Message: "Meaning of the name Ketevan?"

[Facts] Meaning of the name Ketevan?

by Ylva

2/27/2006, 4:29 AM

Ketevan is the real first name of the singer Katie Melua. She is originally from Georgia (near Russia). I've searched Ketevan and I know it was the name of a queen and Christian martyr, but I have not found the meaning.

"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

#Ketevan

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- Lumia +3

2/27/2006, 12:49 PM

I found a hint:

"A large number of Persian names came into Georgian from the versions of the Šâh-nâma: Givi (< Gêv); Goderdz-i (< Gôdarz); Zurab-i (< Sohrâb); Ketevan (< Katâyûn); Zaal (< Zâl; cf. the family name Zaldastanishvili), etc."

http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Culture/iranian_elements_georgian.htm

Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com

- Ylva +2

2/27/2006, 1:46 PM

Thank you, but what does Katayun mean?

Ketevan may come from the Persian Katayun but then I don't know what Katayun means.

"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

2/27/2006, 2:33 PM

According to Muslim & Parsi Names by Maneka Gandhi & Ozair Husain, Katayun meant "learned."

- Ylva

2/28/2006, 5:59 AM

Thank you

Nice meaning.

"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

- KRT

2/27/2006, 8:47 AM

I KNEW it sounded Caucasian! (Caucasus Mt range includes Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan)

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