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HelpInspired by Tiggs...
Here are some unusual - or even strange - names my ancestors had (some are middle names, though). All are Swedish people.
MEN
Billehard
Gladus (variant of Claudius?)
Napoleon
Hadar (variant of the Norse mythological name Höder)
Selim
Salomon
WOMEN
Adora
Turinna
Tamar Norine (no-REE-neh)
Amilda
Lavinia
Benny (!)
Saidi (I think this was pr. SIGH-dee)
Elvan ("number eleven")
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
MEN
Billehard
Gladus (variant of Claudius?)
Napoleon
Hadar (variant of the Norse mythological name Höder)
Selim
Salomon
WOMEN
Adora
Turinna
Tamar Norine (no-REE-neh)
Amilda
Lavinia
Benny (!)
Saidi (I think this was pr. SIGH-dee)
Elvan ("number eleven")
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
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Not sure how some of these are pronounced...
Billehard - is this a surname or place name?
Gladus - seeing leather-laced sandals
Napoleon - bold choice
Hadar - found a forvo pronunciation for this; kind of cool
Selim - huh, no real reaction to this
Salomon - I didn't extract them, but I did see some Salmon(s) in the 1871 publication
Adora - like this; have suggested it a few times as a middle, but no takers
Turinna - ancient city?
Tamar Norine - don't see a Swedish pron. for Tamar at forvo; similar to Hadar?
Amilda - this feels warm and sunny
Lavinia - love it
Benny (!) - aww
Saidi - interstig
Elvan - love Elva but would have guessed this is masculine
Billehard - is this a surname or place name?
Gladus - seeing leather-laced sandals
Napoleon - bold choice
Hadar - found a forvo pronunciation for this; kind of cool
Selim - huh, no real reaction to this
Salomon - I didn't extract them, but I did see some Salmon(s) in the 1871 publication
Adora - like this; have suggested it a few times as a middle, but no takers
Turinna - ancient city?
Tamar Norine - don't see a Swedish pron. for Tamar at forvo; similar to Hadar?
Amilda - this feels warm and sunny
Lavinia - love it
Benny (!) - aww
Saidi - interstig
Elvan - love Elva but would have guessed this is masculine
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Billehard - is this a surname or place name?
Neither. Middle name. Probably from an old German name, a combo of "will" and "hard", I think. Bertil Billehard was my mother's mother's father. While Bertil is common, no one knows wherever his parents found Billehard!
Napoleon - bold choice
Was only a middle name; his first name was Joel.
Turinna - ancient city?
Nope; an old, rare feminine form of Ture.
Tamar Norine - don't see a Swedish pron. for Tamar at forvo; similar to Hadar?
TAH-mar. The siblings were called Hadar (HAH-dar), Vidar (VEE-dar), Tamar and...Vivi (VIV-ee). I guess Vivi was the lucky one. Turinna was their mother. Their father had a common Swedish name - Arvid.
Elvan - love Elva but would have guessed this is masculine
Elva means "eleven" in Swedish, "elvan" means "the eleventh". Älva (pr. "elva") means "fairy", btw.
Neither. Middle name. Probably from an old German name, a combo of "will" and "hard", I think. Bertil Billehard was my mother's mother's father. While Bertil is common, no one knows wherever his parents found Billehard!
Napoleon - bold choice
Was only a middle name; his first name was Joel.
Turinna - ancient city?
Nope; an old, rare feminine form of Ture.
Tamar Norine - don't see a Swedish pron. for Tamar at forvo; similar to Hadar?
TAH-mar. The siblings were called Hadar (HAH-dar), Vidar (VEE-dar), Tamar and...Vivi (VIV-ee). I guess Vivi was the lucky one. Turinna was their mother. Their father had a common Swedish name - Arvid.
Elvan - love Elva but would have guessed this is masculine
Elva means "eleven" in Swedish, "elvan" means "the eleventh". Älva (pr. "elva") means "fairy", btw.
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