Re: Name Translation #poland
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Marcel Apsel
Genia is a Russian way of saying Henia. Most names with an H are pronounced
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as a G in Russian. Examples are Herman versus German, Gurevitch versus Horowitz; Kahan versus Kagan, even typical English names as Harry have a Russian variant such as Gary, Garrik and other variants. Other names are Geller versus Heller etc. I realized this years ago in the 1970s when I spoke to a refusenik who spoke to me in Yiddish and mentioned to me a country named Golland; it took me some time to realize he meant Holland. It does not mean that every name with a G in Russian can automatically be changed to an H in non Russian names. If you aware about it, than it is possible to evaluate every case separately. Marcel Apsel Antwerpen, Belgium -----Original Message-----
Elissa Haden wrote: Does anyone know what the English equivalent of the name Genja would be?Elissa, Name derives >from the Latin Eugenia. Some folks have adopted names such as Gina, Jenna or Jenny Alexander Sharon Calgary, AB |
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