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in reply to a message by Taryn Zegers
Taryn
I don't know what Taryn means, but Walsh is a somewhat common surname which, if I remember my Ethnic Studies professor correctly, means Welsh, i.e., someone from Wales. It is somewhat common in Ireland and Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England, etc.). I think, perhaps, Australia and other former British colonies have Walsh as a common surname, but I may be wrong about that.
Phyllis
I don't know what Taryn means, but Walsh is a somewhat common surname which, if I remember my Ethnic Studies professor correctly, means Welsh, i.e., someone from Wales. It is somewhat common in Ireland and Great Britain (Scotland, Wales, England, etc.). I think, perhaps, Australia and other former British colonies have Walsh as a common surname, but I may be wrong about that.
Phyllis
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Taryn
Hi,
taryn is a modern American name. I think it was first used in the 1950s by the actor Tyrone Powers and Linda Christian, his wife. They might have made it up. It's a modern American coinage at any rate, based on names like Tara, Darren, Karen, etc.
Hi,
taryn is a modern American name. I think it was first used in the 1950s by the actor Tyrone Powers and Linda Christian, his wife. They might have made it up. It's a modern American coinage at any rate, based on names like Tara, Darren, Karen, etc.
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Norah is probably correct. In this context, Taryn is considered a variation upon Tyrone. But there's a very old Celtic name Taran, from the god Taranis, Celtic equivalent of Thor or Vulcan.
Taran in this context means "thunder", and I think I'd claim that connection before I owned up to "Tyrone" (which means "Eoghan's land" in Irish).
We create our own mythologies...
Taran in this context means "thunder", and I think I'd claim that connection before I owned up to "Tyrone" (which means "Eoghan's land" in Irish).
We create our own mythologies...
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