Subj:     Given name nicknames and aka's and translations for
          some baptismal and given names used by 18th Century
          Pennsylvania Germans.  Suggestions from others
          are solicited to be added to this file.

 PA GERMAN NICKNAMES -- PENNSYLVANIA 

18TH CENTURY PA GERMAN   ENGLISH TRANSLATION      NICKNAME/AKA

Abraham                                         Abraham                  Abe
Abram                                           Abram                    Abe
Andreas       			                Andrew
Anna                     			Anna, Ann                Nancy, Ann
Anton                   			Anthony                  Tunis, Tony
Aegidius              			        Giles
Baltzer                  			Balthasar
Barbara                  			Barbara                  Bevvy
Benjamin                 			Benjamin                 Ben
Bernhard, Barnet         			Bernard                       
Catharina                			Catharine                Kate, Katie
Christian                			Christian                Christ,Christli
Christoph                			Christopher              Kit, Stoffel
Dewald                  			Denis
Dietrich                 			Theodoric                Dieter
Dorothea                			Dorothy
Elias                    			Elijah                   Eli
Elisabeth                			Elizabeth                Lis, Lizzie
Erasmus                  			Erasmus                  Asmus
Frantz                   			Francis
Friedrich                		        Frederick                Fritz
Gottfried                			Godfrey, Geoffrey
Hannah                   			Jean
Ignatius                 			Ignatius                 Natius, Natz
Jacob                    			Jacob, James
Johanna                  			Joan
Johannes                 			John                     Hans, Jack
Jonas                    			Jonah
Jost, Justus             			Yost, Justus             
Karl, Carl               			Charles
Kezia                    			Conrad                   Kunz
Ludwig                  			Lewis, Louis                  
Magdalena                			Magdalene, Madeleine     Lena, Molly
Margaretha              			Margaret                 Peggy, Maggie,
 Maria                   			Mary                     Polly, Molly
Matthaeus                			Matthew                  Mat, Teis
Nathanael                			Nathaniel, Nathan        Nat, Thaniel
Nicolaus                 			Nicholas                 Nickel, Claus
Rebecca                  			Rebecca                  Becky, Margaret
Salome                  			Salome                   Sally, Sarah
Sarah                    			Sarah                    Sally
Sebastian                			Sebastian                Bastian
Sem                    				Shem
Ulrich                   			Ullery, Eldridge
Valentin          				Valentine                Felty
Veit                    				Vitus
Verena                   			Verena                   Frena, Franey
Wilhelm                 			 William                  Bill

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