Why do British people have American names?

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Jason modern ............it's the name of a Greek hero Jason and the Argonauts............names go in cycles Jessica is a name used in Shakespeare.......again not modern or America Justin the name of a byzantine emperor modern I think not!!Ashley olde English for ash leah meaning ash wood....... so maybe it should be what England does America follows!!!

I think Doth your intended to write Dot which is short for Dorothy...........don't tell me you had it first because of a little girls trip to OZ.....Queeny..........is just a nick name give to someone who has the same name as the Queen of the time.......or even sometime any past Queen......Elizabeth....as you know is the full name for a Liz..........Sir is just a title .........Charles...........often shortened to Charlie...Mc is a prefix for Scottish surnames ............Thomas ..........aka Tom Tommy .........Cheerio is a goodbye not really in use but mostly seen in black and white films ............Margaret........maggie Peggie Meg Peg and I'm sure you can find many uses of all the names in the US.............

and Jason who's a silly boy putting the other question but reversing the slant.........!!! deff AV..

I see that you changed your name on both questions ...................!!!!!

Geoff M

Jessica - mentioned in Shakespear (a British writer)
Jason - a Greek name, also mentioned in Bible
Justin - Roman
Ashley - English

No American names there. Better check your sources. Names go in and out of fashion, nothing to do with Yanks speaking a 300-year old subset and simplified version of the English Language (source: Bryson).

????

you sound like a very uneducated person.

Remy

They're all British Empire names, and America was part of the British Empire for a long time. Long story short, you FAIL

nkcliff

all american names come from europe

aphrodite

I think you are a fool.

Marky

Oh dear.

Now you are just an idiot.

Shouldn;t you be at school anyway?

Oysterfrond

Cheerio? Who the hÂ£ll? What British person was ever called Cheerio for f<ck's sake?

As for American culture spreading because it represents modernity - are you aware how arrogant and offensive that sounds? No wonder Johnny Foreigner wants to blow you up.

In any case your logic is flawed, the only real American names would be from Indian culture. Indian as in Native American. Names like Algonquin, Wamsutta, Pontiac etc.

sammie

cheerio? i thought that was the name of the cereal you shove in your american gob ...

STEVEN B

why Americans so big headed & say they speek english but cant spell in english

djpaul8114

Incase you didnt know my friend,the vast majority of names that are used in american society came from england.Even the language you speak came from england.If you are white american your great great great great grandfather came from england

Reg Tedious

So my son Oliver has an American name like Oliver Stone and it has nothing to do with the origins in France. Now I understand! What a numpty.

Carrie S

Do you mean American names like from the Native American tribes? These are the true Americans. These indiginous people who were killed or forced from their lands by Europeans who brought their infectious diseases and weapons. There were no "Americans" as you know them before 1492 - that's not that long ago.

The name Jason is from Greek Mythology and is over 2000 years old. Given that there were no "Americans" until 1492 - how can you explain that it is an American name.

Jessica is a name from "The Merchant of Venice". This was a play by a man called William Shakespeare (you might have heard of him). He was not American.

Justin is the English form of the Latin given name Justinus, Justinus was the name borne by various saints, notably a 2nd-century Christian apologist and a boy martyr of the 3rd century. Again - not American.

The name "Ashley" is of English origin, from a place name and surname that meant "from the ash tree field/meadow".

Any other names you'd like to claim as American???

murphywingedspur

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.....what on earth makes you think these names have any sort of American origin? Oh, and sady, theres nothing to be proud about the American culture either......

katyalovescesc

Sparkle, considering you don't think one single thing about us ever, you've certainly spent enough time writing that answer.

As for the question, Jason, yes, you are quite right. My name is Sir Queeny McCheerio and my brother's name is Sir Elizabeth McStewart. It's a shame these names have gone out of fashion.

Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.

The vast majority of "American" names came from England. Even the language you speak came from England.

~Ben~

ummmm i don't think i can answer the question with out being rude towards you or America sorry

jennie c

are you on something or what?

Gal in red

I disagree, you name your kid a name you like not to represent another country's culture.

Rachel

I think what you mean is - why do American people have British names?

Ezra K

First off, STEVEN B, you spelled "speak" as "speek". Good job calling Americans illiterate. Anyway, to answer your question...you're dumb.

Pinky S

I defy you to find me anyone - ANYONE - in Britain who has ever been called Doth or Cheerio - in fiction, in history, at anytime, anywhere in the UK.

'Er indoors!!

From What I can gather Jason,Jessica, Ashley Justin, are not very "American" names. Surely a true "American" name would be "Running Cloud," " broken Arrow" or similar, seeing that America is a pretty young Country, and was "STOLEN" from the native American's. So where did you Americans "steal" these names from, in the first place???

evi1pixie

You might want to check your sources. I don't know of any English people called: Doth, Queeny or Cheerio and McStewart sounds Scottish to me.

Are you directing this question to English or British people? British people being anyone in Britian which consists of: England, Scotland and Wales!!!

CLIVE H

Jason is not exactly new. I mean, ever heard of a guy called Jason in Greek mythology? "Jason and the Argonauts" - Homer I think. Way old - Bronze age actually.

Jessica ain't modern either - sure that's in the Bible some place.

Ashley is a serf name and refers to a person who rakes the ashes from the Lord of the Manor's fire places. Lease ways I think it does!

Americans have English names. Washington as in George Washington is an English place-name, after the town of Washington in Sussex, England.

Washington, West Sussex
Washington is located in West Sussex, England. The location of England is identified on this world map. Includes links to counties throughout England and ...
http://www.pickatrail.com/sun/w/england/washington_west_sussex.html

American culture has hardly spread to England. American Air Force personnel stationed here are scared stiff to come out of their bases and meet ordinary Brits. Why? Because they are in a land called England which is occupied by the English who are foreign to them.

I promise you that if you visit England you will suffere serious and massive culture shock. We are nothing like America.

One place where you will be scared witless are our roads, which are narrow and where we pass each other at high speed with only inches to spare.

Here in London you will be hard pressed to understand anything anyone says to you. We speak English, you speak American and it's not nearly the same language at all. You'll see.

I recommend you read this, might help throw some light on what we're really lik : -

http://www.suslik.org/Humour/National/usabrit.html

Here's a British comedian telling it like it is - do we really give a damn about America? No - not really.

Al Murray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtXl_TyM6aI

Maggie May

Jason, I think you are about 14 and trying to be as annoying as possible. Go study and stop making the U.S. look bad.

Ken B

Real american names are Hiawatha, Sitting Bull, Geronimo and (most appropriate) Crazy Horse.

Lee S

all those names you mentioned are European to some extent and allot of them are British and Americans adapted those names like they did our language.
the ones you mentioned below like queeny and Elizabeth there all upper class English names.
the first set of names just happen to be really popular in america.
mcstewart sounds scottish.

neil

Because Britain used to be a colony of the US, which just happened to exist before the US. Yes England was copying the US even 1000 years before the US existed. Makes sense doesn't it. Once again, the public school system has failed.

Angel

Why do Americans call the English, British?

We are English first,

Britain is England, Scotland & Wales.

WikiRock_Er93

they are americanising us, lol...

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