Dax

Comment left Dec 28, 2007: "To whom it may concern, This a great website! I'll give you a little history behind the name "Dax"... Most of the "Daxs" were born in the 1970s. This is due to a popular novel by Harold Robbins "The Adventures" (now a movie). The character DAX was born into a wealthy family. The father was poor but highly intelligent. The mother is aristocratic. The setting was in south america. The story was a tragedy yet men who were watching the movie wanted to be a DAX. When they had sons, it was their opportunity to use that name. The name according to the novel is composed of two other names... Diogenes (Greek philosopher obssessed with truth... lived in extreme poverty) and Alexander the Great (the Macedonian king who conquered all of asia). You therefore combine the two... and the name means "with truth, you shall conquer the world". Eventhough the book and movie are fiction, at one point during the Hellenistic era, in the City of Corinth, Diogenes and Alexander did meet. Diogenes told Alexander... "get out of my way, your blocking my sunshine"... (see Europe, A History... by Norman Davies). Now that's our etymology. As far as DAX being a female character in a science fiction tv series... (Battlestar Gallactica?)... I really don't know where that idea came from. ---DAX---" (Report as inappropriate)

Comment left Jun 03, 2006: "It's seems to me, that this is one of those really weird, and not to mention ugly, names that went around for what, half a year. then it was totally out of style." (Report as inappropriate)