The always important "translated surnames"-thread.

[Esko6]

I can start with team Finland. -Nen is irrelevant, means nothing.

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Antero Niittymäki = Niitty is something like an unharvested field, Mäki is a hill
Fredrik Norrena = Swedish, I won't translate these.
Niklas Bäckstöm = swedish

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Teppo Numminen = Nummi is a grassy area
Sami Salo = Salo is a city in western Finland
Kimmo Timonen = Timo is just a male name
Toni Lydman = Swedish
Aki Berg = you can guess
Petteri Nummelin = Swedish
Antti-Jussi Niemi = A cape, not the one you wear
Lasse Kukkonen (backup for Salo) = Kukko is a ****, the bird.

Jukka Hentunen = Probably some old word, I dont know
Olli & Jussi Jokinen = Joki means river
Niko Kapanen = Unknown to me
Mikko & Saku Koivu = Birch
Antti Laaksonen = Valley
Jere Lehtinen = Leaf
Ville Nieminen = see A-J Niemi
Ville Peltonen = Field
Jarkko Ruutu = Ruutu means literally square or diamond (in playing cards)
Teemu Selänne = I would translate Selänne as ridge.
Niklas Hagman = Swedish

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[Habsruleen]

I hate the Maple Lehtinens.

 

[Flukeshot]

Nice I was actually thinking about this the other day. What is the Finnish word for son? I always figured that "-nen" simply meant. ____-son, like Johnson (English), Jonsson (Swedish), Jenssen (Norge/Danish) similar to the O'____ (Irish) or Mc and Mac for the Scots.

 

[Levitate]

all i know is that vyborny means "excellent" or "chosen" in czech

czech names apparently tend to be like that

 

[Esko6]

Nice I was actually thinking about this the other day. What is the Finnish word for son? I always figured that "-nen" simply meant. ____-son, like Johnson (English), Jonsson (Swedish), Jenssen (Norge/Danish) similar to the O'____ (Irish) or Mc and Mac for the Scots.

Son in finnish is poika. There are names like Matinpoika, but they are quite rare. -Nen is probably an old way of saying where someone was from. For example a person named Lahtinen might have been from a house or village called Lahti. But I am not an expert in old names, someone should correct me.

 

[JVR]

Germany

even though they were injured, Sturm and Hecht are on this list because their surnames actually have a meaning

Marko Sturm -----------------storm
Jochen Hecht-----------------pike
Dennis Seidenberg-----------Seide = silk, berg = mountain
Stefan Schauer---------------shower/shiver
Florian Busch-----------------bush
Robert Müller-----------------miller

 

[Nemchinov13]

all i know is that vyborny means "excellent" or "chosen" in czech

czech names apparently tend to be like that

Much like Russian names.

Ovechkin - Ovechka means "little sheep"
Volchenkov - Volchok means "little wolfie"
Kovalev, Kovalchuk - I don't know what Koval means. Probably a Polish/Ukrainian root.
Datsyuk - some Ukrainian name.
Zhukov - Zhuk means "beetle"
Kozlov - Kozel means "male goat" or just a "goat"
Yashin - seems to originate from a Mongolian/Tartar name
Malkin - Malek (?) means "shorty"
Korolyuk - Korol means "king"
Sushinksy - Sushit' means "to dry"
Nabokov - Na Bok means "on the side"
Tyutin - God knows. Probably a Mongolian/Tartar name
Vishnevsky - Vishnya means "cherry"
Markov - Mark is just a name and it means "son of Mark"

 

[BruinsGirl]

Russians:

BRYZGALOV Ilya - Splashing

KOVALEV Alexei.. Koval' - ukrainian version of Kuznetz = Smith

KOVALCHUK Ilya again another version of Koval' = Smith

YASHIN Alexei- there is russian name Yasha (Yakov or Jacob), so may be it's related


AFINOGENOV Maxim Afinogen - old russian name
DATSYUK Pavel - may be came from Dat' - To Give ?

FROLOV Alexander - Frol is the old russian name

GONCHAR Sergei - Gonchar - the Potter

KASPARAITIS Darius - not Russian

KHARITONOV Alexander - Khariton - old russian name

KOROLYUK Alexander - Korol' is King

KOZLOV Viktor - came from Kozel which is Goat, also Kozly - is a place where person who drives a carriage sits (the coachboxes).

MALKIN Evgeni - Malka is a jewish women' name

MARKOV Andrei - Mark is a name

MARKOV Daniil

NABOKOV Evgeni ... not sure "bok" is the side of the body, so may be person who is on his side

NEPRYAEV Ivan have no idea may be from "nepruha" - bad luck ?

OVECHKIN Alexander - Ovtsa is a sheep... Ovechka - is a small sheep.

SOKOLOV Maxim - Sokol is a the Falcon

SUSHINSKY Maxim .. Suho = dry, susha - land ( coast)

TARATUKHIN Andrei

TYUTIN Fedor - have no idea.. Tyutya - is somewhat like a Sissy
VISHNEVSKI Vitali Vishnya = the Cherries

VOLCHENKOV Anton Volk - Wolf

ZHUKOV Sergei - Zhuk - Beetle

 

[Nemchinov13]

Russians:

BRYZGALOV Ilya - Splashing

KOVALEV Alexei.. Koval' - ukrainian version of Kuznetz = Smith

KOVALCHUK Ilya again another version of Koval' = Smith

YASHIN Alexei- there is russian name Yasha (Yakov or Jacob), so may be it's related


AFINOGENOV Maxim Afinogen - old russian name
DATSYUK Pavel - may be came from Dat' - To Give ?

FROLOV Alexander - Frol is the old russian name

GONCHAR Sergei - Gonchar - the Potter

KASPARAITIS Darius - not Russian

KHARITONOV Alexander - Khariton - old russian name

KOROLYUK Alexander - Korol' is King

KOZLOV Viktor - came from Kozel which is Goat, also Kozly - is a place where person who drives a carriage sits (the coachboxes).

MALKIN Evgeni - Malka is a jewish women' name

MARKOV Andrei - Mark is a name

MARKOV Daniil

NABOKOV Evgeni ... not sure "bok" is the side of the body, so may be person who is on his side

NEPRYAEV Ivan have no idea may be from "nepruha" - bad luck ?

OVECHKIN Alexander - Ovtsa is a sheep... Ovechka - is a small sheep.

SOKOLOV Maxim - Sokol is a the Falcon

SUSHINSKY Maxim .. Suho = dry, susha - land ( coast)

TARATUKHIN Andrei

TYUTIN Fedor - have no idea.. Tyutya - is somewhat like a Sissy
VISHNEVSKI Vitali Vishnya = the Cherries

VOLCHENKOV Anton Volk - Wolf

ZHUKOV Sergei - Zhuk - Beetle

Nice.

 

[JVR]

TYUTIN Fedor - have no idea.. Tyutya - is somewhat like a Sissy

 

[BruinsGirl]

Nice.

Thank you!

We posted at the same time... Great minds you know

It was a nice practise!

GO RUSSIA GO!

 

[BruinsGirl]

Germany

even though they were injured, Sturm and Hecht are on this list because their surnames actually have a meaning

Marko Sturm -----------------storm
Jochen Hecht-----------------pike
Dennis Seidenberg-----------Seide = silk, berg = mountain
Stefan Schauer---------------shower/shiver
Florian Busch-----------------bush
Robert Müller-----------------miller

WOW.. English and German are similar languages.

By the way.. when I read german roster on german website ... they used a word
sturm to indicate forwards .

I think Marco's last name is perfect for him.

 

[SENATOR]

Tyutin is an old slavic for tabacco. Khazarian origin. Ukranian tutun.

Yashin is a borrowed tatar name from arabic. Yassin.

Anfinogenov, Kharitonov, Frolov old roman names, orginated in Greece.

Markov. Jewish name..Mark

Sushinsky.. probably Jewish of Yiddish origin

 

[JVR]

WOW.. English and German are similar languages.

By the way.. when I read german roster on german website ... they used a word
sturm to indicat forwards .

I think Marco's last name is perfect for hime.

You're right. A forward (Stürmer) plays in the "Sturm".

 

[Joe MacMillan]

Not on the finnish team, but Toivonen = hope -nen

Sounds good.

 

[arrbez]

I think Jagr means hunter

As in Jagermeister (master hunter or something to that end)

 

[BruinsGirl]

Tyutin is an old slavic for tabacco. Khazarian origin. Ukranian tutun.
Yashin is a borrowed tatar name from arabic. Yassin.

Anfinogenov, Kharitonov, Frolov old roman names, orginated in Greece.

Markov. Jewish name..Mark

Sushinsky.. probably Jewish of Yiddish origin

You are right .. I forgot about tyutyun... (tobacco) and I am from Ukraine (shame on me).. But I think Tyutin is close to Tyutya, no?

 

[Alb Tkachuk]

Germany

even though they were injured, Sturm and Hecht are on this list because their surnames actually have a meaning

Marko Sturm -----------------storm
Jochen Hecht-----------------pike
Dennis Seidenberg-----------Seide = silk, berg = mountain
Stefan Schauer---------------shower/shiver
Florian Busch-----------------bush
Robert Müller-----------------miller

I add:
Alexander Sulzer --- Sulz = aspic
Christian Ehrhoff --- Ehr(e) = honour, hoff(en) = hope
Thomas Greiss --- Greis = old man

 

[JVR]

I think Jagr means hunter

As in Jagermeister (master hunter or something to that end)

That's correct, Jäger is a German name. Lang (long) as well.

There are also:

Matthew Schneider---------------tailor
Robert Esche--------------------- ash tree

(Mike Knuble) Knubbel-----------knob


Switzerland:
Beat Forster-----------------------Förster=forester
Adrian Wichser------------
Mark Streit-----------------------argument/beef/conflict/clash
Olivier Keller--------------------basement
Patrick Fischer------------------fisher

Italy:
Günther Hell-------------------- light/bright
Armin Helfer-------------------- aider, someone who aides/helps

 

[BruinsGirl]

That's correct, Jäger is a German name. Lang (long) as well.
(Mike Knuble) Knubbel-----------knob

Girl .. what city are you from?

 

[lisario]

Russians:
MALKIN Evgeni - Malka is a jewish women' name

I thought I read once that Jewish in Russian was considered an ethnicity, not a religion, and that Jewish people couldn't represent the country in Olympic events. Has this changed since the fall of the Soviet Union?

 

[Riddarn]

Matthew Schneider---------------tailor

Isn't schneider = wood cutter?

 

[JVR]

Girl .. what city are you from?

Hannover (about 80 miles south of Hamburg and 150 miles west of Berlin)

 

[Matti_A]

Great thread, brilliant idea.

Can't help but smile at Ovechkin translating to something like "little sheep" .

 

[Kaizer]

Tyutin is an old slavic for tabacco. Khazarian origin. Ukranian tutun.

How come that nation disapeared in 10th century gave name for tabacco that was brought to russian only in 16th (or so) century