I was recently trying to uncover the roots behind the "Jef" part of my first name- which is Jeffrey. I had long known that many sources say the full name's meaning, both roots together is "God Peace", or "Peace" + "name of a diety", but I value precision/clarity. Which diety?
So I delved into it over the time. I've often wondered if "Frey" might have connection to the Norse god Frey. Frey is a god of peace, and marriage, among other associations. He has a, and is associated with a boar, and I was born in a hospital with a name that means "Son of boar". I also associated this with the fact that the only friend I currently see with any regularity has the last name Pigman.
Frey, from the Germanic 'Frid', also means "peace". I have an idea that the words and gods may share common... Strings. It reminds me of, but I don't have a lot to substantiate, how in Christianity they say the word is God, and God is the word. "I am the word". That language has a lot of power. Symbolism, meaning, religion, spirituality... So I imagine that Frey may have some connections to its actual meaning-roots. That the God is not so disconnected from language-Word-meaning.
But, according to the etymology of my name, Frey would not be the diety being referred to. Based on the structure. Then again, I don't know quite.
I found many possible connections to "Jef", or "Geof". They go to words such as "gisel", which means "hostage", a word (or words) that means "territory/district", and "foreign".
When I discovered these connections, I focused on "hostage".
The following day, I began talking to a girl who has the first name, Rebecca- a name that means "to tie firmly". Other meanings may be "noose", "beautifully ensnared", "captivating", but the most direct from etymology is probably "to tie firmly".
The resonance pinged. "Hostage"
The following day, I found another connection with my name, and that was to "Gautr", or "Gete". Gautr is a byname for Woden/Wotan, who is Odin. So I connected to Odin. Of course. My name is Norman-French, and this has roots in Scandinavian-Germanic languages, and themes. God in this mythological line-this culture, the "all-father" is Odin.
In a way, my name means "Fury-Peace", as Odin is often quoted as "The Furious One". But I'm sure there are other possible meanings/interpretations.
I added an image on my Facebook page, as my profile picture, of Odin hanging from the tree, with runes all around him (Odin brings writing). I saw Rebecca's daughter was named Roan, which has a meaning with Raven, which Odin is associated with, or Rowan Tree, a tree associated with various myths, which although thought of as an Ash tree like the type Odin hung from, is not a true Ash (but there is debate on the type of tree Odin hung from).
This sparked me to look more seriously into Odin. It is said that he hung from the tree for nine days as a sacrifice to himself, and then glimpsed the runes in an insight, and "fell screaming" from the tree. Suddenly an experience I had had years earlier made certain sense. I had had a dream where I saw tons of symbols, and fell screaming, waking up screaming. Love was what the last symbol meant. I'm not detailing the dream so much for sake of staying in one direction, but it has stuck out to me for awhile... and I've questioned it, and this has provided some of the best resonance.
Rebecca saw my Facebook, prior to meeting- I gave her the address because I had stalked her, and it was only fair. She asked if I was into Odin(ism?), or something. And that she was doing some reading on him, for class. And other myth. I found it interesting that she was aware of it, and had also been on the same subject.
Our first night together, she said her ex was an Odinist, and that he hung himself, after I saw the scars he had left on her body.
I pulled a muscle in my neck within the first day of communicating with her (before physically meeting). It was out of whack for the next couple of days, until I saw her. Though Odin hung by his foot, according to seemingly common ideas, I've seen other interpretations. Hanging by the neck may not be completely out of resonance. Of course, I'm not sure.
I was involved with this Rebecca for about nine days, until around Valentines day.
I could go further- I may try later.
...I thought it was interesting, though I didn't rest on it, that Odin is "Son of Bor", and the hospital I was born in after my mother went into labor in church, was "Son of Boar" (hyphen "Hyde", which means "large tract of land").
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