What does my name mean?<\/p>\n
Bey:
\nTurkish - (past) a chieftain, (present) Sir
\nMiddle Persian - Lord and Master
\nNew Zealand (Maori) - pal, mate, buddy
\nNewfoundland - boy
\nScotland - friend or mate but can be used to replace the word \"beast\"<\/p>\n
What it does not mean, in my case:<\/p>\n
Short for Beyonc\u00e9<\/i><\/p>\n
... and I get that single ladies song stuck in my head anytime someone asks me if it does. *laughs*<\/p>\n
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What does my name mean? Bey: Turkish – (past) a chieftain, (present) Sir Middle Persian – Lord and Master New Zealand (Maori) – pal, mate, buddy Newfoundland – boy Scotland – friend or mate but can be used to replace the word “beast” What it does not mean, in my case: Short for Beyonc\u00e9 … and I get that single ladies song stuck in my head anytime someone asks me if it does. *laughs* <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,93,94],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-life","tag-bey","tag-names","tag-not-beyonce"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-3g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2658,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/sacrificed-narrated-by-michael-ferraiuolo-now-whispersynced\/","url_meta":{"origin":202,"position":0},"title":"Sacrificed narrated by Michael Ferraiuolo – now Whispersynced","author":"Bey","date":"May 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hooray! 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