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My name, Annelise, is a beautiful blend of Ann and Elise. This Old German name stems from Latin roots and means "graced with God' s bounty" . When my father decided this name for me, he wanted to find an original name different from his mother' s one, Anna, that he considered too traditional and common. He made me a great gift and trick at the same time because I like it but every time I introduce myself with my name people need its spelling!

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My name is Anna Maria and this name is the union of two very famous holies in Italy. I celebrate the name date on 26 of july.
Anna and Maria are the name of my aunts, and are also the name of my little nephew.
I live in Sicily, in Marsala, very famous town for the landscape, wind and Blue sea.

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My name is Antonia. My name comes from the Greek "anthos" and means flower. I come from Sicily, where I live with my husband Pavel and my daughter Elena. In Italy many people are called Antonia. The color associated with Antonia's name is green. I celebrate the name day on June 13th.

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Apostolos
Hi there! My name, Apostolos, means messenger or ambassador, in fact, in the christian tradition, messenger of God. I was given the name after a local saint, as an honor for saving my life and my mother's during my difficult childbirth.In Greece it is usual, at least in the past, for children to be named after their grandparents as an honor for them and a so called continuation of their name, a virtual immortality by proxy. Nowadays, children are given more unusual names in fashion names, also some other names are considered outdated.

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My name means 'clear' or 'cheerful'. The 'clear' meaning comes from weather, where the 'vedar' means cloudless sky. There wasn't any particular reason for the name, other than my parents liked it. I was born in the city of Osijek, in the east of Croatia. Nowdays it seems the most popular choices in my region are either really traditional ones or really unusual modern ones.

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Hello, my name means Messanger....the Angels being one of  the Christian God's ways to communicate with humans. In particular my name recalls the Guardian Angels, those that protect individuals from evil. As in many cases in Italian families, I bear my grandfather's name, but that's only part of the story.....more when we meet...
Last but not least I am glad about the meaning of my name because as a teacher I do like to convey messages....not God's messages but cultural messages.....and finally my name is quite international and I am so glad about that too!

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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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Hallo everybody,
my name is Monique, because my mother loves this name. The name has the meaning „the beauty“ and „the unique“.
I was born in London. But with seven weeks I came back to Germany with my mother. Now I live in Siegen - somewhere in the middle of Germany between Cologne and Frankfurt- with my husband and my two wonderful kids.

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My name is Thilo. The meaning of my name is "ruler of the people". Maybe my parents dreamed of a career as a politician :-), but I let them down. I was born near Siegen, about 100km between Cologne and Frankfurt. I think, in Germany some parents chose a name paying attention to the meaning (not my parents..), others look for a name in the top10-lists to follow the mainstream, some give their children the name of the grandparents, because some of these old names become popular again.

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My name is Benjamin. In Hebrew it means the youngest son or the son of the south. Actually I'm the youngest son in my familly.
I was born in the east of Germany near Dresden, a beautiful city full of culture. Nowadays the parents are free in their choice, some families give the name of the mother/ the father as second name. For exemple my brother got the name of my father as second name. But I d'ont have a second name.

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My name is Adriana. It’s a name of Latin origin, it means inhabitant of Hadria. Now Adria is a small town near Venezia in the Veneto, region of northern Italy but in ancient times it was such a famous center that it gave its name to the Adriatic sea.
I was born in the southern Italy and in our culture it’s customary to give children the same name as their grandparents as an inheritance but my grandmother did not want me to inherit her destiny and so the tradition was not respected.

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My name derives from the word argyros, meaning silver (cf Latin argentum, from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂erǵ- [formerly reconstructed as *arǵ-], meaning "white" or "shining").
As in many other countries/cultures in Greece too, where we are still quite traditional when it comes to certain things, our parents choose, or, in a way, are forced to bestow upon us the name of our grandparents when we are baptized. It is considered a gesture of respect, honor, and love towards their parents.