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Wittenius
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Renee Jones
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11/8/2003, 3:59 PM
Where does the male name Wittenius (wi tain' ius) derive from? Any meaning?
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Satu
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11/9/2003, 1:21 AM
Hi
Renee
,
Wittenius looks like a latinized form of Witt / Witte which is a
German
short form of Old
German
names starting with Widu- (like Widukind or Widuwalt). The first part of those names (widu-) means "wood", "forest".
Regards,
Satu
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Ullrich Wittenius
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12/12/2003, 12:44 PM
The name Wittenius is derived from the
German
town Witten near Dortmund.
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