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Male and Female, with English equivalents A note about Slovenian grammar: In reading family correspondence, or church and civil records, you may find names spelled differently than you see below. You may expect to find an ancestor “Maria” but instead find “Mario”. This is because the Slovenian language conjugates nouns, including proper names. You will see the same name in many forms depending where it is in a sentence. For instance: “John married Mary”. Mary is “Maria”, but the church record would read “Janez porocen Mario”. Since Maria is the object of the sentence the ending is changed to “o”, or Mario. Some examples of conjugated male and female names are at the bottom of this page. Slovenian MALE First (Given) Names: ALES..........Alex ALOJZ..........Aloysius ALOJZE..........Aloysius ALOJZIJ..........Aloysius ANDREAS..........Andrew ANDREJ..........Andrew ANDREJCEK..........Andy (i.e. “Little Andrew”) ANTON..........Anthony ANTONIUS..........Anthony (Latin) ARTUR..........Arthur BALDOMR BARTOLOMEJ..........Bartholomew BLAZ..........Blase BOGDAN BOGOMIR..........Geoffrey BOJAN BORIS BORUT BOSTJAN BRONKO..........Bronko (a girl would be Branka) CENE CIRIL..........Cyril DAMIJAN..........Damian DAMJAN..........Damian DOMEN..........Dominic DRAGO..........Charles DUNJA DUSCA EDI..........Eddie EDVARD..........Edward FRANC..........Francis/Frank FRANCE.......... Francis/Frank FRANCEK..........Frankie (i.e. “Little Frank”) FRANCI.......... Frankie (i.e. “Little Frank”) FRANCISEK......... Frankie (i.e. “Little Frank”) GASPAR..........Jasper/Casper GEORGIUS..........George (Latin) GREGOR..........Gregory GREGORIJA..........Gregory HENRIK..........Henry HUGO IGNAC..........Ignatius IGNACIJ..........Ignatius IGOR IVAN..........John IVO IZAK..........Isaac IZTOK JAKA..........James/Jim JAKEC..........Jimmy JAKOB..........James JANEZ..........John/Jack JANEZEK..........Johnny JANKO..........Jack JERNEJ..........Bartholomew JOANES..........John (Latin) JOHAN..........John JOHANN..........John JOHANNES..........John (Latin) JOSK..........Joe JOSIP..........Joseph JOSK..........Joe JOSKO..........Joey JOZE..........Joe JOZEF..........Joseph JULIJ..........Julius JURIJ..........George KAREL..........Charles KAROL..........Charles KLEMEN..........Clement LAVRENCIJ..........Lawrence LOJZE..........Louis LOJZEK..........Louie (i.e. “Little Louis”) LOVRENC..........Lawrence LOVRO..........Lawrence LUDVIK..........Ludwig LUDOVIK..........Lewis/Louis LUKA............Luke MARKO..........Mark/Marc MARKOK MARTIN..........Martin MARTINCEK...........Marty (i.e. “Little Martin”) MATEJ..........Matthew MATEVS............Matthew MATIJA..........Matthias METOD..........Matthew MIHA..........Mike MIHAEL..........Michael MIHEC...........Mike MILAN MIRO MIRKO NIKO PAVEL..........Paul PAVELCEK..........Paulie (i.e. ‘Little Paul”) PAVLE..........Paul PEPE..........Joseph (from Italian) PETER..........Peter RIHARD...........Richard ROBI...........Robbie RUDOLF..........Rudolph SLAVI STANKO..........Stan STEFAN..........Stephen SVETO TADEJ..........Thaddeus TINE..........Martin TOMAZ..........Thomas TOMAZEK..........Tommy TONCEK...........Tony TONE..........Tony TONI..........Tony TRAVKO URBAN..........Urban VICTOR..........Victor VID..........Guy VIKTOR..........Victor VILI..........Willie/Billy VILJEM...........William VLADIMIR VONKO Slovenian FEMALE First (Given) Names: AGATA..........Agatha ALBINA..........Albina ALENKA..........Helen ALOJZIJA..........Louise AMALIJA..........Amelia ANA..........Ann/Anna ANCKA..........Annie (i.e. “Little Ann”) ANDREJA..........Andrea ANGELA..........Angela ANGELCA..........Angie ANICA..........Annie/Nancy ANJA ANUSKA ANTONIJA..........Antoinette APOLONIJA AVRELIJA..........Auralia BARA..........Barbara BARBARA..........Barbara BARKA..........Barbie BARICA..........Barbie BASA BERTA..........Bertha BOJANCA BRANKA..........Branka (feminine of Bronko) BRIGITA..........Bridget CECILIJA..........Cecilia CHRISTINA CILKA..........Cicely/Cecilia CVETKA..........Blossom (Little Flower) (possibly derived from St. Theresa) DANICA DARINKA DARJA DOROTEJA..........Dorothy/Dorothea DRAGA..........Carol DRAGICA..........Carlie (i.e. “Little Carol”) DUNJA DUSCA EDITA..........Edith ELIZABETA..........Elizabeth EMILIJA..........Emily/Amelia ERIKA FRANCA..........Frannie/Fanny FRANCISKA..........Frances FRANCKA..........Francie FUSCA GERTRUDA.......... Gertrude GREGORJA HELENA..........Helen/Helena IDA..........Ida IRENA..........Irene IVANA..........Jane/Jean/Joan IVANKA..........Jennie/Jane/Joanie IVANNA..........Joan JANA..........Jane JANJA JANKA..........Janie JASA JASNA..........Claire JEDERT..........Gertrude JELKA JERA..........Gertrude JERCA..........Gertie JOHANA..........Joan JOZA..........Josie JOZEFA..........Josephine JOZEFINA............Josephine JULIJA............Julia/Juliet JULIJANA.............Julia/Juliet JULKA JUSTINA..........Justine KAROLINA..........Caroline KATARINA..........Catherine KATI..........Kit/Kathy KATICA..........Kitty/Kathy KATJA..........Kathy KATKA..........Kitty KLAVDIJA..........Claudia KRISTINA..........Christine KSENIJA LAVRA..........Laura LENKA..........Helen LIZA..........Liza/Lisa (Elizabeth) LJUBICA LJUDMILA LUCIJA..........Lucy LUDVIKA..........Louise/Louisa MAJA...........Mary MAJDA MANCA MARA MARI...........Marie/Mary MARICA MARIJA.........Mary/Marie/Maria MARIJANA..........Maryann/Marianne MARIJETICA..........Peggy MARINKA MARJAN...........Maryann/Marianne MARJANA..........Maryann/Marianne MARIJANCA..........Maryann/Marianne MARJETA..........Margaret/Marjorie/Peggy MARJETKA..........Margaret/Marjorie/Peggy MARTA..........Martha MARTINA MARUSA MELITA..........Emily META METKA MICI..........Mitzi (Variant of Mary) MICKA..........Mitzi (Variant of Mary) MICKNA..........Mitzi (Variant of Mary) MIJA MIKA MILA MILENA..........Emily/Millie MILKA MIMI..........Mimi (Variant of Mary) MINCA MINKA MIRA..........diminutive of Miraslava MIRASLAVA..........another form of “Mary” MITJA MITSKA MOJCA NATALIJA..........Natalie NATASA NEVANKA NEZA..........Agnes NEZKA..........Agnes NINA OLGA..........Olga PAVLA..........Paula/Pauline PEPCA..........Josie (variant of Josephine) PEPELKA..........Cinderella POLONA RADA ROZA..........Rose/Rosalie ROZKA..........Rose/Rosalie ROZALIJA..........Rose/Rosalie SABINA SASA SLAVA SLAVKA SPELA..........Betty STEFANIJA..........Stephanie STEFKA..........Steffie TANJA TEREZIJA..........Theresa TEZIKA..........Theresa TEZKA..........Theresa TONCKA..........Toni (from Antoinette) URSA............Ursula URSKA..........Ursula URSULA..........Ursula VASJA VEDRANA VELANA VERA VESNA VIDA VOJKA ZALA..........Rosalie ZALKA..........Rosalie ZEDENKA Some examples of spelling changes in conjugated Slovenian names: Ana - Ann is coming to dinner. (Subject) Ane - I don’t know Ann (negative) Ane - Is this Ann’s purse? (possessive) Ani - Will you give this to Ann? (indirect object) Ano - Do you know Ann? (object) Janez - John is coming to dinner. (Subject) Janeze - I don’t know John. (negative) Janeze - Is this John’s car? (possessive) Janezu - Will you give this to John? (indirect object) Janezom - Do you know John? (object) Other endings are possible depending on whether the name ends in a vowel or consonant, or is masculine or feminine. Refer to a good Slovenian grammar for more information. |