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07-12-2009, 05:12 PM
have you got an pure and real english name with family name,in fact,i consider english names' meanings have only two kinds--male or female,so english names are alike,without too much characteristics,so i use the naming method in chinese character cultural circle,and name myself,PHIWIN WILLIAMS,PHIWIN is phi(losophy) add win,for my real name has a character哲,as for family name,i choose a common one,also,it is one of my favourite singers' name,he is ROBBIE WILLIAMS,(maybe i'm influenced by YAZAWA AI)and i list some most common family names,please complement
williams,jackson,johnson(ben jonson?),smith,miller,green,brown,lewis,jones,adams,peterson(petersen?) |
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07-15-2009, 02:21 AM
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Heck, not even William is an English name. It comes from Old High German "Willahelm." Online Etymology Dictionary The closest you can come to an English name would be something like "Scott," which comes from Old English meaning "a Scotsman" or something. For example, my name is Kyle Philip Goetz. "Kyle" is Gaelic. "Philip" is Greek. "Goetz" is German. |
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08-17-2010, 07:35 PM
My last name "Wilson" is an English/Scottish surname meaning "Son of Will" (the "Will" being from William).
My first or middle name won't be of any help, seeing that my first name is a pet name (Katie), and my middle name is generally a surname (Lee). |
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08-18-2010, 05:48 PM
Yeah, I think as Kyle pointed out earlier on, hardly any names belong to just one nationality/language. There are many names used by various groups of people, and some used commonly in English that stem from Greek, Latin, German etc. I actually looked up a name the other day and was shocked to see it was very common in around nine languages, lol. So I'm not suprised Robin is Dutch also All I can say is the Dutch obviously have good taste in names
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