How did I get my name?

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I'm Natalia Tzitzi and I work as an English teacher at 10th Helioupolis Primary School, Athens, Greece. I was puzzled to see that my school is a member of the project "How did I get my name" because I have never accepted an invitation to this project which, by the way, sounds really interesting from what I have seen. Unfortunately my school is already involved in a Comenius project and we lack the time and the human resources to take on another project. So I would appreciate it if the ...

              "George Toparceanu" school was opened in 1996.It is situated in Mioveni, a town from Romania.

              George Toparceanu was a Romanian famous poet.His poems were very beautiful:"Balada muntilor", "Balada unui greier mic", "Rapsodii de vara", " Rapsodii de toamna", "Toamna in parc", " Balada calatorului", "Balada unei stele mici".

              Here is an extract of the poem " Rapsodii de toamna".It describes autumn and its yellow leaves that begin to fall.

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         The most frequent family names in Romania are Popescu, Ionescu, Popa, Stoica, Radulescu. The most frequent first names in Romania are for boys: Ion, Dan, Ionut, Cristian, Alexandru, Mihai, Bogdan, Gheorghe, Constantin, Petre, George, and for girls: Alina, Adriana, Andreea, Maria, Mariana, Elena, Mihaela, Georgiana, Ioana, Alexandra. Sometimes, parents give their children names of other origins: American English:Robert, Edward, Richard, Spanish:Juan, Antonio, Leonardo, Russian:Natasha, ...

                                    FEMALE ROMANIAN NAMES

                  1.Hello! My name is Ioana.My parents wanted this name , because it comes from Ioan, meaning " God is gracious".

                  2.My name Andreea is very beautiful.My grandmother's name is also Andreea, which is the feminine form of Romanian Andrei , meaning " man, warrior".

                  3.My name Miruna is derived from from the Slavic element mir, meaning " peace."My father liked this ...

Project's integration with math.

Petra's family timeline

Minu vanaisa oli meremees. Kui minu vanaisa sai teada, et tal sündis poeg, siis ta kirjutas sinna oma andmed ja selle, et tal sündis poeg. Ta pani kirja pudelisse ja viskas merre. Paari aasta pärast saadeti talle kiri: Palju õnne poja sünni eest! Kirja saatja nimi oli Monica. Siis sündisin mina ja isa ütles: Selle tüdruku nimeks saab Moonika! Nii saingi ma endale nime.

My grandpa was sailor. When my grandpa knew that he has a son, he wrote a letter of this. Put it in the bottle and threw ...

Lydia Koidula is known as the spiritual embodiment of Estonian national awakening movement of the mid-1800s. She's also credited with being the first lady of Estonian poetry, the one who wrote the first play in Estonian. A much-revered figure.

Her name adorns street plaques in every main town, her face fronts the 100 EEK note, her name had given to our gymnasium and her figure is immortalised in several atatues.