Message: "Obituaries" - Behind the Name

Obituaries

by Sofia

1/31/2013, 5:06 PM

Obits from my local newspapers, year of birth is in brackets.

FEMALE:

Ana (1925, 1927, 1939, 1945)
Bara (1935)
Barica (1931)
Eva (1928)
Gina (1946)
Jana (1919)
Janica (1927)
Justina (1957)
Kata (1932)
Kate (1937)
Ljeposlava (1949)
Ljuba (1958)
Ljubica (1921, 1926, 1937, 1943)
Mara (1928)
Marica (1937)
Marija (1922, 1928, 1929, 1953)
Matidla (1932) -probably a misspelling of Matilda
Milka (1945)
Olgica (1943)
Slavica (1955)
Sofija (1931)
Stoja (1956)
Vera (1923)
Zorka (1945)

- Bear +1

2/1/2013, 1:24 PM

What a gorgeous list of names. May they rest in peace.

Wild about:

Ana, Bara, Eva, Gina, Jana, Justina, Kata, Ljeposlava (!), Mara, Marica ("mahr-EET-suh?"), Marija, Matilda (assuming you are correct), Milka, Olgica (!), Slavica, Stoja, and Vera.

- Sofia

2/1/2013, 4:02 PM

Marica is pronounced ‘MAH-ree-tzah’. All –ica endings are ‘eetzah.

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