President Anglatzarâ
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(last post: March 14, 2008 - 07:21)
Citizen #23:
Ián Anglatzarâ | Vaugh(a)n, Vaughn means "little". Waugh is the modern-day form of the old singular of "Welsh" (I think Tolkien was the first one to point that out).
In the US, Vaught is probably an anglicization of the common German surname Vogt, meaning steward. Açafat in Talossan. (And I'm sorry if you have a dislike for a similar famous surname... ;)
As for Wyatt, I can find no definitive etymology, but I've only checked the net, not my books at home. The one Miestrâ gives (from Guy, from a Germanic word meaning wood-) is certainly one etymology. Another one is that it is a worn-down form of Wigh(e)ard, meaning battle-hard. (Again, I think there's a Tolkien connection here. I think one of the minor riders of Rohan is called Wighard, or perhaps it's someone in his Battle of Maldon retelling.) Anyway, translating "hardened in battle" into Talossan makes for an unwieldy name, so in that case you copuld use simply either Düreu - tough or Robúst - stalwart.
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