What does your name or surname mean in English?

[Aydincelenk]

Hi everyone,
Will you please translate your name or surname into English?
So we can learn what we have in common.
By the way, my name "Aydın" can be translated into English as "Enlightened" and my surname "?elenk" means "Wreath"
I hope to learn more about the names all around the world.
We can also translate some strange names into English.
Love,
Aydın

[Jamie (K)]

My first name is James, the English variant of Jacob, which means "the supplanter". My middle name, Patrick, means an aristocrat. My last name in German means the janitor of a church. So, I guess that if you translated all three names into English, I am an aristocrat who cleans a church when the usual caretaker is absent.

[Torsten]

Hi Aydın, so you are an "enlightened crown"? Very interesting. And you Jamie, what church do you usually work in :-). As for me, I think my first name is Norwegian and means "Thunderstone". My surname is pretty strange, whenever I introduce myself to a German they would say "Pleased to meet you, Mr Baer" because "Daerr" is so rare that they simply ignore it and think my name is "Baer". I think "Daerr" was originally "duerr" (d?rr) which means "meager", "thin" or "doughty". Makes me want to adopt my wife's surname....

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[Conchita]

Although ‘conchita’ is Spanish for ‘little shell’, it isn’t normally associated with the proper name in this sense. Actually, Conchita is short for '(Mar?a de la) Concepci?n’ – Mary of the (Immaculate) Conception, a name for the Blessed Virgin. So, I’m a Mary.

My surnames (we have two in Spain) translated into English would be 'Castle Grandson'.

[Alan]

Well clearly my surname is English and couldn't be more obvious: Townend. I'm just glad it's not 'Smith'. It reminds me of a true story concerning the name 'Jones' that is very common in Wales. A novice station announcer read out a notice on the loudspeaker at Paddington station (main line for the South West of England and Wales): Will Mr Jones please report to the Stationmaster's office. Apparently there was instant chaos and hundreds of men besieged the office.

Alan
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[Hercules]

Well, my real Arabic name is BasseL ,and It means the brave person , and my name means the Lion too .

I've read some explanations about my name , and I think the Arabs grand-fathers was very interested in making names and explained them by many ways.
most of them liked to name their sons by strong name ( strong name means the name that gives a strong meanings ) .

Herc

[Medeya2012]

My name means 'half of Moon' or 'like Moon':) And I have a sweet surname making people smile wheenever they hear it, it means 'Sweet'
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[Aydincelenk]

Hi Medeya2012,
You haven't written your original name but let me guess. Your name is "Hilal" and surname "Tatlı".
These are the Turkish versions of your name and surname. They may be different in your language. I would love to learn if they are different.
Brother,
Aydın

[Medeya2012]

My name is Ayten, it's also a turkish name as I know:) , but my surname is 'Tatli's Azeri version, I can't say :mrgreen:
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[Aydincelenk]

hi sister medeya2012,
Sorry for asking both your name and surname.
I have never thought that "Ayten" meant "half the Moon", so I learned one more thing from this forum.
Brother,
Aydın

[Medeya2012]

Hi my turkish brother Aydin:)

It's ok, I can explain, so 'ten' has 3 meanings, one is 'half' the other 'body' and the third 'equal'- 'equal to the Moon'.

Regards
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[Rosalisa]

Hi :D

My sure name is Keo and it means "glass". :D
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[Stew.t.]

Hi folks

Stewart is said to be from "stigweard" meaning "steward" from old English
and the latter is ironically the most frequent misspelling of my name.

But it has also been said to have origins in Scotland. This may be a misconception that is associated with the family name stewart, the stewart clan or the high stewards of Scotland.
My mums side of the family is from Scotland.

My family name Tunnicliff is said to mean in Anglo_Saxon man who jumps offf cliff, and no I someone who commits suicide, a life gaurd,.

You can see my coat of arms at the following link;
http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/tunnicliffe-family-crest.htm

cheers stew.t.
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[NinaZara]

Hello,

My real name is Nur Aslina. "Nur" means "light" and "Lina" means "grace". I like my sister's name better, "Nur Sirhan", "Sirhan" means "Lion's bravery"(?_?) I think.It's a boy's name actually, the female version of it is suppose to be "Sirhani".
People call me Nina and I was told that Nina also means"grace". What a wonderful coincidence!

Nina

[Snezana]

Hello,

This is a very interesting topic. :D
My first name is the same as Snow White. And my surname can also be related to fairy tales: Vukovic - the root VUK means wolf.
So, only Little Red Riding Hood is missing here. :wink:

Regards,

Snezana (ooops... I mean Snow White)