Monday, August 23, 2004

 

Lithuanian Given Names Con't

Great grandfather Chaim Yitschak Goldfus: Chaim: Legal Hebrew: Fayvl/fayvush/Faybush
Yiddish: Phoebus from vivus-Latin calque: chaim
US name: Feivel/Peter/Philip
Yitschak: US Name: Charles/Isaac/Harry/Louis, Irving.

Great grandfather Charles Jermulowske then was also Chaim. So was Louis Jermulowske, his son.


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