What's the etymology and history of your first name?
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Thread Topic: What's the etymology and history of your first name?
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Ashley R NewbieAshley: From an English surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "ash tree clearing" in Old English. Until the 1960s it was more commonly given to boys in the United States, but it is now most often used on girls.
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uuummmmm...don't know about my history but it's Taylor and i tried looking it up but all that came up was tailor and yeahhh....
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Ashley R Newbiereally let me try
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okay...well maybe its because i went on ask.com..i'm not sure
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Ashley R Newbiei got it.
Taylor: From an English surname which originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French taillur, ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut". Its modern use as a feminine name may have been influenced by British author Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985). -
cool! Thanks! What did you look it up on?
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Ashley R NewbieYou welcome
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yeah..lol..we are talking on two threads xD
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Tessa- a shortening of the Greek name Teresa that means "reaper"
Even though my name isn't intended as a shortening of anything. -
Apparently Ting-Ting means beauty and grace....to bad I'm neither LOL
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Apparently, i got the worst name on earth..... My name means "dark" or "black" and im none of those... :( it is also part of an indian god's name...,
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Um i dunno... lol but my name means river? lol
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My name means following the right path.
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Angel- Those flying winged-people that work for God. xD
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@angel.... Lol.,. Thats a good one ;) flying winged people that work for god, lol....
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