I have a cousin nicknamed "Ted" but his birth name is Edward. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Hoffman" <wmfhoffman@sbcglobal.net> To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [PBS] English for name "Teclesphor" > Hi, > > Dolores <DOLCAR30@aol.com> asked: > >> In going thru birth records from Gorzno, Poland, >> I ran across this given >> name "TECLESPHOR". It appears to have Greek >> roots, I would think, but am not >> sure. Does anyone have an interpretation of >> this? > > I have never seen Teclesphor, but I have to wonder > if it is simply a misread or mispelled version of > Telesphor? In Polish that name is usually spelled > Telesfor. There's more information on this name > under the French version, Telesphore, here: > > http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=telesphore > > Since the name is not terribly familiar, even in > Poland, people wouldn't necessarily know how to > spell it correctly, and errors could easily > happen. Jan Grzenia's book on Polish given names > says there were 1,044 Polish males named Telesfor > as of 2002, but this name had been given to > children less than 100 times in the second half of > the 20th century. So it's rare these days and > probably considered hopelessly old-fashioned. One > of the books I have on Russian names mentions it. > A Google search of the Cyrillic spelling brings up > mostly references to the name in Greek mythology, > though there are some Websites mentioning people > by that name. > > That's my best guess, anyway. > > Fred Hoffman > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >