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HelpRe: Grandparents' sibsets
in reply to a message by Ohad Yigal
Wonderful to see all these names and the places your ancestors were from. I’m particularly interested by all the nicknames people have, especially on your mother’s side of the family, and how those change based on the context of language or country. My favorite names are Amram, Berry, Ines, Viola, Zion, Liza, Naomi, Nissim, Zacco, Sonia, Yardena, and Hilda Rut. And I’d love to know more about Khlafo, Gzala, Buya, and Wasi.
My maternal grandmother: Elaine Grey
Birthplace: New York, NY
Father: Earle Buell
Mother: Ida Regina (stage name Elaine Grey)
Sister: Nelle
Brother: John Conway “Jack”
Maternal grandfather: Martín Antonio Jacinto (he had a lot of other middle names on top of this, but these are the only ones I can recall off the top of my head)
Birthplace: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Father: Juan Xavier
Mother: María Elvira
Sisters: María “Mariquita,” Mercedes “Meche,” Jovita, Teresita
Brothers: Carlos, Juan, Antonio “Antuco,” Xavier, José “Pepe,” Ernesto & Eduardo (twins), Miguel
Paternal grandmother: Louise “Lou” or “Loulou”
Birthplace: long story
Father: not in the picture
Mother: Augustine Louise Hélène “Ninette”
Sister: Jeannette
Brothers: Howard, Richard “Dickie”
Paternal grandfather: Virgil Adolph
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Father: Adolph
Mother: Vera
My maternal grandmother: Elaine Grey
Birthplace: New York, NY
Father: Earle Buell
Mother: Ida Regina (stage name Elaine Grey)
Sister: Nelle
Brother: John Conway “Jack”
Maternal grandfather: Martín Antonio Jacinto (he had a lot of other middle names on top of this, but these are the only ones I can recall off the top of my head)
Birthplace: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Father: Juan Xavier
Mother: María Elvira
Sisters: María “Mariquita,” Mercedes “Meche,” Jovita, Teresita
Brothers: Carlos, Juan, Antonio “Antuco,” Xavier, José “Pepe,” Ernesto & Eduardo (twins), Miguel
Paternal grandmother: Louise “Lou” or “Loulou”
Birthplace: long story
Father: not in the picture
Mother: Augustine Louise Hélène “Ninette”
Sister: Jeannette
Brothers: Howard, Richard “Dickie”
Paternal grandfather: Virgil Adolph
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Father: Adolph
Mother: Vera
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Khlafo means "Redemption" or "Replacement" in Lybian Judeo-Arabic. it was a common name for boys whose brothers died young, similar to "Alter" amomg the Ashkenazi jews. My uncle's name, Yigal, is meant to serve as a translation of Khlafo, and my middle name, Yigal, is after said uncle.
Gzala means a female fawn, or a Gazelle, and as such is a cognate with the english Gazelle, and has the same meaning as hebrew Ayala and Tzviya, german Hilda, and yiddish Hinda. There are women in my family named Ayala after Gzala.
Buya just means "Dad" in Lybian Judeo-Arabic. He wasn't called Buya outside of his family.
I believe Wasi is just a nickname with no real meaning, but Sasi was a common male name among the jews of Djerba and Lybia, in my family it came as a nickname for a man named Sasson.
Gzala means a female fawn, or a Gazelle, and as such is a cognate with the english Gazelle, and has the same meaning as hebrew Ayala and Tzviya, german Hilda, and yiddish Hinda. There are women in my family named Ayala after Gzala.
Buya just means "Dad" in Lybian Judeo-Arabic. He wasn't called Buya outside of his family.
I believe Wasi is just a nickname with no real meaning, but Sasi was a common male name among the jews of Djerba and Lybia, in my family it came as a nickname for a man named Sasson.
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