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I vote for hermosa Herminia. I had a g aunt with that
name. I always thought it was pretty, but then it wouldn't work well in
the US.
I see naming similar names in one family a lot. My
dad has two cousins, and they are both Guadalupe and sisters. They are
called "Las Lupes," and they are distinguished as Lupe grande & Lupe
chica. The older one who I might add is also heavy set is Lupe
grande. Not sure I would like to be distinguished in this way.
My tios Alejandros have both passed away, but they used to distinguish them
as Alejandro primero y Alejandro segundo. My
abuelito used to also refer to the first one who passed away as a baby as
Alejandro el vivo, and the second one as el Alejandro que vive. He had a
sense of humour...
Helyn said:
The old name is now a family
secret....hmmm
what a cool cool story. . . .so is "hmmm" an
abbreviation for the name as in:
HERMENEGILDO
m Spanish, Portuguese
[note: does this name also work in the feminine
form?]
Spanish and Portuguese form of a Gothic name which
meant "complete sacrifice" from Germanic ermen "whole, entire" and
gild "sacrifice".
HERMINIA
f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of HERMINIUS
Roman
name which was possibly of unknown Etruscan origin, but could also be derived
from the name of the god HERMES. In
Roman legend this was the name of a companion of Aeneas.
Names that are
related to HERMINIA:
or maybe its:
HENRIQUA: feminine form of Henrique (rules the
home)
HERMOSA: beautiful
prima this last one fits. . .Helyn
Hermosa, thanks for sharing that story.
I have a cousin whose mother was
supposed to be Adelaida but when it came time to record the name they couldn't
figure out how to spell it and she was named Adela.
joseph
ps:
and an old story that I just love to repeat when I have the opportunity is about
my two ggg grandfathers Jose Tadeo Diaz who were twin brothers both with the
same names (I wonder how come they did that? I would love to know what their
nick names were so they could tell which was being called). Also later my great
grandfather Julio Puentes who was really christened: Jose Julio de Jesus Puente
had two sisters who were named the same (girls named Marcos probably Maria
Marcos) without one dieing as a child. I can understand naming another sybling
the same name if the first sibling died. Our families had their reasons. Maybe
like Irma said they were born at the same time of year for the Marcos name.
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