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Re: [ranchos] Hermenegildo

 

Ray and Joseph,
 
I asked my mother who was raised in Mexico about Gil and Gila, and she said Gil was short for Gilberto and Gila was most likely a shortened version of Hermeregilda, but she was unsure about Gil being a contraction of Hermeregildo (what a tongue-twister) or Mergil.
 
Alice
 

Joseph Puentes <makas@...> wrote:

not sure this is going to shed any light on your question but at least its related.

from this website this is what is said:

http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/spa2.html

HERMENEGILDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of a Gothic name which meant "complete sacrifice" from Germanic ermen "whole, entire" and gild "sacrifice".


Ray Jauregui wrote:
I need some help in clarifying what appears to be variations in the 
given names Gil and Gila.  Is Gil a contraction of Mergil and/or 
Hermeregildo?  Is Gila a contraction of Hermeregilda?  I have a 
number of people found in different records whom I need to determine 
if they are the same person but recorded with a variation of name.   
Has anyone a difinitive answer?   



 



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