does Emericus and Imré have the same meaning

alain vinkoczy

Good evening

I have a question about the first name : Emericus and the first name : Imré .

I have Emericus Szebehely and Imré Szebehely, for me they are the same person . Is it true ?

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koszonom 😀

Julia Szent-Györgyi

Yes, Emericus is the Latin form of Imre (note lack of diacritic).

alain vinkoczy

Fortunatly you are there ! 😀

Julia Szent-Györgyi

I posted screenshots in another thread using the profile of the first of three Imre Szent-Györgyis in a row here: https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/388867#Comment_388867

Most of the sources are in Hungarian, where they're Imre. In German records, they're most often Emerich, but sometimes Emericus. I don't have any records in Latin for them (they were Protestant), but Emericus would be the expected form there.

alain vinkoczy

Thank you for these details on the first name Imré and its different forms . Hungarian, German, Latin for Imré, Emericus, Emerich .

That will teach me, how to juggle and how to take care with the first name !

Have a good day

Julia Szent-Györgyi

Note that it's Imre, with short vowels in both syllables. "Imré" is not a name. Adding certain suffixes, such as -né "Mrs.", can lengthen an ending vowel, so the wives of those three Imres were all Szent-Györgyi Imréné, but the men were _Imre_, not "Imré".

But speaking of juggling names, just wait until you encounter an A(da)lbert: Adalbertus, Albertus, Adalbert, Albert, Béla -- and then if you have any Poles involved, it could even morph into Wojciech.

alain vinkoczy

Dear Julia

You are a good teacher.

So, for example, I note that : Imre with short vowels is for a man and for his wife it's : xxxxxImréné .

I hope that I will not have to much Adalbert in my discoveries 😨