Re: [Cz-L]czernowitz-l digest: March 08, 2014

It´s as well used as Nickname for Barbara.
But the most common use is as short form of Babushka in most slavic languages grandmother.

Benjamin

Am 10.03.2014 um 16:38 schrieb Shelley.Mitchell_at_att.net <shelley.mitchell_at_att.net>:

> The name closest to it would probably be Beyla which was my grandmother's Jewish name.
>
> Shelley
>
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> On Mon, 3/10/14, ligedit_at_aol.com <ligedit_at_aol.com> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: czernowitz-l digest: March 08, 2014
> To: czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu
> Date: Monday, March 10, 2014, 10:40 AM
>
> I have a woman on my family tree
> named "Baba," which I thought was her
> name. Does it always mean "grandmother" or can it be a first
> name?
>
> [Linda Gilboord]
>
>
>
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