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Cyrus Shahmiri
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Topic: Common Indo-European personal names? Posted: 29-Nov-2013 at 03:53 |
It is interesting to find some personal names which are common in some Indo-European languages, of course there are the names of some famous people which are used in most of Indo-European and even non-Indo-European countries, like Alexander and Darius.
But I mean those names which can be said to have a common origin, for example "Armin": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin it seems to be a common Iranian, Germanic and even ancient Greek name.
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Posted: 29-Nov-2013 at 12:52 |
Originally posted by Cyrus Shahmiri
It is interesting to find some personal names which are common in some Indo-European languages, of course there are the names of some famous people which are used in most of Indo-European and even non-Indo-European countries, like Alexander and Darius.
But I mean those names which can be said to have a common origin, for example "Armin": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin it seems to be a common Iranian, Germanic and even ancient Greek name.
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Taugh issue, but I think I found one; ARIA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aria_%28name%29
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Posted: 30-Nov-2013 at 17:36 |
Arjen ( and variant Arjan) is a common name in the Netherlands, not considered a foreign name.
Its pronounced practically the same as Sanskrit aryan ( meaning: noble) The Dutch 'j' in spelling is pronounced as 'y' in English 'yours'.
The football/soccer player Arjen Robben is probably the best known Dutch person with the name Arjen.
I don't know since when its used in the Netherlands but there was a 18th century scientist named Arjen Roelofs.
The Dutch Wikipedia links it ( without supporting data) to Latin Adrianus ( inhabitant of Adri near Venice) but it comfirms that Arjan is the variant. This rather suggests a relation with aryan.
Edited by Sander - 30-Nov-2013 at 22:11
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Posted: 01-Dec-2013 at 00:15 |
The names of "kian" and "kiana" seems to be common in some Indo-European languages, of course it seems they have different meanings, for example in Persian they mean "king" and "queen".
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Posted: 30-Dec-2013 at 19:27 |
What's the case with Nadya / Nadezhda? Typically it's a Slavic name but I've heard it has the same meaning of "hope" in Arabic.
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TheAlaniDragonRising
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Posted: 30-Dec-2013 at 22:25 |
Originally posted by leda
What's the case with Nadya / Nadezhda? Typically it's a Slavic name but I've heard it has the same meaning of "hope" in Arabic. |
Had a poke around on the internet myself, and what I found is a bit of a difference in Arabic, although if wrong I'm sure Cyrus or another member will rectify my error. What I found was the Arabic equivalent meaning delicate or tender.
Btw,leda, welcome to this site.
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What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.
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Posted: 31-Dec-2013 at 02:41 |
According to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia
However Nadia is popular name among Iranians (Nadia Bjorlin, Nadia Golchin, ...) but according to my Persian dictionary, it has either Arabic or French origin, in Arabic it means "euphonious" from the root neda "sound".
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Posted: 31-Dec-2013 at 10:50 |
Originally posted by Cyrus Shahmiri
According to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia
However Nadia is popular name among Iranians (Nadia Bjorlin, Nadia Golchin, ...) but according to my Persian dictionary, it has either Arabic or French origin, in Arabic it means "euphonious" from the root neda "sound".
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Nadia was the name of Sayid's girlfriend in LOST http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Noor_%22Nadia%22_Abed_Jaseem
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Posted: 02-Jan-2014 at 22:31 |
And so it was Ollios! I watched every episode.
How about a famous gymnast from Romania?
Regards, Ron
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