Names

Today I was reading the story of David and Michal in the bible and was surprised by a couple of things.   I have read this book before, but this time I read it a little closer.  The story is the book of second samual and talks about the Ark of the covenant is brought back to Jeruselum.

This past weekend I feel as though I spent the majority of my weekend studying for my anatomy and physiology class.  If there is one thing I will take away from this class it is the importance of the meaning of words.  When learning a definition, there are clues about the that term hidden within its name.  My parents were and are firm belivers in the importance of the meaning of names and tell me stories of how long it took them to pick names, all based on the meaning.  Coming from a very Christian home,  all of my siblings have names with Hebrew roots.  My name, Rachel Anne, means lamb and motherly.  From this my parents believed thst like in biblical stories a lamb is meek, quiet gentle and easily imposed on.  I had to laugh because the quiet part is true at times and for the last part that is most definetely true.  The second part of my name, Anne or motherly, is right on too.  In fact for my job I am a nanny. But what led me to look into this was seeing the meaning of King David's name, beloved.  David, though a man of war, was beloved to God and his name fit perfectly to his being.

But then I started to think about all the names of the gods in The Metamorphosis. Cupid means desire or lust. Juno is associated with the meaning of to aid.  There seems to be a direct correlation between people and the meaning of their names.  Is it truely that important, or is it just by chance that this occurs?