do you know any of the german saints names from the bible?”
In times like these, is there much significance in naming your baby according to Bible and the monotheistic tradition? When computer technology allows us to connect to remote parts of the world in milliseconds, when you can walk into a GAP store in Calcutta or eat authentic Indian food in downtown Tokyo, a lot parents today are trying to break the conventional molds that were common for two thousand years. They are trying to give their baby a unique name that will stand out. Globalization has broken cultural patterns. Giving American babies Japanese, Chinese or Irish names has become a wide spread trend. On the other hand, many people have grown tired of trendy names and prefer the traditional path. One of these basic and fundamental paths is Biblical names which have grown popular in recent years due to the Kabbalah movement and Christian awakening in many parts of the world. Naming your baby according to the Bible has its advantages for a number of reasons: the names in the Old and N
The following names were found in references to people living in 16th century Germany. While the list of women’s names is shorter, it does give us insight into popular names of the times. Highest on the list are biblical names, names of saints, and then various classical names. Names often came in both a feminine version and masculine version. Names used in period were constructed in several distinct patterns. One pattern used was the same as modern construction, first, middle, last, where last was a family name, i.e. Friedrich Johann Beham. The second type was the use of an occupation or place as a last name, i.e. Hans Schrieber, Hans der Schrieber, or Hans von Augsburg. Knights and nobleman usually went by their first name followed by the name of their fief or manor, i.e. Herr Ruprecht von Greyssen. The third pattern was a combination of any or all the above, i.e. Johan Sattler von Cili or Friedrich Beham der Nadler von Klau. Another pattern used a discriptor before the first name, o
