What is the gender of this child?
This is a record from 1653 in Wangeritz, Naugard, Pomerania. The last entry on the page, and continues to the next page. Her father looks to be And: which on other records near by is Andreas Schwartzen. The child’s name looks to me like Renignam. I cannot read if it specifies the gender.
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Hello @ChristinaW8,
I read the child's name as "Benignam". The "m" on the end of the name might be a grammatical case ending, which would make the name "Benigna". According to Ernest Thode, German-English Genealogical Dictionary, "Benigna" is a female given name.
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Your help is so appreciated! Thank you so much!
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P.S. I found examples of both "Benigna" and "Benignam" as female given names in Germany on Ancestry, so you may want to use the name as written with the "m" on the end.
FYI: This name means kind or gentle, as in the English word "benign".
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That’s really cool. Thank you.
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