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Help[Opinions] Re: Destry
in reply to a message by Lily
After learning from you that it was a character in a western movie, I can see it all western-y and not trendy and made-up and a bit trashy like I originally have felt it was. I've only met one before, and that was the only time I'd heard it. She was probably born in the late 80s. I don't really get any clear image from it, and the color mixture is kind of muddy and garbled. It feels a bit frilly to me too. But if I force myself to think along the western lines, it makes me think of cowgirls, which is better.
This message was edited 1/5/2012, 12:58 PM
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more on the name and the meaning
It was my username ages ago after I met a girl named this and liked it. I tried to get more information on it. Nameberry says it means "war horse" but that's probably wrong. I got this when I posted on the name facts board and it makes sense to me:
Destry is a small commune in the Moselle region not far from Metz. This may be the origin of the surname, which shows up in French records as far back as 1606.
Other 17th-century spellings are d'Estree and D'Estrie, which makes me think it's probably related to the French word for east, and isn't connected with destrier, which is an Old French Latin-derived term for a warhorse.
Just in case anyone's interested ;)
It was my username ages ago after I met a girl named this and liked it. I tried to get more information on it. Nameberry says it means "war horse" but that's probably wrong. I got this when I posted on the name facts board and it makes sense to me:
Destry is a small commune in the Moselle region not far from Metz. This may be the origin of the surname, which shows up in French records as far back as 1606.
Other 17th-century spellings are d'Estree and D'Estrie, which makes me think it's probably related to the French word for east, and isn't connected with destrier, which is an Old French Latin-derived term for a warhorse.
Just in case anyone's interested ;)
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That was me - glad I made sense.:)
Objectively, I think Destry has an attractive sound. But it was a man's surname, in the film, and it starts with Des, so it seems kind of masculine. The only girly association I can come up with for it is that it looks a little bit like Destiny! - and that ruins it for me.
Objectively, I think Destry has an attractive sound. But it was a man's surname, in the film, and it starts with Des, so it seems kind of masculine. The only girly association I can come up with for it is that it looks a little bit like Destiny! - and that ruins it for me.
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Ahhhhh thanks :)
The only Destry I know is female so I guess that's why it seems feminine to me.
The only Destry I know is female so I guess that's why it seems feminine to me.
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