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My 3x-great grandmother from Telemark, Norway, was named Aleth. I'm assuming this is a variant of Adelheid or something like it. It doesn't show up on any databases as far as I can tell, but when I do genealogical research, many other Aleths come up so I know she wasn't the only one from that time period.
Can anyone here tell me about it? I've been told it is pronounced ah-LET.
Thanks!
Can anyone here tell me about it? I've been told it is pronounced ah-LET.
Thanks!
This message was edited 7/17/2011, 10:11 PM
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I had never heard of it before, but I found a thread on the name Åletta on a Swedish genealogy forum, said to be a form of Aleht, a Low German form of Adelheid, according to "Swedish first names" by Roland Otterbjörk (which seems to be an excellent book). First used in Sweden in the 16th or 17th century, should be about the same for Norway, I guess.
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My two Norwegian name books (Navneboka by Birger Sivertsen and Hva skal barnet hete?) mention Alette. The first one gives Alethe and Allette as versions. You are right in assuming that those names go back to Adelheid.
A book about Nordic names (Nordische Vornamen, Dietrich Voorgang) lists Aleida, Aleide, Aleit, Aleta, Aletta, Alette and many other variants of Adelheid. Aleit is Low German and together with the Norwegian Alethe the closest I think.
A book about Nordic names (Nordische Vornamen, Dietrich Voorgang) lists Aleida, Aleide, Aleit, Aleta, Aletta, Alette and many other variants of Adelheid. Aleit is Low German and together with the Norwegian Alethe the closest I think.
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