[tied] Re: Albanian (Albanian personal names)

--- In cybalist@..., João Simões Lopes Filho <jodan99@...> wrote:

> > > Bartolomeu - probably Thoma (Thoma? It's Thomas, isnt it?)

I am not sure Bartolomeu is Thoma, but far as I know Thomas is called
Tomë in Albanian.

> > I think Gjin is what in modern Italian is called Gino. (But Gino

in Italian is originally a nickname of names like Luigino "Little
Louis"). Maybe Eugenius?

Then probably you have the right answer.
Gjin must be a very old form of any of those names.
Meanwhile Luigi is called Luigj in Albanian. And the most common is
the female form of Eugenius, Evgjeni.

Alvin