Friday, April 29, 2016

Y - YOLANDA

y IS FOR YOLANDA


Okay, so I cheated for the letter Y and used my own name. Yolanda.

When it came down the 11th hour on Superbowl Sunday, it just made sense. Yes, I was working on my A to Z blogs, even then.

Denver was the team I was rooting for, but only because the Steelers nor the Seahawks made it. (Although, we all know they should have!)

Yolanda - meaning "violet flower" is of Greek and Spanish origin. Popular in the 1970's it's rank has fallen.

Renée - means rebirth. French. Every year the spring flowers bloom! Just like me. :)


What does your name mean? Check here.



Murder & Obsession

Excerpt:

They landed at Bishop Air Services at six in the morning and Steven’s attitude immediately changed, especially when Yurij’s red and white Piper Super Cub waited in front of a hangar. In the office at one end of the tarmac, they sought answers. A middle-aged woman, her hair styled in a crew cut, managed the place.
“May I see the flight logs for the plane flown by Yurij Markowski?” Steven asked.
“Why?” Her gaze went from his feet to the top of his head very slowly.
“Because I asked politely.” Steven smiled.
She returned his smile. “Trudy Bishop at your service, Detective.”
“Good to meet you, Ms. Bishop.”
“Have to admire a man who’d fight off two bears.” She put an arm around a young secretary who came out of a small office. “Right, Patty?”
“Right.” Patty cuddled close to Trudy.
“Yurij called an hour ago asking the mechanic to get his plane ready. What’s that crazy Russian done now?”

*****
What does Yurij mean?
(Old Greek) farmer, earthworker 


[ syll. yu-rij, yur-ij ] The name Yurij is pronounced as YUHRIYJH †. Yurij is used chiefly in the Russian language and it is derived from Old Greek origins. Yurij is a variant of the name George (English).




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38 comments:

Ella said...

Clever-I like it~ My name means light-which I appreciate when I am taking photos and trying to paint with the sun and shadows.

Ronel Janse van Vuuren said...

I like the excerpt. Your name has such beautiful meaning :-)

Debbie D. said...

Super Bowl Sunday I was still in the hospital.:P I had planned to be writing A to Z posts then too. Yolanda has a lovely meaning. Interesting to learn the origins of Yuri, too. My formal name, Deborah is Hebrew, meaning bee. Buzzzzzz

Elizabeth said...

Thanks for the name meaning link, I like all the different language variations it includes! I knew my name meant "my God is an oath" but I like the alternative wording better: "my God is abundance" :)

Nicola said...

A beautiful meaning for a lovely, talented lady! Who won the Superbowl? My name means 'winner of the people'. I do hope that's true when I publish my first novel later this year (knees a quaking:)).

The Happy Whisk said...

I love that you used your own name for Y. Very cool.

Susan A Eames said...

He he - not sure if that isn't cheating! Your name has a lovely meaning.

Susan A Eames from
Travel, Fiction and Photos

Susan A Eames said...

He he - not sure if that isn't cheating! Your name has a lovely meaning.

Susan A Eames from
Travel, Fiction and Photos

Pat Garcia said...

Great choice. Your name depicts you very well.

Visiting from the A to Z Blog Challenge.

Shalom,
Patricia @ EverythingMustChange

Sophie Duncan said...

A friend of mine from school is called Yolanda, but I did not know what it meant :) My name, Sophie, is also of Greek origin, meaning wisdom from Sophia, goddess of wisdom.
Sophie
Sophie's Thoughts & Fumbles | Wittegen Press | FB3X

Nilanjana Bose said...

I have always liked both your names, without knowing the meanings, they sound so melodious. Now that I know what they mean, they feel even prettier and they suit you down to a T.

I was watching a video on pronouncing Russian names (don't ask! :), and learnt that the i sound in Russian is actually ee, so Yurij would likely be Yureejh.

Tamara Narayan said...

You were writing posts back during the Super Bowl? Now that's organized. Sadly, I was scrambling around yesterday trying to come up with a weird science Y post and speculative fiction post. Japan saved me in both cases. They have tons of useful y words. Who knew?

cleemckenzie said...

What a beautiful meaning for a beautiful name! I love knowing where names come from.

Rebecca Green Gasper said...

Very cool! You have a very beautiful name.

Bish Denham said...

I love the meaning of your names, beautiful! My name (yes nickname) is the first baby sound I made. My parents said I'd lay around in by crib for hours going "bishbishbishbishbish). They thought it was cute. They thought I'd outgrow it. But I didn't. I named myself.

Chemist Ken said...

Hey, using your own name sounds fair to me. I've always been a bit partial to "K" myself.

Ryan Carty said...

Little King- That's Ryan. Or so I'm told.

Pat Hatt said...

Hey, it works indeed at your feed. Great meaning behind it too.

Deborah Weber said...

Your name has a lovely meaning. Mine means bee.

Yolanda Renée said...

How lovely, and so true!

Yolanda Renée said...

Thanks, Ronel!

Yolanda Renée said...

I'd made a real good start, but didn't really finish all the postings until last night. :)

Yolanda Renée said...

I thought it could give some background for characters. I like the alternative too! Lovely!

Yolanda Renée said...

Denver won the Superbowl. And you are a winner!

Yolanda Renée said...

I was going to use Yurij, but it was more fun to go with Yolanda. :)

Yolanda Renée said...

Thanks Susan, yours is a flower too!

Yolanda Renée said...

Thanks, Pat, and you are a very noblewoman.

Yolanda Renée said...

I think the name fits, you are very wise!

Yolanda Renée said...

LOL, poor Yurij! Do you consider yourself 'dark blue'?

Yolanda Renée said...

Japan has some cool ghosts. LOL I try to be organized, don't always succeed!

Yolanda Renée said...

Thanks, Lee, me too!

Yolanda Renée said...

Thanks, Rebecca!

Yolanda Renée said...

LOL, good for you! Thanks!

Yolanda Renée said...

Hi, Ken, I can see why!

Yolanda Renée said...

It's good to be King!

Yolanda Renée said...

Yes, it does work!

Yolanda Renée said...

It's a good name! Deborah is a heroine and prophetess who leads the Israelites to defeat Canaanites.

Unknown said...

I love the meaning of your name! Mine comes from the word "wish" (zelja in serbian) because my dad wished for a girl as a first child :)