How many of you guys have cognate names?

[Pastoralite]

A cognate name is a name having the same linguistic derivation as another, like Yusuf/Joseph.
My names Abdulahi but I recently found out my biblical name in Hebrew would be Obadiah and in latin it would be Abdias
Post your cognate name if you have one

 

[YourBroMoe]

My name is Mohamed. So nope.

 

[guntiino101]

The fact that Yahye is the Islamic version of John cracks me up everytime

 

[Pastoralite]

Abdi’s in the Bible

 

[Pastoralite]

The fact that Yahye is the Islamic version of John cracks me up everytime

That’s so unexpected

 

[Molotoff]

That’s so unexpected

Why would it be unexpected?

 

[Pastoralite]

Why would it be unexpected?

Yahye sounds nothing like John that’s why

 

[Molotoff]

Yahye sounds nothing like John that’s why

I believe it is Yahya. Arameans have Yohanna. It is semitic, John is anglicized.