Does anybody know a website that has translations of given names from Latin (NOT Spanish) to English equivalents. As I'm sure many of you have also discovered, nineteenth century Catholic church records (baptisms, marriages, etc.) in Ireland (and presumably elsewhere) were usually written in Latin, including the given names of the principals, their parents, witnesses, etc. I can get adequate translations of the body of the registers and docs with my HS Latin, but the given names need to be completely accurate. Some are intuitive, some not. Currently I'm stuck on "Joamis." Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Tim

Hi Tim, Your Joamis is probably Joanis which is one of the Latin forms for John. Here is a list I have compiled over the years containing Latin first names and their equivalents. Adalbertus - Albert or George Adam (Ade) Adam Adeliza Adelize Adranus Adrian Aedus: Hugh Aemilia: Emily Aemilia - Emily Agna = Agnes, Nancy Agneta Agnes Ailmerus Aylmer Alanus Alan Albertus - Albert Albinus Aubin Alda Aude Alesia, Alicia Alice Alfredus, Aluredus: Alfred Alicia: Alice, Elsie, Alyssa Alienora, Eleanora, Elianora Eleanor Almaricus Amaury Aloisius: Aloysius, Louis, Luis Aloysius Aloys Aloysius - Aloysius or Lewis Alvredus Alfred Amabilla Amabel Amata SEE Amica Amfridus Amfrey Amica, Amata, Amia Amy Amphelicia Amfelice Anastasia - Anastasia or Nancy Andrea - Andrew Andreas (m.) Andrew Andreas Andrew Anna Anne Ansketillus, Asketillus Anketil Antonius - Anthony Appolonia - Polly or Pauline Aractam - Agnas Arcturus, Artorius, Arturus Arthur Arturus: Arthur atalis Noel Audoenus, Audoinus, Oeneus, Oenus Owen Audomarus Aymer Augustinus Austin Avelina Evelyn Avicia Avice Baldricus Baudry Bartholomeus Bartholomew Basilia Basile Basilius Basil Baudewinus Baldwin Beatrix Beatrice Benedicta Benet Benedictus Benet Bertrandus Bertram Blasius - Blase Blasius Blaise Bricius Brice Brigida: Brigid, Bridget Brigida, Brigitta Bridget Caritas - Charity Carolum - Charles Carolus Charles Carolus: Charles, Carl, Karl Carolus = Charles Carolus - Charles Caterina, Katerina, Katharina Catherine Catharina: Catherine, Kathryn, Kathleen, Caitlin Cecilia Cecily Cecilius Cecil Christiana, Christina Christine Christophorus Christopher Claricia Clarice Clemencia Clemence Clemens Clement Colecta Colette Constantia, Custancia Constance Daniele=Daniel Denisia, Dionisia Denise Desiderata Desiree Deodatus - Theodore Desideratus Didier Dionisia SEE Denisia Dionisius, Dionysius Denis Dionisius - Dennis Dionysius: Dennis Donatus: Duncan Dorothea Dorothy Droco, Drogo Drew Duvenaldus Donald Eadmundus Edmund Eadwardus Edward Edmundus: Edmund, Edmond, Eamon Eduardus - Edward Eduardus: Edward, sometimes Eamon Egidia Gille Egidius Giles Eleanora SEE Alienora Elena Ellen Elianora SEE Alienora Elias Ellis Elisabetha Elizabeth Elisius Elisha Elizabetha: Elizabeth, Beth, Betty, Isabel, Lisa Emericus Emery Emma Emme Erchenbaldus Archibald Ernisius Ernis Etheldreda Audrey Eudo Eudes Eustachius Eustace Eva Eve Falcasius Fawkes Felicia Felice Fidelia - Vera or Faith Fides (Fidis) Faith Folcho SEE Fulco Francisca Frances Franciscus Francis Franciscus: Francis, Frank Francus Frank Fridericus Frederick Fulco, Folcho Fulk Galfridus, Gaufridus, Galwanus Gawain Garnerius Warner Genofeva Genevieve Georgius George Georgius=George Gerardus Gerard Germanus Germain Geroldus SEE Giraldus Gervase Isolda Iseult Gilebertus, Gislebertus Gilbert Ginevra Jennifer Giraldus, Geroldus Gerald Godefridus Godfrey Godelacius Guthlac Goditha Goodith Goisfridus SEE Galfridus Goisfridus, Gosfridus Geoffrey Goscelinus Jocelin Gosfridus SEE Galfridus Gottfridus/Godefredus - Godfrey Gratia - Grace Griffinus Griffin Griselda Grizel Gualterus Walter Gualterus: Walter Gualterus - Walter Guarinus SEE Warinus Guenliana, Wenteliana Guglielmus, Gulielmus: William Guilhelmus - William Guilielmus = William Guillelmus SEE Willelmus Gulielmo=William Gulielmum=William Gwendoloena Gwendolen Hamo Hamon Haraldus Harold Hasculfus Hasculf Hawisia Hawise Helena Helen Helena: Helen, Ellen, Nell, Aileen, Eileen, Nora Helena=Helen Helewisa Helewise Henricum=Henry Henricus: Henry Henricus - Henry Henrietta - Henrietta or Harriet heobaldus Tibbald Hereweccus, Herveius, Henricus Henry Hervicius Hervey Hieremias Jeremiah Hieronymous: Jerome Hieronymus Jerome Hieronymus - Jerome Hilaria Hilarius Hilary Hoelus Howel Honorah - Nora/Norah. Honoria Honour Hugo Hugh Hugo - Hugh Humfredus Humphrey Idonea Idony Ingelardus Engelard Ingeramus Ingram Isabella Isabel Isenbardus Imbert Ivo, Ivonus Ives Jacobus James Jacobus - James or Jacob Jacobus = James Joanees/Joanis = John Joanna, Johanna: Joan, Jane, Jeanne, Jeanette, Joanne, Sinead, Siobhan Joannes - John Joannes John Jocea, Jocosa, Jodoca, Joceus, Jodocus Joyce Johanna/Jonna - Jane, Joan or Jean Johanna Joan Johanna = Honora Johannes John Johannes, Johannis: John, Sean, Eoin, Ian Johannes=John Josephum=Joseph Josias Josiah Juliana Gillian Jurdanus Jordan Katerina, Katharina SEE Caterina Kenewricus Kenric Landebertus Lambert Laurencia, Laurencius Laurence N Laurentium - Lawrence Lecia SEE Leticia Leonellus Lionel Leonius=Leo Leticia, Lecia Lucas (m.): Luke, Lucas Lucas Luke Oeneus, Oenus SEE Audoenus Lucia Lucy Olaus Olave Ludovicum = Louis Ludovicus: Louis, Lewis, Ludwig Ludovicus - Louis Ludovicus, Lodovicus Lewis Luelinus Llewelyn Mabilla, Mabilia Mabel Magdalena - Madeline Malachias (m.): Malachy Marcus - Mark Marcus Mark Patricius Patrick Marcus: Mark, Marcus Margareta Margaret Petronilla Parnel Margeria Margery Petrus Peter Maria Mary Philippa Philippe Maria - Mary Maria Anna: Mary Ann, Marian, Marianne Maria = Mary, Maureen, Maeve, Molly Maria: Mary, Marie, Maria, Moire, Mame, Polly Mariam=Mae,Mary Mariana Marion Pigotus Pigot Mariota Mariot Placencia Pleasance Marmaducus Marmaduke Martinus - Martin Mathaeus = Matthew Matilda, Matildis, Matillis Maud Matthaeus - Matthew Matthaeus: Matthew Mattheus Matthew, Matthias Matthias - Matthias Matthias (m.): Matthias, Matt Mauricius, Meuricius Maurice Mereducius, Moreducus Meredith Michaelem - Michael Milisenda Millicent Milo Miles Mirabilis Mirabel Miriela, Mirielda SEE Muriella Misericordia Mercy Mordacus Murdoch Moreducus SEE Mereducius Morganus Morgan Moyses Moses Muriella, Miriela, Mirielda Muriel Nantia - Nancy Napolonia - Nappy Ni - Nicholas Nicholaa, Nicolaa Nicholaus, Nicolaus Nicholas Nicolaus: Nicholas Nigellus Niel Normanus Norman Odo, Otho Otes Oliva Olive Orabilis, Orabilia Orabel Patricius: Patrick Patritius - Patrick Petrus: Peter Radulfus: Ralph Radulphus Ralph Randolphus Randal Reginaldus Reynold Reimundus Raymond Reinerus Rayner Reinfridus Remphrey Ricardus Richard T Ricardus: Richard, Dick, Dirck Richerus Richer Roesia, Rohesia Rose Rohelendus, Roulandus Roland Rothericus Roderick Rufus: Rory, Rufus, Red Rugerius: Roger, Rory Sabinus Sabin Salamanus, Salamon Solomon Samuelem - Samuel Sarra Sarah Savaricus Savary Scolastica Scholace Serlo Serle Sewallus Sewel Sibella Sibyl Stanislausum=Stan Stephanus Stephen Suanus Sweyn Teodoricus, Terricus Terry Theodoricus - Derek Theodorus - Theodore Theodorus Theodore Theophania Tiffany Thomas (Thome) Thomas Thomasum=Thomas Timotheus: Timothy Timotheus Timothy Tobias Toby Turoldus Thorold Turstanus Thurstan Veronica - Veronica or Bernice Vincencius Vincent Vitalis Viel Vitus - Guy Walkelinus Waukelin Warinus, Guarinus Warin Warnerus Warner Wenteliana SEE Guenliana Wido SEE Guido Willelma William Willelmus, Guillelmus William Wymerca Wymark Hope it helps. Regards, Joe Egan San Diego Tim Kane wrote: > > Does anybody know a website that has translations of given names from Latin > (NOT Spanish) to English equivalents. As I'm sure many of you have also > discovered, nineteenth century Catholic church records (baptisms, > marriages, etc.) in Ireland (and presumably elsewhere) were usually written > in Latin, including the given names of the principals, their parents, > witnesses, etc. I can get adequate translations of the body of the > registers and docs with my HS Latin, but the given names need to be > completely accurate. Some are intuitive, some not. Currently I'm stuck on > "Joamis." Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Tim

Personally.....I check with a local Catholic Church. If I remember correctly all the priest learn latin as part of their profession. I know I've gone to mass on several occassions...usually on certain special occassions the mass is in latin. I'll ask my mom, she use to take latin too and I think she was the one who told me about latin and the church. Colleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Kane" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 11:06 AM Subject: Names in Latin > Does anybody know a website that has translations of given names from Latin > (NOT Spanish) to English equivalents. As I'm sure many of you have also > discovered, nineteenth century Catholic church records (baptisms, > marriages, etc.) in Ireland (and presumably elsewhere) were usually written > in Latin, including the given names of the principals, their parents, > witnesses, etc. I can get adequate translations of the body of the > registers and docs with my HS Latin, but the given names need to be > completely accurate. Some are intuitive, some not. Currently I'm stuck on > "Joamis." Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Tim >