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by Eligius (guest)
4/23/2009, 9:26 PM
My fiancee's grandfather's name is Eloi, which is a Portugese from of the latin Eligius, meaning "selection" or "to choose." Does anyone know if there is an english form of this name?
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- JennyWelsh (guest)   +2
5/4/2009, 7:47 AM
I think Eligius is as near as you're going to get to an english version. You could go for Eligian, like Julius -> Julian, but I've never seen that in use and it doesn't look much more english anyway. Sorry.
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- Lumia   +1
5/5/2009, 1:31 AM
Julian doesn't come from Julius, but from Julianus.
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- JennyWelsh (guest)
5/11/2009, 5:37 AM
Yes Lumia you are very correct. Although I didn't say it came directly. I was just suggesting a general idea.
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- Llewella (penguiny7)
4/24/2009, 4:21 AM
There doesn't seem to be. In English you could just use Eligius. It would work fine.
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