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Re: K
Very interesting. Are Yiddish names your main area of interest? Do you you know of any sites that major in these?
I think when you hard a "hard" K sound especially in a name, it seems to create a sense of strength or physical presence. To which i like best in the name "Khan"
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Jewish names (in fact everything Jewish) is my main area of interest. :)Good sites are:Khazar names http://www.khazaria.com/khazar-names.html
Ladino names http://www.yucs.org/~jules/names/nav_intro.html
Jews in England http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/jewish.html
Search for a name http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/GivenNames/search.htm
Search for a name http://www.hebrewletters.com/
Links: http://www.yucs.org/~jules/names/main.html
Links: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/jewish.shtmlOthers:
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dan/genealogy/Krakow/index.html
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=bashe&ln=&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
http://www.loebtree.com/index.html
A great book about Hebrew names only: Le Livre des prénoms bibliques et hébraïques, by Rabbi Marc Alain Ouaknin and Dory Rotnemer.
One fun anecdote, khanu (khah-noo), the female form of Khan, is a term of endearment for Sephardic Jews. My great grandmother from Saloniki (originally from Spain) called my mom like this. :)
~~ Claire ~~
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