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WHAT DOES IT MEAN!!!
My name is Tiiu (pronounced tee-u). i am female and have been told my name originted from Estonia but no one seems to know what it means. my whole life i have been taunted by this name and i would love to know the meaning behind it
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Hi, Tiiu is a fairly common estonian name. Here in Finland, the local variant is Tiia. Tiiu is used here, too, but it's much rarer. In Finland, Tiiu is almost always used as an affectionate nickname for Tiia. Both names are of the same root as Tia - origins most likely in Spanish/Italian. It is a clipping of a longer name such as Dorothea that end in -thea (Thea -> Thia -> Tia ->Tiia -> Tiiu). And Thea is Greek for "god". I hope this helps!
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN ~?~?~ ok i would lke to knowe what my name means in diffrent langues~!~ i no nothing about my first or last name ~!~ HELP ~!~?~!~?~!~?~!
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Anagram Oracle on StanislassiaStanislassia, here is what the Anagam Oracle thinks of your name:
- Assails Saint
- Sail as saints
- A nail assists
- Sits as a snail
- Tail assassin
- Ass's Italians (and several other unfortunate ones, which I better censor)
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Pavlos - did you ever think this is my real name? :-)
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Actually it would have been much more convincing as a Finnish name if it were spelled Staniislassiia :P
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Actually, no. Stanislassia would be the preferred spelling even in Finnish, no double vowels needed there :-)
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