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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Day 2-Meaning behind your blog name

Well, my blog is named after me. The meaning behind my name is quite a story. Natalie means born at Christmas, now either I was really really late, or my mom just hoped I would come early?? This is what I found for the meaning of my name:
Natalie is the English form of Natalia, which is derived from the Italian "natale," meaning "birthday." The term refers specifically to Christ's birthday - the Italian phrase for "merry Christmas" is "buon natale!", literally "good birthday!"
Other forms of Natalie include: Nastassja, Nat, Nata, Natala, Natale, Natalea, Nataleah, Natalee, Nataleen, Nataleigh, Natalene, Natali, Natalia, Natalina, Natalja, Natalina, Nataline, Nataliya, Natalka, Natalle, Natallia, Natallie, Nataly, Nataliya, Natalya, Natasha, Natelie, Nately, Nathalee, Nathalia, Nathalie, Nathaliely, Nathalija, Nathaly, Natilee, Natilie, Natividad, Natka, Nattilie, Nattie, Natty, Nettie, Talia, Talya, Tasha and Tashie.
Some of my nicknames include: Nat, Natasha, Tash, Natty, Natters Nat-Nat, Noodlie, Noodlie bum dummy, Natalia, and Hey You.

The surname Horrocks has a debated meaning. On the facebook group, "Your a Horrocks" (yep, that's grammatically correct according to the group), there is a discussion on what people have been taught about this amazing last name.

One origin suggest that it is a name for someone who worked as a shipwright or a sailor. The surname Horrocks is derived from the Old English word horrok, which means part of a ship. Occupational names frequently were derived from the principal object associated with the activity of the original bearer, such as tools or products. These types of occupational surnames are called metonymic surnames.

There are others who say that we were named after a city in England, other's say the city was named after us. Another meaning is that we were called that because a pile of rocks that we lived by. 

The one I was taught growing up is Horrocks means a pile of rubbish... yep, you got it I'm a pile of garbage!

1 comment:

  1. Wow! You did a lot of research on that one! My name is Catrina because my parents named me that (in spite of living in mexico, where Catrina is a dead skeleton) and Longhurst because that is my dad's last name.

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