BEHIND AND BEYOND NAMES

What´s behind your name and surname?

Decades ago there were hardly any foreign students in our schools. Nowadays about a quarter of the school population was born in a foreign country. We´ve witnessed some crucial demographic changes and have welcomed many students from nearly all countries. This unit is a tribute to those children and teenagers who had to leave their home countries and found something a bit better under the andalusian sun.

You probably know that the most common Spanish surnames are:

GARCÍA

GONZÁLEZ

RODRÍGUEZ

FERNÁNDEZ

LÓPEZ

MARTÍNEZ

SANCHEZ

PÉREZ

GÓMEZ

MARTIN.

The most common Christian names for men are:

ANTONIO

JOSÉ

MANUEL

FRANCISCO

JUAN

DAVID

And for Spanish women:

María

Carmen

Josefa

Isabel

Ana María

Mª Pilar

Mª Teresa

Ana

Mª Dolores/ Loli

In both English and Spanish there are names which can be used either for a boy or a girl:

BORJA

REYES

FRAN

CHRIS

PAU

SAM

JORDAN

ALEX

DANNI

LES

PAT

BOBBY

MADISON

MORGAN

JAMIE

1. FIND OUT THE COUNTRY THESE SURNAMES ORIGINATED FROM:

ARIDI DADDUK

KHAMAL BATTIKI

PFLIPSEN

MOZZI

TANAKA

O´HANLON

MAC LAREN

DUVIGNAC

IQBAL

VAN DER HEIDE.

2. Christian names which ARE also SURNAMES:

PALOMA

ESTEBAN

MARCELO

MODESTO

OLIVA

LORENZO

JAIME

FELIX

BAUTISTA

BENITO

AMADOR

DOMINGO

PAZ

VENTURA

LEÓN

ORIOL

Etc…Find two more.

3. Some English surnames have A DIRECT EQUIVALENT IN SPANISH.

ABBOT……….

BARBER……….

CURTIS……….

WOLF………..

HILL……………

JEROME……..

KING……….

QUEEN……….

PAGE………..

PORTER………

COOK.............(We´ll miss you John)

4. Upper-class families have long used English double-barreled or even triple barreled surnames. Try to find some Spanish ones:

VANE-TEMPEST-STEWART

LANE-FOX-PITT-RIVERS

ELLIOT-MURRAY-KYNYNMUND

ANDERSON-CARTER-JAMES

EX: ALVAREZ DE CIENFUEGOS……

5. There are seven types of surnames:

OCCUPATIONAL: Smith, Carpenter, Silversmith, Porter,..

DESCRIBING A PERSONAL CHARACTERISTIC: FAIR, BROWN, SHORT,..

FROM AN ENGLISH or SPANISH PLACE NAME :KIPLING,MASLOW

FROM THE NAME OF AN ESTATE:NORTON, MURCIA,..

FROM A GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE: BRIDGE, LAKE,forest; HILL…

PATRONYMIC or ANCESTRAL:JOHNSON,HOWELLS,ANDERSEN,..

SIGNIFYING PATRONAGE: HICKMAN, KILPATRICK,..

6. Find five English or American surnames which are in common everyday use in Spanish.

Ex: Osborne,…….

7. What´s behind these names, which became nouns or adjectives?:

WEAPONS:

MAUSER

COLT

KALASHNIKOV

GATLING

DERRINGER

LUGER

REMINGTON

WINCHESTER

SHRAPNEL

STEN GUN

TOMMY GUN

UZI GUN

OBJECTS:

BIRO

BLOOMERS

CONDOM

GUILLOTINE

LEOTARD

TARMAC

PRALINE

TEDDY BEAR

WELLIES

TUPPERWARE

WRITERS & FICTIONAL CHARACTERS:

ORWELLIAN

KAFKAESQUE

CLERIHEW

QUIXOTIC

ROMEO

SPOONERISM

FAGIN

MICAWBER

ROBINSON CRUSOE

ROBIN HOOD

SCIENCE EPONYMS:

AMPERE

CURIE

DIESEL

FAHRENHEIT

FERMIUM

GALVANISE

GAUSS

GEIGER

JOULE

NEWTON

BECQUEREL

OHM

CELSIUS

COULOMB

ANGSTROM

AVOGADRO

WATT

VOLT

MAXWELL

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS NAMED AFTER SCIENTISTS; (See if you can guess who they are after):
CURIUM
EINSTENIUM
FERMIUM
GADOLINIUM
HAHNIUM
LAWRENCIUM
MENDELEVIUM
RUTHERFORDIUM

PLANTS:

BEGONIA

BOUGANVILLEA

CAMELIA

FREESIA

FRANGIPANI

FUCHSIA

GARDENIA

LOBELIA

MACADAMIA

MAGNOLIA

MARIGOLD

SEQUOIA

WISTERIA

DISEASES & SYNDROMES:

DOWN´S

ALZHEIMER

PAGET´S

CREUTZFELD-JAKOB

PRADER-WILLI

KAPOSI´S SARCOMA

PARKINSON

HODGKIN

ASPERGER

TURNER

8. Find out ABOUT the original people who gave their names to the following:

BOYCOTT

BRAILLE

CYRILLIC

DERRICK

GUY

HOOVER

JACUZZI

LYNCH

MACKINTOSH

SADISM

MASOCHISM

RAMBO

MATA HARI

GUINNESS

i)What follows is just a list of some of our students´ surnames. Try to classify them according to their original countries (This task is more difficult as in the USA Spanish surnames such as Rodríguez or Lopez are becoming part of American culture):

OSLIKOVA
HEIMER
BAUER
KENIRY
SIEGEL
PEARSON
BOUAZZOUNI
CHAKOUBI
MGUAMGUAM
CHEN
LIN
QIANG
NIELSEN
PORTO
JANEIRO
MIZOUARI
COLLICK
YEO
LOCK
BECKER
KRAMPITZ
ROBICHAUD
BADMAEVA
LANGE
ECKERSLEY
WARREN
ALBRECHT
SCHULTE
BAMOHAMED
FUILLERAT
ABONNEAU
BARNWELL

j) Fashions in naming boys and girls have changed.People tend to give their children unisex names,or after famous actors and actresses: Ex: Quincy, Remi,Winter, Ellis, Briar, Indigo,Sage, Sasha, Ray

Find the etymological origin of the following:

AINARA

ADONAIS/ADONIS 
GASTÓN
ARIEL
DENNIS
ABRAHAM
TAMARA
GAEL
AYMEN
ZOUHEIR
JADE
ABRIL/AVRIL
YERAY
SARAY
CIRO
THALIA
MELISSA
ABIGAIL
YAIZA
MIRELLA
JAIRO
GIOVANNI
SHANIA
MARVIN
SABINE
DAWN
VIOLANTE/YOLANDA
YVON
HECTOR
CÉSAR
SABRINA
YASMINA
ARACELI
SHEILA
SHELLEY

k) Find the Spanish equivalent of the following expressions:

ACHILLES´ HEEL
ADAM´S APPLE
CAESAR SALAD
CASSANDRA
SWORD of DAMOCLES
DOW-JONES INDEX
GORDIAN KNOT
LOGANBERRY
LORELEI
MESMERIZE
OCKAM´S RAZOR
PANDORA´S BOX
PAVLOVA
SANDWICH
VENN DIAGRAM

l) See which products are advertised behind these trade marks:

ROBERTSON´S
AVON
BOVRIL
HEINZ
HORLICKS
HP
LEA&PERRINS
WORCESTER
SCHOLL
VICKS
WALLS
WRIGLEY´S
YALE

m) Some Christian names characterize the person or even mark their characters deeply NOMEN OMEN as the Romans used to say:

PRUDENCE
LIBERTY
PEACE/ PAZ
DOLORES
ANGUSTIAS
MODEST
HORACE
VICTORIA
MAXIMILIAN
HOPE/ ESPERANZA
CARIDAD
FE/ FAITH
JULIO CÉSAR.
EVARISTO
INOCENCIO

n) Traditionally feminine Christian names end in -a and masculines in -o. However, this is not always the case as we have some feminine names ending in -o:

ROCÍO
AMPARO
MARTIRIO
SOCORRO
SAGRARIO
PRADOS
LORETO

Add two more

Masculine names ending in -a(s)

WAMBA
DIMAS
WALIA
ELIA
EGICA
LUCA(S)
GORKA
IRA
MATÍAS

Add two more

Ñ) Christian names have featured geographical marks or shrines.See where in Spain you can find the following;

GÁDOR
VALVANERA
CABEZA
FUENSANTA
COVADONGA
ALMUDENA
IRATI
VALLE
GUADALUPE
CASTELLAR
AITANA

o) Name your pet in an original way:

p)ROUND THE WORLD NAMES: Which culture or countries would you associate with the names below?;
ABRAHAM       VLADIMIR     ENZO           RAJIV                        KEIKO
ISAAC                 IVAN              MARCO       RABINDRANATH  ATSUKO
MOSES                FJODOR       STEFANO     PRAKASH              MASANORI

COLIN               ABDELMAJIK  TERJE        HELMUT         MONTSERRAT
GEORGE            DRISS               INA             DIETER            OLIVER
JOHN                 SALIH                BIRGIT       HANS              JORDI

DILMA             GORKA          SOFÍA              COLETTE          SEAMUS
DEVANIZIO    ARÁNZAZU  ARISTOTELES  FRANCOISE    KEENAN
EDSON            UNAI             APOSTOLOS      PIERRE             KELLY

ZSA ZSA                 ISWEL          LAM
LADISLAV(laszlo)  EVAN           CHUN
JANOS                      LLOYD      QUONG

q) Create an anagram from your name and surnames. For instance: GEORGE BEST becomes GO GET BEERS

r) A fashionable name in 2016 can quickly become outdated tomorrow.
    Reflect on the recent changes in naming boys and girls: From Kevin, Oscar,
    Ezekiel,...to Joaquina, Ofelia,Gwendoline, Jennifer, etc..
    The most popular and strangest baby names in 2016 are:
    SANSA, AUDI, TOKYO, BROOKLYN; APPLE, XZAYVIAN, AITANA;etc..

s) Make up your funny combinations of christian names and surnames.Exs:
     Luz Cuesta Mogollón
     Dolores Fuertes Barriga
     Crystal Ball
     April Weeks
     Anita Job
     Barb Dwyer
     Gladys Friday

t) A bit of geography related to Christian saints´ names: Where in the  world would you find...:?

SANTIAGO  (Chile, Cuba,Spain,..)
SAN FRANCISCO
SANTO DOMINGO
SAN JUAN
SAN JOSE
SAN FERNANDO
SAN QUENTIN
SAN JOAQUÍN
SANTAFE
SAN JUAN DE CAPISTRANO
SAN JACINTO
SAN ANTONIO
SAN DIEGO

u) Find the etymology and original meaning of your own name and surnames: Exs:

VIVIAN: Full of life
VALERIE:Strong
SAMANTHA:She who listens
NATALIA:Born at Christmas
CAITLIN:Pure
ALISON:Light of the sun
ABIGAIL:Father´s joy
EILEEN:Light of the sun
NICHOLAS: Victory of the people
EDWARD:Happy guardian

v)Write an acrostic of your name or surnames.Ex: Eve
Every
Vital
Experience

A boat, beneath a sunny sky
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July -

Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,...(Lewis Carroll  Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland)


Regions of Nothingness turn fast with hope,
Ascend to the being as he touches them
Freely and happily like a rock
Asteroid zooming down a slope
Ever the slow avalanche, axis of his orb,
Love´s thief of dusks chocolate and strawberry.....

(Homage to Rafael Pérez Estrada by Jesús Aguado)

w) Historical Dynasties and Dyniceties:

Why are these  families famous?
The Medici
The Borgias
The Windsors
The Kennedys
The Caesars
The Bourbons
The Napoleons
The Ming
The Ptolemaic

x) Tell us about your family nickname or your school nickname.

y) Choose an original name for your future baby, for example,

BOYS: Craig, Florian, Ken, Rudolf, Godric, Quentin, Lucifer,Akhenaton, Tutankhamen, etc..

GIRLS: Asia, Mia, Moon, Niamh, Saffron, Saskia,Delilah, Artemis, Dolly, Nefertiti,Hipatia, etc..

z) names often confused: Madonna-Maradona; Schlegel- Scheler_Schiller; etc..

ç) What would you call jokes....
 What would you call an irishman hanging from a ceiling?
 Sean D´Ólier
 What would you call a bullet that came back?
 Rick O´Shea
 What would you call the children of the corn´s father?
 POP corn
 What would you call an alligator in a vest?
 An investigator
 What would you call a group of unorganised cats?
 A cat-astrophe.

ç+) Some nouns sound better in one language than in another, for instance
Matthew sounds better than Mateo; Does Aurora sound better than Dawn?
Reflect on this and give us some examples and explain why you think it sounds
better in one language than in another...

* +) Some famous writers changed their names to become more appealing.
        Who´s behind these names and surnames?:
        Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto
        G.A. Domínguez Bastida
        J. Ramón J. Mantecón
       Mary Anne Evans
       Félix R. García Sarmiento

      Give three other examples:

**+ The school with strange staff names:
RECAREDO
RESTITUTO
ERUNDINO
REMIGIO
MACARIO
FULGENCIO
IRENEO
SECUNDINO
BALBINO
TIBURCIO
EUSTAQUIO
EUFRASIO
SATURIO
PETRONILA
HENAR
ERÉNDIRA
LEOVIGILDO
ALMENDRA

Make up your own list of strange(no longer fashionable) names

**++
Untranslatable proper names from oine language to another:
ANGUSTIAS
DOLORES
AMPARO
COLLEEN / COLLIN
BATHSHEBA

Give two more examples

¡+Ç
Short forms of Christian names:
INA-TINA-MARTINA
FINA-ADOLFINA-JOSEFINA-SERAFINA
ISA-LISA-ELISA-FELISA
ANA_ELIANA-MARIANA
ELODY-MELODY
Give three more examples if you can

?¿ *+ Some suffixes indicate origin,son of: sen/son/mc/mac/ EZ in Spanish.
Guess who the following surnames originate from:


FERNÁNDEZ
PÉREZ
RAMÍREZ
NÚÑEZ
JIMÉNEZ
SÁNCHEZ
ÁLVAREZ
DOMÍNGUEZ
MARTÍNEZ
RODRÍGUEZ

The Unnamable : In Germany very few people are named Adolf, after the tragic memory of the Nazi leader. Which names would you never give your child? As a clue, the following were fashionable names a hundred years ago: Gregoria, Ezequiela, Gabriela, Serafina, etc..

       

            Full Stop.Period The controversy over naming your baby LOBO.
            In the summer of    2016  the Spanish court finally agreed to let a couple name
                                        their new born baby WOLF. What special name would you choose for your
                                        new born baby? Remember ATAULFO means WOLF.
                                        If you can call your child LEÓN or PALOMA, why not LOBO?

 Final After thought project
ALL GREAT NAMES IN HISTORY are CALLED:
JOSEPH,or ROBERTor JOHN or FERDINAND  or ELIZABETH  or MARY  or SOPHIA  or JULIA
EXs: Joseph of Nazareth, Joseph Conrad, Joseph Priestley, José Martí, José Saramago, José Rizal,
         José Zorrilla, José de San Martín, José R. Copacabana, Josep Carreras, Chief Joseph,
           J.Merrick, J.Stalin, J. McCarthy, J. Goebbels, J. Fiennes, J, Brodsky.....
           Find out who they were and why they are important in our history.