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by TravelingArt (guest)
6/7/2008, 11:36 AM
Is this name a variant of Erna? Dutch or German?
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)   +4
6/7/2008, 3:16 PM
Walter Burkhart's Neues Lexikon der Vornamen lists Werna as a short form of any feminine name starting with Wern-, and includes Wernburg, Werngard, Wernhild, and Wernhilde as such names. Burkhart says that syllable is from a Germanic word meaning "to restrain, to defend", and it's probably basically the same word as the first syllable of Werner, explained as "guard" on this site. Werna is not contained in my Dutch dictionary of given names, so I would suppose it is more of a German than a Dutch name. :)
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- TravelingArt (guest)   +3
6/7/2008, 6:19 PM
Many thanks for your kind help!
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- Doesra (guest)   +2
6/7/2008, 11:16 PM
But here in Germany theres no one who`s using this Name!
Just Werner!
So it can be that its a German Word, but surely no German Name Today!
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- Doesra (guest)   +1
6/7/2008, 11:20 PM
Oh- and I found some Werna Girls from Austria and Switzerland in the Net. So if its used as a Name, its just for Girls!
In Germany its a City!
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- TravelingArt (guest)
6/14/2008, 2:16 PM
Thanks very much for your help,Doesra,I appreciate your research. T
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