-- Emilie007 8/3/2008. My name is Samara and I loved reading the different meaning there is to my name, whilst I've always loved my name and known it to be unique I didn't realise there is so many more of us out there. -- samara_maylee 9/9/2008. I do love this name.
ding meaning, definition, what is ding: to make a short ringing sound like a bell. Learn more.
Word Origin and History for dingbat. n. 1838, American English, some kind of alcoholic drink, of unknown origin. One of that class of words (e.g. dingus, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, thingumabob) which are conjured up to supply names for items whose proper names are unknown or not recollected. Popularized in sense of foolish person by TV show All in the Family (1971), though this usage dates from 1905.