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Luke = Light (Latin) or a resident of Lucania (Greek)

Jason = Healer (Greek)

Stevens = Son of Stephen

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My name means aaaaaaaaaaabsolutely nothing. =P

 

Never managed to find a meaning for my last name. First name doesn't have a meaning either, it's just a shorter version of longer names. =(

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My name means handsome in Arabic.

 

Fuck yeeeah. (totally not true, though) Edit 2: I mean it does mean handsome, but I am not it.

 

Also, one of my 25 names is Allah and another is Mohammed.

 

Religiously handsome and God-like. I'll take that.

 

Ine's name means baked beans in Arabic. Look it up if you don't believe me.

 

Edit: Shit, I did a Wesley post. Copyright infringement.

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Supposedly, God-honouring falcon of victory. Although I can't verift the "victory" part.

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Magnus means 'big' in Latin.

 

Yes, ladies, I'm single. ;)

 

 

Supposedly, God-honouring falcon of victory. Although I can't verift the "victory" part.

But what does Buckley mean?

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So my real name is actually Colin.

 

Don't ask why I have the nickname Wesley.

 

Long story.

 

Lots of sentences.

 

So Colin actually means "young pup" I think?

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Cube: A symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares.

 

Dean: Valley, Church official, Head of school or law.

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I don't know what my English first name means, but Russian and Indian demonstrators at college often argue about whether it's a Russian or Indian name.

 

My Chinese name is kind of made-up (as in, not an existing name my parents pulled out of a baby names book). It means something like, I'm able to "encounter things that I want to meet". My Chinese surname apparently indicates that I'm a descendant of a Chinese king. Nothing else of interest.

 

And no, I'm not posting either as I'm averse to putting out any personal details online :heh:

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Never managed to find a meaning for my last name. First name doesn't have a meaning either, it's just a shorter version of longer names. =(

 

In Japan, Ine means "rice plant".

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My first name is Sam (not Samuel) and apparently means God's Word in Hebrew.

 

Middle name is Robert and means Bright Fame... =\

 

Last name is Goodsell which is 'one who was an honest fellow'.

 

That's what the internet just told me anyway. I remember looking into my surname a while ago and it derives from 'good soul'.

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Username = I don't know

 

Real name = Ahmed (the praised one)

 

My name means handsome in Arabic.

 

Ine's name means baked beans in Arabic. Look it up if you don't believe me.

 

What.

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Traveller/bearer of Christ - Polite/Courteous

 

(Considering I'm not religious I'll take the Polite Traveller option)

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Coolness:

 

One's attractiveness in society as determined by their amount of win.

 

Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive.

 

the property of being moderately cold.

 

 

Bears:

 

Any of various usually omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae that have a shaggy coat and a short tail and walk with the entire lower surface of the foot touching the ground.

 

:)

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Oh, and my surname:

 

Original: Is a "variant spelling" (which I presume means someone down the line spelt it wrong and it stuck) of another surname meaning "lovely (in terms of looks) brother".

Previous: Smite or strike.

Current: Son of John.

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Daniel = Hebrew, "God is my judge"

 

Blom = Scandinavian/German/Dutch, "flower, bloom"

 

Paulsen = Danish/Norwegian, "son of Paul" (< paulus = Latin, "small")

 

Not terribly exciting. :heh:

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Matt: Gift of God/God's Gift

Nolan.....I'm getting some conflicting answers here, mostly Well Known or Champion though.

 

I am the Well Known Champion of Gods Gift....(to women).

 

Or it's all a load of honky and means nothing.

 

I was surprised to find that according to a couple random baby name sites that Nolan is a rather popular first and last name.

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First name means "Young Warrior".

Last name is a type of soldier.

Forum name means nothing.

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Henry means home-ruler, I've always known that.

 

Robert means bright fame, I love. Not just fame, but bright, as though it might burn out any moment, and is really off putting to others.

 

Eric means honourable ruler

 

Then my Scottish clan name, McKay, which I guess just is what it is.

 

My last name is a colour/has no meaning.

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João is a fairly generic name. Theorized to originally mean "Jehova is graceful" or something. On the bright side, there exists a variant in almost every language, so I've been called John, Johnny, Jean, Johann, Giovanni and, of course, Jonas (which is my real-life nickname)

 

Tiago has an odd history. Jacob becomes Iago at one point, then a "Santo Iago" (Saint Iago) comes along and everyone calls him Santiago. And people start thinking it's "São Tiago" (Saint Tiago) and, lo and behold, a new name is born.

 

My two surnames mean "Riverside" and "Pear Tree" in Portuguese. Maybe I should use one of these as an alias at some point in the future, who knows? :heh:

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Sam = Asked of God.

 

Seems pretty legit.

 

 

Don't know what my last name means (if anything). Your guess is as good as mine.

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Katie - Greek, "pure".

 

Was hoping it would have been something a bit more interesting to be honest!

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My Aleut names I have no idea. Frankly, my command of the language is limited/practically zero.

 

I do know that Iun means "Heralded Son". Rohhann was my biological grandfathers name and it sounds similar to the word for "Forest" though what use we would have for a forest that far north and that cold is anyone's guess.

 

Jastallis is supposedly some tribal denomination, as is Teleka. Teleka again sounds very similar to "Telecutan" but they are an Inuit tribe, not a Aleutian tribe.

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Hmm.... Do I really reveal my full name to you's guys...

 

okay.

 

 

My full name is Omar Ali Mooslim Jubokawa

 

Omar - Ultimate Devotee, I got named Omar after Omar Sharif as my mum adored him.

 

Ali - Noble & Sublime, I got the name Ali after Muhammad Ali, as my dad is a huge boxing fan, and Ali is 'The Greatest of all time!'

 

Mooslim - No meaning available, My Dad's name, so had to be in my name somewhere.

 

Jubokawa - LOL good luck finding a meaning to that badboy, But it's Mauritian decent.

 

 

My Forum name Murr is what my friends call me, I got the name in college when new people I met were too lazy to say Omar so shortened it down to Murr. Kinda stuck since. 2003 going strong with Murr.

Edited by Murr

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