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freegreatcharter 07-12-2009 05:12 PM

have you got an english name
 
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?)

komitsuki 07-12-2009 09:09 PM

Please use the space bar. It is very difficult to read your posts.

KyleGoetz 07-15-2009 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by freegreatcharter (Post 745471)
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?)

I don't understand what you're talking about. "Phiwin" is not an English name. "Phi" is part of a Greek prefix meaning "to like." It appears in things like "Phillip" which is a Greek name, not English. Sure, it is used in English, but it's not a "pure" English name.

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.

Zephyra 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).

Columbine 08-18-2010 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Zephyra (Post 824791)
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).

Really? Huh. In the UK 'Lee' is a boy's first name too.

willgoestocollege 08-18-2010 04:42 PM

I have a full British name.

RobinMask 08-18-2010 05:13 PM

My real name is all English, save from my middle name which is Irish.

My nickname, "Robin", is English as well.

V1nn1 08-18-2010 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RobinMask (Post 824891)
My real name is all English, save from my middle name which is Irish.

My nickname, "Robin", is English as well.

Robin is also a Dutch name :O

RobinMask 08-18-2010 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by V1nn1 (Post 824893)
Robin is also a Dutch name :O

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 ;)

manganimefan227 08-19-2010 03:58 AM

Erm, French, French Spanish


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