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Shalan & Gumisinada ...

by Ciarda

4/13/2006, 5:17 PM

I have a couple of family names that I haven't been able to find any information, one is Shalan (Pronounced as sha-LAN) and the other is Gumisinada (gum-ee-sin-ah-da).

Does anyone have any ideas about the origin or meanings of these names?

#Gumisinada #Shalan

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- Caprice +3

4/14/2006, 2:06 PM

Gumisinada is probably a variant of Gumersinda, a Spanish name derived from Old German. It means "path of man" or "a man's path".
Shalan could perhaps be a variant of Shaelyn?

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- Rene +1

4/15/2006, 10:46 AM

Do you happen to know the original Old German form of 'Gumersinda' and/or the Old High German words behind it?
Rene www.AboutNames.ch

- Andy ;—) (guest)

4/15/2006, 12:19 PM

Gumisinada

Hi, René!

This is what I found:

GUMA (Gothic) means "mankind" (related to Latin "homo")
SINTHA (Gothic: sinth) also Old High German "sind" (way, direction, journey), related to modern German "Gesinde" (originally "companion in warfare") and "senden" (to send).

This is taken from:
Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsche Personennamen (1906)
Henning Kaufmann: Altdeutsche Personennamen, Ergänzungsband (1968)
dtv Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, München 1993

- Rene

4/15/2006, 10:24 AM

Do you happen to know the original Old German form of 'Gumersinda' and/or the Old High German words behind it?
Rene www.AboutNames.ch

- The LP (arrowhead909)

4/14/2006, 1:24 PM

Shalan appears to be an Australian girl's name and an Arabic surname. However, I couldn't find the meaning.

Gumisinada sounds Spanish to me, but that's just a guess.

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