Well, since I have mixed ethnic origin, names of my relatives (both actual and late) belong to different types.
From the mother's side: Hannah, Dina, Rachel, Abraham, Jacob, Reuben, Frieda, Joseph (I feel problem in recalling all the names, my grandmother had 9 siblings). Surnames from this side: Haikin, Peusner, Holtzmann.
From the father's side: Helmuth, Karl, Gustav, Elisabeth, Otto, Edward, Ernst, Julia, Emilia, Ingrid. Surnames: Steisslinger, Langemack, von Dietz (?).
kai'puka ilai 'i' kapuka 'o' kamehameha kanahana
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lemme know if you need help with the prounciations....
Mamajuana, name of your father makes me think that you belong to the Swedish royal Bernadotte dynasty... Should we call you Your Royal Highness in future?
Esther is still a fairly common name today!
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Yes, a litlle help, please.
Beatrice is not common in the USA today. The others are fairly common.
steissd - yes, that would be very nice. Accompanied, of course, with lots of bows, and aides bearing gifts.
An ex sister-in-law of mine, who hails from Mexico City, is named Beatrice. It seems to me that names are crossing the ethnic lines more often than in years past. Which is a good thing, I believe.
how far back we goin' Edgar. To antiques or ANTIQUES
MONARCHS OF ENGLAND
House of Wessex
Egbert (802-39)
Aethelwulf (839-55)
Aethelbald (855-60)
Aethelbert (860-6)
Aethelred (866-71)
Alfred the Great (871-99)
Edward the Elder (899-925)
Athelstan (925-40)
Edmund the Magnificent (940-6)
Eadred (946-55)
Eadwig (Edwy) All-Fair (955-59)
Edgar the Peaceable (959-75)
Edward the Martyr (975-78)
Aethelred the Unready (978-1016)
Edmund Ironside (1016)
there are more.
http://spinner.cofc.edu/~mccandla/Englkinglist.html
My girlfriend had a great-grandfather whose first name was Yerkes. Our best guess is that it is an anglicized Xerxes.
