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Let me start with where my name comes from.

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Therneau is a French surname given to me by my Afrikaans grandmother as a first name. I always found this interesting since generally the parents choose the name. Anyway, @lizelle will probably ask ouma (grandmother) and she can let me know why ouma chose it.

Now, if you understand how conservative the old afrikaans folks were your imagination as to why she would pick a name like that, for her afrikaans grandson, can start running wild.

Afrikaners tend to be very conservative people and so too are the names. Boys, like me, tend to be named things like Jan, Pieter, Koos, Hennie etc. Simple, straight forward names.

Anyway, when people ask me about my name I always like telling them that the theory is this:

I think my afrikaans grandmother had a french lover somewhere along the way ;) That's why she insisted on naming me Therneau.

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Those that understand how conservative the afrikaans folk can be tend to have a good chuckle at my theory.

Ok, so on to the topic. What does my name mean?

Well, I have absolutely no idea. Therefore, I figured I would make up my own little glorious meaning.

So here goes.

The meaning of Therneau

Born under the brightest star, seen from many a galaxy away. Its light shining so bright that not even the Gods can look directly upon it.

Pretty cool, right? Hell yes, that's what my name means!

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Ok, ok. So perhaps it's a little overboard but hey, why not?

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If you don't know the meaning of your name, or even if you do, make up your own if you want to! You can make it as cool, or as uncool as you want. It's your name after all :) Unless you love the known version of it.

So what does your name mean?

Cheers

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