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 Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 7:40 pm
Something I've noticed is that a lot of last names have strange sounding translations. I myself cannot translate my last name, as I don't even know where it comes from (Akersten.) but there are a few famous people with interesting names such as Ville Valo (roughly William/Bill Light?).
Anyway. To get to the point. Post a name here and either translate it, or see if others can translate it for you. Just to see how strange they can be. =D
-Lolita heart
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 9:41 pm
Oh, check this out!
My last name is Yarwood, which is a bastardization of Yearwood, so I pretty much know what it means (assuming "year + wood" is a good enough translation). I assume via English naming conventions that Yearwood refers to a particular wooded/foresty region somewhere that maybe my English ancestors came from.
My Esperanto name is actually Dejv Jarforsto, Dejv being the phonetic spelling of "Dave" and Jarforsto being Jar (year) plus forsto (forest/woods).
So mine works out pretty well.
My naming experience with other languages:
Spanish: same as English, but I go by David (dah-VEED)
French: I think David (similar in pronunciation to the Spanish name) is actually a common French name, but I've always just went by Dave in French class, 'cause it oddly blends in pretty well with the French language. Je m'appelle Dave. smile
Chinese: I go by 晏达文 (yan4 da2wen2). The first character is my "family" (i.e. "last") name and the second two my "given" (first) name. The meanings don't carry over at all, but the pronunciations are supposed to sound somewhat like my English name (i.e. yan4 for Yarwood, da2wen2 for Dave/David).
Japanese: デイブ (Deibu) for Dave. I got the idea from Front Mission for SNES. biggrin Never got around to transliterating my last name, but I imagine it would be something like ヤーヲド (Yaawodo).
(Modern) Greek: I didn't study Greek for very long, but I think the phonetic spelling for "Dave' in Greek is Δαιβ. I'm unsure about the vowel. Again, I didn't get around to doing my last name.
So my name seems pretty easy to translate.
Can anyone translate it into other languages? Russian maybe? biggrin
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 4:43 am
Akersten is Swedish. surprised 'Aker' means field or farm and 'sten' means stone.
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 6:25 am
I'm not aware of my last name having a translation......I've looked it up before and couldn't find anything on the internet.
McKillip
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 8:22 am
I have no idea if I should translate my surname... I'm told it's an old Norse word meaning something like "trusted friend".
I'm not too sure about translations of my first name. The name "David" does exist in Dutch, but it's pronounced something like "Davvit" - the English pronunciation of "David" would be written in Dutch as "Deejvid".
If anyone else knows translations for "David" (or "Peter" - might as well get my middle name done too), go for it.
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 9:30 am
DavidGemmell I have no idea if I should translate my surname... I'm told it's an old Norse word meaning something like "trusted friend". I'm not too sure about translations of my first name. The name "David" does exist in Dutch, but it's pronounced something like "Davvit" - the English pronunciation of "David" would be written in Dutch as "Deejvid". If anyone else knows translations for "David" (or "Peter" - might as well get my middle name done too), go for it. David is Hebrew, it means "beloved". Peter... I think it's Greek, you know, Petros. But I don't know what it means. What's your surname?
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 9:50 am
Better of Two Evils I'm not aware of my last name having a translation......I've looked it up before and couldn't find anything on the internet. McKillip
Most often, surnames with 'Mc' first are scottish. Could be where yours is from.
Try this site and see what you get.
I dont know where mine is from, really. My last last name from my mothers side (the one on my birthcertificate) is Knap. I know its a common surname in England, but not so common in Denmark where I'm from.
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 10:01 am
For me, both of my last names were changed by my ancestors; my name is Rebecca Burns-Gausman. If they hadn't been changed, though, I'd be Rebecca Bjorn-Gausmann. ninja
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 1:33 pm
HellsBitch Better of Two Evils I'm not aware of my last name having a translation......I've looked it up before and couldn't find anything on the internet. McKillip
Most often, surnames with 'Mc' first are scottish. Could be where yours is from.
Try this site and see what you get.
I dont know where mine is from, really. My last last name from my mothers side (the one on my birthcertificate) is Knap. I know its a common surname in England, but not so common in Denmark where I'm from. That site doesn't really help, it just wants me to register and pay or something. And my last name is Irish........I think........because my ancestors came from Ireland on my dad's side, and Yugoslavia on my mom's....
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 7:30 pm
my mom's maiden name is Nielsen which is Danish
my grandma's is Burnside which is Scottish(on mom's side)
My Grandma's last name was Krantz but before that it was Hoglund (Swedish)
my name is Hebrew for god saves
and my last name is a name used in the middle ages
Joshua Bennett
but on my dad's side other than thank is Scottish, Welsh, English and swedish, Danish, and a pinch of dutch.
my name in Italian is "Giosue"
my name in Hawaiian is "Loku"
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 8:08 am
When I searched my mother's family's name (Morrow), I didn't get anything!
We're Scotch-Irish if it helps any...
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:10 am
Better of Two Evils That site doesn't really help, it just wants me to register and pay or something. And my last name is Irish........I think........because my ancestors came from Ireland on my dad's side, and Yugoslavia on my mom's....
I dont know if this link will show for you, but here goes nothing: McKillipAnd its on the site Ancestry.com. The other one sucks.
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:13 am
Demon_child203 When I searched my mother's family's name (Morrow), I didn't get anything! We're Scotch-Irish if it helps any...
You wouldnt happen to be from Alabama, would you? xp
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 5:36 pm
HellsBitch Demon_child203 When I searched my mother's family's name (Morrow), I didn't get anything! We're Scotch-Irish if it helps any...
You wouldnt happen to be from Alabama, would you? xp Nope, I'm from MA... Though, I live in GA. Sorry to dissapoint! Thanks! That helped me tons! ^^
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