Hi Rosanna, Thanks! There is a good list of Slovenian given names at feefhs web page done by Al Peterlin and also a Slovenian magazine has some good info on surname origin and meaning. Perhaps someday someone will have a web page of Croatian names on the net. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Davor" <ddavor@volja.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] questions > Hey Robert, this time you're right : z''elja means wish and this is where > the name Z''eljko comes from. This is a man's name but there is Z''eljka as > well which is female version of Z''eljko. The name doesn't have equivalent > in Slovene either. Rosana > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Jerin" <rjerin@adelphia.net> > To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:25 PM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] questions > > > > Oh and there is no diacritical mark over the z in zelen, etc. How about > > Z"elja = wish > > > > Robert > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mary Lawrie" <marylawrie@optusnet.com.au> > > To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 8:19 AM > > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] questions > > > > > > > > > > > There is no English equivalent that I know of and the meaning escapes > me > > > > also. Does it have something to do with green? > > > > > > Green = zelen, zelenilo, pl. zelenje > > > > > > Mary Lawrie > > > > > > > > > > > >