# Translate your name

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808>\
**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:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/41 "2017-06-30T03:45:28Z")

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Viking  
White  
Dionysius follower

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**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/42 "2017-06-30T04:07:57Z")

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Gift of God [Nameofancientstate] Builds Strong (Things)

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**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/43 "2017-06-30T05:29:58Z")

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Ever-ruler war fortune.

That’s for my IRL name.

Huh.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/44 "2017-06-30T05:46:09Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> 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”.

That sounds intentional. I know some people who do that: a James names their kid Jason or similar.

Speaking of such, the only name I have common enough to reveal here means “he who grasps the heel.” But in French, as it’s a French variation.

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**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/45 "2017-06-30T06:51:18Z")

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A while back, I made up a “what’s your name in Japanese?” list to parody some of the posts I’d been seeing on facebook that basically turned out made up nonsense. For this list, all the names are actual homophones for Japanese words. A couple of them may be a bit obscure.

Mark (マーク) - smudge or speck  
Anna (穴) - hole or anus  
Danny (ダニ) - tick or dust mite  
Billy (ビリ) - loser, last place  
Gary (下痢) - diarrhea  
Dave (デブ) - obese  
Don (鈍) - dull, stupid  
Marie (毬) - burr, clod  
Ed (穢土) - feces  
Karen (苛斂)- oppression  
June (順) - docility, obedience  
Nick (肉) - meat

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-your-name/789808/46 "2017-06-30T13:38:07Z")

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Pleased to meet you all. I’m He Who Honors God From A River In Summerset.

Monograms are rather expensive.

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