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Re: Konegunda

Ute — Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:40 am

Author: Ute

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:40 am

Andrzej wrote:

Hello, Cheri !. Cunegonde (Konegunda, Kunegunda) is a female name of Germanic origin: Kuni-someone from a noble family, and Gund-fight. This name means a person who fights for his family.

In Germany it is "Kunigunde". You don't hear the name anymoreone nowadays, but it was a normal female first name one or two generations back. It was often abbreviated to "Gundel" or "Gundi". I don't think there is an English equivalent.

Re: Konegunda

Andrzej — Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:56 am

Author: Andrzej

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:56 am

Hello, Cheri !. Cunegonde (Konegunda, Kunegunda) is a female name of Germanic origin: Kuni-someone from a noble family, and Gund-fight. This name means a person who fights for his family.

Re: Konegunda

Anonymous — Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:00 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:00 pm

I have seen lots of polish church records and this name appears as Konegunda and Kunegunda. In Latin, it appears as Cunegundis. I have never seen as anglicized form for it. However, it has nothing to do with Katarzyna/Catharina/Catarina, which is not to say your relative could not prefer using it, rather than Kunegunda.

Re: Konegunda

Cheri Vanden Berg — Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:57 pm

Author: Cheri Vanden Berg

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:57 pm

I don't think I was aware of this name until I found out that I had an ancestor named Kunegunda. It's a saint's name. Feastday: July 24 Died: 1292. St. Kunegunda (1224-1292) Daughter of King Bela IV and niece of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, she married King Boleslaus V of Poland at sixteen.

My Kunegunda didn't leave Poland (that I know of). I don't know what name someone by this name might have chosen to be called by in another country, if they didn't choose to keep being called by this name. Some names don't have English equivalents, and I think this is one of them.

Konegunda

Carol — Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:40 pm

Author: Carol

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:40 pm

In searching ship records I came across Konegunda as a female first name. What does that translate to? I know my grandfather had a sister, Katarzyna. Could it be another variation?