Message: "Um..." - Behind the Name

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by Eliora (eliorafalk)

7/16/2007, 7:52 PM

Olivia doesn't mean wisdom, it means elf army. The meaning of Athena is unknown, but it may mean sharp or praise, but definitely not wisdom. Get your meanings right.

Kerensa Sophia runs together, Olivia is trendy and already dated, and Athena doesn't match any of the names.

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- Caroline Mae (Little-Beeps) +3

7/16/2007, 9:28 PM

Olivia is listed as possbly coming from oliva which means love, as she said in her original post. Also perhaps she is interpreting sharp in a similar manner to wise as sarp can mean quick-witted or intelligent in some vernacular. I could be wrong, as I don't know exactly what she may be thinking, but that is how I looked at it.

ETA that Olivia and Kerensa are nice enough. i love Sophia and Athena is nice. That being said i don't really believe in thinking up special names for twins. I would just use my two favorite names.

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- Chrisell +2

7/16/2007, 9:36 PM

Oliva means love? Where does it say that? The only meaning for Oliva in the database is "olive".

- Eliora (eliorafalk) +1

7/17/2007, 7:14 AM

Not the only one.

It's also listed as a feminine form of Oliver - elf army.

- Chrisell

7/17/2007, 7:37 AM

That's Olivia, not Oliva. :-)

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