> Von: von G��ttner Sporzynski, Darius <dguttner@csi.com> > I have tried to find the Deutsches Namenlexikon but to no avail. I only have the German edition which is out of print now. It's too difficult for me to translate it into English, therefore I will write it in German, and it's up to you to find somebody who is able to translate it. > Can someone > help me in finding reference to names: We Germans have a saying: If you give someone a little finger s/he wants to get the whole hand. > Guttner No entry. > Guettner No entry. > Gittner No entry. > Gattner No entry. > Guenther Oberdeutsch und haeufig mitteldeutsch-schlesisch, Kurzform: Guenzel: Gunther, Gernot, Giselher (vergleiche Geisler!) sind aus der Nibelungensage als Burgunderkoenige (am Wormser Hof) und Brueder Krimhilds bekannt. (Gund-hari, -heri 'Kaempfer im Heer', nordisch Gunnar, altgermanisch Gud-here vergleiche Gudrun). Als Leitname ist Guenther im Fuerstenhaus Schwarzburg (Thueringen) seit dem Mittelalter traditionell. > Gunther A variant of Guent(h)er. > Guntter No entry. > Gutterus No entry. Best regards, Johannes Sempert