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ACELIN (Engl: Acolin): a name a la Jocelin?
ANSEÏS (Engl: Anseis): something to do with Ansel or having the first componant of Ansgar?
BASAN > bibl. Bashan? Basajaun? Bassam? Or from the French "basane", "brown skinned, tanned"?
BASILIE (dto) indeed from Basil
BERENGIER: Derived rom an Old German compound meaning bear-spear.
ENGELIER: Something with Engel?
GANELON (Engl. Guenes) ???
GEBUÏN: ???
GERARD click on it
GERIER (engl: Gerers): something with GER, a la Gerard
GERIN (engl.: Gerins): dito
GUINEMAN Heinemann? Engl: GUNMAN („gun“ is probably from Nord. Gunna > Gunhild)
HEINRICH
IVE -> Yves?
IVORIE: Ivory
LORANT: Laurent
MILON (Engl: Milun): Milo
NAIMES: Reaney & Wilson: it’s from Naim: > Old French „nain“ = „dwarf“ (same today) > Lat. nanus
OGIER:
OLIVIER (Engl: Oliver) click on it
OTES: reminds me of Otto
RABEL: maybe „raven“
RICHARD click
ROLAND: click
SANSON (Engl: Sansun): reminds me of the biblical Samson; R&W: maybe biblical, maybe Celtic
TEDBALT (Engl: Tedbald): Thibault / Theobald
TURPIN: Old High German „thurfan“ = dürfen??? R & W: „Thor“ + „Finnr“ (the Fins

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

This message was edited 12/14/2005, 9:40 AM