My father was called Munju in Yiddish and was officially Emanuel in
English.
Best,
Jerome Schatten
On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:18:46 -0700, Alon <abbotc-1_at_zahav.net.il> wrote:
> May I ask regarding the origin/meaning of the name Muniu? Apart from
> my late
> grandfather, who was a Muniu, all of my other bukowinian family
> members
> had/have names I am familiar with (Oskar, Paula, Mia, Sali,
> Klara...) - is
> it a Rumanian version of Mendel? Something else?
> Danny
>
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> In a message dated 7/1/2008 1:36:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu writes:
>
> <mirtaylo
>
>
> I am sorry to sound pedantic, but Dr. Emanuel Hacken was Muniu not
> Munio.
> Nobody in Cz. had italianate names, but there were plenty of
> Coltziu,
> Loniu,
> Bubtziu etc.
> The Hackens, Muniu and Vera were very close friends, and their last
> apartment was in the building I live now. Vera died at home, Muniu
> a few
> years later
> in a nursing home.
> Gerhard
> (Bobby)
> Schreiber
>
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