Carlos Thompson wrote:
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> ----- Mensaje original -----
> De: Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@...>
> Para: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
> Enviado: Martes 3 de Agosto de 1999 18:17
> Asunto: Re(2): chat: weird names, was Re: conlanging, the ultimate femi=
nist
> subversion
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> > ira@rempt.xs4all.nl writes:
> > >I may be able to do this for other people if they can tell me what
> > >their name means in a language I understand.
> >
> > Well, I would tell you but i have no clue what my surname "Garcia" is
> > translated into English? Anyone know?
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> Well. I don't have a clue what "Garc=EDa" means in Spanish... (And I s=
upose
> your "Garcia" is from Spanish origin... am I right?)
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> I know "Carlos" is a Germanic name which means something like "king"...=
I
> know "Karl" in Swedish means "man" which lead me to think if my etimolo=
gy is
> wrong... I don't know the meaning of my middle name "Eugenio". My
> surenames are "Thompson" and "Pinz=F3n" one from each parent. I suppos=
e
> "Thompson" means "son of Thomas" and I have no clue on "Pinz=F3n", but =
I know
> it was a vulgar surname in Medieval Spain that became noble when three
> sailors so called came with Columbus to America.
My book says Carlos is a Spanish form of Charles, which means "manly,
strong". It also says that Eugenio is a form of the Green Eugene, which
means "well-born". Someone else asked for Paul, I believe, which is a
Latin name meaning "small".
Nicole