I enjoyed this post because my uncle Larry was baptized "Hilarius" (Latin) and we always thought that was hilarious! My father was baptized "Heronimus" (Jerome) and everyone knew him as Tony. --Suzanne Bunkers On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 17:56:18 EST ROlson1062@aol.com wrote: > Since we are speaking of names what are the equivalents of: > Hilarius > Winandus > Johanetta > and that one I always have difficulty in Latin records is Jacobus as > sometimes(usually in the US) it is James and sometimes it is Jacob > And the same for Carolus(sometimes Carl and oftimes Carolus)