Thank you Joe, I was only asking because I like the name Gizelle and wondered why she would pick the name Hazel. I even like the name Gizi. Margaret or Margit. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph M. Nemeth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [HUNGARY] name change > Margaret, > > The name Gizike is a diminutive for Gizella and Gizi or Gizzi or Giza a > short form of the name or nickname. The name is of German origin > (Gisela). > In English the name would be (I think) Gizelle. May be someone else can > reflect on the Hazel name. > > Joseph > > 1000s of Crests (Coat of Arms) Hungarian, German, Spanish, English & more: > www.nemeth-heraldic-art.com > http://www.zazzle.com/nemethart* > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On > Behalf Of marlo > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:17 AM > To: Hungary-L > Subject: [HUNGARY] name change > > I had a cousin born in Hungary in 1909 and she was named Gizella. > I was born in 1927 and knew her as > Hazel. My mother and oldest sister > always called her Gizze and I never > knew why until I found her record > of arriving in this country. Does the > name Gizella translate to Hazel? It > had to be changed after they came > to this country in 1913. Was it just a > name she picked for herself? I have > no one left to ask. And as usual did > not bother when I could have. > This is just my curiosity, nothing more. > Thank you. Margaret > > ------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.11/1820 - Release Date: 11/29/2008 6:52 PM