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[Bardum Idith]

I'm the "author of the third Gospel and Acts in the New Testament" 

Also, my liberal forum name:

[Jackrabbit]

That is totally awesome.

[Pwnzerfaust]

MICHAEL

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, German, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin

Pronounced: MIE-kəl (English), MI-khah-el (German)  [key]
From the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el) meaning "who is like God?". This is a rhetorical question, implying no person is like God. Saint Michael was one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven's armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers.

The popularity of the saint led to the name being used by nine Byzantine emperors, including Michael VIII Palaeologus who restored the empire in the 13th century. It has been common in Western Europe since the Middle Ages, and in England since the 12th century. It has been borne (in various spellings) by rulers of Russia (spelled Михаил), Romania (Mihai), Poland (Michał), and Portugal (Miguel). Other more modern bearers of this name include the British chemist/physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and basketball player Michael Jordan (1963-).

[Muz]

First Name:	gentle
Middle Name:	son of
Family Name:	Mars

Awesome

Omg, he's an alien.

[Osmosis Jones]

Or a man, after all, we are from Mars, as opposed to those crazy Venusians. 

[Caesar]

I know the meaning of 'Caesar' inside out: Either 'hairy' (Pre-imperial Rome) or Emperor/General (Imperial Rome).

[Solifuge]

First Name:	gentle
Middle Name:	son of
Family Name:	Mars

Awesome

Omg, he's an alien.

Ah, but at least he comes in peace.

In the paralell universe where I have kids, I totally want to name them so that their name makes a phrase... mine does, somewhat:

First: Valley-dwelling
Middle: First
Last: Stonecutter/mason

[Vector]

In the paralell universe where I have kids, I totally want to name them so that their name makes a phrase... mine does, somewhat:

Haha, that's cool.  I've got...

First: Blissful
Middle1: Rose of the Sea
Middle2: Who heals madness,
Last1: That son of Will (... meaning will/desire, of course)
Last2: She who is feared like the wolf.

Sometimes I hate my parents and sometimes I love them for giving me such a crazy name--it's especially awesome at graduation, when the reader can't pronounce 3/5 of it.  Middle1 also has the alternate readings of "remembrance" and "famed love," while Middle2 can also be translated as "who has worth beyond beauty."  My parents were thinking of another aspect, though, which amounts to "tenacious flower which brings beauty to dismal places."


And, for the story I promised.  Basically, my mother took a horrible backpacking trip to Europe when she was fresh out of college.  She nearly starved to death, got lost in Amsterdam's red light district, was ditched by the group she was traveling with, and so on.  When she was in France, she literally knew how to say no food names but "bread," "milk," and "cheese," and when she tried to buy tomatoes they gave her rotten fruit.  She was very sick and extremely shy after a lifetime of abuse, barely able to speak above a whisper.

So, it was this person who, weak and ill and tired, dragged herself down Le Boulevard Champs-Elysées in the shade.  At the end, there was a pond where all the schoolchildren ran around like a swarm of starlings, sailing model ships.  She watched them and, despite her heavy burdens, felt an odd sensation of blissful peace.


Thus Vector was named after a certain road in France with a certain boat pond, rather than Bernadette (after my father's uncle), Starbird (after a road in Oregon), or Anwalalys (after my mother's whimsy).

[Thief^]

First Name:	gentle
Middle Name:	son of
Family Name:	Mars

Awesome

Omg, he's an alien.

My last name is actually derived from the Roman "Mars" i.e. the God of War. Which at the time was synonymous with a certain red light in the sky...
Either way it's an awesome name.