Saturday, August 4, 2012

When Names Actually Mean Something



Juliana: "Youth or Jove's Child."

This is the meaning of my name, that I only looked up very recently.
I looked up "Jove's Child" only to find that Jove (or Jupiter, king god in Roman mythology) didn't have any kids that lined up with "youth". So, I took a different path. What if Jove's Child, meant Jove as a child?
Bingo.
It made sense that it would be Jupiter as a child (youth made sense now).
Jupiter was the head god in Roman Mythology (I've always been a big sucker for mythology. I took a year of Greek mythology in third grade, and I've always been interested in it. I know some about Roman mythology, but not as much as Greek) who was the ruler of the skies, thunder and lightning. Hence the picture of the sky with my picture.
Jupiter was the Roman equivalent of Zeus.
Also, I find it weird that this is the meaning of the name "Juliana" since Jupiter was obviously a guy. I guess since my name is the derivation of Julius... but that doesn't make too much sense either. Jupiter... Julius?
Anyway.
I thought it was pretty neat that my name actually meant something.
The cherry on top is the fact it came from mythology... I'm still sorta really excited with this new found information.
Like really excited. Like I've been on my laptop all afternoon looking up stories about Jupiter and anyone who ever sneezed within 4 miles of him.
:)

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