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I'd like to know the meanings of three names:
Wenche - this is Norwegian and pronounced VEN-keh. It's a girls' name, but what does it mean?
Bode - like Bode Miller. Where does his name come from?
Chemmy - saw this name on TV, it's the name of an American (I think) downhill skier (a woman). What can it be a nickname for?
People are just people.
They shouldn't make you nervous.
The world is everlasting
~Regina Spektor
Wenche - this is Norwegian and pronounced VEN-keh. It's a girls' name, but what does it mean?
Bode - like Bode Miller. Where does his name come from?
Chemmy - saw this name on TV, it's the name of an American (I think) downhill skier (a woman). What can it be a nickname for?
People are just people.
They shouldn't make you nervous.
The world is everlasting
~Regina Spektor
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"Chimene "Chemmy" Mary Alcott (born July 10, 1982 in Twickenham, Middlesex, Greater London) is the current British number one alpine skier. Named after Sophia Loren’s character in the 1961 film El Cid."
- Taken from Wikipedia.org.
Chimene seems to be French, from the name Ximena. which I guess in French would be pronounced like shimeena.
- Taken from Wikipedia.org.
Chimene seems to be French, from the name Ximena. which I guess in French would be pronounced like shimeena.
This message was edited 2/20/2007, 2:53 PM
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Thanks to both of you!
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Bode
This is what the "Dictionary of American Family Names" ed. Hanks, P. has for the surname Bode:
1.Dutch and German: occupational name for a messenger or representative, Dutch bode, Middle Low German bode. A bode was a medieval official with a variety of different functions.
2.German and Danish: from the North German personal name Bodo, a derivative of Old Saxon bodo ‘messenger’.
3.North German and Dutch: a topographic name from Middle Low German bode, bude ‘booth’, ‘small house’.
4.Danish: habitational name from a place named Bode.
This is what the "Dictionary of American Family Names" ed. Hanks, P. has for the surname Bode:
1.Dutch and German: occupational name for a messenger or representative, Dutch bode, Middle Low German bode. A bode was a medieval official with a variety of different functions.
2.German and Danish: from the North German personal name Bodo, a derivative of Old Saxon bodo ‘messenger’.
3.North German and Dutch: a topographic name from Middle Low German bode, bude ‘booth’, ‘small house’.
4.Danish: habitational name from a place named Bode.
This message was edited 2/18/2007, 3:20 AM
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Wenche and Bode
Hi Caprice,
Wenche is a Norwegian variant spelling of Wenke which is a Low German pet name for German names containing Win- or -win:
Old High German wini = 'friend'
http://www.nordicnames.de/pojk_v/-vin.html
There is a German name Bode, which is a short form of names containing Bod- or Bot-:
Old Saxon bodo / Old High German boto = 'lord, ruler', later misinterpreted as 'messenger' (German Bote = 'messenger')
http://www.nordicnames.de/flick_b/Bot.html
Hi Caprice,
Wenche is a Norwegian variant spelling of Wenke which is a Low German pet name for German names containing Win- or -win:
Old High German wini = 'friend'
http://www.nordicnames.de/pojk_v/-vin.html
There is a German name Bode, which is a short form of names containing Bod- or Bot-:
Old Saxon bodo / Old High German boto = 'lord, ruler', later misinterpreted as 'messenger' (German Bote = 'messenger')
http://www.nordicnames.de/flick_b/Bot.html
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