[Ansteorra] Obscure Name question
C. L. Ward
gunnora at vikinganswerlady.org
Thu Dec 22 08:14:58 PST 2016
>Does anyone have a good name generator (or the ability
>and interest to build one), where you type in a given
>name and it will generate a list of the equivalent of
>that name in differnt languages?
Susan, only a fairly limited subsets of names have true equivalents culture
to culture. Most cultures have their own, unique stock of names and rules
for how names are given and understood. I think the names which most
commonly appear cross-culturally may be Biblical names.
Neighboring cultures do sometimes borrow names (and other words) from one
another, of course -- there are, for example, several names in Sweden and
Scandinavia that originated in Continental Germany, and lots of loan-words
as well.
::GUNNORA::
(For sure most Viking names don't translate culture-to-culture...)
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