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I am seeking the translation/meaning of the given name Jentgen. I have found this as a first name for Jentgen Stranen from Eschfeld, Rheinland, Prussia on a 1705 christening. Thanks, Barbara
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JENTGEN/JENTKEN is a Low German feminine pet form of Jan (John). The ending -ken is a deminutive (like -chen in modern German).
"Jentke(n) w, niederdt. weibl. Kosef. zu Jan (RAVELING 1988, 111)
Bel.: Jenteke Ostfriesld. 1463, RAVELING 1985, 60; - Jentken Heddings geb. Redenius, Upende/OF., geb. um 1902"
(Wilfried Seibicke, Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch, Berlin, New York, 1996-2002)
"Jentke(n) w, niederdt. weibl. Kosef. zu Jan (RAVELING 1988, 111)
Bel.: Jenteke Ostfriesld. 1463, RAVELING 1985, 60; - Jentken Heddings geb. Redenius, Upende/OF., geb. um 1902"
(Wilfried Seibicke, Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch, Berlin, New York, 1996-2002)
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