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Help[Opinions] Re: How do you know it's correct though? Every other site that has it listed has the same meaning for it
in reply to a message by Kit
Because of the entymology. It lists some possibilites (from folklore, maybe from Riagan), but it has not been proven.
It's easier to say, "oh it sounds like it could be from Ryan, and we know what that means, so I bet it means the same thing" and not even attempt to support that conclusion.
It's easier to say, "oh it sounds like it could be from Ryan, and we know what that means, so I bet it means the same thing" and not even attempt to support that conclusion.
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I never looked up Regina. Once again, I'm just repeating what I've read on many other sites. In the comments section on this site, people gave that meaning as well. I don't know, I guess when you read something enough, you believe it's true since there's no way to know for sure. I mean, if Shakespeare was the first to use it for King Lear's daughter, I can see where sites would get "royal" as a meaning for a little girl.
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Well, the comments sections on this site aren't always right, either. I go by the official site meaning of a name, and ignore the comments. We always have people wander over here and say whatever THEY think is right, but that doesn't make it so.
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But how would one know which sites are correct? I must have looked at two dozen sites ALL saying the exact same thing on the main site. But for some reason, everyone but me knows that all those sites are wrong. I don't get how you guys know that.
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Because BtN cites their sources, and most names list an etymology (or historical usage) instead of concocting half-baked "meanings". Look at today's name of the day, Donald: "from the Gaelic name Domhnall which means "ruler of the world", composed of the old Celtic elements dumno "world" and val "rule". Also, there's a source page on here that cites the sources for names.
The only "inaccuracies" I've seen on BtN have to do with usage. I remember Pie said that a few of Welsh names on here aren't actually used as names in Wales (even if the meaning is correct).
BtN isn't perfect but it's definitely a cut above the majority of other sites and supermarket books out there.
The only "inaccuracies" I've seen on BtN have to do with usage. I remember Pie said that a few of Welsh names on here aren't actually used as names in Wales (even if the meaning is correct).
BtN isn't perfect but it's definitely a cut above the majority of other sites and supermarket books out there.
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All that makes sense and I'm not saying that BtN is wrong. I'm just saying they're saying that the name is of "unknown" origin. But how do we know it's really unknown? BtN just hasn't found sources for it yet. If BtN had another meaning for it, I'd be inclined to go with that, but when they say "unknown" I think that just means that BtN people haven't found a meaning that they can prove, not that there isn't a meaning.
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You're right, it is likely that the root of Regan, whatever it is, did have some meaning at one point, but we just can't figure that out yet. That is why the meaning is "unknown". It's not saying the name means nothing or that it was made up nonsense.
The name Anthony also has an unknown meaning in that way. We know it's from an Etruscan name, but since the Romans were fond of obliterating any traces of previous cultures, it is hard to find out any more than that. The Celts were not big into keeping written records either, so we've had to piece things together from evidence gathered over time. Like, we know what their word "rí" meant, so maybe it's related to that. Something kingy. But until we find a rock or papyrus or whatever that spells it out for some scholar somewhere, we just don't know. So it is "unknown".
The name Anthony also has an unknown meaning in that way. We know it's from an Etruscan name, but since the Romans were fond of obliterating any traces of previous cultures, it is hard to find out any more than that. The Celts were not big into keeping written records either, so we've had to piece things together from evidence gathered over time. Like, we know what their word "rí" meant, so maybe it's related to that. Something kingy. But until we find a rock or papyrus or whatever that spells it out for some scholar somewhere, we just don't know. So it is "unknown".
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