Americanized Norwegian Given Names
I'm looking for resources that might help me determine how a Norwegian given name might have been Americanized. Some of the names in my family have been easy, but I have come across a couple of names that I am unsure of. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Kristina, I would start here in the WIKI; https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Tips_for_Norwegian_American_Researchers
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Thank you, Michael. I didn't find anything there to help with given name variations.
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This site may be helpful to you: https://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/norwegian. Note that there are multiple pages to look at.
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There are also some links under "Online Resources" on this page in the Family Search Wiki for Norway that may be helpful: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Norway_Personal_Names.
There are some people who took entirely new names when they came to America and that makes things really difficult.
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I'm painfully familiar with the name changes. My great grandfather, Helmer Hansen, was born 26 September 1884 at the Midtbostuen farm and lived at the Bonderud farm before he left Norway. In U.S. records, he used the name Ole Helmer Rude and a birth date of 18 August 1881-1882. Incidentally, he oldest known brother was Ole Mauritz Hansen, born on 18 August 1876.
For the family I am currently working on, all six children had a given and middle name, which is unusual in most of my Norwegian family. The given name I am particularly interested in is Reinert.
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