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HelpRe: Fake Etymology
in reply to a message by Rachel Shaina
I guess it's an Asperger thing, but I get MAD when people make up silly meanings for names! Like Nova being Hopi for "chasing butterflies" (apparently it means FOOD in Hopi...), Nevaeh being Spanish for "snow", Julia meaning "young girl" in Latin, etc. It makes my body itch!
Because of this, I never pretend that names mean something else, but I like the folk etymology of Marisol meaning "sea and sun", Rosalinda meaning" beautiful rose" and some others.
My cousin has come up with the name Milanina (mil-AH-nee-ma) meaning "thousand souls". I once wrongly remembered Rosenby as Rosenny and really liked it. For me it's either a mix of Rose and Jenny or derived from the Swedish words for rose and new.
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
Because of this, I never pretend that names mean something else, but I like the folk etymology of Marisol meaning "sea and sun", Rosalinda meaning" beautiful rose" and some others.
My cousin has come up with the name Milanina (mil-AH-nee-ma) meaning "thousand souls". I once wrongly remembered Rosenby as Rosenny and really liked it. For me it's either a mix of Rose and Jenny or derived from the Swedish words for rose and new.
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
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