Message: "The Name Tesho" - Behind the Name

The Name Tesho

by Athena Nike

10/26/2009, 12:15 PM

Does anybody have any idea what the name Tesho could mean? I came across it in a family tree, and apparently, it's a masculine name. However, they didn't list Tesho's ethnic background or other further information. His last name was Shama.

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This message was edited 10/26/2009, 8:55 PM

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- Christo (guest)

10/27/2009, 3:50 AM

The name Tesho (Тешо) could be South-Slavic (Bulgarian, Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, ..).

http://www.imenata.com/name-view-1661.html

The above site claims that the name Tesho is abbreviation of Uteshen/Uteshan which means Consolated.

This site (BTN) gives Arabic origin of the name Shama. The Turkish word şamar (meaning cuff, slap in the face; also a loanword in Bulgarian) could also be an origin of the last name Shama, after shortening.

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

10/26/2009, 4:19 PM

If you found it in a family tree, can you at least give the surname(s) associated with it? That might give a hint as to ethnic background.

- Athena Nike

10/26/2009, 8:55 PM

His last name was Shama.

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