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    I'm very interested in the etymology of given names, either personal, family's or place names. You don't need to reveal your real name, obviously, just what it means in your language and even other languages and where it originated if you know.

    My first name is either of Goidelic, Anglo-Saxon or North-Germanic origin.

    The Irish Gaelic meaning translates to one that loves deers. This was brought over by the Vikings to the Emerald Isle of Ireland.

    The Old English meaning is the spear of God. Brought over by the Anglo-Saxons, this name is fairly popular in the Nordic countires, and is not obscured in the Latin cultures either.

    When I was born, naming me was quite the endeavour, the name had to make sense and be pronounceable in three different languages, two of which roughly agreed with eachother - Castilian & Portuguese - and then English...

    The name was rather successful in its goal though, I'm very happy with it and just about everybody can pronounce it!

    My family names though are another story...

    So what does your name mean? Where did it come from?

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    I have a Double name.The first means "Conquer" or "Winner".
    The second is a tribute from my father to a Roman emperor

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    Defender of Men; it was my uncle's name, i have the female version. My middle name means Godlike

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    Bobby is short for Robert, which means "Bright fame"

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    My father's surname makes sense as my ancestry is mostly from the West Country (with a little Welsh and Western Irish.)

    The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin. It was the name for a person who was considered to be very good-natured and neighborly. The surname is derived from the Old English word. During the Middle Ages people would use this word when they referred to their relatives or their kinsmen.

    The surname was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
    My mother's maiden surname:

    The name came to England with the ancestors of the family in the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name is of Germanic origin and is derived from the Old German word, which meant beloved.

    The family name was brought to England after the Norman Conquest, when William the Conqueror gave his friends and relatives most of the land formerly owned by Anglo-Saxon aristocrats.

    This distinguished family descended from the Marshall of Duke William and who held lands at Caen, Vauceles, and Venoix in Normandy.

    The Norman conquerors imported a vast number of continental European personal names, which largely replaced traditional Old English personal names among the upper and middle classes.
    Last edited by ♥ Lily ♥; 04-27-2018 at 10:33 PM. Reason: To add the meaning of my Mother's surname too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ♥ Lily ♥ View Post
    My surname makes sense as my ancestry is mostly from the West Country (with a little Welsh and Western Irish.)
    Is Lily your actual first name?

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    it's Meh. I wish I had the name Wolf, common for Serb males.

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    Scourge of world, great deceiver, lord of lies, prince of darkness, filth of hell and etc.

    Guess my moma and daddy weren't happy when I was born.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kappa View Post
    Scourge of world, great deceiver, lord of lies, prince of darkness, filth of hell and etc.

    Guess my moma and daddy weren't happy when I was born.
    "Filth of hell" - kkkkkkk

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