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[Facts] Shalan & Gumisinada ...
I have a couple of family names that I haven't been able to find any information, one is Shalan (Pronounced as sha-LAN) and the other is Gumisinada (gum-ee-sin-ah-da).Does anyone have any ideas about the origin or meanings of these names?
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Gumisinada is probably a variant of Gumersinda, a Spanish name derived from Old German. It means "path of man" or "a man's path".
Shalan could perhaps be a variant of Shaelyn?Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the lights
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Do you happen to know the original Old German form of 'Gumersinda' and/or the Old High German words behind it?
Rene     www.AboutNames.ch
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GumisinadaHi, René!This is what I found:GUMA (Gothic) means "mankind" (related to Latin "homo")
SINTHA (Gothic: sinth) also Old High German "sind" (way, direction, journey), related to modern German "Gesinde" (originally "companion in warfare") and "senden" (to send).This is taken from:
Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsche Personennamen (1906)
Henning Kaufmann: Altdeutsche Personennamen, Ergänzungsband (1968)
dtv Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, München 1993
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Do you happen to know the original Old German form of 'Gumersinda' and/or the Old High German words behind it?
Rene     www.AboutNames.ch
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Shalan appears to be an Australian girl's name and an Arabic surname. However, I couldn't find the meaning.Gumisinada sounds Spanish to me, but that's just a guess.______________________________"....A simple I love you means more than money...."- Frank Sinatra
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