What is your first names origin?

**Neanderthal** · 08-13-2013, 07:58 PM

Maya.

**Graham** · 08-13-2013, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by Shah-Jehan

Ulster Scots?

Ulster Scots is from Scottish settlers to Ireland. Mainly Presbyterian.

Clan/feudal map

**Shah-Jehan** · 08-13-2013, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Graham

Ulster Scots is from Scottish settlers to Ireland. Mainly Presbyterian.

Clan/feudal map

oops, I messed both up

**1stLightHorse** · 08-13-2013, 08:03 PM

First name is biblical....Surname is Celtic/Gaelic and means "Big Balls" as my brawd Uhtred can verify.

**Shah-Jehan** · 08-13-2013, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by 1stLightHorse

First name is biblical....Surname is Celtic/Gaelic and means "Big Balls" as my brawd Uhtred can verify.

I thought you were a Germanic Anglo-Saxon?

**1stLightHorse** · 08-13-2013, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by Shah-Jehan

I thought you were a Germanic Anglo-Saxon?

Well, my surname is anglicised....So it literally could be either. There is a Gaelic explanation and a Germanic one for the name, both different meanings.

In old English (germanic), it would mean something like Cool lake or Cold lake.

**Shah-Jehan** · 08-13-2013, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by 1stLightHorse

Well, my surname is anglicised....So it literally could be either. There is a Gaelic explanation and a Germanic one for the name, both different meanings.

So, your ethnicity is English or Irish?

**1stLightHorse** · 08-13-2013, 08:14 PM

English obviously, i said my surname was Anglicized. My surname isn't McSomething or O'Something, so it's not obviously Celtic, i was just discussing it with Uhtred jokingly. It's very English sounding though, but it's origin could be germanic or celtic.

Edit: Just because someone is Germanic in England, doesn't necessarily make them an anglo-saxon. Normans and Wikings landed too. Haplogroup I2 can literally come with any of these, but reaches its highest frequency in North Germany/South Denmark (i2b1, the nomenclature has changed now though as fire haired mentioned to me). Which is exactly where the ASJ's came from. So there's a good chance, but i'd need deeper clade testing.

**Shah-Jehan** · 08-13-2013, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by 1stLightHorse

My direct paternal line is English. But just because someone is of English extraction doesn't mean they aren't celtic.

So, you're both Celtic and Germanic!

**Turkophagos** · 08-13-2013, 08:18 PM

Thomas is the Greek form of the Aramaic name תָּאוֹמָא (Ta'oma') which meant "twin". In the New Testament this is the name of the apostle who initially doubted the resurrected Jesus. According to tradition he was martyred in India. Due to his renown, the name came into general use in the Christian world.

PRONOUNCED: TAHM-əs (English), TOM-əs (English), to-MAH (French), TO-mahs (German, Dutch), tho-MAHS (Greek)