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Sweden
Lund
What's going on down there?
¡uʍop ǝpısd∩
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VikingPrincess wrote: Doomfarer wrote: VikingPrincess wrote: My first name, Kristin, means Christian, basically. My mom, an avid reader, saw it in a book, loved it, and here I am. But the funny thing is, this is the Norwegian spelling, though my mom didn't know that, and I am 1/4 Norwegian on my Dad's side. Norwegian spelling?  It's quite common in Sweden too, so saying it's the Norwegian spelling sounds more of a way of shoehorning your name so it fits with your background.  See here for more info: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/KristinIf anything you should call it the Icelandic spelling.  Scandinavian is the term we use more here. Yes, it is also common in some other countries. I still think it is a neat coincidence and would, if you don't mind of course, try to still consider my name neat, interesting and at last somewhat special since I am stuck with it for the rest of my life.
It is a nice name. 
Sorry if I stepped on any toes, I was just curious about Norwegian spelling as opposed to Scandinavian.
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Cpl. Fields
South Africa
Hopelessly Surrounded
Isandlwana, Zululand
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First DVD I spotted on my shelf when prompted for a user name.
(I was downloading some game files and got tired of those silly Captcha puzzles that non-members have to enter.)
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For the Love Noble Knight and GM Lady Kristin
United States
MO
Natural 20!
Level 25 Dungeon Master
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Doomfarer wrote: VikingPrincess wrote: Doomfarer wrote: VikingPrincess wrote: My first name, Kristin, means Christian, basically. My mom, an avid reader, saw it in a book, loved it, and here I am. But the funny thing is, this is the Norwegian spelling, though my mom didn't know that, and I am 1/4 Norwegian on my Dad's side. Norwegian spelling? It's quite common in Sweden too, so saying it's the Norwegian spelling sounds more of a way of shoehorning your name so it fits with your background. See here for more info: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/KristinIf anything you should call it the Icelandic spelling. Scandinavian is the term we use more here. Yes, it is also common in some other countries. I still think it is a neat coincidence and would, if you don't mind of course, try to still consider my name neat, interesting and at last somewhat special since I am stuck with it for the rest of my life. It is a nice name. Sorry if I stepped on any toes, I was just curious about Norwegian spelling as opposed to Scandinavian.
Thank you, I appreciate that. I used to hate it, but finding out that it actually fits the majority of my ancestry gave it meaning, and then that book with the 'right' last name just made it even better. To later find the perfect guy with the right last name? Now I actually like it and use it as given instead of having people call me Kristi or Kris all the time.
It is Norwegian. It is Scandinavian. It is Swedish. Etc., and so on. I identify, of course, more with Norway since that is where my family is from. That just makes sense. It wasn't too awful long ago that Norway was under Sweden's control anyway. Semantics, and I do not have a personal connection with Sweden other than having a few online friends from there. I think it only makes sense that I would consider it more a Norwegian thing than other Scandinavian countries.
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Sean Messina
United States
Sacramento
California
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
“Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.”
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My dad's side of the Family is from Siciliy, hence Messina though that could be an ellis island assignment as grandpa said we were all from Palermo...
Pendragon714 just signifies my love of Arthurian legend (and bastille day) hehe  
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Hoopy Hobbit dressed as Fighter Dwarf
Ukraine
Chernivtsi
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pendragon714 wrote: My dad's side of the Family is from Siciliy, hence Messina though that could be an ellis island assignment as grandpa said we were all from Palermo... Pendragon714 just signifies my love of Arthurian legend (and bastille day) hehe
Oh, quatorze juillet
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Bridget Gray
United States
Akron
Ohio
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What a fun little thread...
So my first name, Bridget, Means "power, strength, vigor, virtue." and was in many baby books as meaning "strong in mind and body". Mom convinced herself that I was going to be a boy and had my name all picked out. Since I wasn't a boy and I didn't look like a Christina (my younger sister's name) which was the only girls name she liked she had to figure what to name me. She decided that I looked strong so would name me the first name in the baby book she had that mean strong. Bridget it was so she sat in the hospital bed and yelled "D@!mit Bridget" and knew it was right.
My username was a randomly generated name from Everquest and was the character I played when I met my husband
Shayne Gray
United States
Akron
Ohio
on Everquest. So since he signed up on BGG with Zalendar, which was his character's name, I just used Cadane.
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jaynova wrote: Novak is a common Polish last name[...] .
Just to add to this, it is the most common last name in Poland, spelled as "Nowak", as Polish 'w' is pronounced similarly to English 'v'. The most common last names in Poland are (in thousands of people, as of 2009):
1. Nowak 199
2. Kowalski\Kowalska 137
3. Wiśniewski\Wiśniewska 108
As for me, RB are my initials, and Aplegat (actually spelled Aplegatt there) is an episodic character from my favourite book series of around 1997, when I took it up; I am still very fond of the series.
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Meshell Brown
United Kingdom
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My user name is simple (and easy for geeks I think) as it comes for the Green Lantern Comics. I am a massive DC comics fan, Green Lantern being my fav. Oa is the fictional planet that lies at the center of the DC Comics universe. Since its inception, Oa has been the resting place of the Guardians of the Universe and the headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps.
I was once told that my first name "Meshell" meant "Moon Goddess" although I'm not sure how true that is. My name is actually pronounced Michelle, however my mother is very stubborn and likes things to be done differently and therefore spelt it how it sounds. I Googled "what does my name mean" and this is what I got back:
Comes from: Modern English. Meaning: Who is Like God?
Apparently my last name means "one with a dark complexion; descendant of Brun (brown)"
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marble911 was one of my very first user names when I started using message boards and forums. "marble" because my first post on that board was in a conversation about marbles (which, at that time, I was collecting casually). "911" because just "marble" was already taken and the emergency number is the first thing I could think of to add to it. Not too happy about the fact that it could also be seen as a reference to 9/11 but somehow the name stuck, even though that original board has long disappeared.
As for my real first name, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_%28given_name%29 says it (and its many variants) Quote: originated from the Greek Αικατερίνη (Aikaterinẽ), which is of unknown etymology. The earliest known use of the Greek name is in reference to Saint Catherine of Alexandria. The name came to be associated with καθαρός (katharos), meaning "pure", which led to the alternative spelling Katharine.
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Hoopy Hobbit dressed as Fighter Dwarf
Ukraine
Chernivtsi
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When I first read your username, I had the image of a huge pile of marbles and you're #911 there
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Cute idea. If I wasn't so fond of my mantis avatar I'd make myself one with a marble that has #911 written on it!
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Luke Morris
Japan
Nagoya
Aichi
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My actual name, Luke, means doctor or physician. I doubt it was on the minds of my parents when they chose it. As I was born in 1980 it's likely there was another Luke I was at least vaguely named after.
My username has a long history. When I first started using the internet back in 1995 my chatroom name was Bob and my email address was Bobhamster just because I kinda liked the idea of being a sporty young lad but my name on the internet being a little rodent.
HamsterOfFury came in an moment of inspiration as I wanted something kinda unique and also offering a ridiculous mental image. This was at a time when people would be known as "Richard23" or "JThomas1982" or other boring names. I've never had a problem signing up to anything with it.
My favourite username, however, is ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster which I use on a well established message forum which I've been with for over a decade and help moderate. That's taken from the old Sun Newspaper headline "Freddie Starr ate my hamster" but with the name Chris Steele who was the name of my wrestler that I used to "write" as in an old "e-fed".
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Hoopy Hobbit dressed as Fighter Dwarf
Ukraine
Chernivtsi
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marble911 wrote: Cute idea. If I wasn't so fond of my mantis avatar I'd make myself one with a marble that has #911 written on it!
Your mantis is nice, and alien
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Hoopy Hobbit dressed as Fighter Dwarf
Ukraine
Chernivtsi
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HamsterOfFury wrote: My actual name, Luke, means doctor or physician. I doubt it was on the minds of my parents when they chose it. As I was born in 1980 it's likely there was another Luke I was at least vaguely named after.
My username has a long history. When I first started using the internet back in 1995 my chatroom name was Bob and my email address was Bobhamster just because I kinda liked the idea of being a sporty young lad but my name on the internet being a little rodent.
HamsterOfFury came in an moment of inspiration as I wanted something kinda unique and also offering a ridiculous mental image. This was at a time when people would be known as "Richard23" or "JThomas1982" or other boring names. I've never had a problem signing up to anything with it.
My favourite username, however, is ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster which I use on a well established message forum which I've been with for over a decade and help moderate. That's taken from the old Sun Newspaper headline "Freddie Starr ate my hamster" but with the name Chris Steele who was the name of my wrestler that I used to "write" as in an old "e-fed".
HamsterOfFury reminds me of Rhino from "Bolt" cartoon
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nadgamgee wrote: marble911 wrote: Cute idea. If I wasn't so fond of my mantis avatar I'd make myself one with a marble that has #911 written on it! Your mantis is nice, and alien
Thanks. It's from a photo I took myself. Love taking macro pictures of insects and praying mantids are among the coolest bugs I've encountered.
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For the Love Noble Knight and GM Lady Kristin
United States
MO
Natural 20!
Level 25 Dungeon Master
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nadgamgee wrote: HamsterOfFury wrote: My actual name, Luke, means doctor or physician. I doubt it was on the minds of my parents when they chose it. As I was born in 1980 it's likely there was another Luke I was at least vaguely named after.
My username has a long history. When I first started using the internet back in 1995 my chatroom name was Bob and my email address was Bobhamster just because I kinda liked the idea of being a sporty young lad but my name on the internet being a little rodent.
HamsterOfFury came in an moment of inspiration as I wanted something kinda unique and also offering a ridiculous mental image. This was at a time when people would be known as "Richard23" or "JThomas1982" or other boring names. I've never had a problem signing up to anything with it.
My favourite username, however, is ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster which I use on a well established message forum which I've been with for over a decade and help moderate. That's taken from the old Sun Newspaper headline "Freddie Starr ate my hamster" but with the name Chris Steele who was the name of my wrestler that I used to "write" as in an old "e-fed". HamsterOfFury reminds me of Rhino from "Bolt" cartoon
*giggles* Are you hungry? STARRRRVING!!!
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nadgamgee wrote: HamsterOfFury wrote: My actual name, Luke, means doctor or physician. I doubt it was on the minds of my parents when they chose it. As I was born in 1980 it's likely there was another Luke I was at least vaguely named after.
My username has a long history. When I first started using the internet back in 1995 my chatroom name was Bob and my email address was Bobhamster just because I kinda liked the idea of being a sporty young lad but my name on the internet being a little rodent.
HamsterOfFury came in an moment of inspiration as I wanted something kinda unique and also offering a ridiculous mental image. This was at a time when people would be known as "Richard23" or "JThomas1982" or other boring names. I've never had a problem signing up to anything with it.
My favourite username, however, is ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster which I use on a well established message forum which I've been with for over a decade and help moderate. That's taken from the old Sun Newspaper headline "Freddie Starr ate my hamster" but with the name Chris Steele who was the name of my wrestler that I used to "write" as in an old "e-fed". HamsterOfFury reminds me of Rhino from "Bolt" cartoon
Haha.. I was thinking the same thing Rhion is hilarious - I should watch that movie again soon.
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Rafał Harasimowicz
Ireland
Cork
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My first name Rafał is a Polish version of Hebrew Raphael, and it means "God is Healer"(רפאל).
My surname is a a quite longer story. My grandfather's surname was Harasymowicz, and in Ukraine it means "son of Harasym" (am I right Nadia?). My father's surname (and mine, of course) is Harasimowicz because of misspelling in birth records. No-one was aware of it until my father received his ID. And it stayed like this.
My nickname Raphus was invented by my friend as a modification of my name. To make it look cool I decided to write "ph" in place of original "h". Later I found that Raphus is a Latin name of dodo bird (Raphus cucullatus).
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Hoopy Hobbit dressed as Fighter Dwarf
Ukraine
Chernivtsi
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Raphus wrote: My first name Rafał is a Polish version of Hebrew Raphael, and it means "God is Healer"(רפאל).
My surname is a a quite longer story. My grandfather's surname was Harasymowicz, and in Ukraine it means "son of Harasym" (am I right Nadia?). My father's surname (and mine, of course) is Harasimowicz because of misspelling in birth records. No-one was aware of it until my father received his ID. And it stayed like this.
My nickname Raphus was invented by my friend as a modification of my name. To make it look cool I decided to write "ph" in place of original "h". Later I found that Raphus is a Latin name of dodo bird (Raphus cucullatus).
I looked at your name and thought what an unusual choice for an Irish
Right, -owicz is a patronymic suffix (together with various -enko, -uk, -ak suffixes), but it certainly has some Polish spelling as you put it. And surnames with -owicz make me think primarily of Jews
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Rafał Harasimowicz
Ireland
Cork
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nadgamgee wrote: And surnames with -owicz make me think primarily of Jews
Because some Jews in Poland created their surnames combining their Hebrew names with Polish suffixes (Abrahamowicz, Izraelowicz, Dawidowicz). But my surname is not Jewish, it's Polish but made from Ukrainian or Russian name Harasym (Gierasim).
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Hoopy Hobbit dressed as Fighter Dwarf
Ukraine
Chernivtsi
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Raphus wrote: nadgamgee wrote: And surnames with -owicz make me think primarily of Jews Because some Jews in Poland created their surnames combining their Hebrew names with Polish suffixes (Abrahamowicz, Izraelowicz, Dawidowicz). But my surname is not Jewish, it's Polish but made from Ukrainian or Russian name Harasym (Gierasim).
And that is cool language mix I think. In Ukr the name would be Herasym.
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Peter Batterton
United States
Georgetown
Texas
Seriously though, he looks just like me . . . .
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Well not not nearly as imaginative as most of you.
PBatt=
P- first initial of my first name- Peter
Batt- first four letter of my last name- Batterton
The other options were Raze- A champions character that won the regional Champions competition in the 1980's/90's and got into a real comic.
or Data which I was given during a tubing adventure in the 1990's due to my rather complex answer to a simple question . . .
Cheers!
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Travis Cooper
United States
Salt Lake City
Utah
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Travis = At the crossroads.
Cooper = barrel maker.
So I guess I should change my profession and get a good location.
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Dan Wojciechowski
United States
Aurora
Illinois
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Wojciechowski is an old Polish name dating back to around 1000A.D. In the late 900s, a well know Bishop Wojciech was popular in Poland. Around that time, Polish people began to take second names. One popular approach, especially among the lower classes, was to name a child as the son or daughter of a famous person, in a figurative sense. Hence Wojciechowski would mean "Son of Wojciech" or in English Adelbert-son.
At least that was the story my father told me.
A few years ago, my wife and I hosted a foreign exchange student from Poland for a year. She brought us a coffee table picture book of Poland as a gift. In that book I found a picture of a church door with a number of carvings depicting the life of Bishop Wojciech. The door dated to around 1000 A.D. I guess Dad was right all along.
In a bit of trivia, if I followed the Polish tradition, my daughter would be a Wojciechowska rather than Wojciechowski since she obviously would be a "Daughter of Wojciech" rather than a son.
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Rafał Harasimowicz
Ireland
Cork
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danwojciechowski wrote: Hence Wojciechowski would mean "Son of Wojciech" or in English Adelbert-son.
I know that Adalbert or Adelbert is used as the equivalent for Wojciech, but they are two different names with two different meanings. Adalbert is a German name and means "noble", Wojciech is a Slavic name and means "smiling warrior" or "a warrior who enjoys combat". The bishop you mentioned was born as Wojciech (Vojtěch) in a noble Czech family. He changed the name to Adalbert during his confirmation sacrament. In Poland he is still known as Bishop Wojciech or Saint Wojciech.
And you are right, Wojciechowski means "son of Wojciech" (or "son of a smiling warrior", if we want to be precise )
In Poland there is one famous journalist with that surname - Martyna Wojciechowska. She is the editor of the Polish edition of National Geographic Magazine.
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