Adela is thematic
Of one aristocratic
A teutonic name fashionable
To the old Victorians,
According to historians,
Who wanted to convey someone noble.
By Kerin Gedge
Showing posts with label Baby names. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baby names. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
The Meaning of the Girl's Name Adela
Adela is thematic
Of one aristocratic
A teutonic name fashionable
To the old Victorians,
According to historians,
Who wanted to convey someone noble.
Monday, May 25, 2015
The Meaning of the Boy's Name Adam
There is an ancient story in
The Bible of the origin
Of the human race in days long past
It's said that God himself did form
A man from clay and breathed his warm
Breath, a gentle life imparting blast...
And so arose the man whose name
In Hebrew means no less the same
As "man" which curiously found it's birth
From another of that tongue
"Adamah" which unlike its son
Fits into the meaning of "red earth."
By Kerin Gedge
Saturday, May 9, 2015
The Meaning of the Boy's Name Colin
There is a man in heaven now
Whose name did mean "A dove"
And in his memory heads will bow
With thoughts of honor and of love.
By Kerin Gedge
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
The Meaning of Ada
I met a lady who was maybe
Ada for as a wee baby
Everyone agreed when they saw her
That she was the happy kind
Full of smiles most of the time
So upon her "Ada" they conferred!
By Kerin Gedge
Monday, April 13, 2015
The Meaning of Elizabeth
There was a girl whose word was the
Kind that's true consistently
And when she made an oath she stuck to it,
Her yes was yes, her no was no;
Elizabeth her name and so
The meaning "oath of God" did seem to fit.
By Kerin Gedge
Saturday, March 28, 2015
The Meaning of Achilles
Should you even meet a man
Who has no lips then it might stand
To reason that Achilles is his name
For it means in Ancient Greek
"without lips" or so to speak,
A rather melancholic claim to fame!
By Kerin Gedge
Thursday, March 26, 2015
The Meaning of Absalom
Absalom
The Hebrew name of "Absalom"
And like his name he was "father of peace",
For he was the type who brought
Peace about when others fought
His very presence made arguments cease!
By Kerin Gedge
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
The Meaning of Abigail
Were it a thing conventional
All my daughters I would call
This name that does contain a "Father's Joy".
For all of them could never fail
At being for me an Abigail
A name the Hebrew language did employ...
By Kerin Gedge
Thursday, March 5, 2015
The Meaning of the Name Abraham
If you found out that by some
Freak of nature you'd become
The Father of a multitude then you
Might consider that it's time
To find a name that's more in line
Like Abraham, a name from old Hebrew...
By Kerin Gedge
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
The Meaning of the Name Shane
Play his guitar like no one could
His fingers fast, tenacious and vivacious,
And yet he'd still give praise to me
Who couldn't play as well as he
Just like his name which meant that "God is gracious".
By Kerin Gedge
Friday, October 10, 2014
The Meaning of the Name Daniel
Daniel was a chap who who stood
His ground when other people would
Probably give up and no doubt flee,
His name was why he would not budge
For it meant "God is my judge"
Which helped him to keep his integrity!
By Kerin Gedge
Friday, October 3, 2014
The Meaning of the Name Kathleen
There was girl they called Kathleen
Whose house was spick-and-span and clean
For no dirt or mess she could endure,
But inside she was just as sweet
Her heart was neat from beat to beat
Which fit her well because her name meant pure!
By Kerin Gedge
The Meaning of the Name Paul
He is the tiniest wee guy
And strangely answers to the name of Paul
Strange because in old Latin
Paul matches the state he's in
It being a name that means the same as "small."
By Kerin Gedge
The Meaning of the Name Christopher
Who quick became a minister
To live a life exemplifying his name,
To be a bearer of the Christ
And did so well despite the price
Helping the poor, the homeless and the lame!
By Kerin Gedge
The Meaning of the Name Niels
Niels was a clever boy
Who won the games he did enjoy
Because his name of Danish origin
Gave to him the power to
Win at what he wanted to
On account of meaning "Champion."
By Kerin Gedge
What is the Meaning of the Name Charles?
Did just what he wanted to
He was the master of his fate you see,
All because his German name
Of historic royal fame
Had the meaning "a man who is free."
By Kerin Gedge
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
The Meaning of the Name Gabriel
Gabriel
If you ever meet a man
Called Gabriel now understand
Even though it seems a pretty name
It is a designation
Worthy of manly station
And has throughout the ages earned it's fame...
Having been the name of the
Angel who came to Mary
The blessed Virgin Mother of The Lord
Who was one of the only two
Good Angels in the Bible who
Were mentioned by name in the record
Meaning "Man of God" although
It can mean also "God's hero"
In the tongue of what we call Hebrew,
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
The Meaning of the Name Kelvin
Kelvin was a man who found
Himself alone when on the ground
But felt at home when in the company
Of a ship upon the waves
So every chance he got he gave
Up the land for any chance at sea!
He had no friends to call his own
When not at sea he was alone
But as his name implied he was equipped
To like instead the company
Of his wooden friends at sea
For his name, Kelvin, meant friend of ships.
By Kerin Gedge
Sunday, September 21, 2014
The Meaning of the Name Emma
Emma might seem small although
When defined it undergoes
A transformation to encompass all
For the name's meant to inspire
The same meaning as "entire"
Or perhaps the word "universal"...
By Kerin Gedge
The Meaning of the Name Chelsea
Once when I went for a walk
Down by the sea I found some chalk
Amidst the ruins of an old sea port,
Reminding me the name "Chelsea"
Was a landing by the sea
A place where you would find shipments of chalk!
By Kerin Gedge
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