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[Facts] Does anyone...
...know the meaning of my name? Because I can't find it anywhere! Thanx in advance.LoL IlsePS Don''t you all think "Joaquin" is a beautiful name?
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Ilse is a German diminutive form of Elizabeth , "oath of God". Hope that helps:)!P.S. Two of my uncles are named Joaquin--I think it's a great name too:)Melissa
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IlseConcerning Joaquin , there's a gorgeous valley in California (I think, but my geography's bad) named the San Joaquin Valley. I may be qrong, but I think the saint is/was important to the Spanish (and Mexicans who are mostly descended from the Spanish, I think).Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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Phyllis ,
You're right. San Joaquin Valley is here in CA--the central part--and a Mexican explorer named it after Saint Joaquin (or Joachim , in English). Saint Joaquin is an important saint to Roman Catholics, especially in Mexico and some of the other Central American countries, b/c he is the father of the Virgin Mary--I know there are several villages in Mexico that have adopted him as their patron saint.Nanaea , I wondered why Joaquin was a "hippie" name, too, but your theory sounds right to me. San Joaquin Valley is a huge agricultuural community, and it's not really too far from the San Francisco area. Whoever put that website together might also be referring to Joaquin Phoenix , whose parents were hippies themselves? Either way, it's a cool name--if my daughter had been a boy it would have been his middle name:)!Melissa
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Okay, now I get it...I'd been wondering for the longest time why the name "Joaquin " winds up on so many "Hippy Names" lists. It's got to be because of that Valley -- and the "nature name" connection to it.Thanks, Phyllis ! :)-- Nanaea
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NanaeaFailte romhat. :) (That's what you get for reading too fooking much for your own fooking good ;D)Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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