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Re: Meaning of your name?

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Originally Posted by tyrannicida (Post 4298753)

Nils (-> Nicholas)

From the Greek name Νικολαος (Nikolaos) which meant "victory of the people" from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and λαος (laos) "people". (...) He is the patron saint of children, sailors and merchants, and Greece and Russia.

Sounds good. ;)

Though I prefer my self-chosen name, tyrannicida. It's latin for "assassin of a tyrant".

I take it that that is a good thing?

Re: Meaning of your name?

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Originally Posted by Odessa-86 (Post 4298721)

What's the variant? I always liked the name Seth

It's Sed. My parents felt like being original. I think I'm probably the only person in my country with that name, maybe even in the whole of Europe. o_O

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I definitely haven't heard of that variation. It is original and unique, though. I like it ;)

Re: Meaning of your name?

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Originally Posted by Sovereign002 (Post 4298776)

It's Sed. My parents felt like being original. I think I'm probably the only person in my country with that name, maybe even in the whole of Europe. o_O

Nope you're not...
I know that at least one person in Europe is called Sed.

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And how do you know this if I may ask? =p

Re: Meaning of your name?

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Originally Posted by Speer (Post 4298775)

I take it that that is a good thing?

Why would it not be? ;)

Re: Meaning of your name?

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Originally Posted by Sovereign002 (Post 4298807)

And how do you know this if I may ask? =p

Thought that would come up...
Try Google

Re: Meaning of your name?

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She was saying that her name is Kendall, which was obvious from her user name: Kendall2000.

Uh, isn't kendall kinda a person with an XY?

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My real name is Peter it means Rock in Hebrew.

That would be greek. I have the same predicament, though mine has one e less and an a extra.

Re: Meaning of your name?

CHRISTOPHER

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: KRIS-to-fur

Means "bearing Christ", derived from Late Greek Χριστος (Christos) combined with φερω (phero) "to bear, to carry". Christopher was the legendary saint who carried the young Jesus across a river. He is the patron saint of travellers. Another famous bearer was Christopher Columbus, the explorer who reached the West Indies in the 15th century.

JAMES

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical

Pronounced: JAYMZ

English form of the Late Latin Jacomus which was derived from Ιακωβος (Iakobos), the New Testament Greek form of יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov) (see JACOB). This is the name of two apostles in the New Testament. The first was Saint James the Greater, the apostle John's brother, who was beheaded by Herod Agrippa in the Book of Acts. The second was James the Lesser, son of Alphaeus. Another James (known as James the Just) is also mentioned in the Bible as being the brother of Jesus.

Kings of England and Scotland have borne this name. Other famous bearers include the inventor of the steam engine James Watt, the explorer Captain James Cook, and the novelist and poet James Joyce.

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Petra? It's not a common name...you don't happen to come from Slavic countries?

I'm jealous of people who get to have two names...(first and middle)