# Translate your name **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808 "2017-06-25T04:11:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/21 "2017-06-25T16:24:30Z")
My given name is “Consecrated to God” or “my God is bountiful.” The diminutive, which is my nickname, means “house”. ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/22 "2017-06-25T16:29:19Z")
Real name, born handsome, duke, man screen name, well just say it aloud, phonetically-like, while thinking HHGTTG ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/23 "2017-06-25T16:42:30Z")
My real last name translates in different ways in French. Anything from ‘evil’ to ‘clever’ depending on which French speaker you ask. But it’s most probably the name of a town in the Ukraine where my grandfather’s family was from. My first name means ‘rich guard’ in Old English. Kind of dull. My username means the same. My user name means ‘WTF’ in every language. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/24 "2017-06-25T18:00:03Z")
Jesus riding a wolf. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/25 "2017-06-25T18:16:26Z")
After being bitten by a radioactive lemur I became furryman! Just kidding. Real first name translates as Courage. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/26 "2017-06-25T18:24:57Z")
Humble Farmer-Who-Works-With-Horse-Teams. Not gonna say which language, you might be able to work backwards into my non-famous real name. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/27 "2017-06-25T22:15:16Z")
Who is like God? A redhead. Apparently, my name is a protest against those who think gingers have no souls. I’m not a carrot-top myself, but I did marry one. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/28 "2017-06-25T22:33:08Z")
Truthful one, noble, exalted (Old German) Famous Warrior (French) Jack, Knave, or King Wenceslas (German) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/29 "2017-06-25T22:42:46Z")
Sunrise Wished for Beloved ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/30 "2017-06-25T22:58:12Z")
My first name and last name cancel each other out, meaning I have no meaning. I am “from the valley from the hill.” ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/31 "2017-06-26T03:08:03Z")
Harvester Head of Household Seems fairly appropriate for a long-time widowed offspring of two farming families. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/32 "2017-06-26T06:09:03Z")
Date palm tree Bitter Ram. Rolls right off the tongue, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/33 "2017-06-26T11:59:12Z")
As I pointed out in a thread several months ago, if you translate the names of a lot of people they end up sounding like translated names of “primitive” groups. Even though the sections of the names are derived from several languages. My real name translates as “Crowned Wolf”. My wife (Pepper Mill to those on this Board) is “Forest Girl”. Our daughter MilliCal is something like “Royal Forest Wolf”. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/34 "2017-06-26T13:31:45Z")
In literal order, it makes very little sense, so I’ve taken a little liberty for clarity’s sake. I am: _ **The Viking Cow-peeler from the Peaceful Territory** _. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/35 "2017-06-26T17:13:10Z")
From one of those "what does your name mean websites: Handsome Pear. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/36 "2017-06-26T17:47:09Z")
I am a Wandering Minstrel, and don’t even need a site to tell me that - both my first and last name IRL have everyday meanings, and if you think about them for a moment, that’s what they add up to. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/37 "2017-06-26T18:39:36Z")
Behold, a sword. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/38 "2017-06-26T18:52:10Z")
Lord of the Forest Meadow, as I discovered in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=817967). ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/39 "2017-06-26T19:04:56Z")
I am the SUPPLANTER. Big deal, i.e. one who takes the place of another. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/40 "2017-06-26T20:36:03Z")
Young puppy of the God of Fire. Who’s a good boy??? ID here: Elf-cleaver. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808.md?page=3)