Christian names, Atheist names ?

[Gallstones]

I'm easy with most things.

Sigworthy.

And hard when it counts.

I'm envious. What's the secret?

Love.

[Bella Fortuna]

I'm easy with most things.

Sigworthy.

And hard when it counts.

I'm envious. What's the secret?

Love.

Too true. *sigh*

[mistermack]

What's the secret?

Love.

Too true. *sigh*

Well, that's good news. I must have been in love this morning, when I woke up then.
All I have to do now is find out who with.

[Jason]

My name (Ian) is biblical in origin, being a Scottish form of John (by the way Scots, Ian = John? W.T.F? I don't even... ).

Eoin is a Gaelic form of John, adopted into Gaelic in early medieval Ireland from the Latin name Ioannes. It was carried to Scotland by Irish settlers and has remained in use in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic to the present day. Eoin was pronounced \OAÑ\ [1], with the same vowel as moan and with \Ñ\ as the Spanish ñ in señor or the French gn in montagne. The pronunciation evolved over time, but this pronunciation was used in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic past the end of the 17th century.
Iain is a modern Scottish Gaelic name, derived from Eoin but considered distinct from it in the same way that Jane and Joan are distinct in modern English. We have found no evidence that a name Iain existed before the 19th century. Ian is an English or Scots [2] spelling of Iain, coined in the 19th century according to our evidence. We find no evidence of any Scottish name pronounced \EE-@n\ until modern times. \@\ represents a schwa, the sound of the a in about.

http://medievalscotland.org/problem/names/iain.shtml

Linguistics..

[Bella Fortuna]

Linguistics..

Definitely biblical!

[Pappa]

My name (Ian) is biblical in origin, being a Scottish form of John (by the way Scots, Ian = John? W.T.F? I don't even... ).

Ian
Jan
Ivan
Ieuan
Ioan
John
Johann
Giovanni

They all come from the Hebrew "Yohanan", via the Greek "Iōánnēs" and Latin "Ioannes".

[Ronja]

Not to forget:
Johannes
Johan
Jon
Joni
Juhani
Juha
Juho

...and I'm sure there are more derivative forms still.

[Pappa]

Not to forget:
Johannes
Johan
Jon
Joni
Juhani
Juha
Juho

...and I'm sure there are more derivative forms still.

Zillions.

[Svartalf]

not to mention Seàn, and such feminine variants as jane, Joan(na), Sinéad, Sionait, Siobhàn etc...

[borealis]

Not to forget:
Joni

Bearing in mind that that's how they used to pronounce "ion" in Finnish language, that would make an excellent scientific name despite the religious background.

[apophenia]

My name (Ian) is biblical in origin, being a Scottish form of John (by the way Scots, Ian = John? W.T.F? I don't even... ).

This likely has to do with the orthography of Old Latin, which is why you see Iesu for Jesus. I forget the particulars so if someone can direct me to a cogent summary, many blessing be they upon your head.

[apophenia]

I'm easy with most things.

Sigworthy.

And hard when it counts.

“Remain pure all your life; guard your own honor and never transgress the honor of others. Be very tranquil, but when necessary, harden your heart.”

— Bhuvaneshwari Devi, mother of Swami Vivekananda

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Juan is John in Spanish.

[Pappa]

My name (Ian) is biblical in origin, being a Scottish form of John (by the way Scots, Ian = John? W.T.F? I don't even... ).

This likely has to do with the orthography of Old Latin, which is why you see Iesu for Jesus. I forget the particulars so if someone can direct me to a cogent summary, many blessing be they upon your head.

The English hard J is really unusual. In most European languages it's got an I or Y sound, so it's easy to understand how all the names derived from each other and a common source. Evan and Iwan are both in the family too.

[hadespussercats]

How did Jack come to be a nickname for John?