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ArchivesRe: GESEKO as a given name
in reply to a message by Andy ;—)
I found the following interview with von Lüpke on the web. I am first giving it in German so that someone who is fluent in German can correct me if I get the translation seriously wrong:
Toepsch: Noch eine ganz kurze Frage zum Schluss. Ich muss Sie fragen, was Geseko für ein Vorname ist. Wo kommt der her?
Lüpke: Wenn ich das wüsste. Ich bin, glaube ich, der Einzige, der so heißt.
Toepsch: Ja, ich glaube, mir ist der Name noch nie begegnet.
Lüpke: Das Einzige, was ich darüber weiß, ist, dass vor vielen hundert Jahren der Erste, der diesen Namen trug, ein Geseko von Liubice war. Er war Bürgermeister in Lübeck und bekam dafür dann den Adelstitel. Und der hieß eben Geseko.
Toepsch: Das ist also eine Familie?
Lüpke: Ja, es ist ein Familienname aus lang zurückliegender Vergangenheit. Alle hundert Jahre musste irgendjemand dran glauben und diesen Namen weiter tragen.
As I understand it, von Lüpke says that he believes he is indeed the only person alive in Germany today with the given name Geseko. The first person with the name was Geseko von Liubice, who was the mayor of Lübeck hundreds of years ago. He says it is also a family name today. It's unclear if he adopted this as a pen name or if his parents gave him the name because they are descendants of Geseko von Liubice.
In Hans Bahlow's _Dictionary of German Names_, which is a surname dictionary, it says that Geseke, Gesche, and Geske are all German surnames deriving from the medieval Germanic name Giselbert. This is the origin of the modern English name Gilbert. It was created from two words meaning "pledge" and "bright." It would seem to me to be a good guess that Geseko is another variation of Geseke and so originally was an unusual pet form of Giselbert.
Toepsch: Noch eine ganz kurze Frage zum Schluss. Ich muss Sie fragen, was Geseko für ein Vorname ist. Wo kommt der her?
Lüpke: Wenn ich das wüsste. Ich bin, glaube ich, der Einzige, der so heißt.
Toepsch: Ja, ich glaube, mir ist der Name noch nie begegnet.
Lüpke: Das Einzige, was ich darüber weiß, ist, dass vor vielen hundert Jahren der Erste, der diesen Namen trug, ein Geseko von Liubice war. Er war Bürgermeister in Lübeck und bekam dafür dann den Adelstitel. Und der hieß eben Geseko.
Toepsch: Das ist also eine Familie?
Lüpke: Ja, es ist ein Familienname aus lang zurückliegender Vergangenheit. Alle hundert Jahre musste irgendjemand dran glauben und diesen Namen weiter tragen.
As I understand it, von Lüpke says that he believes he is indeed the only person alive in Germany today with the given name Geseko. The first person with the name was Geseko von Liubice, who was the mayor of Lübeck hundreds of years ago. He says it is also a family name today. It's unclear if he adopted this as a pen name or if his parents gave him the name because they are descendants of Geseko von Liubice.
In Hans Bahlow's _Dictionary of German Names_, which is a surname dictionary, it says that Geseke, Gesche, and Geske are all German surnames deriving from the medieval Germanic name Giselbert. This is the origin of the modern English name Gilbert. It was created from two words meaning "pledge" and "bright." It would seem to me to be a good guess that Geseko is another variation of Geseke and so originally was an unusual pet form of Giselbert.
This message was edited 9/9/2005, 10:47 AM
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I think, Geseko is a variant form of Gesko (m) or a male form of Geseke (f). Both are Frisian (pet) forms of Gertrud - I haven't found any connection to "Gisel"-names.
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http://www.nordicnames.de/
I think, Geseko is a variant form of Gesko (m) or a male form of Geseke (f). Both are Frisian (pet) forms of Gertrud - I haven't found any connection to "Gisel"-names.
/ Satu
http://www.nordicnames.de/
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I can see how Geseko and Gesko could be pet forms of some masculine name starting with Ger-, but is it really possible for them to be forms of Gertrud? Did the culture of medieval Germany allow for the "masculinization" of basically feminine names?
Gesko and Geseko don't occur in J. Van Der Schaar's _Woordenboek van Voornamen_. He does have Gesinus and under that Geeske, and seems to be saying (if I am understanding the Dutch properly) that it is a Latinized form of either names that began with Ger- or Gise-.
Gesko and Geseko don't occur in J. Van Der Schaar's _Woordenboek van Voornamen_. He does have Gesinus and under that Geeske, and seems to be saying (if I am understanding the Dutch properly) that it is a Latinized form of either names that began with Ger- or Gise-.
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