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What's my exact name?
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What do my names mean?
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Who won the pool?
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Pool? What Pool?
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What were the guesses?
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If I would have been a girl, what would my
name have been?
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Why is this site in English?
My exact name is Enzo Esper Nathanaël
Rigtering
Enzo
Different sources come up with different explanations. The name has an
Italian origin. It could be derived from the Germanic ent
"giant"; or it could be a short form of names ending in enzo,
such as Vincenzo. Other sources mention "From high origin" and - most
uncomfortable for the father - is a source that says that Enzo means
"Ruler of the home".
Although my parents were not aware of
this at the time the name was fixed - they later heard that the founder
of Ferrari has the same name (Enzo
Ferrari) which in my opinion is not half as bad as when i would
have been called Emil
Esper
is derived from Espen which means Bear God.
Another example that my parents were thinking about names - but not
really thinking through. A very interesting elaboration on my name can
be found here.
Nathanaël
From the Hebrew name Nethane'el which meant "God has given". In
the New Testament this is the name of an apostle also known as
Bartholomew.
I guess I did...
Please find details
here for the origination of the pool.
The number of entries for me was
considerable less - but thanks to the ones who entered the competition.
Beneath you can find an overview of the
pool entries. Between brackets you can find the related gender for the
name: g stands for girl and b stands for boy. To protect the privacy of
the entrants only first names are given.
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Entrant |
Entry |
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Henk-Jan |
Tim (b) |
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Leon |
Sanne (g) |
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Lotte (g) |
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Jitske |
Jesse (b) |
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Jeanne |
Tiedo (b) |
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Sharonne (g) |
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Rifka (g) |
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Ellen |
Thijs (b) |
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Nina (g) |
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Corina and Gino |
Maartje (g) |
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Brammetje (b) |
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Ellis |
Chris (g) |
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Thijs (b) |
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Marloes |
Christan (b) |
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Lisa (g) |
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Agnieszka |
Michael (b) |
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Eamon (b) |
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Beatrice (g) |
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Nastia (g) |
Analysis: 19
names are guessed and 10 of them where girl names while 9 names are boy
names.
Since my parents did explicitly ask to
not reveal my gender before I was born, they had to find a boy's name
and evaluated the girl name they had in mind at the time Reimer was
born. They did not change the original girl name and again my parents
do not reveal the alternative name(s) yet....
This site is in English
because we have a lot of Friends abroad: many are from Germany and
Poland. For these friends it will not always be easy to visit us. Some
parts are Dutch and German as well (look e.g. at the
Birthday card) -
Maybe a full Dutch version
will emerge at a later stage.
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