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03 Apr 2006, 10:56 am

My first name is an old Scots word for "guardian", which would explain why it's very close to an English word meaning manager or attendant.

My second name is a Saxon name meaning "vigilant" which, although my parents claim they didn't know this, ties in with "guardian" perfectly.

All I know of my surname is that it's the name of a river in Scotland.

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04 Apr 2006, 4:10 am

My real name is Gwen, which is Celtic in origin and means "white". It is usually combined as Gwendolyn or Gwenneth. The "Gwen" part is actually a prefix.

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06 Apr 2006, 5:52 pm

I just realised that the names Fiona and Gwen are cognates to each other. They come from different Celtic languages, and both as stated mean 'white' or 'fair'.

Fiona from the Scottish Gaelic fion.

Gwen from the Welsh gwyn.

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06 Apr 2006, 6:37 pm

Keeno wrote:

That's cool, I never knew that, do you know lots about names Keeno?

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07 Apr 2006, 2:15 am

I wasn't aware of the cognates either. I think it is interesting. My maiden name was Hardie and my ancestors are from Scotland on my father's side. With my name actually having Welsh origin, I guess my mom came close in keeping things "co-ordinated", but I don't think that it was deliberate.

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07 Apr 2006, 4:29 am

Keeno wrote:

Gwen from the Welsh gwyn.

I can't remember how reliably I heard this...but without disputing its Welsh origin, isn't it also a contraction of Guinevere, from which the name "Jennifer" is derived?

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07 Apr 2006, 5:31 am

hiya,

my name is jamie which is derived from latin jamiluis and it means let God protect.

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08 Apr 2006, 4:24 am

My name is Oliver and as I was told in my Year 7 English class, it means 'olive tree' or 'elf army' (!)

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09 Apr 2006, 3:07 pm

My real name is Rhiannon, which is a Welsh name meaning "divine" or "great queen", and is also the name of a Welsh Goddess.

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17 Apr 2006, 10:30 am

My real name "Long" is Chinese for Dragon. (I am Asian.)

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17 Apr 2006, 12:02 pm

My real name as if you don't already know is Joshua and I just looked it up. It's from the Hebrew name which is (Yehoshu'a) That meant YAHWEH is salvation. I didn't know that Joshua was a variant name of Jesus or the other way around.

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17 Apr 2006, 1:27 pm

Lupine_Ragdoll wrote: My real name is Rhiannon, which is a Welsh name meaning "divine" or "great queen", and is also the name of a Welsh Goddess.

Also the name in a cool Fleetwood Mac song.

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17 Apr 2006, 6:08 pm

my name is David which is hebrew for beloved

my middle name is Garrett which means Powerful with the spear.

and my surname is Dunnington which is old english meaning to tax the town

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17 Apr 2006, 9:54 pm

(loveable, powerful, spear-toting tax collector?! )(I hope you all paid your taxes yesterday!)

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26 Apr 2006, 8:41 pm

When I posted about the Fiona/Gwen cognates I forgot all about Jennifer also being connected. Because Jennifer is also in parallel with Fiona/Gwen, being of Cornish origin, the Cornish version of Guinevere.

So yes, seems like I do know a lot about names. It's the linguistic etymology that captures me.

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27 Apr 2006, 2:16 am

Yonae means "love-match" or "love-marriage" and is Korean in origin.

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