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[Facts] Gerineldo
I've stumbled across the male Spanish name Gerineldo. Anyone know its origin and meaning?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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After doing some digging I found these:These suggest that Gerinel is a Caló (Spanish Romani) form of Miguel:
http://espanol.babycenter.com/babyname/7203102/gerinel http://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Diccionario_gitano/Vocabulario_cal%C3%B3-castellanoThis suggests that Gerineldo is an alternate of Gerinel:
http://www.tuparada.com/nombres/significado-del-nombre-gerinel/16325Here is a synopsis of the ballad of Gerineldo, which apparently has many versions:
http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Spanish-Ladino/Society_and_Culture/Gerineldo%20.html
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How very interesting! I wonder how Gerinel comes from Miguel, though. The two names don't sound at all alike.
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Gerineldo looks like it's a variant form of Gerinaldo. I am pretty sure that Gerinaldo is the Spanish form of what was originally a Germanic name. In that case, the -aldo part of the name is derived from Germanic wald "rule", just like it is with names such as Geraldo and Reinaldo. The first element of the name (the gerin- part) would possibly be derived from Germanic ger "spear", but I am not entirely certain of this. If it is true, however, then Gerinaldo could be considered to be a more elaborate form of Geraldo.
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This Google Books link shows a page from a book called "Diccionario de Nombres de Personas" (second occurence of the search terms): It indeed gives Gerineldo as a variant of Gerinaldo, and that one derived from Germanic Gair-ald which looks like it corresponds with Geraldo:http://books.google.ch/books?id=A_KHaYiixzwC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=%22geraldo%22+%22Gerinaldo%22&source=bl&ots=-G9k6er81j&sig=NLE-CrntlGqJcq-MWrpP-RgU4Dg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RxYdUd6YGsj2sgaV-oG4Bw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22geraldo%22%20%22Gerinaldo%22&f=false
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Taking your and Marija Luminitsa's posts together, perhaps I should assume that Gerineldo comes from Gerinel and Geraldo blended together.
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