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OHMEATPIES Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 9:06 PM |
I have noticed people here sometimes call each other by their (what I believe is) real name. I'm way too dumb to understand who's who, but I wondered what kind of names people have here.
Mine is Odélie.
Pronouced in french.
It's a germanic name meaning wealth. It's pretty rare and old. It was my great grandmother's.
What's yours? |
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mili Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 9:40 PM |
Pleased to meet you, Odélie! I always enjoy seeing your nick, it's funny.
I'm Mili, and my name is rare in Finland, but apparently exist in the Swedish nameday calendar. It's short fot Emilia. When my parents chose it, it was still in the nameday list of Finnish names, but was removed the following year due to lack of interest, I suppose. |
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Hanne Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 9:44 PM |
My name in real life is also Hanne. Pretty common name here so it's not exactly exotic.
It's a short version of Johanne, which is the female version of the name Johannes. That again is pretty much the same as John, so in the Danish translation of the Bible, John the Baptist is called Johannes Døberen. I suppose you can say that my name is semi-biblical :oP |
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mili Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 9:50 PM |
Hanne wrote: My name in real life is also Hanne. Pretty common name here so it's not exactly exotic.
It's a short version of Johanne, which is the female version of the name Johannes. That again is pretty much the same as John, so in the Danish translation of the Bible, John the Baptist is called Johannes Døberen. I suppose you can say that my name is semi-biblical :oP
My middle name is Johanna, so we're sort of namesakes. The name Johanna runs in the family, several generations before me had the name and now my daughter has it as middle name, too. |
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 9:56 PM |
James. Nice to meet you by real name!
This thread could be very useful if everyone posts! |
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minnmess Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 9:59 PM |
I'm Kristy. Or Kris to a lot of people.
It isnt short for Kristina, or Kristin, or anything. It is just Kristy. And constantly spelled incorrectly.
It has the same meaning as all of those though. Follower of Christ.
Kind of ironic considering I stopped going to church when I was 5 because it interfered with hockey practice.
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Hanne Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 10:03 PM |
mili wrote:
My middle name is Johanna, so we're sort of namesakes. The name Johanna runs in the family, several generations before me had the name and now my daughter has it as middle name, too.
I actually like Johanne/Johanna better than just Hanne. A lot of girls in my family have the middle name Luise after my grandmother, but my parents just gave my brother and I a first and last name to keep it simple :o) Oh, and Hanne isn't a family name, my mum just liked it. When she was a child, her doll was called Hanne :o)
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Meridith Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 10:19 PM |
| Nice to meet you Odélie! You have a beautiful name! My real name is Meridith, which apparently is Welsh and means great lord. I think it's not too common of a name here. It's constantly being misspelled though, as the common way to spell it is Meredith. Anyway, most people call me Meridith or Mer and sometimes even Meri. |
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TK23 Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 10:44 PM |
| My name is Tylar. Just like Tyler, only spelled nicer. ; ) |
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hennypenny Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 10:57 PM |
| My name is Lindsay. Nice to meet you:) |
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ricv64 Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 11:05 PM |
| Ricv64 = Jorge , I don't know why but it does |
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Isa_travis Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 11:13 PM |
| My name is Isabel, it is the spanish version for Elisabeth ^^ |
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Nikki Posted Sun 09 Nov, 2008 11:24 PM |
| Nicole :) |
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kiwi Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 12:23 AM |
My name is Hannah, middle name: Marian, confirmation name: Sofia
Coincidentally, my mum was actually telling me last night how she chose it :). She said it's because she was going through her 'religious' phase, and found the name in the Book of Samuel (I checked this when I was 13, lol) Samuel was Hannah's son. It's Hebrew, and means 'God has favoured me.'
Mum works as a midwife in Ireland and was telling a lady a few days ago how she named me, and the lady decided to call her new baby Hannah Marian lol. |
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physke Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 12:31 AM |
Great topic!
My name's Gozde. (with double dots on 'o'). It means 'favorite'. Nice to meet you all in real names:) |
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