Bob Olson wrote: > Since we are speaking of names what are the equivalents of: > Hilarius > Winandus > Johanetta Hilarius is usually anglicized as Hillary, but also can be transformed into Hi, Hilaire, Hilario, Hillery, Hillie and Hilly, and Ilario. Winandus is a new one on me. Wendell??? Johanetta sounds like a feminine diminutive form of Johann, just like Henrietta is for Henry. I'm sure that's probably already occured to you. If that surmise is correct, there are many possible female anglizations of that name: Jane and all its many variants, Johnna and its variants and Joanne and its variants. > 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) And also Charles. I alway remember that one because that's how Lewis Carroll got his pen name, by transforming the first two names of his real name, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Funny story about the name Karl: when I was an exchange student in a German school, the history teacher kept talking about this real famous person, Karl der Grosse, who seemed to be very important to German history. I felt like an ignoramus because I had never heard of him. I was depressed at how bad the US school system must be if this guy is so important and I had never even heard the name before. Finally, I decided to translate the name, first as "Charles the Great." Nothing there either. Then I finally tried French, and came up with *Charlemagne*! Now *him* I've heard of. > > While reviewing records in Latin both here and abroad I have > come across the > Helena-Lena-Magdalena variant, and there appears to be no > clear cut solution > other then reviewing other sources. > In addition I have found that in some families there are more > than one child > with the exact name, in one family I have 3 Catherines- Kate, > Catherine and > Anna Catherine is how I ended up designating them. There appears to be > somewhat of a lack of imagination in naming in certain parts > of Germany and > Luxembourg which used saints name very much. > LOL (which means laughing out loud). Mark