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Help[Facts] Re: Romansh names
in reply to a message by Siegfried
Here you can find popularity lists of names in Switserland (The Romansh names are the last set given):
http://www.g26.ch/texte_vornamen_01.html
Male names:
Alexander
Andri
Curdin
Corsin
Daniel
David
Diego
Elia
Fabio
Fadri
Florian
Flurin
Gian
Gianluca
Gino
Jan
Jarno
Joël
Jon
Lars
Laurin
Lauro
Leandro
Livio
Loris
Luca
Lucas
Manuel
Marco
Matteo
Mattia
Mauro
Men
Moreno
Nevio
Nico
Nino
Noah
Pascal
Rafael
Ramon
Samuel
Sandro
Silvan
Silvano
Simon
Tim
Female names:
Alessia
Alina
Anja
Anna
Annatina
Annica
Annina
Bianca
Chiara
Clara
Elena
Emma
Gianna
Giulia
Hannah
Inês
Jana
Jasmin
Jasmine
Ladina
Lara
Laura
Lea
Lena
Leonie
Lina
Livia
Lorena
Luana
Mara
Martina
Mia
Milena
Natalia
Natascha
Romina
Salome
Samira
Sara
Sarina
Sidonia
Silja
Tamara
Valentina
You can find more names in other periodes given on the above website.
You can also dig up some Romansch names here:
http://en.wordpress.com/tag/romansch-names
(it will cost you more effort, but a lot of info about origin and meaning is given, so it is worthwile).
This has been discussed on this messageboard before (short list of Romansch names):
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=3547907&board=gen
And if you Google "Romansh given names", you will find a lot of links that can help you search for more names.
http://www.g26.ch/texte_vornamen_01.html
Male names:
Alexander
Andri
Curdin
Corsin
Daniel
David
Diego
Elia
Fabio
Fadri
Florian
Flurin
Gian
Gianluca
Gino
Jan
Jarno
Joël
Jon
Lars
Laurin
Lauro
Leandro
Livio
Loris
Luca
Lucas
Manuel
Marco
Matteo
Mattia
Mauro
Men
Moreno
Nevio
Nico
Nino
Noah
Pascal
Rafael
Ramon
Samuel
Sandro
Silvan
Silvano
Simon
Tim
Female names:
Alessia
Alina
Anja
Anna
Annatina
Annica
Annina
Bianca
Chiara
Clara
Elena
Emma
Gianna
Giulia
Hannah
Inês
Jana
Jasmin
Jasmine
Ladina
Lara
Laura
Lea
Lena
Leonie
Lina
Livia
Lorena
Luana
Mara
Martina
Mia
Milena
Natalia
Natascha
Romina
Salome
Samira
Sara
Sarina
Sidonia
Silja
Tamara
Valentina
You can find more names in other periodes given on the above website.
You can also dig up some Romansch names here:
http://en.wordpress.com/tag/romansch-names
(it will cost you more effort, but a lot of info about origin and meaning is given, so it is worthwile).
This has been discussed on this messageboard before (short list of Romansch names):
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=3547907&board=gen
And if you Google "Romansh given names", you will find a lot of links that can help you search for more names.
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Well, thank you for your competent reply!
But I think that those popularity lists are not very much useful for my purpose. Obviously, popular names in Romasch places are submerged by German and Italian names (Romansch people are a minority even in Grisons!). And even Romansch natives probably frequently use German/Italian names. This is sadly a common problem with names of minority languages. Probably, a list of the most popular 2009 names in Ireland wouldn't contain a lot of Irish Gaelic names...
The only true Romansh names in that list are, as far as I know: Andri, Curdin, Corsin, Fadri, Flurin, Gian/Jan/Jon, Laurin, Men.
The female list looks totally German/Italian.
I was able to find some traditional female names (none of them is in that list):
Barla - Barbara
Cilgia - Cecilia
Culastia - Scholastica
Madlaina/Madleina - Magdalena
Mengia - Monica
Seraina - Serena
Some other male names:
Balser/Balzer - Balthasar (from the wordpress site!)
Flurin - Florian
Geronas/Gironas/Jaronas - Jerome (from the wordpress site!)
Linard - Leonard
Murezi - Maurice
The problem of using Google is that I'm not sure if the names are real Romansh names and, more important, I don't know their meaning/translation. I can only try to extrapolate them.
Some obscure names I found are: Corsin, Duro, Hercli (reminds me of Heracles), Leci/Lezi, Men/Mian, Merens, Nazi(!), Pirmin (Firminus?), Plasch, Rest, Rensch, Zein/Sein, Balugna, Jelscha.
But I think that those popularity lists are not very much useful for my purpose. Obviously, popular names in Romasch places are submerged by German and Italian names (Romansch people are a minority even in Grisons!). And even Romansch natives probably frequently use German/Italian names. This is sadly a common problem with names of minority languages. Probably, a list of the most popular 2009 names in Ireland wouldn't contain a lot of Irish Gaelic names...
The only true Romansh names in that list are, as far as I know: Andri, Curdin, Corsin, Fadri, Flurin, Gian/Jan/Jon, Laurin, Men.
The female list looks totally German/Italian.
I was able to find some traditional female names (none of them is in that list):
Barla - Barbara
Cilgia - Cecilia
Culastia - Scholastica
Madlaina/Madleina - Magdalena
Mengia - Monica
Seraina - Serena
Some other male names:
Balser/Balzer - Balthasar (from the wordpress site!)
Flurin - Florian
Geronas/Gironas/Jaronas - Jerome (from the wordpress site!)
Linard - Leonard
Murezi - Maurice
The problem of using Google is that I'm not sure if the names are real Romansh names and, more important, I don't know their meaning/translation. I can only try to extrapolate them.
Some obscure names I found are: Corsin, Duro, Hercli (reminds me of Heracles), Leci/Lezi, Men/Mian, Merens, Nazi(!), Pirmin (Firminus?), Plasch, Rest, Rensch, Zein/Sein, Balugna, Jelscha.
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