As I (mz) was surfing the net, an idea came to me. I hurried to Google and typed in "What does Melissa mean?," itching to find out. This was what I discovered:
Melissa is a given name for a female. It has a Greek origin, meaning 'honey bee'.Melissa - a nymph and daughter of King Melisseus; she nursed the infant Zeus with goat milk on Mt. Ida; she taught humans how to use honey and her name comes from the Greek word for bee, melitta.My chinese on the other hand revealed this.
Zhen = precious and rare.If I remember correctly,
May = beautiful.So...mz = beautiful precious and rare?? Aiyo... if only.
As I was talking to Rowena at that time, I thought it would be interesting to look up the meaning of her name as well. I found this:
The name Rowena, pronounced "Roe-Eena" is an Old English name meaning "red haired". It was often thought that Rowena was the name given to a rugged woman.Origin: Scottish. Of uncertain origin and meaning, Rowena is thought to be derived from the obsolete Old English Hrothwina, HroSwyn, a compound name composed of the elements hroth, hros (fame) and wine (friend) or wynn (bliss, joy). Alternatively, it might be a derivative of the Cymric Rhonwen, which is composed from the elements rhon (spear, lance) and given, gwyn (white, fair, blessed)I was pretty surprised at my findings. My name means 'honey bee' and Rowena's name means 'red haired', huh? I don't think I'm in anyway
similiar to a bee and the last time I saw Rowena which was about 6 hours ago, her hair was still black.
Princess Rowena speaketh: says:
so...nymph or rugged woman??Usually, I would have ideas pouring out when I find something interesting. But when it came to nymphs and rugged women, I really didn't know what to say in reply to her message. Perhaps it's because I never thought that such common names like ours would have such unexpected meanings. Hmm...
Row, here's where you edit the post =)
