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My real first name is Greek in origin, though most people under 40 were given the name because of an America TV drama and think it was a good name from the American Pioneer days.

But my real last name is very British. It means "a wide path" and there is a town, and medieval tower bearing the same name. But many people think is it is an original American name because it is the same as a very unique and well known place in the U.S.

Name and word origins are often something surprising when you start to research their history.