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What's in a name?

Here's a bit of fluff I came up with based on about 30 minutes of intense "research". My sources were http://en.wikipedia.org/http://www.babyhold.com/ and http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/

Ever wonder about the meanings of the Blazer players' names? Me neither. However, the following may entertain some of you. Rankings are for American boy's names.

  • Greg (50th most popular boy's name in 1988) = "Watcher". How about that staring off into space?
  • Brandon = "Prince" or  "Brave" (15th in 1984) Any questions?
  • LaMarcus (not in the top 1000 in 1985) is one of two Blazers with names that could be said to derive from Mars, the Roman war god. Martell (812th in 1986) is the other.  May they live up to their names!
  • Travis (42nd in 1984) = "Toll collector". Maybe as in "It's gonna cost you to drive this lane, buddy!"
  • Steve (201st in 1980) = "Crown". Blake has already won an NCAA championship and is now bent on winning it all in the NBA.
  • Joel (71st in 1979) = "The Lord is God". If Joel says so, I ain't gonna argue.
  • Rudy (359th in 1985) = "Famous wolf". Hide the womenfolk!
  • Channing (not in top 1000 in 1983) = "Knowing". How fitting is this for a guy who just radiates intelligence?
  • Sergio (196th in 1986) = "Servant". That's a great name for a pass-first point guard!
  • Nicolas (218th in 1988) = "Victory of the people". Just what you'd expect in a great team player.
  • Jerryd (b. 1988). Hmmm. Could he be Jerry with added "d"? Jerry = "Spear ruler". Right.
  • Ikechukwu, aka Ike (b. 1983). For some reason, Ike wasn't in my main source, so I cheated and assumed "Dwight", and that means "Mountain of Zeus".
  • Raef (b. 1976) = "Forgiving". That's a relief.
  • Shavlik (b. 1983) remains an enigma.
  • Nate (187th in 196) = "God has given". Hmmm.
  • Kevin (17th in 1967) = "Beautiful at birth"!
  • Paul (17th in 1953) = "Small" or "Humble"!

By the way, somebody has played a juvenile prank on Joel's Wikipedia page. Check out the first sentence. I have yet to edit a single word on that site, but maybe one of you readers might want to fix it?

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Nice work

and I fixed Joel’s wiki. Someone wasn’t being very nice :-(

That is really hideous
--jscot

by prezofdeath on Nov 25, 2008 7:21 PM PST reply actions  

what did they put on it?

Rip City Baby...People have no idea what is coming.

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by lanepete on Nov 25, 2008 11:26 PM PST up reply actions  

nm saw post below.

LOL – Joel “Poopd**k” Przybilla

Rip City Baby...People have no idea what is coming.

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by lanepete on Nov 25, 2008 11:27 PM PST up reply actions  

LOL. what a coincidence

I went to Joel’s wikipedia page earlier at school and read all his bio and then i paid attention to his Middle name and I cracked up so hard it. It was awesome

"All our holes," says shooting guard Brandon Roy, a surprise All-Star last year in his second season, "are holes that Greg is going to plug."

by bowdown on Nov 25, 2008 8:28 PM PST reply actions  

you gotta tell us what it said before prezofdeath fixed it

The rest of us want to laugh really hard too. You could at least try and tell us without using x-rated language, if that is possible.

"I would be in favor of trading LMA and Oden for a reliable starting PF at this point."

MT Suit, 11/25/08

by MT Suit on Nov 25, 2008 8:32 PM PST up reply actions  

Awesome! Rec!

I love birthname statistics, and meanings!

My name is Brian:
I got 18th in my year of birth
and it means: Noble, strong, virtuous; hill

Hill?

"if i started a beer company and sold one beer for every time he(timbo) replied to himself, i'd be a millionaire, check that, a billionaire". - prezofdeath

"14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, no turnovers. Standing ovation for Travis tonight." - Dave

by Outlaw is Rejector on Nov 25, 2008 10:17 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

Hey never thought of that

Here’s mine:

Josh

Gender: Masculine
Usage: English Biblical
Pronounced: JAH-shu-wa, JAW-shwa

From the Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshu’a) which meant “YAHWEH is salvation”. Joshua was one of the twelve spies sent into Canaan by Moses in the Old Testament. After Moses died Joshua succeeded him as leader of the Israelites. The name Jesus is derived from this name.

That is really hideous
--jscot

by prezofdeath on Nov 25, 2008 10:31 PM PST up reply actions  

whoa..

"if i started a beer company and sold one beer for every time he(timbo) replied to himself, i'd be a millionaire, check that, a billionaire". - prezofdeath

"14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, no turnovers. Standing ovation for Travis tonight." - Dave

by Outlaw is Rejector on Nov 26, 2008 9:27 PM PST up reply actions  

Someone with my name is missing on the team. I'm the "leader of an army" ;-)

We should also really really have traded for Devin Harris. Harris = Home Ruler (Devin is an Irish name. A bit odd). We would never lose another home game. And that’s even before considering any skills.

"For such a dumb kid, you've got a pretty smart mouth."

by Norsktroll on Nov 26, 2008 4:50 AM PST reply actions  

Brandon = “Prince” or “Brave” (15th in 1984) Any questions?

Doesn’t his last name mean “King”? If so, that’s kind of funny – “Prince” “King”.

by royroty on Nov 26, 2008 8:26 AM PST reply actions  

sweet

Brandon = “Prince” or “Brave”

Rudy = “Famous wolf”

very appropriate

rolling hard

by Billy Ray Bates on Nov 26, 2008 8:59 AM PST reply actions  

Hey

The Steve of Blake’s name is actually Steven.
Steven is probably way above 201st.

by Falcao on Nov 26, 2008 4:07 PM PST reply actions  

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