Hanns, Hans, etc. is a diminutive of Johannes, Johann, etc. John's diminutive is Johnny, Edward's is Ed, Ted etc., William's is Bill, Willie and so forth. It doesn't mean someone is going by another name. Edward (Ed) Surkosky ----- Original Message ----- From: "gloria ishida" <gfb-ishida@gol.com> To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:27 AM Subject: Re: [A-L] naming > There is a difference, I think, but a matter of tradition rather than > linguistic - see various information on the Internet regarding the latter. > As I mentioned in a personal situation a few mails ago, our second son, > Hanns was named after a Lutheran German bishop friend. Actually this > person always went by the name of Hanns, even in the books he authored, > but his birth and legal name was Johannes. This was 20th century Germany. > > Gloria > > > "Genealogy. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not > particularly care to trace his own." Ambrose Bierce > > > On Oct 25, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Edward T. Surkosky wrote: > >> What's the difference ? One is Latin and the others German. >> >> E. Surkosky >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> >> To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 4:31 AM >> Subject: Re: [A-L] naming >> >> >>> This has been my experience also --- that Johannes is a stand alone name >>> while Johan/Johann is used as a prename/saints name and is not used in >>> common >>> usage...the rufname/call name is used as the given name. >>> >>> Joan >>> >>> >>> > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >