Message: "wot does my name and my m8s names mean in spanish?"

wot does my name and my m8s names mean in spanish?

by Jade (guest)

9/5/2005, 9:33 AM

wot do the following names mean in spanish:
Jade

Jen(jennifer)

Jess (jessica)

Christina
Sarah

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- Rene +2

9/5/2005, 12:58 PM

Maybe you mean to ask: What are Spanish variants of the names you give, if there are any?

Jade: I could not find it used as a given name in Spanish, but anyway, the word for jade, the stone, in Spanish is 'jade' as well.

Jen, Jennifer: According to BtN, this could be Genoveva in Spanish, if you see Genevieve as a form of Guinevere, the "precursor" of Jennifer, and not as a separate name - click the links to see the information about these names.

Jess, Jessica: Well, Shakespeare seems to have invented that one, so probably no time yet for the Spanish to develop a separate form. If you look at Iscah, the Hebrew name that maybe was the base for this invention: This name is given in the Spanish bible as Isca.

Christina: That's easy, that would be Cristina.

Sarah: Zarah and Zara are Spanish variants of this name, together with the Spanish pet form Sarita.
Rene www.AboutNames.ch

- Lumia +1

9/6/2005, 1:10 AM

Zarah and Zara are not the Spanish forms of Sarah. The Spanish form of Sarah is Sara.
Zara is the Spanish form of an independent Arabic name (Zahrah). Zarah, with -H, is not a Spanish form.

Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com

- Rene

9/6/2005, 9:21 AM

Thanks for the correction, you are right about Zara.

Germans seem to take Zarah as a form of Sarah, but not the people in in Spain, as you said.

One error less in my database...
Rene www.AboutNames.ch

- ADT +1

9/5/2005, 9:45 AM

The same that they mean in English.
Click: Jennifer Jessica Jade Christina (Cristina) Sarah (Sara)

- mario (guest)

9/30/2005, 4:29 PM

what does it mean

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