What is the origin of your name?

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What is the origin of your name?
Topic Started: Jul 6 2012, 06:51 PM (4,053 Views)
~~7eleven~~	Jul 6 2012, 06:51 PM Post #1
Senior Member Posts: 1,396 Group: Banned Member #1,372 Joined: Dec 11, 2010 Gender: Male Ancestry: European Politics: Center	Here is mine: first- Greek middle- Scottish last- Saxon Edited by 7eleven, Jul 7 2012, 02:55 AM.



blackmichael	Jul 6 2012, 07:05 PM Post #2
New Member Posts: 8 Group: Members Member #3,200 Joined: Feb 9, 2012 Gender: Male Ancestry: European Religion: Roman Catholic Politics: Far Left	First- Hebrew Middle- Irish Last- Irish



~~stonesheep~~	Jul 6 2012, 07:09 PM Post #3
adieu Posts: 2,813 Group: Banned Member #3,034 Joined: Jan 8, 2012 Gender: Male Ancestry: Middle Eastern Religion: None	removed Edited by stonesheep, Oct 23 2012, 11:27 PM.



TheRealGuido	Jul 6 2012, 08:08 PM Post #4
Advanced Member Posts: 4,599 Group: Members Member #2,289 Joined: Aug 3, 2011 Gender: Male Ancestry: European Religion: Roman Catholic Politics: Center-Left	Germanic



Delilah	Jul 6 2012, 08:13 PM Post #5
ROMANTIC Posts: 17,463 Group: Members Member #125 Joined: Dec 2, 2008 Gender: Female Ancestry: Hispanic/Latino Religion: Christian Politics: Center	first name-Hebrew, French last name-Spanish
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Formaldehyde	Jul 6 2012, 08:20 PM Post #6
Senior Member Posts: 1,710 Group: Members Member #545 Joined: Oct 7, 2009 Gender: Female Ancestry: Northern European	First - Hebrew Middle - Greek Last - Finnish, but formed from a Greek male name Edited by Formaldehyde, Jul 7 2012, 03:08 AM.



Caudium	Jul 6 2012, 08:32 PM Post #7
Memba Posts: 6,971 Group: Members Member #132 Joined: Dec 3, 2008 Gender: Male Ancestry: Southern European Religion: Spiritual Politics: Center	First name - Italian (Latin, Italic) Middle name - Italian (Latin, Italic) Last name - Italo-Norman (Italic, ultimately Germanic-Scandinavian) Edited by Caudium, Jul 7 2012, 01:18 AM.



Keksalarm	Jul 7 2012, 12:09 AM Post #8
Senior Member Posts: 1,920 Group: Members Member #3,206 Joined: Feb 10, 2012 Gender: Male	First - Celtic Middle - Hebrew Last - Sorbian
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Kingofhearts	Jul 7 2012, 12:18 AM Post #9
PLVS VLTRA Posts: 2,551 Group: Members Member #2,155 Joined: Jul 3, 2011 Religion: Roman Catholic	First name - Hebrew middle name - old German last name - Castilian
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GenoMann	Jul 7 2012, 12:24 AM Post #10
Advanced Member Posts: 3,564 Group: Members Member #2,140 Joined: Jun 29, 2011 Gender: Male Ancestry: Northern European Religion: Roman Catholic Politics: Far Right	First name Jewish (originally) Second name Frankish Third name Frankish Last name Gaelic
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Dewd	Jul 7 2012, 12:46 AM Post #11
Advanced Member Posts: 3,263 Group: Members Member #3,102 Joined: Jan 21, 2012 Gender: Male Ancestry: European Politics: Center-Left	First-ultimately Greek saint name Middle- also ultimately Greek saint name Last- Romanian with ultimately Latin main root (possibly Etruscan if going far back enough), with a Romanian suffix, also derived from Latin, itself probably an early borrowing from Germanic Edited by Dewd, Jul 7 2012, 04:07 AM.



Thoth	Jul 7 2012, 12:47 AM Post #12
Senior Member Posts: 2,159 Group: Members Member #1,299 Joined: Nov 13, 2010 Gender: Male Ancestry: Eastern European Religion: None Politics: Independent	Estonianised versions of Germanic names that sound like Arabic and Swedish respectively.



Liza	Jul 7 2012, 01:18 AM Post #13
. Posts: 5,118 Group: Members Member #2,232 Joined: Jul 20, 2011 Gender: Female	First: Greek Second: Hebrew Last: Finland Swedish
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Funk	Jul 7 2012, 01:37 AM Post #14
Advanced Member Posts: 2,922 Group: Members Member #31 Joined: Apr 7, 2008 Gender: Male	First: Hebrew Second: Germanic, but doesn't matter, as it was bought 130 years ago, so is not ancestral. Was supposed to be a Faroese name, but was misspelled by the Danish priest. Last: Arabic Edited by Funk, Jul 7 2012, 01:40 AM.



Robert	Jul 7 2012, 02:37 AM Post #15
Advanced Member Posts: 6,756 Group: Members Member #27 Joined: Apr 7, 2008 Gender: Male Ancestry: European	First: Germanic Middle: Germanic Last: Gaelic



New Englander	Jul 7 2012, 03:10 AM Post #16
Senior Member Posts: 2,021 Group: Members Member #1,910 Joined: May 7, 2011 Gender: Male Ancestry: Mixed Religion: Spiritual Politics: Left	First: Hebrew Middle: Germanic Last: Italian



Ulrich	Jul 7 2012, 03:58 AM Post #17
Ich habe keine angst Posts: 1,541 Group: Members Member #7 Joined: Apr 5, 2008 Gender: Male Ancestry: Northern European Religion: None Politics: Apolitical	First name: English Second name: Hebrew Last name: Magyar



Prioriteringar	Jul 7 2012, 10:32 PM Post #18
Advanced Member Posts: 2,933 Group: Members Member #2,223 Joined: Jul 19, 2011 Gender: Male Ancestry: Northern European Religion: Christian Politics: Apolitical	First: Irish Middle: Basque, Norwegian or Hungarian Last: Irish (South Leinster)
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Funk	Jul 7 2012, 10:37 PM Post #19
Advanced Member Posts: 2,922 Group: Members Member #31 Joined: Apr 7, 2008 Gender: Male	^ That's a pretty wide margin of error for the middle name, how come?



Robin Goodfellow	Jul 7 2012, 11:15 PM Post #20
Senior Member Posts: 1,621 Group: Members Member #254 Joined: Feb 7, 2009 Gender: Male Ancestry: South Asian Religion: Protestant Politics: Apolitical	first - tamil middle - telugu last - tamil



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