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Help[Facts] Pronunciation of medieval German name Feme/Femeke
It's a German variant of female name Euphemia. I found it on a list of medieval German names, however there was no guidance as to how it's pronounced... any help would be most welcome!
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I am not sure about the pronunciation in the Middle Ages, but in modern German it would probably be FEH-meh and FEH-meh-keh.
Could you tell the source you are referring to? Neither FEME nor FEMEKE is listed in Seibicke's HDV (Historisches deutsches Vornamenbuch), but he has FEMKE. However he gives a totally different explanation: "Frisian child language form of names composed with the element fred"
Could you tell the source you are referring to? Neither FEME nor FEMEKE is listed in Seibicke's HDV (Historisches deutsches Vornamenbuch), but he has FEMKE. However he gives a totally different explanation: "Frisian child language form of names composed with the element fred"
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http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm
Is the source where I got the name.
Near the bottom of the page is the following:
Eufemia 2: 1366, 1375
----Feme: 1366
----Femeke: 1366
Is the source where I got the name.
Near the bottom of the page is the following:
Eufemia 2: 1366, 1375
----Feme: 1366
----Femeke: 1366
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Thanks for the Link! nm
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