[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Prussian Names

[Ed]

The German way to say August is more like when someone punches you in the
nose

OWWWGOOST


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Warner" <gary at warnerengineering.com>
To: "Magton" <mag_ton at yahoo.com>; <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: April 18, 2003 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Prussian Names


> To all,
>
> From the link on the SGGEE web site to a site called Behind the Name, at
> http://www.behindthename.com/
>
>         AUGUST (1)   m   German, Polish
>         German and Polish form of AUGUSTUS
>
>         AUGUST (2)   m   English
>         Pronounced: AW-gust
>         Means simply "August" from the name of the month, which was
>         originally named for the Roman emperor Augustus.
>
>         AUGUSTUS   m   Ancient Roman
>         Pronounced: aw-GUS-tus
>         Means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to
>         increase". Augustus was the title given to Octavian, the first
>         Roman emperor. He was the adopted son of Julius Caesar who rose
>         to power through a combination of military skill and political
>         prowess. This was also the name of three kings of Poland.
>
>         EUPHROSYNE   f   Greek Mythology
>         Means "mirth, merriment" in Greek. She was one of the three
>         Graces (Charites) in Greek mythology.
>
> Gary Warner
> SGGEE
>
> At 07:26 AM 4/18/2003, Magton wrote:
>
>   "The choice of given names by parents was influenced
>   by religious,
>   ethnic and cultural background of the family.  Luise
>   (Louisa) was the
>   most popular Prussian queen
>   Even though families now lived in Russian Poland they
>   chose to quietly
>   show their heart allegiance to the Prussian king.
>   Along with Luise, the
>   given names Friedrich and Wilhelm were popular.  I
>   bear the name "Otto"
>   with a Saxon twang, and my father Alexander, the given
>   name of the
>   Czar. There are also Elizabeths in the family usually
>   with familiar
>   Augusts and Johanns"
>
>   Does the male name AUGUST have particular Prussian
>   overtones?  Can anyone shed some light on a female
>   name like EUPHROSINA ??(spelled EUFROZYNA in the
>   Polishj writing from German Lutheran records ) I am
>   not sure what the German spelling of that name would
>   be ? I know it's an ancient , isoteric kind of Saint -
>   name . Would German Lutherans have Saint names for
>   their children - or purely ethnic German or cultural
>   and  political allegiance types of names?
>
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