hannah!
3) Anne was apparently the name of the mother of the Virgin Mary
4) Hannah (from the hebrew word Channah) meant "favour" or "grace" or "the gracious one" or "loving one".
5) Hannah was the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.
6) The latin version of the name is Anna.

Sarah:

1)Means Princess. And my sister has always gloated about her being a princess! :| .It's a pretty name though.

2) There are 58 versions of the name Sarah.
3) The Farsi version of the name is Soraya!
4) Amir's wife in the kite runner is named Soraya.
5) Soraya was the name of the first wife of the last shah of Iran.

Will update soon! Cya

2 comments:

Ryan said...

Oh soraya is sarah?

I liked that name in kite runner!

gravity said...

yea. nice huh?