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*Some children received as many as four or more given names at baptism. Multiple given names were often the names of '''parents or other relatives'''. Many of these names were frequently dropped as the child matured. Thus, a person's '''later records do not always use the name he or she was given at birth.''' | *Some children received as many as four or more given names at baptism. Multiple given names were often the names of '''parents or other relatives'''. Many of these names were frequently dropped as the child matured. Thus, a person's '''later records do not always use the name he or she was given at birth.''' | ||
===German Naming Pattern=== | ===German Naming Pattern=== | ||
'''German families often used the following pattern for naming children:''' | |||
{| | |||
|- | |||
!Son's Name | |||
!Daughter's Name | |||
|- | |||
|1st father's father | |||
|1st mother's mother | |||
|- | |||
|2nd mother's father | |||
|2nd father's mother | |||
|- | |||
|3rd father | |||
| | |||
3rd mother | |||
|- | |||
|4th father's father's father | |||
|4th father's father's mother | |||
|- | |||
|5th mother's father's father | |||
|5th mother's father's mother | |||
|- | |||
|6th father's mother's father | |||
|6th father's mother's mother | |||
|- | |||
|7th mother's mother's father | |||
|7th mother's mother's mother | |||
|} | |||
=== Grammatical Effects on German Names === | === Grammatical Effects on German Names === | ||