Where do name meanings come from?

So Andrew means "warrior", and Amanda means "fit to be loved". Seriously, unless it's a translation from another language or something, then it doesn't actually mean anything, right?|||It really varies.





Some are biblical, some are literal translations, some are linked with people (such as queens or kings)





I named my son Jacob. Because its a biblical name, its meaning is "deceiver, the son of Isaac" Deceiver because of what he did to his twin brother in the bible, and he was the son of Isaac in the bible.





My daughter, Leila - her name means Night Beauty. But in Hawaii a Lei is a necklace. So no idea where the whole night beauty thing came from, logically it should have just been translated.|||Pretty much. But it could also be idiomatic, euphemistic, slang, association, etc. Eleanor is said to mean pity by some. That was because Eleanor of Aquitaine was to be pitied for the tragedies in her life.....