Coincidence (name customer)
A first name , which is composed of two first names, omitting parts of the same, is referred to as a coincidence in the name customer . This type of name formation has a special meaning for the East Frisian personal names . The names involved can be male and female first names, whereby the sexes can be mixed.
distribution
Names formed by coincidence make it possible to give a child the names of several relatives at the same time. Such names spread in East Frisia in the 19th century.
Examples
- Abrahanne, from Abraham and Johanna
- Ahrendbertus, from Ahrend and Albertus
- Dirkobus, from Dirk and Jakobus
- Elsabea, from Elsa and Beate
- Friedith, from Frieda and Edith
- Grethard, from Grethe and Eberhard
- Walsemar, from Walse and Waldemar
Differentiation from other name formations
The cohesion differs from the formation of double names such as Hanspeter in that parts of the original name are omitted. It differs from the formation of the old, two-stemmed first names in terms of time and in that it does not fall back on fixed stems.
The Movierung and the formation of diminutives are no coincidences.
Concept history
The term “Fügung” appeared in Weitershaus in 1988 in Lemma Elsabea . Tammena describes the coincidence as a source of the typical East Frisian first names.