"Jackie (nee Adamowicz)" wrote: > > Would anyone know if there is a Croatian first name equivalent to Barbara? > > My g-grandfather listed his mother's name as Barbara on his U.S. Social > Security application. > I would like to attempt to write to a potential relation in his home > village, but would like to > list the proper name in Croation. > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > Best, Jackie Croatian ? Perhaps by analogue. BARBARA f English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian. Meaning "foreign" from Greek word barbaros. According to legend Saint Barbara was a young woman killed by her father Dioscorus, who was then killed by a bolt of lightning. Barbola, Borbala, Babi, Borcsa, Boris, Boriska, Borka (Hungarian) Barbara, Bara, Barka, Barica (Slovenian) > Researching: > ~~~~~~~Poland~~~~~~~ > ADAMOWICZ - BANASZEK - BURDA > CHOJNACKI / HOJNACKI > MIKULSKI / MIKOLSKY > CIEBIEN~ - MAZIK - KROL / KRUL > ~~~~~~~Croatia~~~~~~~ > OCVIRAK / OCVIREK - SNEPERGER

At 08:48 AM 5/16/2002, you wrote: >According to legend Saint Barbara was a young woman killed by her >father Dioscorus, who was then killed by a bolt of lightning. Now there's an interesting legend! Thank you, Frank... Jackie Researching: ~~~~~~~Poland~~~~~~~ ADAMOWICZ - BANASZEK - BURDA CHOJNACKI / HOJNACKI MIKULSKI / MIKOLSKY CIEBIEN~ - MAZIK - KROL / KRUL ~~~~~~~Croatia~~~~~~~ OCVIRAK / OCVIREK - SNEPERGER