George, For what it is worth the list of given name equivalents in the AKdFF handbook gives Menyhert as a Hungarian version of Melchior. Dave Dreyer ----- Original Message ----- From: "gbrettrager via" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 7:55 AM Subject: [BANAT-L] Melchior/Meinhardt > > I've seen several people called Melchior one time and Meinhardt another > time in the church books. I cannot find a reference that equates the > names. What gives? > > George > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Meinhard and Melchior are not the same. Melchior has its seeds in Hebrew (melech -> king or light). Hungarian: Menyhért Meinhard has its seeds in Germanic (megin -> power, strength + hard -> relentlessness) I believe, that the Hungarian Menyhért was translated to the German Meinhard, because it looks more similar. Wolf-Dieter Kuehn Germany Am 22.07.2014 02:21, schrieb Dave Dreyer via: > George, > For what it is worth the list of given name equivalents in the AKdFF > handbook gives Menyhert as a Hungarian version of Melchior. > Dave Dreyer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gbrettrager via" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 7:55 AM > Subject: [BANAT-L] Melchior/Meinhardt > > >> I've seen several people called Melchior one time and Meinhardt another >> time in the church books. I cannot find a reference that equates the >> names. What gives? >> >> George >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >