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@pedromenchik1961

2 жыл бұрын

I want to be called "Dagger" as my weapon of choice

I am already named after a weapon: my name is Geert, which is a shortened version of Gerhard, meaning "strong lance/spear". So.....

@gerardacronin334

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! I’m a girl. People can’t get my name right. The worst thing I’ve been called was Giardia. That’s the parasite that causes beaver fever. 😡

I'm german and I had a saskia in my "class" in university. I never realized the name had german origins. If I had to guess previously I'd rather have gone with latin or slavic ones...

@NoName-yw1pt

2 жыл бұрын

Rakia

@BrowithStoryCool

4 ай бұрын

Definitely not latin

In Swedish, "sax" is the word for a pair of scissors. So I wondered for years what the relationship between that and the Saxon tribe was until I found out that the Saxons used knives as weapons.

@LaCarchita

Жыл бұрын

Well most armies used (big) knives

@prapanthebachelorette6803

8 ай бұрын

So now I’m curious how we got the word saxophone 😅

@Furienna

8 ай бұрын

@@prapanthebachelorette6803 It is named after its inventor, Adolphe Sax.

My ancestors came to the US from Lower Saxony (or Niedersachsen in German), and yes, that's the one in the northwestern-ish area of modern Germany.

I didn't hear my name mentioned this much last month compared to this video.

I remember a Saskia in my School, she was quite shy and I liked her, but since I was pretty shy myself we never even talked to each other. After we graduated, I randomly met her in a train and we had a great talk like longtime friends. I wonder what she's up to these days.

Finland calls Germany "Saksa" which is quite similar to that

Wouldn't the masculine saskia just be Saxon or spelled slightly weird like saskian

@simonschnedl

2 жыл бұрын

Sasuke...

This was not a Sax. A sax is a knife that gets wider to the tip and has a clip point. Also, I do believe that Franks were throwing axes and not javelins. Lastly, an honourable mention for German, which translates to spearmen...

@lakrids-pibe

2 жыл бұрын

A seax is a single edge sword/knife/dagger. It can have a clip point, but not always. Not if you're talking about weapon from the migration period, when the saxons got their name. They show a large variation in shape and size, but they're always single edge. The francisca was indeed a throwing axe.

I’d suggest the name Kai because the name was created in different cultures and has different origins everytime (like the European Kai and the Asian Kai)

@prapanthebachelorette6803

8 ай бұрын

Oh, this is interesting

You should do a explanation of the names of towns and such of Wisconsin

The Germans themselves where named after a weapon. Ger is an old word vor spear. Germans are the "spearmen".

Nah! There are many Saskias in The Netherlands (yes it is Germania) as well. I'd say Gudrun and Hildegard are the most German names.

@bobmcbob9856

2 жыл бұрын

Brunhilda or whatever the proper spelling is might be more German, what with being the love interest of one of if not the most German mythical heroes

@irinka_katlova

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobmcbob9856 yes! That too 😁

@dirtygiraffe

2 жыл бұрын

I would say Gudrun. It's not only used in Germany, but in other germanic speaking countries such as Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden. It's an old norse/germanic name where guđ means god and rún can mean both secret knowledge or faithful friend. And Guđrún is also a real badass woman from the sagas.

@dirtygiraffe

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobmcbob9856 We have Brűnhilde in Norway too, but here it's spelled Brynhild.

@henningbartels6245

2 жыл бұрын

this names are all very old fashion and not very popular in Germany today.

Patrick: What would you be named if you were named after your weapon of choice? Me: The name's Controller. Nintendo Controller.

If i was named after my weapon of choice my name would be Silence

Fister, my name would strike fear into the prudish. lol

The irony is that I know three Saskia and none of them is German! They are all eastern Europeans.

In my language "saska" means a joint. If Saskia was Germany's name, there would have been so many jokes about it, especially now that they're legalising weed.

My weapon of choice would be a baseball bat. So you could call me Batman 😄

what was in the water here in the Netherlands? slave ships haha. we had a colonial empire during Rembrand's time which allowed rich traders to buy expensive art. weapons... hmm. only used a pen and a knife in a fight. hands ftw. so "fist"? "punch"?

Thank you for that interesting video. My name is Saskia and I feel that I have this fighter gene of the Saxonys. I will look up the history of them more. My parents told me that they met a woman from Sweden during a vacation and she was so positive and inspiring and refreshing so that they named me after her. 😊

Yay I got mentioned!!!!😊🥳

It would be so cool if you did a video about the name Lucia. It's used across different cultures and pronounced in different ways (loo-SHA, loo-CHEE-ah, loo-SEE-ah). And of course I'm partial to it since it's my name lol (i use the 3rd pronounciation fwiw.)

@aquasomethingyouknowwhatever

Жыл бұрын

lucia is such a pretty name! reminds me of the colors of the flag of st lucia 🇱🇨 which are very nice colors

@bookish.calirican

Жыл бұрын

@@aquasomethingyouknowwhatever lol i hadn't thought of that connection before, but those are nice colors. it's on my bucket list to visit someday!

I don't remember much about Kim Possible I think I just missed that era. I regret the notion that My Little Pony was overly sacarin and girly. The modern series was off and on really good and I've caught the odd movie from the older series and it was actually pretty solid!

could you do Callie? it's my favorite less common name and I'd love to hear what you have to say about it!

I think the male version was something along the lines of Sachso, but was only used in medieval times. As for new names, I think Sofonisba has an interesting history.

Saskia sound like a really good name for a RPG magic user. I think my next character will be call Saskia. Or maybe I'll use it for the big bad of a D&D campaign...

Dutch guy here. Yeah, you butchered Saskia van Uylenburgh's name. Fun with last names: 'Van Uylenburgh' (or the modern spelling 'Van Uilenburg') means 'From Owl fortress'

the only Saskia I knew of was Saskia Cocker, Javis Cocker's ( The singer from the britpop band Pulp) sister as for my weapon of choice, I honestly think Guitar would be good, seriously, that hits harder than it should, a solid electric one that is

FYI, the stem on the apple joke dates at least back to the early 80's, when Bill Cosby used it in the "Himself" special.

If you do your next video about a German name, I would like to have a video about the -bert names: Albert, Herbert, Dagobert (the German name for Scrooge McDuck :D) Norbert, Robert, Lambert, Bert, Bertram, Bertholt

My mother's Yiddish name is Sosya (or Sosia or Sosi) - not sure if that's etymologically related to the name Saskia. For reference, her parents - my grandparents - originally came from Eastern Europe (more specifically the Carpathian Mountains in what is now Ukraine but pre-WWII alternated between Hungary and Czechoslovakia) and survived the Holocaust.

I'd love for you to do a video about my name: Maria. It has to be the most used name in songs from pop to musicals to religious. Because of the religious history of Maria you'll find it widely used in any country that has a large Catholic population. Versions of it like Miriam exist in other religions. As for what would my weapon of choice be....words. I'd be Maria the Sharp-tongued.

I was a little surprised that the poet Saskia Hamilton didn't get a mention in . She, or more specifically her name, is the subject of a great Ben Folds/Nick Hornby song. :)

if you're a lover of guinea pigs, there's a very special Saskia for us - the living patron saint of guinea pigs needing to be rescued.

Hey, Bludgeon here> I wonder if ther are any Saskias in Saskatoon Saskatchewan.

My weapon of choice is the pen, so I guess my name would be Writing Implement?

Does anybody else remember the TV show "Noah and Saskia" that used to be on CBBC?

A good idea for a video imo would be the names of programming languages. If one of the patrons would sponsor this that would be cool because I'm a broke college kid unfortunately.

In Finnish Germany is called Saksa

I have heard that Kalash is a popular name in a number of countries that frequently have revolutions.

I would be called Colt.

This has nothing to do with this video but I thought it was funny. I'm subscribed to a card game channel and they uploaded a video at almost the exact time as you uploaded this one that has a card named "Saskia the Unyielding" in it.

@dickkickem4238

2 жыл бұрын

heres the vid kzread.info/dash/bejne/k5-jtpODhJnIk6w.html

I'd be called +2 mace of disruption

My last name is from armor ... but if I was based on a weapon Archer

I went to school with a Saskia, though she pronounced it more like Sask-sky-a. Maybe that was a Texas thing?

I'd probably be called Scissors, if we go by weapon of choice. Just something I use regularly, not as a weapon, but that's the closest to it.

British actress Saskia Reeves from _Dune_ (2000) and _Luther._

Naming myself after my weapon of choice? Well, I'm not really a violent man in real-life, but for games I trend towards swords. I'd want to get more specific than that, though, since there's tons of kinds of swords. Hey, how 'bout "sword names explained"? ;)

Neal Stephenson recently wrote a book called TERMINATION SHOCK, one of the characters in it is the queen of the Netherlands. And her name is Frederika Louisa Mathilde Saskia. Now I find out it's a real name...

Have to say that the _Kim Possible_ situation is the same for me--I was girls were still icky to me when it started airing and I'd lost interest in animated series later on in its run. Probably worth going back to now, though. ;)

Some variant of the word “sword” not sure which language though

6:41 In average for the last 15 years the name was the top 139 in popularity. But I've never met a Saskia before.

I have a friend named Saskia, we met on Reddit and we just keep a Snapchat streak XD

3:14 Yes. "Nethersaxony" in fact

Honestly, I'm not sure if I've ever heard the name Saskia 🤔 But since it comes from the word 'sax', we do have a male version of it in Icelandic, Saxi. I don't know, or even heard of anybody with that name (apart from a popular tv character), but it's still a legal name here Like in the other nordic languages, sax is also the name of the weapon, but it's most commonly found today as a verb, 'að saxa' which means to chop or something like that, and similarly, in culinary terms, to cut into small bits.

"Super German" definitely Captain America's famous WW2 enemy.

If I was named after my weapon of choice my name would be: überschweres Maschinengewehr M2 or üsMg for short. I had to do my 6 months of military service here in Austria and I got to train with and shoot the Browning M2 .50 cal. Shooting it was fun carrying not so much

My mum called me Saskia after the character in EastEnders and also she told me the lady in the clothes shop next to her work had a drug addict daughter named Saskia lol

Jerusha 🧐help my understanding of my queen?

I have an uncle named Olegario and his name means old spear. Olegario is a Spanish name.

surely, as a brit, you wouldn't be called Box cutter, but in fact, Stanley Knife?

For the nerds among us: there's a Magic the Gathering card called Saskia the Unyielding.

@edi9892

2 жыл бұрын

And The Witcher 2 had a Saskia in a pivotal role...

Hello my name is Saskia! It’s weird I am Spanish from both families, but have some German ancestors apparently? This was not why I was named saskia though😄 just a wonderful coincidence

Stickolas!

May I suggest you take up Hilary/Hillary, which is also a male name in the UK.

I would be named Staff or Wand.

I have a bottle with water on my table. It is from the company Saskia.

I’d be named .44 magnum. That’s fine w me.

Is me and my hubs had kids, I wanted to call a girl Saskia, but my hubs said so many Dutchies are called that! He’s Dutch!

You should do William/Willem/Wilhelm Or Shaun/Jan

my name is saskia.. i was name after rembrandt's wife. thanks auntie.

My aunt has that name but she is not German.

Germany/ Germania itself was named after the spear?

@henningbartels6245

2 жыл бұрын

Just that it is an exonym by the Romans and the region didn't name itself in this way.

I wouldn’t need to make up a name for my weapon of choice, it already exists, Archer. Only, what would be the female equivalent?

So, it's not Armin?

For once you found a name that doesn't belong to anyone that I know, at least not offhand. Good on'ye!

Following this logic "Norwegia" could be a very norwegian female name, but Norwegia is actually the name of our favourite cheese.

Weapon of choice hmm? I mean I might just go with Atomix:P Who can deny the appeal of large explosions? But honestly as much as I adore pre-modern weaponery I know I am weak and unskilled so I would not fare well with anything less modern than a revolver. And I don't know any names incorporating fireweapons xD If anyone has suggestions I'd be open to them tho :P

When I read the title, I read the name as Shakira instead of Saskia

Requesting Stephen and how it’s superior to Steven

Sasuke

Why do these live action scenes of you what happened to the cartoon pictures say 2017? Oh my God this got to stop

Anglo Saxons are both the same species as us, they are in fact chimpanzees

Günter

Why is Saskia supposedly "the most German name ever". Sure the Saxons were one of the many ancestors of modern Germans, but they are also partially the ancestors for the Dutch and the English.

Hans

Considering how the Spanish render my name as Esteban (and you keep misspelling it as Stephen in Patreon polls) and the Spanish for "sword" is "espada" I wouldn't mind being an Espadan. The again, Stefan/Stephen has its roots in Greek with a meaning of "wreath/crown". It is usually interpreted as "one who has been bestowed a crown/wreath", i.e. someone who has been honoured (wreaths were a common way of marking out someone important, from Olympic champions to Roman emperors). But, if you think about it, it may as well means "someone who fights using a crown". And that would be badass!

Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony are bordering in a line from southeast (Saxony) to northwest (Lower Saxony).

@henningbartels6245

2 жыл бұрын

these are current federal states with the name "Saxony" in it. Those states were created and shaped in 1947, 1990 or even 1992 and are not entirely identical with some historic homelands of a ancient tribe he was referring to.

Axe *

Would love to hear about Joselyn!

There is a funny joke (wordplay) in Germany about the Angles and the Saxons. This uses the fact, that the name of the Angles and the verb to angle are nearly the same: "Die Angeln haben den Sachsen das angeln beigebracht. Seitdem hießen sie Angel-Sachsen." ("The Angles have teached the Saxon to angle. From that time on, they are called Anglo-Saxons.")

okey, for me, Nausicaä is the most german name, and caucasic name ever, and thanks to ghibli study

Could you talk about a French name next, like Yvonne. It is also a name with a weapon origin. ☺️

@saskia0522

2 жыл бұрын

oh man thats my middle name too haha..

Hii

Anglo Saxon names mostly fell out of fashion in England. Most English Germanic names are ones shared with French, like Robert, Jeffrey/Geoffrey or Lewis (which is surprisingly a cognate of Ludwig). You don’t see things like the prevalence of the suffixes Bert, Red and Wald or the prefix Athel. Albert would fit in better among the Anglo Saxons but is also common on the continent, Alfred is the most enduring Anglo Saxon name, definitely because of the king

No. Its Hanz.

@irinka_katlova

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think so. Hanz is from Hannes which is a shortened form of Johannes which is a Hebrew name.

@JavierFernandez01

2 жыл бұрын

@@irinka_katlova hebrews are fine. They can't be German? That's mean. :(

@irinka_katlova

2 жыл бұрын

@@JavierFernandez01 no one is being mean here. Germanic language and Semitic language are not linguistically related. It is a fact. Have a nice day.

@JavierFernandez01

2 жыл бұрын

@@irinka_katlova stop minimizing my experience! Please, have a heart!

@henningbartels6245

2 жыл бұрын

It is spelled *Hans. It is very old fashioned. A much more popular short version of Jonannes is Jan nowadays.

I can’t think of an organic way to integrate weapon-derived names into Serbian or old Slavic naming conventions and although it is doable with Germanic conventions to make an English name, I refuse to take on an English name