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18 Feb 2011, 6:52 am

What is the definition of your name's

My surname means ''peace'' -Also comes from the french word for Renaissance
My lastname means "a female brewer" :?

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18 Feb 2011, 7:12 am

My name is ancient Greek for female bee and also the name of the nymph that fed Zeus nectar and honey.
My last name is a place name -It used to have a de in front of it . It's Norman English.

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18 Feb 2011, 7:39 am

My first name is irish and means ''dark skinned'' or ''dark haired''. Fun fact: my first name also exist, with pretty much the same prononciasion, in sanskrit and means ''ray of light''.
My surname is old french and means ''taylor''

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18 Feb 2011, 9:14 am

My given name means "Heath dweller, cover of beauty," my surname is Scottish and means we're related to Taylor of Lochiel, a bastard son of one of the Cameron leaders.

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18 Feb 2011, 11:38 am

My first name means rich or wealthy...hehe...I'm rich in name only and my surname, get this, means "Gift of God"....

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18 Feb 2011, 12:53 pm

surname - Warlike (from the roman god of war Mars)
lastname - Owl

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18 Feb 2011, 1:39 pm

My surname is very old French and means, literally translated, 'of the beautiful.' My first name is French/Latin and means 'beloved.' I do get comments on my name My second name is Biblical and means, 'the consecrated.'

Now Lab Pet means just that The lab is my home.

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19 Feb 2011, 4:25 am

richie wrote:

My first name means rich or wealthy...hehe...I'm rich in name only and my surname, get this, means "Gift of God"....

BTW...

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Thank u very much :)

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19 Feb 2011, 4:32 am

SoulcakeDuck wrote:

surname - Warlike (from the roman god of war Mars)
lastname - Owl

Welcome to WP.

Thank u very much :)

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19 Feb 2011, 4:38 am

LabPet wrote:

My surname is very old French and means, literally translated, 'of the beautiful.' My first name is French/Latin and means 'beloved.' I do get comments on my name :) My second name is Biblical and means, 'the consecrated.'

Now Lab Pet means just that 8) The lab is my home.

:P Promising names u have and a dream occupation.

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19 Feb 2011, 2:29 pm

My first name means rock spring and my last name means man warrior from scandnavia

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19 Feb 2011, 2:54 pm

My first name (Sean) is Irish and has something to do with God which sucks, and my last name means "hot" in German.

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21 Feb 2011, 11:32 pm

My first name is of Irish origin and means "Red"
My last name is a type of bate fish

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21 Feb 2011, 11:54 pm

What's your first name then? The only name I can think of that's close to "dearg" is Derrick, but I just looked it up and apparently that's Germanic, so I have no idea what your name is.

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