what's in a name?

[erilyn]

Ok, in my defense, I was REALLY INCREDIBLY bored at work today.

I'd been talking about names, and the meaning of names with someone, just joking around. So a bit later, I started looking up the meanings of a couple that we were talking about, and one of the names was Ryan. According to the site I looked at: Ryan = king

So I got curious (and was bored): Brendon = prince. (Which made me grin and think of jokes about the king and the prince consort).

Spencer: steward, administrator (which is when I started to almost giggle out loud, cause how perfect! Spencer is the one who actually get things done while the royalty faffs about!)

Jon: God has given (awwwwww). Except...his middle name Jacob = SUPPLANTER, which is when I gave in and was actually giggling out loud.

ETA: it only just occurred to me to look up Brent. First meaning I find = burnt (or steep hill).

And then I eventually went back to reading the paper online, cover to cover. I WISH I HAD LJ ACCESS FROM WORK ON DAYS LIKE THIS.

(PS - Gerard means "brave with spear")

Comments

[cyclogenesis.livejournal.com]

*ducks under avalanche of AU plotbunnies*

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

::feeds plotbunnies with crack-laced carrots and sends them after you::

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Brent = burnt (or steep hill).

[sinden.livejournal.com]

Another traditional meaning for Brendon (with the traditional spelling of Brendan) is little raven, which almost works better. :)

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I saw, which is so cute for Brendon in general (oooh, shiny things!), but it cracks me up that this one site only cited the prince meaning, which worked so well in this sense.

[sinden.livejournal.com]

It really should be princess though, but he'd have to fight off Ryan and William over that. Gerard just knows he's a motherfucking princess no matter his name means.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

He has to go by Princess Brendon cause Ryan has to marry a princess. It just doesn't specify that the princess is a woman.

motherfucking princess

Argh!!! ::flees the Avril earworm::

[not-nele.livejournal.com]

Brave with spear? Oh god, I cannot even come up with a joke that is worthy of that set-up.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! I just had to mention it, but had no commentary on it ;)

Mikey (and all the other Michaels in fandom) get: who is like god? And Ray generally means advisor or protector (awwww). Meanwhile, I'm really not sure of the suitability of the name Andrew for Andy and the Butcher - it means manly.

[turlough]

I'm really not sure of the suitability of the name Andrew for Andy and the Butcher - it means manly.

*giggles hysterically*

Gerard means "brave with spear"

He's a very, very brave princess!

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Neither of them are the epitome of manliness, this is true *g*.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Gerard means "brave with spear

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

I have nothing but that.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

It really speaks for itself ;)

[jocondite.livejournal.com]

...that is eerily fitting, and entirely awesome.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Patrick = noble, which I think is more fitting to fanon!Patrick than actual Patrick ;) And Peter = rock...

But yes, I rather desperately want a Panic fairytale, where young King Ryan (whose boyhood friend Spencer is his right hand man and steward) meets handsome Prince Brendon.

Possibly Ryan is cursed by a wicked witch[1] to never being able to smile and laugh, and his kingdom wallows under this cloud, until the antics of a visiting minstrel (or jester, as some call him) show signs of breaking through. Turns out the minstrel is actually a prince! He is wandering the world due to...disagreements with his family, and is not much needed there anyway since he's a younger son. So, Prince Brendon takes on the challenge of breaking the curse. On the quest, Jon plays a key role in breaking the curse and/or bringing Brendon back alive, and makes Spencer the Steward stammer and blush in ways that no one has ever seen.

It is kingdom tradition/law that the king must marry a princess, but it isn't specified that its a woman, so King Ryan and Princess Brendon live happily ever after (though he gets very huffy if people actually call him Princess, so Spencer does all the time).

[1]Pete? Who is merely misunderstood (didn't think the curse would actually , you know, WORK) and turns out to be quite nice, though still a prat at times, once Brendon's bard friend Patrick shows up.

Edited to add a bunch of words that were kinda needed for sentences to make sense.

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

...cannot. stop. laughing. at ALL of that. oh, MAN.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Brendon's middle name, Boyd, means blonde.

*bites tongue*