Name Meanings

Yesterday at our Outdoor Sabbath School, I took the kids and had a special little service for them.

One story I told them was of Hannah and how she prayed for a son then named him Samuel which means 'asked of God.'

Later in the afternoon, Joelle started asking me what her name means. I didn't know. Kind of sad as a parent.

Anyway, did some looking this morning and looked at all our names. Here the info is for posterity and hopefully to help me remember! :) Info provided by - Baby Names World.

Steven - Origin: Greek
Meaning: Crowned One
Form of: Stephen
Used in: English Speaking Countries
Popularity in '71: 16th
Popularity Today: 532nd
Famous People: Film directors Steven Spielberg, Steven Soderbergh and
Steven Seagal, and English footballer Steven Gerrard.

Doreen - Origin: Greek
Meaning: Gift of God
Form of: Dorothea
Used in: English Speaking Countries
Popularity in '71: 392nd
Popularity Today: N/A
Famous People: N/A

Joelle - Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: The Lord is God
Form of: Joel
Used in: French Speaking Countries
Popularity in '01: 947th
Popularity Today: N/A
Famous People: N/A

Natalie - Origin: Italian
Meaning: Christ's Birthday
Form of: Natalia
Used in: English, French & German Speaking Countries
Popularity in '71: 30th
Popularity Today: 16th
Famous People: Singers Natalie Imbruglia, Natalie Cole and Natalie
Appleton, and actresses Natalie Portman and Natalie Wood.
Additional Info: Natalie is the English form of Natalia, which is derived from the Italian "natale," meaning "birthday." The term refers specifically to Christ's birthday - the Italian phrase for "merry Christmas" is "buon natale!", literally "good birthday!"


SurName Info:
Pester - English (Devon), Dutch, and German: occupational name for a baker, from Anglo-Norman French pestour, pistour, Middle Dutch pester, pister ‘baker’ (Old French pestor, pesteur, German Pistor, from Latin pistor).