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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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