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[Facts] Seda
I'm finally breaking down and admitting that the "forest voices" meaning of my name is probably wrong because it's not "adding up" with the Armenian words for "forest voices" antar and dzayn. It's a female Armenian name. So..does anyone know what it could really mean?-Seda*

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I found: Turkish > Arabic, meaning "descendant". This may just be coincidence - four letters are not much to go by after all.Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch I-IV, 2000 ff.
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I know, but thanks!...Oona
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Armenian First Names by Nicholas Awde & Emanuela Losi says that Seda meant "spirit of the forest". Perhaps a "seda" was the Armenian version of a Greek "dryad"??
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That would be fun..hehe..thanks!...Oona
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well as you know many sites arent very trustworthy but I found these they might be of use
http://www.weddingvendors.com/baby-names/meaning/seda/And at this site if you scroll down
http://www.mayrand.org/meaning-e.htmSpanish According to legend, Spanish names actually began as cries between Christian families, warning each other of the approaching Moors. Most surnames in the Spanish world today are patronymic and locational in origin. Before surnames became hereditary, a father's name was generally used as a surname. These were distinguished by the endings -es and -ez which mean "son of" Some of these names gradually evolved into hereditary family names. Lords tended to use the name of their estates as surnames and sometimes the estate name was combined with a patronymic. A recent custom has been to use the father's surname in conjunction with the mother's. in these names, the father's surname comes first and is joined to the mother's by "y" (and) or occasionally by a hyphen. Other Spanish surnames include: Palo (a dweller near a tree), Tirado (the sharpshooter, or marksman), Labrador (one who cultivated the land; farmer) and Seda (one who dealt in silk). I have seen mention of a possible Silk conection on other sites
found on this site under Translations for: Silk
http://www.answers.com/topic/silkPortuguês (Portuguese)
n. - seda (f)
v. - fazer sedaEspañol (Spanish)
n. - seda, casaquilla de jockey
adj. - de seda, sedoso
v. intr. - estar en el transcurso de convertir en seda, (maíz) desarrollar estilos como de cabello
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Interesting! Thanks!...Oona
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Other than as a word it means Silk in Spanish, I'm not really sure. I had forgotten to mention to you that I had bought a new baby name book and it actually has Seda in it and says that it is Armenian for "Forest Echo" : )
CIARDA"Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh
name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson." - Mark TwainLoving the names: Mira, Lilia, Dominic, AsherProud Aunt to Everett & Ella
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Hmm...interesting!(m)What book is it?
It's rare that you find Seda in even a names book.-Seda*
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The Everything Baby Names Book by Lisa Shaw. It's not the best and certainly not the most accurate, but I thought it was cute and it was only $3, so I bought it, haha.You can see the book here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558506551/qid=1135114917/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-6476321-8950445?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
CIARDA"Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh
name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson." - Mark TwainLoving the names: Mira, Lilia, Dominic, AsherProud Aunt to Everett & Ella
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Cute. I might pick it up if I see it somewhere...at least to see what it has to offer. Thanks!-Seda*
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This message was edited 12/23/2005, 3:02 PM

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