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My Name ist Astrid. My First Name comes from the Old Norse and is made up of the word's ass and Frist, which translated means the deity. Because I originally come from Wilhelmshaven in the North Sea, but I live in Würzburg in lovely Franconia.

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Hi everyone,
my name is Esther and I live in a small village in the centre of Germany and teach at a vocational college.
My name is a bibilical name. However, my Mom didn't choose it for religious reasons but because there was a woman she admired who was called Esther- and because it was (and still is) not a very common name. I only know 3 other persons called Esther. The name originally comes from Old Persian and means "star". I think it fits me quite well because I shine brighter at night - I am definitely not a morning person :-)

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Hi everyone!

My name is Sabrina and I come from a small town called "Nordenham" located in northern Germany, quiet close to the northern sea.

It's said that Sabrina is a feminine given name derived from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā. It is also the romanization of an unrelated Arabic name, صابرينا ṣābrīnā, from the root sabr "patience". The name of the river is attested as Latinized Sabrina in the 2nd century. This is one of Britain’s most ancient river names. According to a legend, Sabrina lives in the river, which reflects her mood. She rides in a chariot and dolphins and salmon swim alongside her.

In Germany, the name is not too common, but there are always some people calles "Sabrina". Even in my school there is another colleague called "Sabrina".

Looking forward to see you :)

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Hello from Cologne!
My name is Vanessa and I am a primary school teacher here in Cologne at the beautiful Rhine.
I am currently teaching year 1 with very heterogeneous pupils.

The meaning of my name is not entirely clear to me. It is not originally a German name and probably has Latin origins, since my name is used in the species designation of various butterfly genera. However, I found this information on the internet:
The female first name Vanessa means "the appearing", "queen of butterflies" and "the shining".
Whether that fits, you can then decide shortly! Bye for now and see you soon!

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Moin from Germany!!!

My name is Tade and I live in the north of Germany near Denmark. My name originally comes from the Frisians. The Frisians are a group of people living on the North Sea coast of Germany. The Frisians are a recognized national minority.
The meaning of my name is "the brave, the courageous" and the name "Tade" is considered unknown.

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My name is Zdenka and come from the Czech Republic.

The name  is of Slavonic or Latin origin. My name means Glory, Joy or Joyful piece of work. A woman of Zdenka´s  name is a person full of optimism, a woman still smiling. Another theory interpreting my name says that it means “coming from Sidon”, city in Lebanon. Zdenka has a deep history in the Old Czech language names such as Zděslav, Zděslava. The female name has a male equivalent Zdeněk or vice versa :).

And a few words about me.

I live in the town of Karviná, the town in the easternmost part of the Czech Republic,  but have a summer cottage in the Beskydy Mountains surrounded by the Olše river and forests full of outstanding views and gifts of nature.  The living here and being surrounded by this beauty of nature brings me enormous joy.

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Hello from the Czech Republic!

I am Jana and  live in the village, Mosty u Jablunkova, which is surrounded by the marvellous Beskydy Mountains. The mountains spread across four countries, the easternmost part of the Czech Republic, in the region of Moravia-Silesia, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine.

The  name of Jana is of Hebrew origin, Jochanan. It means “the God is Gracious” or “ the Gracious Gift of God”.

The name characteristics really fits me. Women of this name hate when injustice is around, protect the rights of weaker humans. These women are sometimes stubborn and are team players. And that´s me. :)

I have been teaching English, Cultural and Natural Heritage, Science for more than 25 years. At that time I taught pupils at Elementary school, later I launched a linguistic company where I was teaching adults, seniors, children. Since my teaching carrier I was interconnecting English classes with the natural and cultural heritage of the region I was grown up and have been living all my life, the Beskydy Mountains.

As I have always been trying to educate the students in an interactive and scientific way, preparing methodologies for them, I launched URSUS Science Centre eight years ago.

I am married and have two children, daughter Mirka and son Ondra. In my free time I love gardening and herbalism. I am keen on getting to know new matters, implementing innovations within my business and hobbies the world is full of. I am coming with my team, Zdenka, Mirka and Lucka.

I am extremely looking forward to meeting all of you in the GAUDALOUPE.

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My name is Sven and I live in Mainz. Mainz is the capital city of Rhineland-Palatinate in the midwest of Germany and is 40 kilometer away from Frankfurt Main.

The name Sven a scandinavian first name and comes from the old nordic word „sveinn“ and mean „Young Man“ 😅 The name is also used in the low countries and German-speaking countries and is cognate with the English name Swain. In the first half of the 20th century the name Sven was hardly widespread in Germany. His popularity rose sharply. In the 1970s, he was several times among the ten most common boy names of the respective year. Since the end of the 1990s, its popularity has declined sharply.

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Hi dears, my name is Miroslava.
The meaning of my name is peace-loving. The origin is in Slavic.
My first name is so long, so you can call me in short Mirka, it’s similar to chocolate of Milka, but not the same 😀.
The whole of my life I was living in a small village Bocanovice, however last three years I live in Trinec with my boyfriend and our dog Rachel.
I work for a NGO as a project coordinator and instructor of teaching programmes.

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In the Czech calendar my name is Lucie, while in English is Lucy or in German is Luzie. My parents were inspirated by Czech movie “Lucy fear of the street”, in German “Luzie der Schrecken der Strasse”. The name Lucie is girl’s name and the origin is in latin meaning “light”.

I was born in Trinec, but I live in a small village Hradek. The both of places are situated in the east of Czech Republic, surrounded by Beskydy mountains.

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I was named by my grandmother after her baby daughter Rita, who died at the age of 3 months of the scarlet fever.
The meaning of Rita in different cultures varies - in Spanish and America the meaning of the name Rita is PEARL. In Persian it means CHILD OF LIGHT, in Greek it means SPEAKER. In Lithuanian it is a very similar word to "morning" = rytas.

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My name is Matthias and I live in the northernmost part of Germany. It is only a few minutes from our school in Flensburg to Denmark. Therefore, many people speak Danish and trips to the neighboring country are frequent.
In Northern Germany there are a lot of Scandinavian names, for instance I know many "Inkas". North Germany is not very Catholic, but Protestant, so many have Christian names. My name is Hebrew and probably means something like "gift of God". But I think in Germany it is a very common name, even if you are not a Christian.

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Hello!

My name is Tobias and I live in the south of Germany where my name was very popular in the 1980s and 1990s. It means "God is good" - what I don't really know but I (have to) believe what the etymology says. I know some other Tobias in my age, it has gotten a rare first name.

Very glad to meet you on Guadeloupe!

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My name is actually an alteration of the name "Inga" (swedish) or "Ingeborg" (German version, which was my grandmothers name). The name also has Hungarian roots, where it was a translation of greek "Helena" . However, most often it is connotated by people with the South American "Incas", an ancient Peruvian culture.

It is a rather rare name in Germany, I didn't meet any other "Inka" till I was around 14 or 15.