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amother
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 Fri, Sep 01 2017, 7:13 am
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Anyone know meaning/spelling/anything about this name? I just found out it's my great-great-great-grandmother's name - I previously didn't know anything about my family beyond my great-great-grandfather, so I'm intrigued. As far as I can tell, she was born in the 1860s in Russia.
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out-of-towner
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Fri, Sep 01 2017, 9:46 am
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DrMom
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Fri, Sep 01 2017, 9:56 am
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Reminds me of the Vilna Gaon. Was your great-great-great-grandmother from there? (Vilna/Velna?)
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amother
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Mon, Sep 04 2017, 2:32 am
As far as I know she was from Russia.
I suppose it could be an English/secular name and it's actually Vichna or something - her son was Max/Moshe so even though they were frum they didn't mind English names. But I looked up Velna, not that I trust online baby name sites, and it is apparently Latvian for "female devil" so I was hoping there was some other meaning!
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Ruchel
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Mon, Sep 04 2017, 7:55 am
rofl These sites are unreliable....
I'm thinking.
Surname. Something like Welniasz
Location. Vilna.
Or a name like Velya, Felya...
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cm
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Mon, Sep 04 2017, 8:16 am
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Is it possible the name was "Velma?"
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