Sandra, In one sense your original thought was quite close. I have seen the pet name, Silke used for both Cecilia and for Gisela. Different origins with Cecilia from the Latin and Gisela from Old German but for both the same pet name or familiar name might be used. djweber [email protected] ---------------------------- --- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 2:21 AM Subject: Re: [Ortenau] Schuttertal > DJ, > > Thank you for the translation! At first, I thought it might be the name > Gisela. > > Kind regards, > Sandra >