a new name

hey phantom readers!


on the 30 this month, your beloved blogger is changing his name to Zechariah!! :D


ok so here's how it wind up to this...

first of all, my first name "EUGENE" is...

English form of Eugenius, the Latin form of the Greek name Ευγενιος (Eugenios) which was derived from the Greek word ευγενης (eugenes) meaning "well born". It is composed of the elements ευ "good, well" and γενης (genes) "born". This was the name of several saints and four popes.

This name was not particularly common in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. It became more popular in part due to the fame of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), a French-born general who served the Austrian Empire. A notable bearer was the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)

and as all of you can see/read, I'm quite well off already (read all the previous posts and see how blessed I am) :D


so I wanted a new name and I didn't quite know what I want. so I made a guideline:

the new name must be something that will remind/make me into a person of that character of ther person that is called by that name

so I thought, I asked and I prayed and quite finally I got a vague answer: Zack

there was someone else I know known as Zack...so I expand on it and arrived at Zechariah :D

and the meaning of Zechariah is...

From the Hebrew name זְכַרְיָה (Zekharyah) meaning "YAHWEH remembers". This was the name of many characters in the Old Testament, including the prophet Zechariah, the author of the Book of Zechariah. The name also appears in the New Testament belonging to the father of John the Baptist, who was temporarily made dumb because of his disbelief. In some versions of the New Testament his name is spelled in the Greek form Zacharias. As an English name, it has been in occasional use since the Protestant Reformation.

and interestingly I found another variation of the name Zechariah:

ZACHARIAH
Variant of ZECHARIAH. This spelling is used in the King James Version of the Old Testament to refer to one of the kings of Israel (called Zechariah in other versions).



God...remembers