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    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 Ireland.

    The Old English meaning is the spear of God. Brought over by the Anglo-Saxons, this name is fairly popular in the Iberian peninsula as well as the Nordic countires.

    I "officially" picked the Anglo-Saxon etymology since my family is English and it just sounds cooler.

    My second given name is of Frank extraction, but Anglicised, it means "great battle/war"

    My first family name is Spanish and means "Mariner" or "of the sea", it's of Asturian & Galician origin.

    My last family name is double barrelled, both of my ancestral paternal lines. It gets complicated, one is of Occitan/Old French origin carried over by English ancestors that married into the Spanish side of my family, it was Anglicised then further Hispanicised, it's an homage to a cold wind that flows from the Northwest of Europe into the Mediterranan.

    The other is of Anglo-Saxon origin, a cognate of an Old High German name for a Germanic mythological being.

    I only use the very first and very last names in a day to day basis.
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    Greek Latin Germanic (visigoth)
    All around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out faces
    Bright and early for the daily races, going nowhere, going nowhere

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    When I was born, my first name changed three times because my mom and dad couldn't decide. They settled on an unusual variation of a normal name that my dad just liked, because he was a creative hippy. No one pronounces it correctly but I don't care, I like it.

    Middle name means "bee" in Greek. Bzzzz

    Maiden surname is German. It is either a place name or an occupational description.

    Married surname is English and originated near Devon.

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    First: Hebrew, through a Christian saint;
    Middle (mother's surname): Scottish from Kincardine, of Anglo-Saxon origin;
    Last (father's surname): North Italian, of Gaulish origin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larali View Post
    When I was born, my first name changed three times because my mom and dad couldn't decide. They settled on an unusual variation of a normal name that my dad just liked, because he was a creative hippy. No one pronounces it correctly but I don't care, I like it.

    Middle name means "bee" in Greek. Bzzzz

    Maiden surname is German. It is either a place name or an occupational description.

    Married surname is English and originated near Devon.
    Melissa!

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    My name is Hebrew for gift of yahweh

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    Name: Medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS. (Denis)
    Surname: Greek origin, common surname in Epirus and Macedonia (no idea of meaning).
    2nd surname: Spanish or italian origin. Some sources says its originally from Valencia, others from Catania.

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    Both first and last names are Hellenic of origin. all names in Hellas have a meaning.

    First name:
    Αλέξανδρος (Alexanthros - Alexander), it is not a "d" there, you spell it wrongly. It is a "th" like "this those there".
    Comes from two Hellenic words:

    Αλέξω - Alexo (verb), means: to protect by putting myself as a shield, or to protect by repulsion force.
    used in other words like:
    • αλεξικέραυνο (protect from lightining, lightning proof),
    • αλεξίσφαιρο (protect by shielding against bullet, bullet proof),
    • αλεξίπτωτο (protect from falling by aiding, parachute)
    • αλεξιβρόχιο (protect from rain by shield, umbrella)

    and a noun:

    Άνδρας - anthras, the "th" ehre is same to "this", not in "theory", meansman directly and was widely used for "mankind" since in ancient times mankind was the men, women were seen as less off

    Last name, I don't want to say because it is very unique and I am trying to stay anonymous, but it is Hellene as well, it has to do with messengers - angels. But it is not hebrew, the word is 100% Hellenic since messengers/angels in Hellas exist long before christianity and judaism.


    Quote Originally Posted by arkas View Post
    First: Biblical name of Hebrew origin.

    Second: Means farmer and is of Greek origin.

    Last: Greek origin, don't know it's meaning but we share the name with a famous figure from the Eastern Roman empire.
    Γιώργος (George), I could help with the last one if you want

    Quote Originally Posted by Kivan View Post
    First: Latin/Greek, "protector of mankind".
    Αλέξανδρος - Alexander is not latin, it is 100% Hellenic (Greek) from the Hellenic province of Μακεδονία (Makedonia). And no, I do not mean the ex-Yugoslavian gypsies that speak a Servo-bulgarian dialect who want to name themselves as Macedonians. I am talking about the historically correct and linguistically correct Macedonians (like me) which are Hellenes.

    Quote Originally Posted by Larali View Post
    When I was born, my first name changed three times because my mom and dad couldn't decide. They settled on an unusual variation of a normal name that my dad just liked, because he was a creative hippy. No one pronounces it correctly but I don't care, I like it.

    Middle name means "bee" in Greek. Bzzzz
    Μέλισσα (Melissa), the tone here in the Hellenic Bee is in the first "e" -> M ->e<- llisa, not like in english that they tone it in the "i"

    Quote Originally Posted by Pausanias View Post
    Name: Medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS. (Denis)
    Surname: Greek origin, common surname in Epirus and Macedonia (no idea of meaning).
    2nd surname: Spanish or italian origin. Some sources says its originally from Valencia, others from Catania.
    I can help with it if you want the meaning.

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    My first name is of Germanic origin (very probably Anglo-Saxon or a variant of this) means: He who defends his lands with spear or something like that said.

    My second name is of Greek origin, its meaning is confusing, I could not explain it clearly.

    My last names have origins from different parts: Basque, Portuguese-Spanish, German and Italian.

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