Brianna Kelly
February 2, 2007
Brianna Kelly
Even though I was born with two
first names as Kelly being my Last Name, it’s kind of cool. It has
so many meanings that I can’t keep up with or people just don’t even know
about. In Celtic language, it means “Strong one”. If you hand it to me, I am a strong person.
In African, it means “QUEEN”. I considered myself a queen. In Irish, my name
mean’s “Noble”, which I really am. In Old English, it means “noble” and
“strong”. Here’s the catch, there’s a story behind my name, it is that my mom
was dating this guy named Brian and when he had died and I was born, she had
named my Brianna.
The root of my NAME is very
complex and very hard to ask people what the root of your name means. Well, you
already know the root of Brianna is “Brian” which means “noble” and even
“strong”. The root of “Anna” has the
same meaning in different languages. IN Bulgarian, Latin, Old English, Italian,
Greek, Dutch, German, Russian, Polish, Czechoslovakian, and even Scandinavian,
this means “Very Gracious”.
My last name Kelly means that
it is a popular name that is used for both male and females. It means a “warrior” and connotes
“aggressiveness” and even “strife”. It
also means “nature” especially “spring time” and “woods”. There are different
theories regarding its origins; according to many people it is mainly of Gaelic
origin and was originally used a surname referring to the Irish O’ Kelly clan.
The name became popular as a first name for boys; it later became famous for females
when the world famous Academy Award winning actress/Queen of