Cricketers' names: Meanings & etymology

[Magrat Garlick]

Lonwabo- absolute bliss, joy, happiness


Tsotsobe -Capability, Strength, Impressive Personality

wonder what lopsy means

 

[DJellett]

Will Jacks - wield ya axe

 

[Starfighter]

Vernon Philander - fat avoider of flat pitches

 

[Aritro]

Word has a connection to pontoon. Pont is Latin for bridge/flat boat for crossing water. Related to Punt. If you're a Tigers Fan or familiar with Melb, Punt Rd in Richmond is named Punt Rd because before the bridge was built there was a punt to cross the river.

Interesting. Pretty sure it's rhyming slang for the people who used to congregate at the oval on Saturdays though.

 

[Migara]

Dickwella - Simply translates to "Longbeach". It is also a town in Southern Sri Lanka
Muralitharan - In Tamil, means the one who carries the flute, or "Krishna" in hinduism
Aravinda - Sanskrit term for lotus
Arjuna - is a mythical hero from Mahabharatha.
Suranga - Good act (nothing to do with Poker)
Dimuth - Pearl
Dasun - View

Most Sinhalese names can be tracked down to its Sanskrit origins. The prononciation difference of Hindi and Sinhalese names comes from the time the populations were seperated from the Sanskrit speaking group.

 

[Migara]

Thanks for your reply.
Let me add a few names from Pakistani players:

1. Farhat means Joy or happiness

2. Hafeez = One who guards

3. Asad = Lion
Shafiq = Kind.

4. Shoaib = The one who shows the right path
Malik = Master

5. Kamran = Successful
Akmal = Perfect

Doesn't Malik mean "the leader" in central Asian languages?

 

[ankitj]

Dickwella - Simply translates to "Longbeach". It is also a town in Southern Sri Lanka

Disappointing etymology that. Expected it to mean dick wala i.e. someone who possesses dick(s).

 

[Senile Sentry]

Dickwella - Simply translates to "Longbeach". It is also a town in Southern Sri Lanka
Muralitharan - In Tamil, means the one who carries the flute, or "Krishna" in hinduism
Aravinda - Sanskrit term for lotus
Arjuna - is a mythical hero from Mahabharatha.
Suranga - Good act (nothing to do with Poker)
Dimuth - Pearl
Dasun - View

Most Sinhalese names can be tracked down to its Sanskrit origins. The prononciation difference of Hindi and Sinhalese names comes from the time the populations were seperated from the Sanskrit speaking group.

sL names are so glorious.

 

[Naheed]

Doesn't Malik mean "the leader" in central Asian languages?

Yes, you can use the meaning of Malik as the leader too.
Moreover, owner and king are also used as a meaning of
Malik.

 

[Immenso]

Luteru Ross Taylor.

Luteru means Lutheran in Samoan.

So, a Samoan Lutheran clothes-maker from the Scottish clan Ross.