Titel: Why the extra first name?
Skrivet av: Ann Little skrivet 2005-06-04, 22:09
Hi Nancy,
Sometimes people would have the name of where they came from or of what disposition they may have been put infront of their christian names, as a way of destinguishing them from other people with same first name.
In the case of Säl-Per and Gulich-Lars I really don't know as I have no way of knowing if they are placenames of something else. Gulich doesn't sound Swedish; could it be a misspelling of the word 'gullig' meaning cute or appealing? And, in that case should 'Säl' be either 'säll' meaning blissfull or blessed. Maybe it should be 'snäll' which means kind?