Dear List,
Might be silly question. I am curious about the given name Gesina. I have seen this name only with my ancestors from K.O.H. The given name Adelheid I have only found with them as well.
Anyhow,
I am wondering what, (if any) name Gesina might be in English.
Is the name Gesina simlar or same as Regina?
Barbie
St. Louis
Dear Barby,
Gesina/Gesa is a variant of the name Gertrud out of the M�nster-Emsland. The
nickname "Gina" is part of Regina.
Maria
Other spellings for Gesina are Gese and Geseke for Genovefa, I think today Gertrud.
Werner
Hi Barbie,
In Northern Germany Gesina is a (not very, but) frequent name derived from Gertrud(e)/Gertraut, a Germnanic name, while Regine/Regina is from Latin "the queen".
Adelheit (in all varieties as Adelheid, Alheit,Altje, Alke etc.) was one of the most common given names, starting in the Middle Ages, and still today you can find it.
Regards from Berlin
Juergen
"Cactus Flower" <barbie8674@hotmail.com> schrieb:
Little comment:
Werner answered already your question. Accidentally the woman candidate for
our next federal president (Bundespraesident) is Mrs. Professor Gesine
Schwan. If she will be be elected, many new Gesines and Gesinas will be
baptized!
Regards Helmut.