A Cheryl by Any Other Name...

Ok, out of curiosity, I had a look at what Samantha was talking about with regards to her name and here is what it comes up with for Cheryl:

The name of Cheryl brings opportunities for success in business and financial accumulation. It fires you with ambition and promotional ideas, ideas that are original, progressive, and large-scale. With this name, success to you is a foregone conclusion, for you cannot conceive any reason for not reaching all your goals, as you have self-sufficiency, supreme confidence, boundless energy, and enthusiasm. As long as you have a sense of freedom from monotony and drudgery, and can see progress being made, you feel buoyant and optimistic.

Now my parents and relatives call me, not Cheryl, but Cheryl Ann. Here is what it says for Cheryl Ann:

Your name of Cheryl Ann has created a practical, responsible, stable nature, and you desire to direct the efforts of others rather than to take order or ask permission. You have a determined, self-reliant, capable nature and resent any interference, although in your desire to help you are inclined to become involved in the lives and decisions of other people. You like to make your own decisions and to be the master of your domain. You feel a limitation in your own expression when it is necessary to reach another through tact and understanding

Generally speaking, I would say both of these are fairly accurate, including the part about having to work at being tactful and understanding. I have no idea how they came up with this, and this should not be construed to be an endorsement of numerology or Kabalarian Philosophy.

Naming something has special significance. Adam named the creatures when God brought them to him. Names in Scripture had significance for those named as well. Those in Christ will be given new names in glory. This is merely speculation on my part, but I think it is possible that these new names the saints are given will be a sort of summing up and definition of all we were intended to be. Naming has metaphysical overtones to it that I don't understand, but do observe.