My Name !

My name is one of the hardest names for none Arabic speakers, I have had hard times trying to teach people how to pronounce it. I reached a point where if any one calls me with a name that is of the same root of mine or sounds like it I just reply….

My names:

-غياث , that’s the Arabic spelling…

- Ghiathe, my official spelling that is a French spelling and that explains the “e” at the end.

-Ghayath, the English spelling and the one I used to use before joining UoS.

-גיאת, in Hebrew, pronounced Geyat.

-GK, what my friends call me; it’s actually my initials.

-G, another one of my names. I love this the most.

-GeeKoo, pronounced jeekoo, what my close friend call me with when they need something.

-GeeKs, pronounced jeekz, I just call myself that.

-Ghaysoo, my cousins call me that.

-Ghayasoo, that’s how my aunts call me.

-Ghayth, people who still don’t know me well.

-Gillette, by my teacher…

-Riyadh, what non Arabs first call me…. I don’t want anyone to call me with that name.

-Riyaz, just like the above.

5 responses

20 10 2008
weddo

loooooooolz this is nice .. i never though about it b4 but after reading what u wrote i realized that :

1.my name is wedad most of ppl call me weddo actually all of them
2. Indian’s & Pakistani’s ppl call me ” vedad ” :S
3.our home made call me ” Hodad” :S:S
4.mum call me dandoon ” i don’t know why even i think it suits dana or deema more”
5.aunt call me ” wed” kter shortcut sa7 :D :D:D
6.my amazing uncle call me weddo khanom :D :D heheheheh i like it
7. and about me :: i hate ppl who write my name with “i” ” widad” and who write one “d” in wedo coz its weddo ..
8.my mum choosed this num coz its my grandma name and i really like it :) it hold a nice meaning ..

**so tell us what is the exact meaning for ur name :)

20 10 2008
GK

I just grabbed this out of the dictionary:
غِيَاثٌ – [غ ي ث]. (مص. غَاثَ). “يَنْتَظِرُ غِيَاثاً” : إِعَانَةً وَنُصْرَةً، أَيْ مَا يُغَاثُ بِهِ الْمُضْطَرُّ مِنْ طَعَامٍ أَوْ نَجْدَةٍ.

or basically: aid, help, relief!!! I don’t know exactly why my dad chose this name. He was thinking of Daniel!!!

Then, add to your list the Persians will call you : vedod!!!

20 10 2008
weddo

OMG vedod :S ya ma7la vedad :D thnx 4 the info

20 10 2008
GK

Well, e7middi rabik!!! vedad or vidod are only different pronunciations of your name: Wedad to Vedad to Vedod, the basic structure is still there :P

But how on earth is Ghiathe compared to Riyadh!!!

BTW, thanks for the 3azeme!!!

20 10 2008
GK

I forgot one name

Gillette by my teacher…

gonna add it now!

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