Why are there name meanings?

what i mean is who made them up did someone just sit down one day and make up meanings for names or in some parts of the world do people use the name as the mean like i don't know if the name Lisa means love or not but lets say it did does that mean some were in the world they say "i lisa you"? if you know please tell me! thank uWhy are there name meanings?
No.



People chose words, or combinations of words as names. Take the name Frederic as example. It is derived from an old word "fridu" which means "peace", and another word "r卯hhi" that means "ruler". So the name means "peaceful ruler". The word "peace" in German is Frieden, in Dutch it's "vrede". The only modern words I can think of that looks like "r卯hhi" would be German "reich" and Dutch "rijk" which means Empire. Similarly the name Henry comes from the words Haim (home) and "r卯hhi". Ruler of the home.



Some names have very straightforward meanings. I went to school with a girl called Liebe (love) And in German one would indeed say "Ich liebe dich"



Lisa is a short form of Elizabeth. I don't know what it means. SorryWhy are there name meanings?
Always, the meaning and the name are originally linked but become separate. Most names originate in people calling their child a word that they like. They don't just pick a random collection of sounds, but rather pick something that is already a word or words. Then, as time goes on, the name becomes separated from the meaning because the word might be from a different language, or the language may have changed. So for example, the name "Eve", from the Bible, means "life" in Hebrew, the language in which the Bible was written. But many people who know no Hebrew have read the Bible in translation and they like the name "Eve". So they give their kid that name. They might not know that Eve has a different meaning, they are just naming it after the character. But yes, in Hebrew, Eve (actually pronounced Havah) could be used in a sentence to mean "life". The real problem is that when the Bible was translated, they used the sounds of the name rather than translating the name itself into English. Like, "Adam" means "man" in Hebrew, but by calling him "Adam" in the Bible, that play on words is lost to the English reader. We do have a few names in English that clearly mean what they say. Like Joy, Hope, Faith, Charity, Blossom, etc. And there are likely people in some area of the world who have named their kid Hope, but they don't speak English so they don't know what it means.Why are there name meanings?
It's not that someone decided to make up names and then gave them meanings it's just that most names have originated from other languages and so they have an English translation. For example Hannah means 'Full of Grace' in Hebrew. Also Quintus was a popular Roman boys name meaning the fifth (child).



It's also like calling your daughter Hope or Charity for example, these are English words which we understand but perhaps someone likes the sound of them in Spain and decides to call their daughter Hope they would then say that Hope means 'Esperanza'.



Not all names mean something, some are places like India. I believe many typically English names have Celtic/Old English roots so that's why they're considered English names but their not English words, if that makes sense...



I hope I've helped :)

chap balm