Foreign to English Given Name

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04 Oct 2008     

 

Convert Given Names to:

  1. Czechslovakian

  2. English

  3. French

  4. German

  5. Hungarian

  6. Italian

  7. Lithuanian  (Now Under Construction)

  8. Polish

  9. Slovakian

  10. Russian

  11. Yiddish

 

Naming Customs:

First of all, most every country has their own naming customs – their simply to confusing to try and compile, without writing a Ph.D. Thesis.  However, there are a few customs that I have run into, that might be of help.

1.) Saints and their Feast Days were very important to European people.  So in many cases, parents would consult their pastor/priest for children's names.  Feast Day Example: St. Therese of Lisieux - child was named Therese.
 

2.) Male Names:

 

     1st son was normally named after the father's father
     2nd son after mother's father
     3rd son after father

     4th son after mother’s father-father

     5th son after mother’s father-father
 

3.) Female Names:

 

     1st daughter was normally named after the mother's mother
     2nd daughter after father's mother
     3rd daughter after mother

     4th daughter after father’s father’s-mother

     5th daughter after mother’s father’s-mother

3.) If the child was given a secular (two) name, the first was that of a Saint or Feast Day.  The second is what the child was actually called by.  Example: Johann Georg Ristow - child was called George. 

 

4.) Some parents would also name their child after one of the godparents.

 

 

Sorry, but I don't have the expertise to answer any of your questions relating to foreign names. 

 

Paul M. Kankula  NN8NN

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