ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2515 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2515 ************************************ From: "Sara L Friedemann" 27 Mar 2002 Greetings from the Academy of S. Gabriel! You wanted to know if is an appropriate name for a German man living between 1380 and 1400. You also asked if we could suggest surnames meaning "true," "loyal," or "just." Here is a brief letter with the information we have found. is an excellent choice for your given name; it is found in Arnsburg in the 15th century. [1,2] It was pronounced \VIN-tehr\. We found two bynames appropriate for your period that have the general meaning you were interested in [3]: der Tru"we 1358 'the well-meaning, sincere, honest, trustworthy, loyal' Tru"wdienst 1493 'faithful service' In these names, the represents a with an umlaut (e.g., a with two dots over it). These bynames were pronounced roughly \dehr TRU"-w@\ and \TRU"-dee@nst\, respectively, where the \@\ is the sound of in or , and \ee@\ is a diphthong. We hope that this brief letter has been useful to you, and that you will not hesitate to write again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter were provided by Maridonna Benvenuti, Talan Gwynek, and Arval Benicoeur. For the Academy, ~Aryanhwy merch Catmael, 27Mar02 --------------------------------------- References & Notes: [1] Talan Gwynek, "Late Period German Masculine Given Names" (WWW: J. Mittleman, 1997) http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/germmasc/. [2] We also found examples in the early 14th century: 1311 and 1333 in Bahlow, Hans, _Deutsches Namenlexikon : Familien- und Vornamen nach Ursprung und Sinn erklaert_ (Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Verlag, 1985, 1990). s.n. Winter [3] Brechenmacher, Josef Karlmann, _Etymologisches Woerterbuch der deutschen Familiennamen_ (Limburg a. d. Lahn, C. A. Starke-Verlag, 1957-1960). s.nn. Treu, Treudienstc