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Re: Weiron
by Caprice
9/4/2013, 12:32 PM
in reply to a message by Malin
Veiron/Weiron and Beiron are names that are typical for the Bohuslän/Gothenburg area, but I don't know where they might come from originally. Perhaps they are inspired by English or Scottish names, since this area historically has had much contact with the Brittish isles?
Osborn, Oleana and Rustan are other names that are almost only found in this area.
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- Frollein Gladys   +2
9/4/2013, 1:16 PM
OTOkay, so this is totally off topic, but - Oleana is rather pretty!
Tell me more! Please? ;)
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- Malin (nilamalin)   +1
9/4/2013, 1:21 PM
It is generally considered as a female form of Ole. I have some ancestors with another form of it, Olena. :)
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- Frollein Gladys
9/4/2013, 1:26 PM
Thanks!
Very nice name. Frillier than what I usually go for, but really nice nonetheless :)
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- Malin (nilamalin)
9/4/2013, 12:52 PM
Right, Beiron exists too, and they have to be the same thing. And Beiron's (a little) more common and occurs earlier ... The earliest in 1898, though not in Gothenburg but Örebro län, and it also seems to have been somewhat common in Skaraborgs län (they border each other). And there, it also seems to have been a surname before it was a first name! Now, where did the surname come from ...?
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