On the same note....I did a search for my daughter's first and middle names
on the website...Nachel Charis (pronounced:
Nah-shell Shaw-reese) Her first name was a derivation of Nichelle
Nichols' (Lieutenant Uhura on the old Star Trek series). Charis was a name
my mother wanted to name my brother if he were a girl. Neither names were
listed on the website. (And if you're curious, we are not African American.
Just some Cherokee, Choctaw, German, and Irish.)
My now 13-year-old daughter was always complaining about her name being
different...until this past summer when she went to a Star Trek convention
and actually met Nichelle Nichols. When my daughter told Ms. Nichols that
she was named after her and they hugged (with pictures and everything!)
~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debra W. Waugh" <debwaugh@FRONTIERNET.NET>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: Etymological name search request
> I don't want to criticize or upset anyone, but both the original
> assignment mentioned here and the web site suggested would create a
> major problem at my school. We have a number of Arabic students and I
> checked a few of their names. Most were not there. And imagine this for
> the large number of black students who have beautiful, but original
> names. Maybe the assignment could be expanded to having the student
> write about his/her name with or without doing research and even
> creating a meaning for it if he/she desires. Or have the student write
> about his ethnic background as he perceives it.
>
> Just a thought. Things may be different at your school
>
> Deb Waugh
> Library Media Specialist/Technology Facilitator
> Graham High School
> Bluefield, Virginia
> dwaugh@tazewell.k12.va.us
> debwaugh@frontiernet.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School Library Media & Network Communications
> [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Louise Leonard
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:21 PM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Etymological name search request
>
> Sorry, I've already deleted the original request. I just found this =
> great site and thought it would be very useful for the librarian who =
> wanted to help students look up the etymology of their names. HTH!
>
> http://www.behindthename.com/
>
> Louise C. Leonard, LMS
> Solomon Schechter Day School Library
> Jacksonville Jewish Center
> Jacksonville, FL
> Lleonard@ssds.attbbs.net
>
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