RaptorFlight
London, Ontario Canada
Posted: Jul 24, 2007, 10:16 AM CST
I have, thankfully infrequently, done this myself; refer to someone with the wrong name. On the few occasions that I did I was thinking of someone who closely resembled the person to whom I was speaking, either physically, or personality-wise.
The wedding invitation could have simply been the wrong card in the wrong envelope, unless David was called David.
I have been reading the forums and in answer to your question: Diana, Goddess of the Hunt. Intelligent, strong, resourceful, independent. I did some hunting for the meaning of 'Karen'.
Karen. Danish form of KATHERINE. Gender: Feminine. Usage: English
Pronounced: KATH-u-rin, KATH-rin
From the Greek name ???ate???? (Aikaterine). The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name ‘??ate???? (Hekaterine), which came from ‘e?ate??? (hekateros) "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess HECATE; it could be related to Greek a???a (aikia) "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". The Romans associated it with Greek ?a?a??? (katharos) "pure" and changed their spelling from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this.
The name belonged to a 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was tortured on the famous Catherine wheel. Another saint by this name was Catherine of Siena, a 14th-century mystic. This name was also borne by two empresses of Russia, including Catherine the Great, and by three of Henry VIII's wives.
Be well.