Riverview/Onomatology: Difference between revisions

*[[Lonnie Dean|'''Lonnie Dean''']]: short for Alfonso, meaning "noble and ready" in German

=='''The [[Grisby Family]]'''==

*'''Grisby''': could be a variant of Grigsby, which could mean "of Grig's town/settlement"

*[[Walter Grisby|'''Walter Grisby''']]: means "ruler of the army" in German

*[[Yvette Grisby|'''Yvette Grisby''']]: derived from the name Ivo, meaning "yew" in German

*[[Laurel Grisby|'''Laurel Grisby''']]: from the name of the laurel tree

=='''The [[Ivanov Family]]'''==

*'''Kaminski''': name for someone who came from the town of Kamien; "kamiñ" means "stone" in Slavic

*'''Ivanov''': means "son of Ivan" in Russian and Bulgarian

*[[Rayna Kaminski|'''Rayna Kaminski''']]: derived from the name Radko, meaning "care"

*[[Yuri Ivanov|'''Yuri Ivanov''']]: variant of Yuriy, which is the Russian and Ukrainian form of George, which means "farmer, earthworker" in Greek

*[[Nadine Ivanov|'''Nadine Ivanov''']]: French form of Nadya, which is short for Nadezhda, meaning "hope" in Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian

*[[Tatiana Ivanov|'''Tatiana Ivanov''']]: derived from Tatius, an Ancient Roman family name of unknown origin

*[[Dimitri Ivanov|'''Dimitri Ivanov''']]: derived from Demetrius, which is ultimately derived from the name of the Ancient Greek goddess Demeter, meaning "earth mother" in Greek

=='''The [[Jones family (Riverview)|Jones Family]]'''==

*'''Jones''': derived from the name John, meaning "God is gracious" in Hebrew

*'''Remington''': means "from the village of the raven" in Old English

*[[Aiden Jones|'''Aiden Jones''']]: derived from Aodh, meaning "fire" in Irish

*[[Hannah Jones|'''Hannah Jones''']]: means "favour" or "grace" in Hebrew

*[[Lydia Remington|'''Lydia Remington''']]: means "from Lydia" in Greek

*[[Jasper Remington|'''Jasper Remington''']]: means "treasurer" in Persian

*[[Eileen Remington|'''Eileen Remington''']]: ultimately derived from the ancient Germanic name Avila, possibly means "desired"

*[[Cody Remington|'''Cody Remington''']]: means "son of Otto" in Gaelic

*[[Kirsten Remington|'''Kirsten Remington''']]: derived from the name Christian, meaning "a Christian" in Latin

=='''The [[Joy Family]]'''==

*'''Joy''': from the English word joy

*'''[[Norman Joy]]''': means "northman" in German

*[[Jenny Joy|'''Jenny Joy''']]: short for Jennifer, which is derived from Guinevere meaning "fair, white" and "smooth" in Welsh

*[[Elaine Joy|'''Elaine Joy''']]: derived from Helen, meaning "torch" or "corposant" in Greek

=='''The [[Lessen family|Lessen Family]]'''==

*'''Lessen''': could be a variant of Lawson, meaning "son of Laurence"

*[[Jon Lessen|'''Jon Lessen''']]: short for Jonathan, meaning "God has given" in Hebrew

=='''The [[Lin Family]]'''==

*'''Lin''': means "forest" in Mandarin

*[[Roxie Lin|'''Roxie Lin''']]: short for Roxana, meaning "bright or dawn" in Persian

*[[Shirley Lin|'''Shirley Lin''']]: means "bright clearing" in Old English