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Could someone please give me the exact spelling of the name in this entry.
I am seeing maybe Geiliclosii. But I am really not sure or familiar with that name. I have seen it several times, the handwriting is always the same, and I still am not sure of it.
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Possibly Gulielmus - a Latin variation for William
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maestra36 wrote:Possibly Gulielmus - a Latin variation for William
I would say it is the other way round: William is a variation of Gulielmus :lol:
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Actually, Livio, what I was trying to say is that there are other spellings in Latin for the first name William as follows:

Guglielmus, Gulielmus, Guilhelmus, Gulielmo, Gulielmum = William
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Thanks guys, Here is another name I can't figure out. Alloysii. Any help with this one will be appreciated.
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Aloisius = Aloysius, Louis, Luis
Aloysius = Aloysius or Lewis


Those were in Latin. In Italian, Aloysio
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In italian the most common form of the latin name Aloysius is Luigi.
Guglielmo has german origins and it's not present in the classic latin, but it arrived in Italy in the Middle Ages and it has various spellings (like Maestra said).
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Thank you all so much. Very helpful.
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I now find this name, Aloysia, and it is a female child (filia)
What would that name be.
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Aloysia = Luigia or Luisa
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Thanks again. It's clear I don't know enough about gender endings.
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