Yeah, names do have meaning. My birth name is Joseph, which means he who adds. People call me Joey or Oatmeal. I like to study etymology of words. I was teaching English in Vietnam for 5 years & was always explaining what words mean to Vietnamese. Sometimes, we would talk about synonyms. They would ask me if tiny, small, and miniature, were identical in meaning, for example. My first year in VN, I tended to get nerdy, technical, with my answers. I would say yeah they are kind of the same but these words are not exactly the same because of this and that.
But after a while, I started just responding with a simple nod, a yes. Some people tend to just want a simple answer. They told me I write too much, like this, right here, right now. So wordy, haha. Well, it seems, people tend not to want to dig deep into understanding things deeply.
I like to say Shadrach for example. That might be a reason why people say them. It seems those names became unforgettable. It was probably a habit to call them by their new names. Their Babylonian names. Not sure where that all started. It probably started centuries ago. We have the English versions of the Bible the past few centuries. Were they always called by their Babylonian names in the English versions of the Bible? I think the answer depends on the verses as it uses both versions of the names depending on the verses. But beyond that, it is a good questions. The names probably just stuck. Who were behind popularizing their Babylonian names? Good question.
It is always better to ask questions, like these questions. We do better as we stay hungry & as we take the time to figure things out because not only do names have meaning, because people & life has meaning, purpose, hope over dope, joy over circumstances, ironic mystic, original oatmeal, and fire through storms over mountains towards rainbow destiny.
