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From: Frank Kurchina <>
Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] names
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 14:36:11 -0700



MARK (m) English form of Latin name MARCUS
MARCO (m) Italian form of MARK
Saint Mark was the author of the second Gospel in the
New Testament.
He is the patron saint of Venice, where he is supposedly
buried.

MARKO (m) Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian form of MARK

FRANCIS (m) from the Latin name Franciscus.
Saint Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan order
of monks.

FRANCKA/FRANCA (f) Slovene form of FRANCES
FRANKA (f) Croatian form of FRANCES
FRANCA (f) Italian contracted form of FRANCESCA
FRANCESCA (f) Italian feminine form of FRANCIS

FRANCES (f) Feminine form of FRANCIS.
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first American to be
canonized.
FRANCO (m) Italian form of FRANK
FRANJO (m) Croatian form of FRANK
FRANJA (f) Croatian feminine form of FRANJO

Some Croatian male names do end in "a", e.g. ANDRIJA, BORNA, MATIJA,
SASA, MIKA

Have been told that VID (m) is Croatian form of VIKTOR

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