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    • Alan FraserA Offline
      Alan Fraser
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      I haven't a clue. It could be Gaelic, it could be Germanic via Breton "Precious"; it could even be from the ancient Sarmatian tribe the Alani that spread out from Iran around the Black Sea area. No one knows for sure.
      My last name, though Scottish, probably has its origins (via the Normans) in the French word for strawberry (fraise). It forms part of one of the clan crests.
      It comes from one of William's barons who was famous for his strawberry daiquiris.

      ...and it's pronounced FRAY ZER, not FRAY SHURE. However you want to pronounce Frazier (almost unknown in the UK) over the other side of the pond is up to you. 😉

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      • R Offline
        Ross Macintosh
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        ROSS
        Origin: Scotland
        Pronounced: Rosssss
        Meaning: I don't know if I should tell you this or not... Traditionally "Ross" as a given name was given to baby boys who were unusually well endowed if you get my drift. So in other words it means "hung like a horse". The clan Ross were descendants of a well-hung leader.

        MACINTOSH
        Origin: Scotland
        Pronounced: Mac-In-Tosh
        Meaning: Clan name. Descendants of Tosh. Tosh, our glorious ancestor, was a reggae singer from Jamaica. He worked with Bob Marley.
        Clan Motto: "Touch not a cat bot a glove" -- meaning is 'wear gloves when you handle cats'.

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        • FrederikF Offline
          Frederik
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          @Bossy Rossy... ( 😆 )

          @unknownuser said:

          ROSS
          Gender: Masculine
          Usage: Scottish, English
          Pronounced: RAWS
          From a Scottish and English surname which meant "promontory" in Gaelic, originally belonging to someone who lived on a headland. A famous bearer of the surname was Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862), an Antarctic explorer.

          @unknownuser said:

          Macintosh
          Noun
          Singular: macintosh
          Plural: macintoshes

          (UK) A raincoat.

          😲 Well wha'd ya know... 😆

          @unknownuser said:

          ALAN
          Gender: Masculine
          Usage: English, Scottish, Breton
          Pronounced: AL-ən (English)

          The meaning of this name is not known for certain, though it possibly means either "little rock" or "handsome" in Breton. Alternatively, it may derive from the tribal name of the Alans, an Iranian people who migrated into Europe in the 4th and 5th centuries. This was the name of several dukes of Brittany, and it was introduced to England by Breton settlers after the Norman conquest. Famous modern bearers include Alan Shepard (1923-1998), the first American in space and the fifth man to walk on the moon, and Alan Turing (1912-1954), a British mathematician and computer scientist.

          @unknownuser said:

          FRASER
          Gender: Masculine
          Usage: Scottish, English (Rare)
          Pronounced: FRAY-zər, FRAY-zhər [key]

          From a Scottish surname which is of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of the surname was Simon Fraser (1776-1862), a Canadian explorer.

          It's all in your name... 😆

          Cheers
          Kim Frederik

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          • L Offline
            lewiswadsworth
            last edited by

            I have a Chinese name, too, though I haven't thought about it in years. (My wife is Chinese-American.) I'm afraid I don't have the character written anywhere, or actually know how to draw it...I think it might even be a non-Mandarin dialect.

            I'll have to ask my father-in-law to write it for me again.

            It is pronounced similar to the English name "Lou" and means destruction.

            col sporcar si trova

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            • Phil MeadowsP Offline
              Phil Meadows
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              Phillip is Ancient Greek and means "lover of horses". 😕 So I shorten it to Phil.

              Prince means prince.

              Meadows is english and means "lives in the meadow".

              So I'm a prince who loves horses so much he lives with them

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              • boofredlayB Offline
                boofredlay
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                @phil meadows said:

                Phillip is Ancient Greek and means "lover of horses". 😕 So I shorten it to Phil.

                So does that mean you love ponies? 😄

                http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                • soloS Offline
                  solo
                  last edited by

                  Damn! everyone has some cool meaning, mine is a dull boring friggin ROCK.

                  Pete the rock ... jeez!

                  http://www.californiachaparral.com/images/555_mudslide_THE_ROCK.jpg

                  Here I am blocking traffic.

                  http://www.solos-art.com

                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                  • StinkieS Offline
                    Stinkie
                    last edited by

                    lol. Not just any rock, though, if I remember correctly from, er, God class. 😄

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                    • P Offline
                      pichuneke
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                      PICHUNEKE
                      Gender: Masculine
                      Usage: Spanglish, Klingon, Esperanto, Quenya, Orc
                      Pronounced: Dïefurgonthênsièlfënmatchbrongoûnderfragtèn
                      Meaning: Polite, Nobel Prize awarded, good person, handsome, strong, intelligent. The name is used by prophets when they want to call someone that is going to rule the world under a golden age of wisdom and peace.

                      🎉 🎉 🎉 👊

                      Forgive my spanglish...

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        🤣

                        Gai...

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                        • jujuJ Offline
                          juju
                          last edited by

                          @pichuneke said:

                          PICHUNEKE
                          Gender: Masculine
                          Usage: Spanglish, Klingon, Esperanto, Quenya, Orc
                          Pronounced: Dïefurgonthênsièlfënmatchbrongoûnderfragtèn
                          Meaning: Polite, Nobel Prize awarded, good person, handsome, strong, intelligent. The name is used by prophets when they want to call someone that is going to rule the world under a golden age of wisdom and peace.

                          🎉 🎉 🎉 👊

                          SoH 'oH vaj teblu'ta' vo' SoH 'ach SoH chenmoHta' jIH [smile]

                          Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                          • P Offline
                            pichuneke
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            SoH 'oH vaj teblu'ta' vo' SoH 'ach SoH chenmoHta' jIH

                            @unknownuser said:

                            you am so full forth you but you made I

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                            (www.tc.umn.edu)

                            I am sorry, but I only studied klingon for two years at the galactic academy and I don't fully understand your sentence 🤣

                            Forgive my spanglish...

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                            • jujuJ Offline
                              juju
                              last edited by

                              yup, I used that one, it seems like their database and translator needs more work.

                              That was supposed to say "you are so full of yourself, but you made me smile".

                              Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                              • david_hD Offline
                                david_h
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                                David . . Heberew. .. Beloved of God
                                Hunter . . .Um . ..no idea. Any thoughts? 🤣

                                It's ironic. Im a pacifist. don't like the guns.

                                If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                • david_hD Offline
                                  david_h
                                  last edited by

                                  @solo said:

                                  Damn! everyone has some cool meaning, mine is a dull boring friggin ROCK.

                                  Pete the rock ... jeez!

                                  Here I am blocking traffic.

                                  Pete .. . That is the Coolest. The Bible calls Peter**--THE ROCKtn2_the_rock_2.jpg**or his Greek Name . ..Cephas. that's cool

                                  Pierre
                                  Pedro
                                  Pietro
                                  Pere
                                  Пётр

                                  Good Name. . .Beats the heck outta Dwayne. . .(apologies to any Dwayne's out there)

                                  If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    "Peter, you are the rock on which I shall build my church..."

                                    A quote from Christ (read the Bible) that was a pretty good pun, but it has lost all of its humour in the English translation !

                                    .

                                    TIG

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                                    • david_hD Offline
                                      david_h
                                      last edited by

                                      One could get into a whole religious debate about Christ said in Matthew 16:13-16, but suffice it to say. . .Pete. . .It's a good Name.

                                      If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                      • Alan FraserA Offline
                                        Alan Fraser
                                        last edited by

                                        Yes, Pete. You could have been called Cuthbert. It might mean couth and bright, but that's pretty poor compensation...or Everard "hard (strong) as a wild boar"...big deal. 😄

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                                        • J Offline
                                          Jackson
                                          last edited by

                                          My first name is pretty self-explanatory, but my surname (Barkess) is Dutch or Norse I believe. The spelling has changed a lot over the centuries: Barcus, Barkas, Barkass are all evident somewhere on the family tree, but it is definitely distinct from "Barker", a well-known English name which is derived from either Middle English (tanner of leather), Old French (shepherd), High German (man who lived on a mountain) or modern English (man who sells fork handles).

                                          It's fairly common in a small area in the north of England, Tyne and Wear, but almost unheard of elsewhere- I think there's less than 10 individuals with the name Barkess in my homeland Scotland and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one in Sweden. Having said that, I was told that it meant the skipper of a canal barge in Dutch and "barkass" means a longboat in modern Swedish so it's possible it was originally a Nordic name. Either way, I believe the name first appears in the North of England only about 400 years ago so there's no vikings on my father's side, but my mother's family was from the North of Scotland in Aberdeenshire where many vikings "settled" so you never know, maybe Sweden is my homeland after all.

                                          Jackson

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                                          • Mike LuceyM Offline
                                            Mike Lucey
                                            last edited by

                                            @solo said:

                                            Damn! everyone has some cool meaning, mine is a dull boring friggin ROCK.
                                            Pete the rock ... jeez!

                                            🤣 The name suits you Pete. Aren't you lucky that Jodan is
                                            not your Mom, can you imagine what she would have come up with!

                                            Or how about these names,

                                            50 craziest celebrity baby names (in alphabetical order)

                                            Aanisah: Macy Gray (also mother to Tahmel)

                                            Apple: Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow

                                            Astrella Celeste: Donovan and Linda Lawrence (also parents to Oriole Nebula)

                                            Atherton Grace: Don Johnson and Kelley Phleger

                                            Audio Science: Shannyn Sossamon

                                            Aurelius Cy: Elle Macpherson and Arpad Busson

                                            Blue Angel: U2's The Edge and Aislinn O'Sullivan

                                            Bluebell Madonna: Geri Halliwell

                                            Brooklyn: David and Victoria Beckham (also parents to Romeo and Cruz)

                                            Calico: Alice and Sheryl Cooper (also parents to Sonora Rose)

                                            Camera: Arthur Ashe and Jeanne Moutoussamy

                                            Destry: Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw

                                            Diezel Ky: Toni Braxton and Keri Lewis (also parents to Denim Cole)

                                            Fifi Trixibell: Bob Geldof and Paula Yates (also parents to Peaches and Pixie)

                                            Fuchsia: Sting and Frances Tomelty

                                            Gaia: Emma Thompson and Greg Wise

                                            Gulliver: Gary Oldman and Donya Fiorentino

                                            Heaven: Lil' Mo (also mother to God'Iss Love Stone)

                                            Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily: Paula Yates and Michael Hutchence

                                            Hopper: Sean Penn and Robin Wright

                                            Ireland: Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger

                                            Jaz: Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi

                                            Jazz Domino: Joe Strummer

                                            Jermajesty: Jermaine Jackson and Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza (previously married to Jermaine's brother Randy)

                                            Kal-El Coppola: Nicholas Cage (Kal-El is Superman’s original birth name)

                                            Kyd: David Duchovny and Tea Leoni

                                            Lark Song: Mia Farrow and André Previn

                                            Lennon: Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit

                                            Liberty: Ryan Giggs

                                            London Emilio: Slash

                                            Luna Coco Patricia: Frank Lampard and Elen Rive

                                            Marquise: 50 Cent

                                            Memphis Eve: Bono

                                            Moon Unit: Frank Zappa, also father to Dweezil and Diva Muffin

                                            Moxie CrimeFighter: Penn Jillette (also father to Zolten)

                                            Ocean: Forest Whitaker (also father to Sonnet and True)

                                            Pilot Inspektor: Jason Lee and Beth Riesgraf

                                            Poppy Honey: Jamie and Jules Oliver (also parents to Daisy Boo)

                                            Rocket: Robert Rodriguez (also father to Racer, Rebel and Rogue)

                                            Rufus Tiger: Roger Taylor also father to Tiger Lily and Lola Daisy

                                            Saffron Sahara: Simon and Yasmin Le Bon (also parents to Amber Rose and Tallulah Pine)

                                            Sage Moonblood: Sylvester Stallone and Sasha Czack (also parents to Seargeoh)

                                            Satchel: Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee

                                            Seven Sirius: Andre Benjamin and Erykah Badu

                                            Shiloh Nouvel: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

                                            Sosie: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick

                                            Suri: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

                                            Tallulah: Bruce Willis and Demi Moore (also parents to Scout and Rumer)

                                            Willow Camille Reign: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith

                                            Zola Ivy: Eddie Murphy and Nicole Mitchell


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