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[Facts] Emöke
by 78faba
1/25/2009, 3:36 PM
Today i saw a german tv show and they interviewed a woman with the name "Emöke". Her surname was german. Is it a name from nothern Germany?
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- Satu (_satu_)
1/29/2009, 10:52 AM
According to W. Seibicke (Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch), Emöke is a Hungarian pet form of the name Emö which means "to suckle, to wet-nurse, to draw milk".
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- mafiosa
1/26/2009, 10:14 AM
It's a Hungarian name spelt Emőke. Here's the Hungarian Wikipedia article on it: http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emőke. I guess the person interviewed has roots in Hungary somewhere or only one parent is Hungarian.
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