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What does your name mean?
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07 Jan 2007 Sun 10:49 pm |
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i'm just curious as to what peoples names actually mean???
i will start you off.....
my name is nathan, its hebrew and it means gift from god.
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07 Jan 2007 Sun 10:57 pm |
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natalie - is french and means christmas day
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07 Jan 2007 Sun 11:18 pm |
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Natasha (it's Russian)
Latin meaning - Born on Christmas day
This name is very personal to me too 
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07 Jan 2007 Sun 11:28 pm |
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From Ελισαβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva') meaning "my God is an oath" or perhaps "my God is abundance".
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07 Jan 2007 Sun 11:52 pm |
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Rachel(english)/Raquel(spanish) from Hebrew meaning female lamb... Rachel from the new testament was Jacob's favorite wife and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
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08 Jan 2007 Mon 01:08 am |
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Gerardine, female version of Gerard. Named after St Gerard, Catholic Patron Saint of Motherhood and Childbirth.
It has personal meaning to my parents.
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08 Jan 2007 Mon 09:36 pm |
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robin..one a winter bird and two the female version of robert meaning fame and fortune..
my parents chose it for lifelong torture purposes
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09 Jan 2007 Tue 08:00 am |
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Trudy - from the Germanic (not German!) name Geertruida, which means 'female warrior with a spear'.
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09 Jan 2007 Tue 08:34 am |
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Toni, female version of Anthony. Meaning worthy of praise.
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09 Jan 2007 Tue 09:39 am |
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Marta (Spanish)/Martha (English) - Judæo-Aramaic מַרְתָּא Martâ, it means "The Lady"
--- All the old fat houskeepers of old movies used to have this name 
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09 Jan 2007 Tue 11:11 am |
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Sophia = wisdom (what else?  )
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09 Jan 2007 Tue 11:44 am |
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Maria = from Miryam, name from Hebrew meaning " wanted child" or "love".Some other people interpret the name as "rebel" or "much sorrow"..
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09 Jan 2007 Tue 02:01 pm |
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karlie- female form of karl. it is german: wonanly; strenght. powerful
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09 Jan 2007 Tue 03:02 pm |
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My name is Geeta :- its a Hindu name.
Bhagvad Geeta is holy book of Hindus, its a Celestial Song sung by Lord Krishna.
Regards
Geeta
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09 Jan 2007 Tue 04:16 pm |
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my name is Julia, a name of Latin origin meaning "youthful"
I like to think my parents were inspired by Julius Caesar when they chose my name
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09 Jan 2007 Tue 07:10 pm |
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KAREN, origin: scandinavian= pure
my sons name Cameron, origin: Celtic/ Gaelic= Bent nose
he doesn't like that very much
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09 Jan 2007 Tue 07:23 pm |
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Bridget - Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid which means "exalted one". In Irish mythology she was the goddess of fire, poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god Dagda. This name was also borne by two important saints: a patron saint of Ireland (also known as Brigid) who established a convent at Kildare in the 5th century, and Saint Bridget of Sweden (also known as Birgitta) who founded an order of nuns in the 14th century.
There are many variations on my name.
France: Brigitte
Spain: Brigida
Italian: Brigida
German/Hungarian: Brigitta
Lativian and Slovinian: Brigitta
Irish:Brighid
Swedish: Birgitta
and Bridie is a short version. (as for founding the nuns! not sure about that)
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 08:28 am |
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Quoting karekin04: KAREN, origin: scandinavian= pure
my sons name Cameron, origin: Celtic/ Gaelic= Bent nose
he doesn't like that very much |
Then, KAREN (scandinavian) = AGNES (Greek) = INÉS (Spanish) = ARı (Turkish)...
Wow! Funny!
does anybody know my name in Turkish or Greek???
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 09:02 am |
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Quoting adirina: Quoting karekin04: KAREN, origin: scandinavian= pure
my sons name Cameron, origin: Celtic/ Gaelic= Bent nose
he doesn't like that very much |
Then, KAREN (scandinavian) = AGNES (Greek) = INÉS (Spanish) = ARı (Turkish)...
Wow! Funny!
does anybody know my name in Turkish or Greek???
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Marta in Greek is written like this >>>> : Μαρτα
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 09:12 am |
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Teşekkür ederim, kai (Natalie = Natascha?)
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 09:29 am |
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Quoting adirina: Teşekkür ederim, kai (Natalie = Natascha?) |
Rica edrim
Natasha and Natalie have the same latin meaning but they are from different origins.
Natalie is French and is From the Late Latin name Natalia, which meant "Christmas Day" from Latin natale domini.
Natasha however is the Russian pet form of Natalya which is also the french form of Natalie  ..I hope I do not sound too confusing lol. :-S
in Greek Natasha = Наташа
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 10:57 am |
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Quoting kai: Quoting adirina: Teşekkür ederim, kai (Natalie = Natascha?) |
I hope I do not sound too confusing lol. :-S
in Greek Natasha = Наташа
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Not at all I love the name "Natascha" (Spanish "NATACHA")
By the way, in Spanish there is also a name that means the same: "NATIVIDAD"
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 11:01 am |
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Quoting kai: in Greek Natasha = Наташа
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Is this Greek??  Not even the alphabet 
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 12:32 pm |
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Philippa - it's greek and means lover of horses ...don't even say it! 
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 01:11 pm |
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Quoting sophie: Quoting kai: in Greek Natasha = Наташа
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Is this Greek?? Not even the alphabet |
oops! I meant Russian, I got mixed ip because Marta asked for the Greek meaning 
But Наташа is Russian
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 01:49 pm |
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Ok, so for those who asked for the Greek version of their names, Νατάσα (or Νατάσσα ) is the short way to call Αναστασία (Αnastasia). As for Marta or Martha, its written like this: Μάρθα and pronounced like Martha.
And Filippa is right. This name comes from Filippos and means the one who likes horses.
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 02:54 pm |
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actually it is not filipa it is Philippa and it is Greek ( its my name and im half greek) a huge lover of Horses
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 03:15 pm |
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Quoting sophie: Ok, so for those who asked for the Greek version of their names, Νατάσα (or Νατάσσα ) is the short way to call Αναστασία (Αnastasia). As for Marta or Martha, its written like this: Μάρθα and pronounced like Martha.
And Filippa is right. This name comes from Filippos and means the one who likes horses. |
Thank you Sophie  (SofÃa is the Spanish version, like our queen!)
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 03:23 pm |
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Quoting sophie: Ok, so for those who asked for the Greek version of their names, Νατάσα (or Νατάσσα ) is the short way to call Αναστασία (Αnastasia). As for Marta or Martha, its written like this: Μάρθα and pronounced like Martha.
And Filippa is right. This name comes from Filippos and means the one who likes horses. |
I didn't actually ask for my name to be put into Greek but thank you anyway
Also having a little trouble understanding Martha's name in Greek. May I ask why can you not just put Μαρτα instead of Μάρθα? Because doesn't Μαρτα = Marta and Μάρθα = Martha?
I am confused :-S....Please help
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 04:39 pm |
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Quoting kai: Also having a little trouble understanding Martha's name in Greek. May I ask why can you not just put Μαρτα instead of Μάρθα? Because doesn't Μαρτα = Marta and Μάρθα = Martha?
I am confused :-S....Please help |
If you want to say Martha, you'll use θ. If Μαρτα is the case (which doesnt exist as a name in Greek)then u use τ.
Μάρθα and Μάρτα sound and are different. θ is the letter for th (like in the word thesis) but τ is same with the english t.
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 06:28 pm |
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kai i was a little confused why they were all in greek too, i was just saying what my name is where its from and the meaning 
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 07:51 pm |
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Quoting kissturk: kai i was a little confused why they were all in greek too, |
They were all in greek too, because of these posts:
Quoting kai: Martha in Greek is written like this >>>> : Μαρτα |
Quoting kai: in Greek Natasha = Наташа
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They were wrong and someone had to correct them, that's all.
As for Filippa or Philippa, I only said it's correct. Forgive me for that! :rolling eyes:
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10 Jan 2007 Wed 10:23 pm |
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Quoting sophie: Quoting kai: Also having a little trouble understanding Martha's name in Greek. May I ask why can you not just put Μαρτα instead of Μάρθα? Because doesn't Μαρτα = Marta and Μάρθα = Martha?
I am confused :-S....Please help |
If you want to say Martha, you'll use θ. If Μαρτα is the case (which doesnt exist as a name in Greek)then u use τ.
Μάρθα and Μάρτα sound and are different. θ is the letter for th (like in the word thesis) but τ is same with the english t. |
OK thanks I think I got it
But her name isn't Martha, it's Marta :-S I know that name doesn't exist in Greek but it's like Ben doesn't exist in Turkish, but that doesn't mean they have or can change it to what it should/would be if it could be....Off I am so cofused :-S....no wonder i gave up on Greek
Ah well, I think I'll stick to Español
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11 Jan 2007 Thu 01:06 am |
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Quoting kai: Ben doesn't exist in Turkish |
so what happens when someone called "ben" goes to turkey, how would he say his name???
"adım ben" ?
would turks laugh at him???
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11 Jan 2007 Thu 01:49 am |
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Quoting gezbelle: Quoting kai: Ben doesn't exist in Turkish |
so what happens when someone called "ben" goes to turkey, how would he say his name???
"adım ben" ?
would turks laugh at him???
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If he starts introducing himself: "Ben Ben"
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11 Jan 2007 Thu 02:47 am |
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Quoting qdemir: Quoting gezbelle: Quoting kai: Ben doesn't exist in Turkish |
so what happens when someone called "ben" goes to turkey, how would he say his name???
"adım ben" ?
would turks laugh at him???
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If he starts introducing himself: "Ben Ben" |
you see what I mean? we already had this conversation in another thread but there are lots of names that have different meanings in different languages that have nothing to do with the name..... For e.g. my unlces name is Can, but in English you would pronounce it as it's spelt, where as in Turkish it is pronounced as "Jun"
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11 Jan 2007 Thu 03:48 am |
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Quoting qdemir: Quoting gezbelle: Quoting kai: Ben doesn't exist in Turkish |
so what happens when someone called "ben" goes to turkey, how would he say his name???
"adım ben" ?
would turks laugh at him???
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If he starts introducing himself: "Ben Ben" |
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA...
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