What's in a name?

A coworker of mine is pregnant (Congratulations Pam!!!) and she and her husband (and all of their friends and family) are thinking about baby names. This is a big decision! And it got me thinking about the meaning of my name and of the names of my family.

Marisa:

Italian, Spanish, and English: 20th-century elaboration of Maria, the suffix -isa apparently being abstracted from such names as Lisa and Luisa (see Luis). Cognate: Dutch: Marijse.

Origin and Meaning:
English meaning of the name Marisa for a girl:
variation of Maria, bitter
Latin meaning of the name Marisa for a girl:
of the sea
Spanish meaning of the name Marisa for a girl:
bitter
Marisa is the 498th most popular girl's name in the United States.

Well, that sounds about right ;)

Brandon:

English (mainly U.S.): transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of various places so called, most of which get their name from Old English brom broom, gorse + dun hill. In 1982 this was the seventh commonest male given name among Blacks in the United States, and the twenty-third commonest among Whites. In part it may be regarded as an altered form of Brendan. There has probably also been some influence from the surname of the Italian American actor Marlon Brando (b. 1924).

Origin and Meaning:
English meaning of the name Brandon for a boy:
from the beacon hill
Irish meaning of the name Brandon for a boy:
little raven
Brandon is the 27th most popular boy's name in the United States.

I also found it to mean "sword" on another website.

Klyde: (can not be found with a K)

English (esp. U.S.): apparently from the river in south-west Scotland that runs through Glasgow, perhaps by way of a surname derived from the river name. The bank robber Clyde Barrow became something of a cult figure, especially after the film Bonnie and Clyde (1967).

Origin and Meaning:
Irish meaning of the name Clyde for a boy:
warm
Scottish meaning of the name Clyde for a boy:
refers to the Scottish Clyde river
Welsh meaning of the name Clyde for a boy:
heard from afar
Clyde does not currently rank in the top 1000 names in the United States.

Armanda:

Origin and Meaning:
Latin meaning of the name Armanda for a girl:
noble
Spanish meaning of the name Armanda for a girl:
variation of Armando, of the army
Armanda does not currently rank in the top 1000 names in the United States.

Mosley: (Does not come up as a first name, but as a surname)

English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from any of several places called Mos(e)ley in central, western, and northwestern England. The obvious derivation is from Old English mos ‘peat bog’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’, but the one in southern Birmingham (Museleie in Domesday Book) had as its first element Old English mus ‘mouse’, while one in Staffordshire (Molesleie in Domesday Book) had the genitive case of the Old English byname Moll.