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Ernulphus
by Anneza
8/2/2023, 10:08 AM
This name is new to me. Its bearer in South Africa, ln Hedding, was born on a Wesleyan mission station in 1874, and was the grandfather of someone I knew who is now deceased. Surname was Hedding. A daughter was named Loorna with a double o. That's all I know, but I'd love to know if his name actually belonged to anyone else or if it was invented for his exclusive use!
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- Rene   +3
8/2/2023, 10:46 AM
Some quick googling gave me this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernulf
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- Anneza   +2
8/2/2023, 2:05 PM
Brilliant - so his parents tweaked the spelling to make it more Latin-looking than German! Most interesting - thank you.
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- Kirke   +1
8/2/2023, 8:17 PM
They didn't tweak it. Ernulphus IS the Latin form of the name. It appears this way in Latin language writing about the historical bishop of Rochester Ernulf.
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- thegriffon
8/3/2023, 2:06 AM
Ernulf ís ostensibly ern+wulf (erne "eagle" and wolf), but the first element could also be an n-stem variant of ere- honor.
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