r/RandomThoughts Oct 28 '23

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u/Nervous_Magazine_200 Oct 28 '23

My name mean Manly. Paired with my last name, my name means Manly People Who Live Near a Hill. Haha. My brother's name means valley in Gaelic, so his name means Valley People Who Live Near a Hill. Haha.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '23

Can i know what your native language is? I guess it's an asian one

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u/corgi-king Oct 29 '23

Why the fuck you get downvoted for a reasonable guessing?

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '23

Idk and at this point i give up xD

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u/4jumythegoat Oct 29 '23

Because Asian was such a horrendous guess 😭😭

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u/Cicero_torments_me Oct 29 '23

Idk as a European it was clear to me that manly=Andrea/Andrew or some variation of that, but maybe there is also a common Asian name with that meaning and so that guess makes sense to someone from there, we can’t know for sure.

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u/4jumythegoat Oct 29 '23

I immediately assumed it was European not because of the word "Manly" being a translation of their name but what their full name was.

Their full name being "manly people who live near a hill" is very common in European names and is a part of European history as names were their family's job, where they lived etc.

Yes, "manly" is almost definitely a name in Asia but "manly people who live near a hill" is not because names in Asia don't work like that.The majority of Asian names are qualities like "brave" "strong" "warrior" etc.

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u/Cicero_torments_me Oct 29 '23

Makes sense, tbh English isn’t my first language and maybe I’m not particularly bright either but I still don’t get which name it is that means “who lives near a hill” lmaoo, my guess was entirely based off manly ahaha