Re: A perfect day for introducing myself
| From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, February 6, 2000, 1:34 |
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nicole.eap@snet.net writes:
>Yes, my father was born in England, where he says it's perfectly normal
>for a boy/man to be named Kim. In America, however, it's not so normal
>at all... I'm not sure of the etymology....wait, here's the book, it
>says it's from Old English, meaning "one who rules; a chief." We also
>have a form from Old Welsh, "Kimball," meaning "a warrior chief who is
>both bold and noble."
Well, all of the girls i've known who used Kim as their name were really
named "Kimberly".
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