{"id":203,"date":"2002-10-31T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2002-10-31T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/?p=203"},"modified":"2002-10-31T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2002-10-31T12:42:00","slug":"october-name-project-bonus-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/2002-10\/203-october-name-project-bonus-5","title":{"rendered":"October Name Project: Bonus 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

LINDA :<\/b><\/font>
\nPronounced:<\/i> LIN-da
\nOrigin(s):<\/i> Spanish, Latin, English, German
\nMeaning:<\/i> Pretty or beautiful in Spanish, or “Snake; Lime tree; linden tree” in German\/English origins. Child model-turned-actress Linda Blair<\/b><\/a> is best known for playing the possessed teenager in the horror classic The Exorcist<\/i> (1973). Despite her small stature (she is 4′ 9″), actress Linda Hunt<\/b><\/a> opted to pursue a career in the spotlight and won an Oscar playing a male dwarf opposite Mel Gibson in The Year of Living Dangerously<\/i> (1983). Paul Hogan<\/b><\/a> married his Crocodile Dundee<\/i> (1986) co-star, Linda Kozlowski<\/b>, in 1990.
\nSpecial Significance:<\/i> Linda H.<\/b> is my Best Girl Buddy, and my biking partner.<\/p>\n

MICHAEL :<\/b><\/font>
\nPronounced:<\/i> MIE-kul
\nOrigin(s):<\/i> Hebrew
\nMeaning:<\/i> From the Hebrew name Mikha’el<\/i> meaning “who is like God?”. In the Bible and early Jewish literature, the archangel Michael<\/b><\/a> is one of the angels of God’s presence. Canadian-born actor Michael J. Fox<\/b><\/a> played the conservative teenager of hippie parents on Family Ties<\/i> (1982-89), and starred in the three Back to the Future<\/i> movies (1985, 1989, 1990).
\nSpecial Significance:<\/i> It says Michael<\/b> on my birth certificate, but I usually go by Mike<\/b>. This name is also said to mean “Gift from God” which gives credence to my theory that “I am God’s Gift (to women)”!<\/p>\n

Information sources include Behind the Name<\/a> and Baby Zone<\/a>. I don’t know why I decided to do this little project, but I posted two names each day for the month of October. The first 26 days were for names from “A” to “Z”; the last five were a bonus of names that are special to me.<\/font><\/p>\n

…and now it’s over!<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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