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Help[Opinions] Re: Lithuanian names!!
in reply to a message by sambchop
I like Kastautas! Do you (or any of your relatives) happen to know the meaning of it? Maybe it is a more modern form of Kestutis? I can't find anything about it on Google, only that Kastautas seems to be more common as a surname than a first name.
EDIT: Oh, just found something. ;) The Wikipedia article below mentions Kestautas as being related to Kestutis. Kestautas differs just one letter from Kastautas, so it's possible that Kastautas is indeed etymologically related to Kestutis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%99stutis
EDIT: Oh, just found something. ;) The Wikipedia article below mentions Kestautas as being related to Kestutis. Kestautas differs just one letter from Kastautas, so it's possible that Kastautas is indeed etymologically related to Kestutis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%99stutis
This message was edited 4/28/2013, 9:15 PM
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According to Lithuanian name sites, the name breaks down like this: Kas (a pronoun meaning who) + taut (meaning the nation or the people). So, it means something like "He who is of the people" or "Man of the people".
Kęstutis appears to be a different name that means "He who endures" or "He who suffers".
You could be right though. My family spells things phonetically. They never learned to read or write "correctly" because of Hitler and then communism. They were always either forced to learn German or Russian. Either way, I love finding old names! :D
Kęstutis appears to be a different name that means "He who endures" or "He who suffers".
You could be right though. My family spells things phonetically. They never learned to read or write "correctly" because of Hitler and then communism. They were always either forced to learn German or Russian. Either way, I love finding old names! :D
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Thank you for the explanation! :D
No text here. Well, not really. ;)
No text here. Well, not really. ;)
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