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Roxy Mathew Koll is a Climate Scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology. He also dons the role of an amateur naturalist, writer, web designer, photographer, and publisher—based on demand.
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Can you tell me the English equivalent of Valsamma??
There is no English Equivalent of Valsamma. it is the extension of valsala which means parental love. May be it was given as a name because Mother Mary was also known as Valsala Mathaavu.
can you tell the english equivalent of fiya
Hi, Anybody knows the equivalent of Vincent
Vinci or Vinsy.
Pappan is a Greek name also heard in some french islands ,,,ommen is a place in Netherlands Dutch ,a dutch commander during the year 1694 to 1696 was Mr Adriaan van ommen ,who was posted in dutch Malabar originally from a Sephardic jewish family migrated from arab peninsula to Spain ,and due to spanish inquisition remigrated to Netherlands ommen in 1490 ,,,ommen must be derived from jewish name Oman,Onan,ornan,
Oommen is the shortened version of Thommen which is Indianisation or say Malayalam version ofThomas, one of the disciples of Jesus who as per the legend brought gospel to India in 1st century AD.
It actually came from Joseph’s malayalam version which is Joseph, Ousepp, Ouseppachan, then Pappachan. pappan ia also the malayalam version of Grandfather which is otherwise known as Appappan, then ippappan father’s brother and so on. But generally it is the pet name of the people whose baptism name is Joseph
Is Chachiamma same as Chachamma (Susan)? If not , what is equivalent in English for Chachiamma?
From rachel
Chachamma from Rachel ,Raahael
is Kurien derived from Curran, an Irish name ?
FYI, Kuriakose is not a mystery. It is not from Cyril.
kurios (Greek) is ‘lord’. Kuriakos means ‘belonging to or associated with the Lord’. The English word ‘church’ (Scottish Kirk) is derived from kuriakos. It is still used as a Greek name.
KurIan ,kuriakose is a Greek-name
I like to thank the guy who created this name thing. hats off brother. I like to know the English version of my baptism name “Gervais” if you know it can you please let me know it.
Geevargheese short form? Just a guess.
It should be Jeremiahs
Slight correction. Kurian originated from Κυριακός (Greek, “Kyriakos”). Ciriaco was derived from the same and came later.
Also, in my family Habel is Pappachan. But Habel is not a common name, so pappachan must have different origins.
Can anybody help me to know the origin of Papachan,
This is my baptism name, Hence I quite interested to know about this name.
Thank you
Pappan is a Greek name ,,ex pappandrios
Vincent is Vinny, Vinu, any Vinci
Pappachan was originated from Peter. Other names derived from Peter are Pathros, Pathappan .
Hi there
Was curious about the origin of the name Korah
Kunjkorah was my grandfather
In the bible Korah was the rebellious cousin of moses, surely not a name to pick !
Yes korah was from Aaron bloodline ,and they are ordained for priesthood,, but they rebelled against Aaron aNd moses ,snd was cut off ,but few escaped
Yes korah was the decedent’s of Aron ,and they were ordained for priest hood ,,but they rebelled against Aaron and moses ,and was cut off from the earth ,,but few escaped
KoraH is a jewish nAME ,of tHe decedent’s of Aaron ,,and they were ordained for temple works ,,but they rebelled with Aaron and Moses ,and wete punished By god and were cut off ,but few of them were spared
Do the name chackochan have any resemblance to the english name James? Because I used to observe the feast of St. James as the feast of my patron
Jacob,yakov,yakoob is chacko
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Hi Roxy,
Thank you for this wonderful plethora of information.
Me and my wife were discussing baby names and for some reason my mind was affixed on ‘Yakob’ & ‘Yohan’ (assuming 2 baby boys do come into our world; haven’t made up my mind on baby girl names as yet).
Although, I always had a special affinity towards traditional naming conventions I wasn’t particularly sure if the name ‘Yakob’ may be perceived as more Muslim than a Christian name and create differences in opinion etc.
However, your site seems to have resolved my concerns.
Thanks and keep up the good work 🙂
Cheers
Ajay
P.S.: Still clueless about my first name though 🙂
Hi,
Could anyone tell equivalent name for Thankamma.
Hi Mariam, Thankamma is more or less a pet name. Thankam means pure gold. adding amma and mol to such names was common in olden days, mostly given to youngest of the lot or or the one they expected to be the last one last one. Malayalees who are known as educated folks usually make so many mistakes while naming the babies. One of my friend’s name is Nishad which means ‘savage’ or kaattaalan. Haha
English equivalent of achiamma please?
Susan is the English equivalent of Achamma.
It is Rebecca. Initially it was Akkaammaa and then Ackamma and then achchammaa. Father’s mothers are also known as achamma which means Achante amma. Sheeba, Betty and Besty also came from Rebecca and Betsheba.