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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 05:31 PM
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What is the English translation of your name(s)
Mine is elf Council Famous (Red) Wolf Son of the land (or Forgetful if you come from the Lithuanian Armenian Diaspora).
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DemExpat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 05:35 PM
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1. Mine is 'the foreigner'......which fits as I'm a lifelong ex-pat!
DemEx
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 11:26 PM
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34. Mine means "foreigner",too
Barbara.
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liberalhistorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 05:36 PM
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2. Well, my first name, Lisa, means
"consecrated to God" in Hebrew, and is a derivative of Elizabeth, another name with Hebrew roots. As for my last name, Lynott, I haven't a clue!
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veganwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 05:38 PM
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3. how does one find out??
jillian is the feminine of julian-which means "nice hair"

my family name is grzesiak (nice good polish name!)
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kixot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 05:38 PM
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4. Mine is already an English name.
Olde English. Dating back to the Saxon kings before the Norman conquest. I'm talking Beowulf stuff.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 03:16 AM
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47. Ethelbert?
Ethelred the Unready?
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 05:39 PM
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5. I am a follower of Dionysus
lover of art and drama and all things of the life of the mind.
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Chuckup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 05:40 PM
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6. My translates to big
penis, my family name is Longfellow...
:-)
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 05:45 PM
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9. very glad to meet you!
:wow:
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Chuckup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:18 PM
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16. I'm a stand
up comedian!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=144788
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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 05:41 PM
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7. My full name would be:
Spear-Leader Shield-Wolf of the House of Children.
(1st name) (middle name) (last name)
:)
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markbark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:08 PM
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12. Hmmm... Lessee
Mine translates:


God of War    of a man    Denuder of Trees
First          Middle         Last



--MAB
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 05:44 PM
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8. proud thing in a bush
:shrug:
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Cheswick2.0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 05:55 PM
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10. it is Spanish or Portuguese which I am not
But I was the only child born in TX and my father liked it ( I guess it was probably a name some local women had)so he gave it to me.



The meaning is uncertain, but it could be derived from Greek theros "summer", from Greek therizein "to harvest"
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 05:55 PM
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11. My First Name is "John",
my middle name is "duBois" which means "of the woods."

The family joke is that my name means "outhouse."
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:09 PM
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13. Firebrand Warrior Chief
Edited on Fri Aug-29-03 06:14 PM by GoddessOfGuinness
If you translate my maiden name...

I've seen my first name translated as sword, torch, and flame.
Guess I'm a hothead. And my middle name translates to "Joyous", so I guess I'm pretty happy about it...
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zbird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:14 PM
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14. My first name means "hospitable one". nt
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Birthmark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:16 PM
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15. Here's mine
Edited on Fri Aug-29-03 06:17 PM by Birthmark
"blood river" "enclosure" "Sorry, no results were found"
First............Middle...............Last
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:18 PM
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17. Dim sighted.
Who knew? I wear glasses!
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Disandra Donating Member (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:25 PM
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18. Elizabeth...
"From Elisabet, the Greek form of the Hebrew name Elisheba meaning "God is my oath".

My last name is Pardo: province of Viscaya, Spain.

Huh, pretty cool....I never knew either meaning and I had to do a search. Thanks, Alfredo for posting this!

Sources:
Last Name: http://www.dafina.net/meaningofthenames.htm
First Name: http://www.behindthename.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?terms=Elizabeth&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or
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Red_Viking Donating Member (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:42 PM
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19. First name is Hebrew, last name is Scottish
My first name means "snare" or "yoke." Gotta love it. :(

My last name is May, and means, well, the month of May! Or, if I believe that website, it harkens back to some Roman goddess or other. I know there's an island off the coast of Scotland at Edinburgh named May Island where my Viking ancestors settled and began intermarrying with the Scots. Which is why I have red hair and a fiery temper.

Look out for the next pillaging campaign! :)

RV
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Interrobang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 07:01 PM
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25. Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!
If you're going viking (remember, "viking" is a verb, not a noun), take me with you! Also, remember that it's rape, loot, pillage, and THEN burn...

(Another person with a Hebrew first name and a Scottish last name, although not a Scottish Jewish person like an ex of mine!)
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 08:53 PM
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29. My wife is Scotish and Jewish
Yes she is very good with money.
Her maiden surname means Crooked Mouth.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 03:12 AM
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46. Hebrew First, Scot-Briton
My first name is Hebrew, and my hyphenated last name is Scot and pre-Christian Celt. And I am part Jew and part Scot, and yes, I am frugal.
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Jonte_1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:45 PM
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20. "He who God gave as a gift"
You can't return me so don't bother.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:49 PM
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21. Truth
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Character Assassin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:56 PM
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22. From a Scottish surname, derived from a place name meaning "great hill"
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Interrobang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:59 PM
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23. My names:
Princess Scottish flower Elegance (a synonym; it's already English) Head Servant of the Household
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 07:01 PM
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24. Little feather, in Polish
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 07:03 PM
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26. Beloved
Edited on Fri Aug-29-03 07:04 PM by Rabrrrrrr
My partner gave me a ring with the song of solomon verse "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine" in Hebrew; when I took it out of the box and read it, I thought at first she'd had it custom made for me and I was all excited and thinking, "Wow - what a gift! Went to all the trouble to find someone who can do Hebrew, and use my name!". :-) Sadly, after a few moments I realized she didn't, but she knew exactly what I'd have wanted, and I will always cherish that ring and love wearing it (because to me, it does use my name, and only incidentally means beloved) :-)
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Melsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 07:06 PM
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27. Honeybee, in Greek
It's Melissa. I don't like that name though, despite having a cool meaning. I use Melsky offline as my name too.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 08:39 PM
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28. Fortunate Truth
is the translation of Ayesha ("fortunate" from Swahili; in Arabic it means "woman") Haqqiqa ("Truth", one of the 99 names of God)
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 08:58 PM
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31. that's a lot better than being called Ngombe
that's another Swahilli word. It means cow.

I like the Ethiopian name Mulu. that mean bowl.
Other Ethiopian names

Zahi means sun/star
Alem means world
Yamani mean right hand
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greekspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 08:54 PM
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30. Lets see
First name
Walks with God

Middle Name
Great Leader

Last Name
Procurer of live seafoods
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 09:23 PM
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32. Truck
cause I'm a Lori
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 10:08 PM
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33. "Champion" in the language of the Celts
Fucking right!
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 11:33 PM
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35. Honor and Victory
Last name is Scottish. Basically my husband's ancestors were harp players for the Scottish nobility.
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carpetbagger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 11:50 PM
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36. Reaper
Pretty creepy I ended up doing hospice for a living, but probably no more creepy than my grandfather sold life insurance under that name.
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hedda_foil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 11:52 PM
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37. Woman with silver colored food wrap on head.
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DemExpat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 06:09 AM
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48. LOL.....
:D
DemEx
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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 12:01 AM
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38. Anton
German, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Romanian
From the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin. It is sometimes claimed to mean "flower" from Greek anthos.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 12:22 AM
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39. Part of it is Already (Old) English
(R)Ewe-lamb (E)its meaning is lost, but it indicates a sept of the clan McLochlan, probably originally Welsh, "well born" (P)Child born during the vernal equinox
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 01:55 AM
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40. My middle name is Turkish for "achievement"...
...I don't know what my first name means in Finnish, but my last name (Gurkanlar) is the Turkish pluralisation of a first name (i.e. Andrews, Stevens, Peters, etc.) Gurkan is the first name, and "lar" is the plural suffix.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 03:08 AM
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45. The "S" is not Plural Form
Names like Andrews don't mean "many called Andrew" but "Andrew's Son." I don't know all the Finnish naming formalities, but it does follow adding "son" to the father's name for men's names, and "dotter" to father's name for women. Bastards used to, and may still, take their mother's name plus "son" or "dotter" ("Olgasson"). For some reason, the Swedish "son" and "dotter" was used for many written records, and the Finnish "poika" (son) and "tytär" (daughter) used in others.

Welsh names changed from ap+name (ap Evan, ap Owen, ap Robert) to Evans (or Bevan), Owens (or Bowen) and Probert (or Roberts) when Anglicized.
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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 01:59 AM
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41. rock beech-wood
anglicized latin and german
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 02:22 AM
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42. hmmm...
earthworker, who is like god,whose residence was on or at a pointed hill, patronymic derived from Gregor 'watchman',the name of one of the greatest of Highland clans;
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 02:30 AM
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43. I'll tell you, but promise not to think I have an ego...
Edited on Sat Aug-30-03 02:34 AM by Solon
My first name means, leader of the world in Gaelic (Domhnall-Gaelic/Donald-English). My last name means, "Son of Bee", or "Belonging to Clan Bee", also Scottish or Irish.
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 02:56 AM
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44. blessed with beauty
My name is Emi (ok not my american name, because it doesnt mean anything)
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