Zuvys, KĘSTUTIS and Me

Time to crank up the blog searches!  Yes!  It’s time for a fish post!

If you’ve not been following CreativitytotheMAX for awhile you aren’t aware that the single largest word searches on this blog is for “fish”.  So periodically I delight in sharing my fish research with you to keep the fishy hits hitting.

Zuvys appeared in the word search count.  ZUVYS?  I was apprehensive it was X-rated, or worse.  Sounded like slang for a part of the anatomy that we can’t explore in public, or a new form of bacteria that eats the flesh eating bacteria after the flesh eating bacteria eats us. Zuvys?

Turns out it’s neither X-rated nor life-threatening.  It’s Lithuanian!

Lithuanian!!!!!  Who knew?  The Republic of Lithuania is a nation in Northern Europe. The country spans a total area of 25,174 sq miles. The population of Lithuania is over 3 million, which makes it the 133rd most populated country in the world. The per capita nominal GDP of Lithuania is $10,605. The official language is Lithuanian and the word for fish is ZUVYS.

Jurgis Zuvy

Want to see what you’d be called if you lived in Lithuania? You can call me KĘSTUTIS

Lithuanian names

ADOMAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of ADAM AGNÉ   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of AGNES ALDONA   f   Lithuanian, Polish Meaning unknown… ALEKSANDRAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of ALEXANDER AMALIJA   f   Lithuanian, Slovene, Croatian Lithuanian, Slovene and Croatian form of AMALIA ANDRIUS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of ANDREW ANTANAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of Antonius ARAS   m   Lithuanian Means “eagle” in Lithuanian. ARTŪRAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of ARTHUR AUDRA (1)   f   Lithuanian Means “storm” in Lithuanian. AUGUSTAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of AUGUSTUS AUGUSTINAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of Augustinus AUŠRA   f   Lithuanian Means “dawn” AUSTĖJA   f   Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Lithuanian goddess of bees. ĄŽUOLAS   m   Lithuanian Means “oak” BRONISLOVAS   m   Lithuanian Danute Zuvy Lithuanian form of BRONISŁAW DAINA   f   Lithuanian, Latvian Means “song” in Lithuanian and Latvian. DAIVA   f   Lithuanian Created by the Lithuanian writer Vydūnas, who possibly derived it from a Sanskrit word meaning “destiny“. DALIA (2)   f   Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology Means “fate, luck”  DANIELIUS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of DANIEL DANUTĖ   f   Lithuanian Meaning uncertain… [more] DARIJUS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian variant of DARIUS DARIUS   m   English, Lithuanian, Biblical, Biblical Latin Roman form of Δαρειος (Dareios), which was the Greek form of the Persian name Dārayavahush, which was composed of the elements dâraya“to possess” and vahu ”good” DIANA   f   Mythology Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning “heavenly, divine” DOMINYKAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of DOMINIC DOROTĖJA   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of DOROTHEA DOVYDAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of DAVID EDITA   f Cognate of EDITH EGLĖ   f   Lithuanian Means “fir tree” in Lithuanian… [more] ELENA   f Cognate of HELEN, and a variant Russian transcription of YELENA. ELŽBIETA   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of ELIZABETH ELZĖ   f   Lithuanian Short form of ELŽBIETA EMILIJA   f Feminine form of Aemilius ESTERA   f   Polish, Slovak, Lithuanian Polish, Slovak and Lithuanian form of ESTHER GABIJA   f   Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology Probably from Lithuanian gaubti meaning “to cover” GABRIELĖ   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian feminine form of GABRIEL GABRIELIUS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of GABRIEL GIEDRĖ   f   Lithuanian Feminine form of GIEDRIUS GIEDRIUS   m   Lithuanian Derived from Lithuanian giedras meaning “serene, clear”. GINTARAS   m   Lithuanian Means “amber” in Lithuanian. GINTARĖ   f   Lithuanian Feminine form of GINTARAS GVIDAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of GUIDO HENRIKAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of HENRY HERKUS   m   Lithuanian Short form of HENRIKAS Zuvy Zuvy IEVA   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of EVE IGNAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of IGNATIUS ILONA   f   Hungarian, German, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech Possibly a Hungarian form of HELEN IRENA   f   Polish, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Dutch, Lithuanian Latinate form of IRENE JADVYGA   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of HEDWIG JANINA   f   Polish, Finnish, German, Swedish, Lithuanian Latinate form of JEANNINE JOKŪBAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of JACOB (or JAMES). JONAS (1)   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of JOHN JULIJA   f   Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian Slovene, Croatian and Lithuanian form of JULIA JUOZAPAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of JOSEPH JUOZAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian short form of JOSEPH JURGIS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of GEORGE JUSTINA   f   English, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Late Roman Feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN). JUSTINAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of JUSTIN KAMILĖ   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of CAMILLA KAROLINA   f Feminine form of CAROLUS KAROLIS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of CAROLUS KATRĖ   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian diminutive of KOTRYNA Roly Poly Zuvy KAZIMERAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of CASIMIR KĘSTUTIS   m   Lithuanian Means “to cope”  KOTRYNA   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of KATHERINE KRISTINA   f Cognate of CHRISTINA, and a Bulgarian variant of HRISTINA. LAIMA   f   Lithuanian, Latvian, Baltic Mythology Means “luck” in Latvian and Lithuanian… [more] LEONAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of LEON LINA (2)   f Short form of names ending in lina. LINAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of LINUS LIUDVIKA   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian feminine form of LUDWIG LIUDVIKAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of LUDWIG LUKAS   m German, Scandinavian and Lithuanian form of LUKE MARGARITA   f Latinate form of MARGARET… [more] MARIJA   f Form of MARIA MARIJONA   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian feminine form of MARIANUS MARIJUS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of MARIUS MARTYNAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of Martinus (see MARTIN). MATAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of MATTHEW MIGLĖ   f   Lithuanian Derived from Lithuanian migla meaning “mist”. MILDA   f   Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Lithuanian goddess of love. MINDAUGAS   m   Lithuanian Probably means either “much wisdom” or “much fame”  MODESTAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of MODESTUS MONIKA   f Form of MONICA MORTA   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of MARTHA Butterfly Zuvy MYKOLAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of MICHAEL NOJUS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of NOAH (1) ONA   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of ANNA PAULIUS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of PAUL PETRAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of PETER PRANCIŠKUS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of FRANCIS RAIMONDAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of RAYMOND RAMŪNAS   m   Lithuanian Derived from Lithuanian ramus meaning “calm”. RASA   f   Lithuanian Means “dew” in Lithuanian. REGINA   f Late Latin name meaning “queen” ROZALIJA   f Form of ROSALIA ROŽĖ   f   Lith Means “rose” RŪTA   f   Lithuanian Means “rue” in Lithuanian, the rue plant being a bitter medicinal herb which is a national symbol of Lithuania... SANDRA   f  Croatian, Macedonian Short form of ALESSANDRA… [more] SAULĖ   f   Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology Means “sun” in Lithuanian. This was the name of the Lithuanian sun goddess. SAULIUS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of SAUL SMILTĖ   f   Lithuanian Means “sandwort” in Lithuanian, referring to flowering plants SOFIJA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian Form of SOPHIA STEPONAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of STEPHEN SVAJONĖ   f   Lithuanian Means “dream” in Lithuanian. TOMAS   m   Swedish, Norwegian, Lithuanian Swedish, Norwegian and Lithuanian form of THOMAS UGNĖ   f   Lithuanian Means “fire” in Lithuanian. URTĖ   f   Lithuanian Possibly a Lithuanian diminutive of DOROTHY VALDAS   m   Lithuanian Short form of VALDEMARAS and other Lithuanian names containing the Germanic/Baltic element wald “rule”. VALDEMARAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian cognate of WALDEMAR VALERIJA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian Form of VALERIA VERONIKA   f    Lithuanian, Latvian Cognate of VERONICA VIKTORAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of VICTOR VIKTORIJA   f   Lithuanian, Slovene, Croatian Lithuanian, Slovene and Croatian form of VICTORIA (1) VILHELMAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of WILLIAM VILHELMINA   f   Swedish, Finnish, Lithuanian Swedish, Finnish and Lithuanian feminine form of WILLIAM VILTAUTAS   m   Lithuanian From the Baltic elements vil- ”hope” and tauta ”people, nation”. VILTAUTĖ   f   Lithuanian Feminine form of VILTAUTAS Bob BlobZuvy VILTĖ   f   Lithuanian Short form of VILTAUTĖ VINCENTAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of VINCENT VIRGILIJUS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of VIRGIL VISVALDAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of VISVALDIS VITALIJA   f   Lithuanian Lithuanian feminine form of Vitalis (see VITALE). VITALIJUS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian form of Vitalis (see VITALE). VOLDEMARAS   m   Lithuanian Lithuanian cognate of WALDEMAR VYTAUTAS   m   Lithuanian From the Baltic elements vyti- “chase, drive away” or vyd- ”see” combined with tauta “people, nation” ŽYDRŪNAS   m   Lithuanian Possibly from Lithuanian žydras ”blue”.

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