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Re: wot does my name and my m8s names mean in spanish?
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Maybe you mean to ask: What are Spanish variants of the names you give, if there are any?Jade: I could not find it used as a given name in Spanish, but anyway, the word for jade, the stone, in Spanish is 'jade' as well.Jen, Jennifer: According to BtN, this could be Genoveva in Spanish, if you see Genevieve as a form of Guinevere, the "precursor" of Jennifer, and not as a separate name - click the links to see the information about these names.Jess, Jessica: Well, Shakespeare seems to have invented that one, so probably no time yet for the Spanish to develop a separate form. If you look at Iscah, the Hebrew name that maybe was the base for this invention: This name is given in the Spanish bible as Isca.Christina: That's easy, that would be Cristina.Sarah: Zarah and Zara are Spanish variants of this name, together with the Spanish pet form Sarita.
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Zarah and Zara are not the Spanish forms of Sarah. The Spanish form of Sarah is Sara.
Zara is the Spanish form of an independent Arabic name (Zahrah). Zarah, with -H, is not a Spanish form.Lumia
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Thanks for the correction, you are right about Zara.Germans seem to take Zarah as a form of Sarah, but not the people in in Spain, as you said.One error less in my database...
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