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lunes, 19 de septiembre de 2011

THE STORY BEHIND YOUR NAME


Do you know the reason why your name is your name? Is there a story behind it? Did your parents almost name you something else? Do you know where your name comes from? What does you name mean in that language? Please, add a comment and share all this information with your classmates.

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  1. Eisa Matas Fuente - 1ºBach "D":
    Elisa is a hebrew name and it means "God has helped".
    First, my mother wanted to call me Clara like her, but then my parents chose Elisa because it's my grandmother's name.

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  2. Beatriz Rodríguez Hernández- 1ºBach ''D'':
    My name comes from the latin. Means blessed, which brings joy. My name chose my parents. If it was boy would call me Diego and if it was girl Beatriz or Virginia, but they put me Beatriz because was shorter than Virginia and because my mother liked.

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  4. Alberto Martín Sánchez 1ºBach"D":
    My name comes from the German .
    I am Alberto because my father likes this name and my mother chose the name of my sisters. My other possible name was Roberto , but Alberto is more beautiful .

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  6. Esther Tejada 1Bach. D dijo...
    Esther Tejada 1Bach.D My parents wanted call me Montaña beacuse my mother is very religious and she wanted put me this name for the virgin of the mountain but my father didn´t like it and he prefered call me Esther because he thought it´s a beautiful name.Then my parents decided call me Esther and my mother should decide the name of my brother.
    Esther is a hebrew name.It means star and it´s the goddness Ishtar of Babylon. The jewish village celebrate Santa Esther with a party the 24th of may.

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  7. Nuria del Puerto Costa-1ºBach.D
    My name is basque. It means "Settlement between hills". Woman hard-working and dedicated completely to the study, without forgetting the daily details. It will get everything that is proposed. In his home, it stands out for his big endowments of ingenuity and illusion.
    My parents chose call me Nuria because they liked his meaning.

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  9. Helena Juan Luna- 1ºBach D

    My name is Helena because my parents liked this name. It has an ''H'' at the begginig because they liked the writing, and it comes from the Greek. In Greek mythology, Helen of Troy, also known as Helen of Sparta, was the daughter of Zeus and Nemesis, daughter of King Tyndareus, wife of Menelaus and sister of Castor, Polydeuces and Clytemnestra. Her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.

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  10. María Pajuelo Vinagre- 1ºBach D.
    My parents chose call me María because this name they liked, although first they wanted call me Marina.
    María is a name of origin hebrew. It means lofty eminent.
    The name feminine more popular between the Christians for being the mother of Jesus.

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  11. My name, Ruth, means 'faithful friend' and 'beauty'
    I was called Ruth because my parents liked it a lot from the first moment. They were hesitating between Esther and Ruth, but they finally decided to call me Ruth because there was another Esther in the family.
    It has a Jewish origin.

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  12. Marta Galán Muñoz 1º BCH "D"

    My name's is Marta because my father like it.
    Marta isn't a traditional name in my family. This name has origin hebrew and it's means "Queen of home".

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  13. Álvaro Durán 1ºBach D.

    my mother put me Álvaro becaused she liked the name .The name has a german origin and means defending all .My parents put me Álvaro but my grandparents wanted to put me other name.Álvaro is a name who characterizes people whith open and comunicative personality and also honest people.

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  14. Cristina García 1ºBch.D
    Cristina is a greek name, it sais "person who follows God". It a famous name thanks to Cristina of Sweden. The meaning of this name was the anointed, a person who had come very high.
    At first my parents wanted Eva but definitly called me cristina because my sister liked this name.

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  15. Yolanda Yáñez 1ºBach D

    My name has several meanings: "That which comes from the land of purple" or "Beautiful like a flower".
    My parents decided put me that name from a famous song "Yolanda". It's a latin name.

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  16. My parents call me Juan Luis because when I was born my uncle Juan wanted to call me like and my uncle Luis wanted that my name was Luis so my mum said them that she put me Juan Luis to avoid problems.
    Juan is a hebrew name and means the compassionate.
    Luis is a german name and means the glorious figther.

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  17. Laura Morán Domínguez 1ºBach "D"
    My name is Laura. My parents chose this name because my mum loved it and its meaning, too. It comes from Latin and means laurel plant′ and the leaves were used as a symbol of ′victory and honor′. However, my father wanted another name, Carla, because his name is Carlos. He liked it and he said that this name was very original. Finally, they chose Laura but my mum didn′t know that my name would be so common now.

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  18. Marina Dionisio Flores / 1ºBach "D"
    My name is Marina; it’s a Latin name that means woman of the sea and it is related to the sailors and water. There are a lot of chapels in Spain for the devotion of Saint Marina, especially in Galicia. This name is the 20th in the list of more popular names. My parents decided to call me with this name for many reasons. Obviously the principal reason was that they liked the name, but there was another one, the patron saint of the village near to mine is call like me and when my mother was little and she went to the party she liked the name. Since the firs moment they liked this name and they didn’t think in another one.

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  19. Marina Rodríguez díaz 1ºBach.D
    My parents always wanted call me Marina,there isn´t other name for them!Marina comes from the Latin:Marinus,and from Asturias and Galicia too.
    Is a usual name in Russia and Ukranie.
    Marina has many meanings like "She is the one that belongs to the sea",legend tell that she is the only one of the seven daughters of the sea goddess Who is still alive and his job is to protect the sea,others legends refer to sirens,women coming from the sea,they were called "Marinas", also means "to come" or "what is expected".

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  20. Blanca García Caballero 1ºBach.F.
    My name is Blanca because my mother was a baby-sitter for a girl named Blanca and like that name.
    It comes from Germanic.
    It means ''Brilliant''.

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  21. Celia Durán Gutiérrez 1ºBach.F
    Celia is a Latin name and it means: fallen from the sky and it refers to one of The Seven Roman hills: Roma Caelius.
    My name is Celia because my father chose for me ,but my mother wanted to call me Carmen, because it´s my grandmother´s name.

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  22. Carmen García Rodríguez 1ºBach D
    Carmen is a name of Hebrew origin that means "God's garden". It's a name of latin origin too and it means "music and charm"
    I'm called Carmen because my father liked this name.

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  23. Jaime Arjona Tello 1ºBach.F
    My name is Jaime because it was my grandfather's name. He died some months before I was born. My parents thought about it and as Jaime come from the Hebrew "yakob" and it means "the second one", they found it suitable for me

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  24. Sara Casero González. 1Bachillerato D

    My name is Sara. because my mother liked very much this name. My father wanted to call me Macarena,but they decided to call me Sara.
    Sara is a Hebrew name, and his meaning is princess.

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  25. Carlota Rubio Matute. 1º BCH-F
    My name's Carlota, because my father liked the name.
    It comes from German, and means ''Strong girl''.

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  26. Beatriz Rodriguez 1ºBACH-F
    My name is beatriz, comes from the latin. Means blessed, which brings joy.
    My parents called me beatriz because my mother chosed.
    My father wanted call cristina but my mother didn`t want because I had three cousins called too.
    My father called carmen because my mother`s name.

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  27. Rocío Corchado de la Romana. 1ºBach D
    My parents chose Rocío because my mother likes the virgin of Rocío.Other name that they liked was Paola.
    Rocío has latin origin and it comes from Ros.It means that it is refreshing and youthful as the dew.Also means beautiful.

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  28. Ángela Maya Fernández-1ºBach.D
    My name is Angela. My mother chose it because her name is the same as mine and she liked it. They wanted to call me Maria but my cousin was born before than me and they couldn't to put this name. For this reason I have the name of Angela Maria. My name comes from Greece and the meaning is "messenger of God".

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  29. María Domínguez Rubio 1ºBach D
    My name is Maria because my parents saw a film and the protagonist name was Maria. But it like the before saw the film too.
    My name is the origin Hebrew and the meaning is the choose one by god.

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  30. Marta Blanco Cazas 1º Bach-F
    My name is Marta because my parents liked this name. Anybody in my family have my name, only me.
    Marta means lady and comes from the Bible.

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  31. Carlos Pozas Opazo 1 Bachillerato D

    My name is Carlos, because my parents like this name. My other possible name was Cesar. My name comes from germanic languages

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  32. Patricia Ortega Sierra 1º bachillerato D

    My name is Patricia because my parents decided call me this way because they liked it. My mother had thougth in being call me Violeta, but ultimately my parentes decided call me Patricia.
    Patricia´s name has being latin, wich noble woman means.

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  33. Sara Rosillo Parodi 1º bachillerato D
    SARA is a jew name its meaning is "princess".
    my family choose this name because my uncle like it.

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  34. My father is a great fan of the old R. Madrid player "Raúl Gonzalez", and as my father liked his name he decided to name me Raúl.

    Raúl has to different origins: on the one hand its germanic origin means: "that who follows the advicewith the shaprness of the wolf", and on the other hand its french origin means: "brave in war" or "glorious fighter".

    Raúl Marquez Vivas
    1º Bachilleato D

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  35. Santos: Before i was born my parents want cool me manuel but when y was born my parents name me santos manuel like my father
    origins: latin

    means: God whit us

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  36. Omar Jalal-Alhanafi Garcia
    1ºBachillerato D

    My name is Omar because my mother likes an actor called Omar Sharif. My name is of Arabic origin. And my name means long life.

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  37. Victor Borrella Daza
    1ºbachillerato F

    the history of my name is my grandfather, is of latin origins, it´s meaning is the winner

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  38. beatriz gibello bermejo.
    1ºBach-
    Beatriz comes from the latin.It means blesses and what brings joy.
    María comes from the hebrew.It means The chosen one and the beloved of God.
    My name was chose my parents and my brother.
    In fact my mother and my brother chose my name.
    My mother always likes maria but my father doesn't like maría at all.
    My father only wants put me this name,but at the end they put me María Beatriz.

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  39. So, my parents originally wanted to call me "Xabier", in Basque language. But since I was born in Cáceres and foreign names weren't allowed at the time, they had to change it to Javier.

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  40. Well, my parents called me "Irene" because my mother was a lover of Greek. When she was young, she read a lot of stories about Greek and Rome, so she decided to call me Irene. My father said that Irene was a very good name but he thought that Juliana was better. Finally they chose "Irene" because it means "Peace" in Greek.

    Irene Carrasco Santano - 1º Bachillerato D (2012)

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  42. Irene Cid Palomo 1º Bachillerato D (2012)

    My name is Irene because my mother likes this name. She chose this name because she thought that Irene is a name very beautiful. My name comes from the Greek and it means ¨peace¨.

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  43. Laura Rodríguez Ruiz 1ºBachillerato D

    Laura comes from Latín. It means victorious or laurel wreath.
    My name is Laura because in the summer of 1995 when my brother (he had got 4 years old )and my parents were at the beach they saw a airplane that put it premiered a film called "Tell Laura I love her".Then in January of 1996 I was born and my mother asked to my brother about a name for my and he answered "I want his name to be Laura as the plane from the beach. "

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  45. Inmaculada Alvarado Esteban 1º Bachillerato D (2012)

    My name cames from the Latin and it means pure.
    My mother is Inma also and she thought that her first daugther would be Inma.
    My father liked my name because he likes the history and this is my name's history.

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  46. Teresa de Sande Expósito 1ºBachillerato D (2012)
    My name comes from the Greeks and it is the name of a Greek island.
    My parent decided call me Teresa because they liked it and it is my grandmother's name.

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  47. Blanca Clemente Vázquez 1º Bachillerato "D" (2o12)
    My name comes from Germanic and it means ''Brilliant''.
    My parents always wanted to call me Blanca because They liked this name. There wasn't other possibility.

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  48. Marta Pachón 1ºBachillerato D(2012)
    Marta is a name derived from Hebrew and roman and it means ''the lady''in hebrew and his roman meaning is ''dedicated to Mars''. My parents decided to call me Marta because they like it and my mother didnt want to call me like her ,Sofía.

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  49. Silvia porteros 1º de barchillerato D
    Silvia is a romam name and it means guardian of the forest, forest and daugther of the forest.
    my parents wanted to have two children ,so My name was choose by my father and the name of my sister was choose by my mother.

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  50. Ana Madera 1º Bachillerato D
    Ana is a Latin form of the Hebrew name Hannah, which means 'Full of grace'.
    Since I was born the 6th of January, my parents wanted to name me Baltasara (they're crazy) but they realized it was a horrible name for such a cute little girl, so they decided to name me Ana, for it was my godmother's name.

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  51. Miguel Prieto Fuentes 1º Bachillerato D

    Miguel is a Hebrew name, which means 'God is just' is a name of an archangel.
    My parents wanted me to call miguel from the beginning. They don't remember any relative with my name

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  52. Marina Pérez 1ºBachillerato D
    Marina: female name whose origen is latin lenguage and means 'The one who comes from the sea'.
    My parents were living by the beach, when I was born.
    They wanted to call me Ana or Marina, if I were a girl. They decided to chose Marina because they believed it was original and beautiful. If I had been a boy I would have been called Jesús like my father.

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  53. Diana Manzano 1ºBachillerato D
    Diana comes from the latin and it means “divine” or “heavenly nature”. In Roman mythology, Diana was the virgin goddess of the hunt and protector of nature. Her Greek goddess equivalent is Artemisa. My parents called me Diana because they liked it.

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  54. Miguel Ángel Arroyo Clemente – 1ºBch D (2012):
    My parents called me Miguel because it is the my father's name,
    my parents would call me Dani but miguel liked more.
    my name comes from the Hebrew, and it means “God is fair”.

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  55. Victoria Plata 1º Bachillerato"D"

    Victoria comes from the latin and it meands "win and triumph".
    My parents decided call me victoria because my mother like it a lot since ever, and too because it was grandfather's name in female.

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  56. Nina Becheru 1st Bch D.
    My name come from Latin,and means:the protector of her palaces.
    My parents decided to call me Nina because my aunt and godmother was his name,and in Romania is a tradition to name the godmother or godfather to the childrens.
    At first he would call me Adela,but my parents decided to call me Nina by my aunt.

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  57. Luis Malpartida 1st Bch D.
    Luis is a male name of Germanic origem. This name means glorious warrior and has translations in various languages, in English is spelled "Louis".
    My name is Luis because it is the name of my grandfather.

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  58. Enrique Pérez Rodríguez 1º bach D
    My name come from germany ande the meaning is:house rich,powerful.
    first my fathers thought Jose but this name is very habitual name, finally they put me Enrique because is a tradicional name of my family and my father´s name is Enrique.

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  59. Macarena Díaz Prieto 1º Bachillerato D.
    Macarena is a spanish name, it means happiness and luck, more or less. When my mum was living in Sevilla, she said: If I ever have a little girl, I will call her Macarena', and thats why I am Macarena. She didn't let my dad choose my name, she decided it by herself.

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  60. Sara Pulido Valle 1ºBachillerato D
    Sara is a name of Hebrew origin and means "princess". Also appears in the Bible, as the name of the wife of Abraham.
    Really, my name hasn´t history. My parents chose this name because it´s beautiful and my father liked it.

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  61. Sara is a biblical name. its meaning is Princess. My parents serchead my name in a name's book.My father liked Saray but my mother didn't likes so they decided to call me Sara.

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  62. Noelia Mirón Jiménez 1º Bachillerato D
    Noelia comes from the french name "Natividad".
    This is my name because my mother loves it and my father also likes it since he heard Nino Bravo's song.

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  63. Rebeca Mellado Soler - 1º Bachillerato D (2012)

    My name is Hebrew origin, and in that language means "bond".
    My mother gave me this name because she is also called the same.
    Also thought to call me Andrea that in Greek means "brave", but finally chose Rebeca.

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