Message: "My daughter's name Charve'"

My daughter's name Charve'

by Meredith (guest)

1/9/2001, 8:31 PM

We are trying to find out what my daughter's name means, if of course it has any obvious meaning. She is doing a project for school to find out what her name means. If you can help I would appreciate it.

Her name is Charve', she is mixed (black and white). Her father seems to think her name sounds french.

Thank you very much.

Meredith

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- Nanaea +3

1/10/2001, 4:13 AM

I hope this doesn't sound like an odd question... But didn't you find that name yourself, or hear of it somewhere before giving it to your child? I mean, you didn't just dream up that name, did you?

-- Nanaea

- Charve (guest)

9/19/2001, 7:23 AM

Hi my name is Charve and i was named by my father, i don't know exactly why,but he named me Charve.

- Meredith (guest) +1

1/10/2001, 4:39 AM

No, her father named her. Unfortunately he was in a car accident and cannot express how he came up with her name. I do agree I have never heard it before. So I was thinking perhaps he heard it from someone or knew someone with the name.

- Nanaea

1/10/2001, 2:25 PM

I was sorry to read of your husband's accident. Meredith, I'm afraid you may not care much for the meaning of "Charve'" which I've found. According to Hanks & Hodges, this is a French surname, from the Old French word "chauf", meaning "bald". The root goes back to the old Roman cognomen of "Calvus", from which comes the better-known name of "Calvin" in use today.

It's a pretty-sounding name, nevertheless, and I would guess that the surname remained in style probably more on account of an association with the 16th century theologian, John Calvin, than on account of its original meaning of "baldness". Well, one would hope so, in any case.

Just a suggestion... If you have another child, don't name him/her "Hobbes". :)

-- Nanaea

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