I am questioning whether Zuanne and Joannes are the same name in Croatia records. Attached is a re
Joannes is a common name in the more recent records (1800s) but does not appear very often in older records (1700s). However, Zuanne is common in the older records and Joannes does not very often in the records I have been researching.
I found a record where Zuanne is written in the margin for the birth of the child and in the text the name shown is Joannes (if translated correctly). The image is attached and I highlighted the two names I am looking at. This is my guess at the translation:
Date of baptism: 6 June 1748
Birth date: ? 5 June 1748
Writing in left margin: Zuanne son of Mattio Zonta
Father's name in text: ? Mattheo Zonta (not sure what the "tail" on the "e" represents
Mother's name in text: ? Mariza
Child's given name in text: Joannes
Witnesses or Godparents: ? Petras Punis and Antonia wife of Joannis Flego.
The record is entry #4 on the left side of image #380 at the following url: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99F-WQJQ?i=379&wc=9R2X-HZC%3A391644801%2C392412401%2C392412402&cc=2040054
Thanks for any help, feedback or corrections that can be provided!
Kyle Rowberry
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You are correct about the name. If you look at http://www.namepedia.org/en/firstname/Zuanne/ it shows that Zuanne is the Italian equivalent of the German Johannes (which in Latin is written Joannes). The records you're looking at are from Croatia today, but the parish page (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/963344?availability=Family%20History%20Library) shows that the area previously was part of Italy (and before that, Austria) and that the text is in Italian. That would explain why they are writing the Italian equivalent of the name as well.
This is what I'm seeing:
Date of baptism: 6 June 1748
Birth date: ditto [6] June 1748
Writing in left margin: Zuanne son of Mattio Zonta
Father's name in text: Mattheyo Zonta
Mother's name in text: Marina
Child's given name in text: Joannes
Witnesses or Godparents: Petrus Punis and Antonia wife of Joannis Flego of this parish
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