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Antonio
June 14th, 2003, 04:51
guess what is her name's meaning
:)

she(i think i should use she) must have been born in Jan .

Mmmm

i think there no reason she call Jan except what i say:D
Jan
June 14th, 2003, 04:54
I was born in October :p
Antonio
June 14th, 2003, 04:59
Originally posted by Jan
I was born in October :p :confused:

Ohhhhhhhh, can i ask why you call Jan

i have been feeling you was born in Jan

there is other meaning about Jan??
Jan
June 14th, 2003, 05:03
Are you named Antonio because you were born in Antonio? :confused: :p
ppx
June 14th, 2003, 05:14
I think her real names Jan...
Antonio
June 14th, 2003, 05:16
Originally posted by Jan
Are you named Antonio because you were born in Antonio? :confused: :p Jan ≠ January??:confused:
Jan
June 14th, 2003, 05:26
Antonio, Jan is a very common name, for both males (Europe) and females.

With females, it can be a shorter version of Janet, Janice, Janette, Janica and a few others. But it can be that they were named Jan, because the parents liked it.
tandoc
June 14th, 2003, 08:21
I know a guy can Jan, but his name is pronounced Yahn.
LeX
June 14th, 2003, 08:54
Originally posted by Antonio
guess what is her name's meaning


she(i think i should use she) must have been born in Jan .

Mmmm

i think there no reason she call Jan except what i say

Originally posted by Antonio
Jan ≠ January??:confused: Are you just pretending to be stupid?
spoonybard
June 14th, 2003, 09:56
Jan, or, Janet, means "God's gracious gift". I'm pretty sure the origin is English.
awayfromforum
June 14th, 2003, 16:13
My full name is Ber Jan Willem Regeer

But, my parents call me Jan-Willem

and to friends i am JW.

Anyways, i am male and am from The Netherlands where "Jan" is a very common guy name, where as in the US its a common name for females.
notnamed
June 14th, 2003, 16:49
Ohh, that means that since my name is Jordan I was born in Israel by the river? Right?
No, I don't think so.
Loonister
June 14th, 2003, 16:52
Originally posted by notnamed
Ohh, that means that since my name is Jordan I was born in Israel by the river? Right?
No, I don't think so.

Phew! Thanks for clearing that up...for a second there I thought you were not named. :p
notnamed
June 14th, 2003, 16:57
Oh right sorry, allow me to hide again behind the face of that...um...pink duck :-/
Antonio
June 14th, 2003, 20:42
Originally posted by notnamed
Ohh, that means that since my name is Jordan I was born in Israel by the river? Right?
No, I don't think so. Jordan :eek:

the greatest basketball player

:D
spoonybard
June 14th, 2003, 20:47
According to babynames.com, the name Jordan means "Descendant" and its orgin is Hebrew.
jmiller
June 14th, 2003, 21:42
It's posts like these that lead to my absence. :rolleyes:
Antonio
June 14th, 2003, 22:53
Originally posted by jmiller
It's posts like these that lead to my absence. :rolleyes: absence for what?
Blank Verse
June 15th, 2003, 02:52
Originally posted by jmiller
It's posts like these that lead to my absence. :rolleyes:

I think I'll join you :p
Jan
June 15th, 2003, 03:13
Maybe you guys should try posting on a Chinese forum and see how you fare ;)
Blank Verse
June 15th, 2003, 03:27
Say Jan, that's a good idea, maybe I'll...no :p
conkermaniac
June 15th, 2003, 04:25
Originally posted by X-Istence


Anyways, i am male and am from The Netherlands where "Jan" is a very common guy name, where as in the US its a common name for females. Yes, the name Jan (pronounced: "Yahn") is a guy's name, and it's of German origin. It's the German equivalent of Jean in French, Juan in Spanish, and John in English. Since Dutch is a Germanic language, I suppose they adopted the name from Germany. :)
notnamed
June 15th, 2003, 09:23
Originally posted by Antonio
absence for what?
He left the forums for a while. These forums, you know.
Antonio
June 16th, 2003, 03:15
Originally posted by Jan
Maybe you guys should try posting on a Chinese forum and see how you fare ;) AH ha

you can make a post in my forums

a real chinese forum

but i think few people here can understand chinese;) :)
trenzterra
June 16th, 2003, 03:48
薩说我不认识华语？！

Just showing off my chinese skills :p

Translated: Who says I don't know Chinese?!

(damn it, vbulletin keeps messing up some of my chinese characters)
GregT
June 16th, 2003, 04:14
Cool guess what my name means according to babynames.com ?



Sorry. That name is not in our database.

I dare anyone to have a better decsription for their name :devious2:
ppx
June 16th, 2003, 05:27
Originally posted by trenzterra
薩说我不认识华语？！

Just showing off my chinese skills :p

Translated: Who says I don't know Chinese?!

(damn it, vbulletin keeps messing up some of my chinese characters)

Its not vbulletin... Its what languages you have installed on your PC... I think anyway.
Antonio
June 16th, 2003, 06:59
Originally posted by trenzterra
薩说我不认识华语？！

Just showing off my chinese skills :p

Translated: Who says I don't know Chinese?!

(damn it, vbulletin keeps messing up some of my chinese characters) i feel it is big5 ,we use gb2312:)

Mmmm we not say like that, we say : 薩说我不认得汉字:)

:p maybe Jan will warn me not to say chinese here:D

and who want to study chinese , i can be your teacher ,it is free:D

and i feel we are off the topic, we are talking about Jan's name.

the modertor lady;)
Antonio
June 16th, 2003, 07:02
Originally posted by CoRN
Cool guess what my name means according to babynames.com ?



I dare anyone to have a better decsription for their name :devious2: by the way,you can create a new word as your name?

in china we can't as the word can't type in the computer,and it means it will create many troubles to you, but english name will not. so i feel you create name more freely:rolleyes:
sophie
June 16th, 2003, 08:10
I was born in Sophie, of course...
Weirds
June 17th, 2003, 16:18
isn't "Jan" a female english name?!
Antonio
June 18th, 2003, 00:02
Originally posted by Weirds
isn't "Jan" a female english name?!

i feel it is now:rolleyes:

but Antonio i feel is a male's name:D
Bruce
June 18th, 2003, 00:12
乱砍 由 汉语 :confused:

I've never met a guy or girl named Jan, so I have reason to believe you're all just making it up... ;)
keith
June 18th, 2003, 00:15
Originally posted by tandoc
I know a guy can Jan, but his name is pronounced Yahn. www.opdebeeck.com <-- my brother' idol is named jan [yahn]
Jan
June 18th, 2003, 00:20
Originally posted by Antonio
but Antonio i feel is a male's name:D
Yes Antonio is a male name :)
Antonio
June 18th, 2003, 02:50
Originally posted by Bruce
乱砍 由 汉语 :confused:

I've never met a guy or girl named Jan, so I have reason to believe you're all just making it up... ;) WAW
you understant chinese??

Mmmm

i have seen a girl called Jan either ;)
Weirds
June 18th, 2003, 05:19
Antonio = 狥ェ而

To me, it looks like some famous people in old days of America.

By the way, Antonio, you are from China right?

I think you have been playing Ragnarok Online.
Remember the monster?:D
Antonio
June 18th, 2003, 09:53
Originally posted by Weirds
Antonio = 狥ェ而

To me, it looks like some famous people in old days of America.

By the way, Antonio, you are from China right?

I think you have been playing Ragnarok Online.
Remember the monster?:D
:( i can't understand the words 狥ェ而

yup , i come from china, i come from suzhou in china, a beautiful place in china:)

Mmm i am not very good at playing games, up to now ,i only play Brood war:)
sophie
June 20th, 2003, 03:11
I've met Jans. There's one Jan teaching PE at my school. Jan, in this case, is short for Janis.
sophie
June 20th, 2003, 03:12
Originally posted by Bruce
I've never met a guy or girl named Jan, so I have reason to believe you're all just making it up... ;)
I've never met a guy named...Silas, but that doesn't give me any means to think it's not a real name.
Weirds
June 20th, 2003, 05:01
Originally posted by Bruce
乱砍 由 汉语 :confused:

I've never met a guy or girl named Jan, so I have reason to believe you're all just making it up... ;)

Yes, Many of us make our names up.

Weirds comes from weird with an "s" at the end to distinguish this is a name.

"Bruce" makes me think of Bruce Lee.
The Red Guy
June 20th, 2003, 06:37
Show me your taekwando!
Antonio
June 20th, 2003, 06:51
Originally posted by sophie
I've met Jans. There's one Jan teaching PE at my school. Jan, in this case, is short for Janis. Jan is teaching PE in your school?:confused:

a cool female teacher i am sure:D
conkermaniac
June 20th, 2003, 12:05
Originally posted by Antonio


a cool female teacher i am sure:D The Jan that sophie is talking about is probably a male. She mentioned that it is short for "Janis", which is a Baltic first name given to males. I know a Latvian person whose first name is Janis. :)
awayfromforum
June 20th, 2003, 18:26
Originally posted by conkermaniac
Yes, the name Jan (pronounced: "Yahn") is a guy's name, and it's of German origin. It's the German equivalent of Jean in French, Juan in Spanish, and John in English. Since Dutch is a Germanic language, I suppose they adopted the name from Germany. :)

Germany adapted it from Dutch ;), this time its the other way around.
Antonio
June 21st, 2003, 04:01
Originally posted by conkermaniac
The Jan that sophie is talking about is probably a male. She mentioned that it is short for "Janis", which is a Baltic first name given to males. I know a Latvian person whose first name is Janis. :) i feel Jan is a male name.:D

and i think many male guys use a female name and so do many

female guys;) am i right?
omert
June 21st, 2003, 09:09
What was the name of the female captain of Voyager? In the German translation it sounds similar.
Jan
June 21st, 2003, 09:39
Kathryn Janeway
omert
June 21st, 2003, 09:46
UUUUpppsss , but it sounds similar ;)
trenzterra
June 21st, 2003, 10:26
Originally posted by Bruce
乱砍 由 汉语 :confused:

I've never met a guy or girl named Jan, so I have reason to believe you're all just making it up... ;) Huh?


Anyhow cut using hanyu?

and antonio, I use gb2312, simplified chinese.:)
Bruce
June 21st, 2003, 11:08
Originally posted by trenzterra
Huh?


Anyhow cut using hanyu?
Babel Fish has never been known for being the most accurate thing in the world.
Hobo
June 21st, 2003, 11:14
Originally posted by Antonio
female guys;)

:confused: :confused: :confused:

How many of those do you know?
Antonio
June 24th, 2003, 02:27
Originally posted by trenzterra
Huh?


Anyhow cut using hanyu?

and antonio, I use gb2312, simplified chinese.:) ohhhhhh you have install a simple chinese system?
The Red Guy
June 24th, 2003, 04:05
Originally posted by Antonio
ohhhhhh you have install a simple chinese system? We follow the Chinese. :D
bloodyveins
June 24th, 2003, 10:25
Jan is short for Janis?
Janis Joplin is a man, right??
Bruce
June 24th, 2003, 11:42
Originally posted by bloodyveins

Janis Joplin is a man, right?? No.
Antonio
June 25th, 2003, 01:44
Originally posted by The Red Guy
We follow the Chinese. :D oh,and we can talk in chinese..


Janis Joplin ,whose name?
Jan
June 25th, 2003, 02:06
Originally posted by Antonio
Janis Joplin ,whose name?
http://www.officialjanis.com/html/main.html
Antonio
June 26th, 2003, 01:36
Originally posted by Jan
http://www.officialjanis.com/html/main.html i have not seen this guy before:o

who is it?
Jan
June 26th, 2003, 01:44
Janis Joplin (female) ;)
HugoLeite
June 26th, 2003, 12:55
Jan it's for sure a short name for Janice.

And about inventing names, here in portugal we are pretty good at it, Antonio is a commonly used name for males such as Silas, but problably Silas has brazilian origins..

Jan is not an unusual name, these are....

Juvenal <------ a friend of mine, male
Januario <------- an ex-teacher, male
...

There are more, when I get more, i will reply them here so you can all see....


:)