|
 |
Names And Their Meanings | ||
Tags: Names | Meaning of words | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : Multilingual Lounge |  | |
| wokkabomb Triglot Newbie United States Joined 5445 days ago 11 posts - 14 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: French, Arabic (Levantine) | Message 25 of 58 14 March 2012 at 3:30am | IP Logged |
|
Garret - comes from Old French word 'garite', meaning "watchtower".
Satterthwaite - thwaite coming from the Old Norse word 'thveit', meaning a "clearing" or "piece of land"; Satter possibly being a variation of "setter", found pretty consistently in heaps of Indo-European languages. So, Garret Satterthwaite = a tower in a field? Haha. It is curious, though, that my last name more or less means "land developer", being that I come from a ranching/business family. Anyway, this is fascinating! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| vonPeterhof Tetraglot Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4781 days ago 715 posts - 1527 votes  Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Japanese, German Studies: Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Turkish | Message 26 of 58 14 March 2012 at 8:50am | IP Logged |
|
Vadim - a Russian given name of indeterminate etymology. Its earliest attestation is in the Primary Chronicle as the name of the Novgorod rebel leader who led an uprising against Prince Rurik and his Norsemen. In the era of Romantic nationalism he was used by the Slavophiles as a symbol of Russia's resistance to Western European influence. Possible etymologies include "ruler, posessor", "attractive, enticing", "accuser, slanderer, instigator of turmoil", or merely a contraction of "Vladimir".
Yevgenyevich - a patronymic derived from my father's name Yevgeny, the Russian variant of Eugene (from Greek εὐγενής - "noble", literally "well-born"). Dominov - according to our traditional family explanation it derives from the Russian "домна, доменная печь" or "blast furnace". Our ancestors lived in the Urals and worked in the Demidov iron mills for several generations, so it sounds somewhat likely, and their poor literacy probably explains the spelling mistake (if it were derived from "доменная" it should have been "Domenov"). There are two other plausible explanations. Many Russians who see my surname for the first time pronounce it with the wrong stress, Dominov, which makes it sound like a Russified Muslim Turkic name (for example, there is an artist in Saint Petersburg whose name is Rashid Dominov). Given the proximity of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and Kazakhstan to our ancestral hometown in South Urals, Turkic descent isn't unlikely, Another theory is that the name is derived from the Latin "dominus". Aside from immigrants from Romance countries (who were unlikely to be found in a small town in the Urals) the group that was most likely to have Latin-derived surnames were seminary students (an oft cited example is the poet Nikolay Gumilev, whose seminary student ancestor adopted that name from the Latin "humilis"). My great-grandfather did study at a seminary before dropping out to join the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. My pet theory is that he adopted the surname when he began studying at the seminary, but then came up with an alternative etymology in order to boost his proletarian cred, since in the early Soviet period there was a lot of affirmative action for people of "proletarian descent". Edited by vonPeterhof on 14 March 2012 at 8:51am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rosen93 Diglot Newbie Denmark Joined 4409 days ago 34 posts - 42 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 27 of 58 04 January 2013 at 5:37pm | IP Logged |
|
This thread is a little old, but I think the subject is pretty cool, so I'll post a replay anyway.
I used to write stories as a child, and my favorite part was naming the characters. I used to visit websites with baby names in search of names with meanings that was suitable for each character's personality. My first name is Louise which is of German/French origin. It’s the feminine version of the name Louis which means something like “famous warrior” or "famous in battle". At school I go by my middle name, Rose, since we are four girls in my class with the first name, Louise. The meaning of Rose is pretty obvious, it's the flower. My last name is Jensen which means “son of Jens”. It’s the most common surname in Denmark with almost 300.000 people having Jensen as their surname. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4882 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 28 of 58 04 January 2013 at 7:05pm | IP Logged |
|
First: Stian - From Norse: Stigandr - wanderer
Last: Aune - A "farm name" used by those who took over empty farms after the Black Death. I'm not 100% sure, but I think this is right. My middle name is "Fredrik" and I have no idea what kind of meaning it bears... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sammymcgoff Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4372 days ago 40 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 29 of 58 06 January 2013 at 3:44pm | IP Logged |
|
My first name Samantha, is the feminine version of Samuel, which is a biblical name. Louise is of French origin and is the feminine version of Louis. My surname is of Irish origin and means son of Goff
1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Duke100782 Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Philippines https://talktagalog.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4497 days ago 172 posts - 240 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 30 of 58 02 February 2013 at 7:26pm | IP Logged |
|
Duke came from Dux which in Latin was a top military leader.
1 person has voted this message useful | |
| abSeiter_ Diglot Newbie Czech Republic Joined 4491 days ago 19 posts - 25 votes Speaks: Czech*, Slovak Studies: French, English, German, Norwegian, Mandarin, Polish | Message 31 of 58 26 February 2013 at 8:21pm | IP Logged |
|
Daniel - it comes from Hebrew, its meaning is ,,God is my Judge"
and Němec - simply the German =) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Romanzo Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4313 days ago 15 posts - 23 votes Speaks: Italian, English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, French | Message 32 of 58 26 February 2013 at 11:16pm | IP Logged |
|
My name is Giovanni Antonio Gabriele
Giovanni is the same as the English John and comes from the Hebrew 'Yochanan' which means God is Gracious. Antonio comes from the Latin Antonius which is has unknown Etruscan origin. Gabriele is from the Hebrew Gavriel which means 'God has given me strength' 1 person has voted this message useful |
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
