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Fa'atau82
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This is similar to the other thread but you have to guess where in the world these names might come from originally from multiple choice of 3. There will be an easy, medium and hard sets to guess and whoever gets the most right wins 5 rep points. If anyone is unclear i will explain the exact meanings or history of these names.
They would all be absolute or typical names used in those countries depending on suffix or another style that indicates it's origin.
So for example.. just type 1a, 2b, 3c etc
1. Jose Mourinho (a Portugal b Spain c Germany) answer is Portugal.
Here we go:
EASY
1. Frederic Lacroix (a France, b Switzerland, c Argentina) Can't get frencher than that.
2. Gustavo Silva de Souza Pinto (a Portugal b Spain c Italy) Pinto would be a common surname in Portuguese speaking countries.
3. Marcelo de Vasco Guimaraes (a Brazil b Uruguay c Peru) Uruguay and Peru are spanish speaking countries, and these names are common in portuguese speaking countries.
MEDIUM
1. Alvaro Pepito Rodriguez (a Brazil b Spain c USA) Rodriguez is spanish, and is very common in any spanish speaking country.
2. Jiri Novak (a Czech Rep b Poland c Bulgaria) Slavic name, but it if was Polish, it'd be spellied as Nowak.
3. Alexiy Sidorov (a Latvia b Georgia c Russia) 'ov' means 'son of' in russian, but in georgia and latvia 'ov' is not very common. It is usually 'dze' (son) in georgia, whilst latvian names usually sound slavic in origin or indigenous baltic.
4. Gianluca Ferrero (a Italy b Spain c Argentina) The surname might appear in a spanish speaking country, but the first name is italian so it's Italy.
5. Giannis Kazantzoglou (a Greece b Turkey c Tunisia) 'glou' and 'oglu' means 'son of' in greek and turkish, but greek is always spelled 'glou'.
HARD
1. Artur Sarkisian (a Iran b Georgia c Armenia) The 'yan' or 'ian' can be persian, but in this case it is more armenian because of the name western name, artur.
2. Damir Hadzibegovic (a Croatia b Bosnia c Serbia) 'Hadzi' is of muslim origin, so it would be Bosnia. Also 'Damir' is slightly muslim too.
3. Aryvdas Sadauskas (a Lithuania b Romania c Georgia) Lithuania surnames usually end up with 'skis' or 'skas' to seperate it from it's slavic origin of 'ski'.
4. Arthit Sunthornpit (a Singapore b Sri Lanka c Thailand) Thai surnames can often read as random english words put together in no random order.
5. Magnus Samuelsson (a Iceland b Sweden c Denmark) 'sen' or 'ssen' is danish, and 'sson' or 'son' is used in both iceland and sweden. But it is a much more common family name in Sweden, so it's swedish. Sweden tends to have more popular christian names than Iceland, in this case 'samuel'.
6. Michael Schembri (a Germany b Canada c Malta) Schembri is a common family name in Malta, but it's origin is in Italy or Sicily.
7. Vitaliy Kravchuk (a Ukraine b Russia c Slovenia) the 'chuk' suffix usually means Ukraine/Belarus origin, as does 'enko' and occasionally 'ov'.
8. Kwame Owusu-Quaye (a Nigeria b DR Congo d Ghana) Owusu and Quaye are common surnames in Ghana, as is the name Kwame.
They would all be absolute or typical names used in those countries depending on suffix or another style that indicates it's origin.
So for example.. just type 1a, 2b, 3c etc
1. Jose Mourinho (a Portugal b Spain c Germany) answer is Portugal.
Here we go:
EASY
1. Frederic Lacroix (a France, b Switzerland, c Argentina) Can't get frencher than that.
2. Gustavo Silva de Souza Pinto (a Portugal b Spain c Italy) Pinto would be a common surname in Portuguese speaking countries.
3. Marcelo de Vasco Guimaraes (a Brazil b Uruguay c Peru) Uruguay and Peru are spanish speaking countries, and these names are common in portuguese speaking countries.
MEDIUM
1. Alvaro Pepito Rodriguez (a Brazil b Spain c USA) Rodriguez is spanish, and is very common in any spanish speaking country.
2. Jiri Novak (a Czech Rep b Poland c Bulgaria) Slavic name, but it if was Polish, it'd be spellied as Nowak.
3. Alexiy Sidorov (a Latvia b Georgia c Russia) 'ov' means 'son of' in russian, but in georgia and latvia 'ov' is not very common. It is usually 'dze' (son) in georgia, whilst latvian names usually sound slavic in origin or indigenous baltic.
4. Gianluca Ferrero (a Italy b Spain c Argentina) The surname might appear in a spanish speaking country, but the first name is italian so it's Italy.
5. Giannis Kazantzoglou (a Greece b Turkey c Tunisia) 'glou' and 'oglu' means 'son of' in greek and turkish, but greek is always spelled 'glou'.
HARD
1. Artur Sarkisian (a Iran b Georgia c Armenia) The 'yan' or 'ian' can be persian, but in this case it is more armenian because of the name western name, artur.
2. Damir Hadzibegovic (a Croatia b Bosnia c Serbia) 'Hadzi' is of muslim origin, so it would be Bosnia. Also 'Damir' is slightly muslim too.
3. Aryvdas Sadauskas (a Lithuania b Romania c Georgia) Lithuania surnames usually end up with 'skis' or 'skas' to seperate it from it's slavic origin of 'ski'.
4. Arthit Sunthornpit (a Singapore b Sri Lanka c Thailand) Thai surnames can often read as random english words put together in no random order.
5. Magnus Samuelsson (a Iceland b Sweden c Denmark) 'sen' or 'ssen' is danish, and 'sson' or 'son' is used in both iceland and sweden. But it is a much more common family name in Sweden, so it's swedish. Sweden tends to have more popular christian names than Iceland, in this case 'samuel'.
6. Michael Schembri (a Germany b Canada c Malta) Schembri is a common family name in Malta, but it's origin is in Italy or Sicily.
7. Vitaliy Kravchuk (a Ukraine b Russia c Slovenia) the 'chuk' suffix usually means Ukraine/Belarus origin, as does 'enko' and occasionally 'ov'.
8. Kwame Owusu-Quaye (a Nigeria b DR Congo d Ghana) Owusu and Quaye are common surnames in Ghana, as is the name Kwame.
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