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Hi Names People,
My first name's Wilkin and I'm a (guy)friend of Davidh's daughter Laura (Utah). I'd like to get some information on the meaning of my name, because I've never met another person with the same first name.
My mother told me my grandmother found it in a historical novel, and she (Gram) thought it was an old English form of the name William. My parents liked it, but don't know more than that and Gram's gone now.
I asked my English instructor at Eastern Kentucky, but she didn't have any knowledge of the name. Davidh checked Google and found lots of people last-named Wilkin, but no first names. He said to check with you guys (I'm using his PC), and that you'd probably make something up if you didn't know :p .
He also said to remind you it's a Satanic name. I'm not sure I like that, but if it'll help get an answer what the heck.
Thank you,
Wil Prescott
My first name's Wilkin and I'm a (guy)friend of Davidh's daughter Laura (Utah). I'd like to get some information on the meaning of my name, because I've never met another person with the same first name.
My mother told me my grandmother found it in a historical novel, and she (Gram) thought it was an old English form of the name William. My parents liked it, but don't know more than that and Gram's gone now.
I asked my English instructor at Eastern Kentucky, but she didn't have any knowledge of the name. Davidh checked Google and found lots of people last-named Wilkin, but no first names. He said to check with you guys (I'm using his PC), and that you'd probably make something up if you didn't know :p .
He also said to remind you it's a Satanic name. I'm not sure I like that, but if it'll help get an answer what the heck.
Thank you,
Wil Prescott
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Thanks for helping Wil out, Nan. I was pretty sure of the answer but couldn't locate a definitive source.
But one thing bothers me - Wil's a good friend of my daughter's boyfriend (and my daughter), and those guys come over here from campus to watch wrestling and BattleBots, drink my stray Newcastle, use up my R/W CDs, and practically wear out my new Hendrix box set til all hours. None of that's a real problem, but then they SPELL MY NAME WRONG when they post? Oh, the ingratitude!
Thanks for helping Wil out, Nan. I was pretty sure of the answer but couldn't locate a definitive source.
But one thing bothers me - Wil's a good friend of my daughter's boyfriend (and my daughter), and those guys come over here from campus to watch wrestling and BattleBots, drink my stray Newcastle, use up my R/W CDs, and practically wear out my new Hendrix box set til all hours. None of that's a real problem, but then they SPELL MY NAME WRONG when they post? Oh, the ingratitude!
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I'm sure he was just subconciously spelling your name Satanic-style, out of respect for you, Daividh. :)
He sounds like a nice guy, and a good friend for Rural Utah to have hanging around. Because "Wilkin Prescott" anagrams into "Wilkin Protects."
Of course, it also anagrams into "Sicklewort Pint" and "Cowslip Trinket", but I'll leave another psy-chick (or psy-guy) to interpret those.
What's Rural Utah's boyfriend's name, BTW?
-- Nanaea
Heheh, I'm still laffin' over your "lest I get smacked in the head with a bag of Tater Tots." :D I've been waiting for Mrs. Potato Head to come back and get fried over something else around here, so I can MASH 'er, this time. But she hasn't obliged. I wanna kick some mo' spud. :)
He sounds like a nice guy, and a good friend for Rural Utah to have hanging around. Because "Wilkin Prescott" anagrams into "Wilkin Protects."
Of course, it also anagrams into "Sicklewort Pint" and "Cowslip Trinket", but I'll leave another psy-chick (or psy-guy) to interpret those.
What's Rural Utah's boyfriend's name, BTW?
-- Nanaea
Heheh, I'm still laffin' over your "lest I get smacked in the head with a bag of Tater Tots." :D I've been waiting for Mrs. Potato Head to come back and get fried over something else around here, so I can MASH 'er, this time. But she hasn't obliged. I wanna kick some mo' spud. :)
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I'll bet Daividh didn't tell you to ask us to anagram it.
Hi, Wilkin! Any friend of Daividh's and Rural Utah's is a sun-fried roof! ("friend of ours", in Anagramese.)
Daividh's probably told you already that "Wilkin" means "Li'l William", but here's the 'net reference source to verify the fact that "Wilkin" started out as a diminutive of "William" before it become better-known as a surname:
http://bertrand.carcosa.net/~jmcbray/mirrors/www.flick.com/onomastikon/Modern-England/Surnames/Surnames.htm
And, yes indeed, "Wilkin" *is* a coooool Satanic name! How absolutely diabolical of Daividh to have spotted that! :)
-- Nanaea
Hi, Wilkin! Any friend of Daividh's and Rural Utah's is a sun-fried roof! ("friend of ours", in Anagramese.)
Daividh's probably told you already that "Wilkin" means "Li'l William", but here's the 'net reference source to verify the fact that "Wilkin" started out as a diminutive of "William" before it become better-known as a surname:
http://bertrand.carcosa.net/~jmcbray/mirrors/www.flick.com/onomastikon/Modern-England/Surnames/Surnames.htm
And, yes indeed, "Wilkin" *is* a coooool Satanic name! How absolutely diabolical of Daividh to have spotted that! :)
-- Nanaea
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