Michael, how do you pronounce the Vietnamese name "Phuc"? I know it is not said like it reads (like "fuck"). Someone told me before, but I forgot and it has been slightly bugging me since.
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Originally posted by feline > Originally posted by almanso > Originally posted by feline> > > > Originally posted by almanso> my name is Alejo Damián (Alex Demian in english). both names have greek origin. Alejo means something like "the protector"
Is your first name Alejo or Alejandro? Because these two have slightly different meanings. From what I remember from ancient greek class, Alexander means "he who protects from men" (men as in masculine and not the "human kind"), Alex=he who protects and ander=andras (or anir in ancient greek)=man. yeah, i know. i´m Alejo (Alex, Alexis, Alexei, etc.) not Alejandro (Alexander, Aleksandar, Alexandre, etc.). so Alejo protects men and Alejandro protects from male beings? is that right?
Yes! That's absolutely right :). Spotnick is also right. You see in greek one word can have a lot of meanings. Alex-... is used as a prefix, signifying protection (like ...-proof in english). There also was a Byzantine Emperor called Alexios
cool! an emperor, a zar... i feel good with my name right now 
Shug is a Scottish name for Hugh.
It means Talented, Good Looking, Great Personality and all round good guy
Sludden = Celtic Supporters!
Originally posted by ShugZV©
Shug is a Scottish name for Hugh.It means Talented, Good Looking, Great Personality and all round good guy
So you're a 'Don't know' as well?
Originally posted by ShugZV©
Shug is a Scottish name for Hugh.It means Talented, Good Looking, Great Personality and all round good guy
SHUG m Scottish Scottish pet form of HUGH
HUGH m English Pronounced: HYOO From Germanic hug, meaning "heart, mind, or spirit". This name is also used as the Anglicized form of the Gaelic names AODH, ÙISDEAN, and EOGHAN. Hugh Capet was a 10th-century king of France who founded the Capetian dynasty. Saint Hugh of Lincoln was a 12th-century bishop known for his charity. This was also the name of kings of Cyprus and the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem.
Jeff is a native american term meaning one with a big penis...
boy did my mom have a wicked sense of humor!!! 
BRIAN m Irish, English Pronounced: BRIE-an The meaning of this name is not known for certain but there are several theories including: "hill" from Celtic bruaich; "high" or "noble" from Celtic brigh; or "strong" from Celtic bri. Brian Boru was an Irish king who thwarted Viking attempts to conquer Ireland in the 11th century. He was victorious in the Battle of Clontarf, but he himself was slain.
as for Geoghagan, i saw on one of those maps they sell in Malls that Geoghagan comes from land owners in South Central Ireland. O'geoghagen i think it was.
Originally posted by Sean Taugher Michael, how do you pronounce the Vietnamese name "Phuc"? I know it is not said like it reads (like "fuck"). Someone told me before, but I forgot and it has been slightly bugging me since.
say it as if you were askinga question
FOOK?
Elias is a biblical name, he was a prophet in the Old Testament. I m not sure (cos i dont know ancient jewish 
) what it means exactly, but i think it means "chosen by God" (something like touched by the hand of god i guess :) )
As for Melissas, it means in the local greek dialect spoken in my father's village, "beekeeper", which was my great granfather's profession (obviously)
Originally posted by masaaki sakai > Originally posted by AgentWood> my name is christine cooper wood. christine...well, that's an easy one. cooper is my dad's first name and a family last name. it's a profession: 'one who repairs wooden casks or tubs.' i imagine sometime back in the middle ages one of my english ancestors repaired wooden casks or tubs for a living. anyways...my last name, wood, means, erm, wood.
i always thought a cooper was a barrel maker, kind of fits i suppose loads of surnames come from professions, fletcher (an arrowmaker), smith, baker, butcher etc makes you wonder what people were called before they had the job
well, i suppose a barrel is technically a type of cask...so i'm sure they could knock together some fine wooden barrels for you, as well.
of course, it would be nice if cooper really meant 'person with buttloads of money, which they pass down to their daughters whenever the lasses ask for it.'
Originally posted by bLuE oRdEr And how do you pronounce Geoghahan?
In Ireland, it's pronounced Gay-gan. I know a few people with that surname & that's how they pronounce it. I remember years back a teacher in my school saying it "Geh-higgan" but that was the one & only time I heard that version of it.
Tabitha means "gazelle" in Aramaic....but my mom picked it cause she saw it on Bewitched and liked it.
Ann is a long running middle name for all the girls in our family for as far back as anyone can remember...but it was once spelled Anne..and was most likely after Queen Anne
Sewell is of Irish/Welsh/Scot background....our family moved around quite a bit before they came to America....and the spelling has changed many times...so no one is really 100% sure.....we just know that it is Keltic and at one point was spelt Seawell.
Originally posted by Element115 > Originally posted by bLuE oRdEr> And how do you pronounce Geoghahan?
In Ireland, it's pronounced Gay-gan. I know a few people with that surname & that's how they pronounce it. I remember years back a teacher in my school saying it "Geh-higgan" but that was the one & only time I heard that version of it.
The singer / guitarist for my band pronounces his last name "Gay-gan." When his ancestor passed through elis island, the spelling of his last name got changed to "Gagin." stupid americans...
TRISTAN m Welsh, English, French, Celtic Mythology Pronounced: TRIS-tan (English), trees-TAWN (French) From the Celtic name Drystan, which was probably derived from drest meaning "riot" or "tumult". It is sometimes associated with Latin tristus "sad", but this connection is doubtful. In Celtic legend Tristan was sent to Ireland in order to fetch Isolde, who was to be the bride of King Mark of Cornwall. Instead, Tristan and Isolde end up falling in love.
Well, my first names ("Michael Francis Augustine") are fairly common, anyone who's interested can look them up, but my surname's a doozy. It's been misappropriated as an American slang word for one's nether regions, but the true origin is from the ancient Irish "Ó hAodhnaigh", meaning brave or mighty warrior.
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