carjackmalone
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Poster is from Pennsylvania, so I trust their knowledge of the German language(Derek) Engelland is a German surname meaning England.
And of German ancestry, though I don't actually speak the language. The name was too similar for the etymology to be radically different, though, so I looked it up.Poster is from Pennsylvania, so I trust their knowledge of the German language
From Husum in Schleswig which is now German but used to be Danish. Many young men fled conscription to North America at the time.(Derek) Engelland is a German surname meaning England.
In Spanish you can have someone named Armando Elano. Which literally translates to “building the anus”.
Eduardo Elano Mällinen would be the ultimate name lulzzzzIn Finland you have real surname "Mällinen" that means covered in c*m.
In Finland you have real surname "Mällinen" that means covered in c*m.
Ruotsalainen, Virolainen, Venäläinen... For example, Reijo Ruotsalainen who was a pretty good NHL player. Ruotsalainen is "Swedish" in Finnish.Yeah baby, its Summer.
What i noticed is this little curiosity. Only in Czech or Slovakia you have players, that have nationality as a surname. For Example:
Simon Nemec aka Simon German
Pavel Francouz aka Pavel French
Tomas Slovak
Petr Cech aka Petr Czech
Why dont we have John Canada? Or Mike American?
Is this common in Sweden, Finland?
True. I do believe, though, for example, that we have to wait to get a player called "Johnny United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" for a while. Might as well pick the almosties ?Holland is a region of the Netherlands, but almost!
Difference is that England is a country, Northern Ireland is a country, Scotland is a country etc.True. I do believe, though, for example, that we have to wait to get a player called "Johnny United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" for a while. Might as well pick the almosties ?
Edit: can I offer you a Steven Finn here?
Ex BC Lion, Tom EuropeOh, we have Canada as a last name alright. I give you, CFL Legend Tom Canada - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Canada
America is different. It is based off of the name of the continent, and I don't think I have heard any continents as a last name. I mean, we have heard of Steve French, but not Steve Europe.
The real answer is that most surnames come from outside of the Americas originally. Most people immigrated here, and naming conventions for people indigenous to the Americas wouldn't have the colonial names for locations as part of the naming conventions,
Except in America because we’re a young nation lolSo to summarize, this exists in basically every language and the premise of the entire thread is false.
Does Nemec really count? According to Wikipedia it means German,mute (or "(he) does not speak (Slavic). Word for German is Deutsch.
I'll also add that although Germany is called Germanija in the Russian language, the German people are still called Nemcy
Fully agree. Now if they were talking about Romanian surnames...Poster is from Pennsylvania, so I trust their knowledge of the German language
German and French are not Nationalities, they are languages. Their last names aren't Germany and France, which would be the equivalent of Canada. Canada and American aren't equivalent either, it would be Canadian and American (though you'd then have people suggesting Canadian's are Americans as well as it's North America).Yeah baby, its Summer.
What i noticed is this little curiosity. Only in Czech or Slovakia you have players, that have nationality as a surname. For Example:
Simon Nemec aka Simon German
Pavel Francouz aka Pavel French
Tomas Slovak
Petr Cech aka Petr Czech
Why dont we have John Canada? Or Mike American?
Is this common in Sweden, Finland?