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Help[Facts] Re: Names with several origins?
in reply to a message by Noname
For me, a "name with more than one origin" is a name that is used in different places, written identically i.e. with the exact same spelling, but with a different etymology so that you have in a certain sense two different names, despite the identical spelling.
Given that there are only so many sensible and reasonably-sounding letter combinations, I found such names to be surprisingly rare, and I have problems to come up with good examples for this post.
One such example:
- Kim, used as a male name in Scandinavian countries, as a short form of Joakim
- Kim, used as a female name e.g. in the US, as a short form of Kimberley
Another one:
- Finn, used as a male name e.g. in Ireland, coming from Fionn
- Finn, also used as a male name, but in Scandinavian countries, and coming from a name meaning "from the country of Finland"
I think that Kane is NOT a good example for such a name. If you found it to be of "Celtic, Gaelic, and Welsh" origin, that's basically all the same thing and refering to the name Kane as given in this database (just click on the name).
Kane is almost certainly not a French name - only very few French words and names start with the letter "K". So that looks like wrong information. Please be aware that there are tons of wrong information about given names on the Internet.
And if Kane is indeed a genuine Japanese name, it is probably quite rare.
Given that there are only so many sensible and reasonably-sounding letter combinations, I found such names to be surprisingly rare, and I have problems to come up with good examples for this post.
One such example:
- Kim, used as a male name in Scandinavian countries, as a short form of Joakim
- Kim, used as a female name e.g. in the US, as a short form of Kimberley
Another one:
- Finn, used as a male name e.g. in Ireland, coming from Fionn
- Finn, also used as a male name, but in Scandinavian countries, and coming from a name meaning "from the country of Finland"
I think that Kane is NOT a good example for such a name. If you found it to be of "Celtic, Gaelic, and Welsh" origin, that's basically all the same thing and refering to the name Kane as given in this database (just click on the name).
Kane is almost certainly not a French name - only very few French words and names start with the letter "K". So that looks like wrong information. Please be aware that there are tons of wrong information about given names on the Internet.
And if Kane is indeed a genuine Japanese name, it is probably quite rare.
This message was edited 1/1/2015, 10:47 PM
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