Re: [tied] Re: name MARIA, MARY, MARIA

This is what I did, many of the names I compiled came from on-line bibles.

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Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 10:06 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: name MARIA, MARY, MARIA


> I suggest you look at bibles in all the various languages. Some are
> online. You need to look at both Protestant and Catholic versions
> (e.g., Naomi vs. Noemi). This will give you the 'citation form' for
> quite a few names. I suspect someone has already done this work before
> you, but finding it may be difficult, and it might not be online.
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> As Piotr has intimated, some of the most popular names have undergone
> tremendous development in each language, with former
> diminutives/nicknames emerging as full names. For example, Gretchen,
> particularly in English, is wholly independent from Margaret.
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> You might set up yahoo group for this one -- You might do it as a
> 'baby name' list. I for one would join in.
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