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Americanized nickname for Rosario=Charlie?

Americanized nickname for Rosario=Charlie?

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 2:16AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Quattrocchi
Hi All,
I'm new to this, so please forgive me. Any possibility that an americanized nickname for Rosario could be Charles/Charlie? Long story, but I'm finding info on my great grandparents from Napoli that lists a Rosario born in 1908 in Wisconsin (2 years old) and then 10 years later it lists a "Charlie" at 12 years old, same parents, same street address, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Re: Americanized nickname for Rosario=Charlie?

Posted: 5 Dec 2011 4:08AM GMT
Classification: Query
My great-grandfather's brother from Sicily, Rosario, was also named Charles in America and he was naturalized with the name Charles. It's one of those names where they had to kind of go a different path than simply transliterating the name. For instance, apparently the common English name for Italians named Diego was Richard. Who Knew?

Re: Americanized nickname for Rosario=Charlie?

Posted: 5 Dec 2011 2:37PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thank you so much for posting! This helps me incredibly! Interesting fact about the Diego-Richard thing! I'll have to remember that.

Re: Americanized nickname for Rosario=Charlie?

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 30 Nov 2012 11:06PM GMT
ROSARIO

GENDER: Feminine & Masculine
USAGE: Spanish, Italian
PRONOUNCED: ro-SAH-ryo (Spanish), ro-ZAH-ryo (Italian)
Meaning & History
Means "rosary", and is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Rosario meaning "Our Lady of the Rosary". This name is feminine in Spanish and masculine in Italian.
DIMINUTIVE: Charo (Spanish)

no connection to Charles, but how it looks like they have changed it in this way...

CHARLES
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: English, French
PRONOUNCED: CHAHR-əlz (English), SHAHRL (French) [key]
Meaning & History
From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man". However, an alternative theory states that it is derived from the common Germanic element hari meaning "army, warrior".

The popularity of the name in continental Europe was due to the fame of Charles the Great (742-814), commonly known as Charlemagne, a king of the Franks who came to rule over most of Europe. It was subsequently borne by several Holy Roman Emperors, as well as kings of France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Hungary. The name did not become common in Britain until the 17th century when it was carried by the Stuart king Charles I. It had been introduced into the Stuart royal family by Mary Queen of Scots, who had been raised in France.

Famous bearers of the name include naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) who revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution, novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) who wrote such works as 'Great Expectations' and 'A Tale of Two Cities', French statesman Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), and American cartoonist Charles Schulz (1922-2000), the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip.
VARIANT: Carol (English)
DIMINUTIVES: Charley, Charlie, Chas, Chaz, Chip, Chuck (English), Charlot (French)
FEMININE FORMS: Carolina, Charla, Charlene, Charlotte, Charleen, Charlize, Sharla, Sharleen, Sharlene (English), Caroline, Charline, Charlotte (French)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Carolus, Karl (Ancient Germanic), Carles (Catalan), Karlo (Croatian), Karel (Czech), Karel (Dutch), Kaarle, Kaarlo, Karl, Kalle (Finnish), Carl, Karl (German), Kale (Hawaiian), Károly, Karcsi (Hungarian), Séarlas (Irish), Carlo (Italian), Sjarel (Limburgish), Karolis (Lithuanian), Karol (Polish), Carlos, Carlinhos, Carlito, Carlitos (Portuguese), Carol (Romanian), Carl, Karl (Scandinavian), Karol (Slovak), Karel, Karol (Slovene), Carlos, Carlito, Carlitos (Spanish), Kalle (Swedish), Siarl (Welsh)

Re: Americanized nickname for Rosario=Charlie?

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:04PM GMT
Classification: Query
also no connection between Diego and Richard - two different names.

DIEGO
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Spanish
PRONOUNCED: DYE-go
Meaning & History
Possibly a shortened form of SANTIAGO. In medieval records Diego was Latinized as Didacus, and it has been suggested that it in fact derives from Greek διδαχη (didache) "teaching". Saint Didacus (or Diego) was a 15th-century Franciscan brother based in Alcalá, Spain. Another famous bearer of this name was Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957).
OTHER LANGUAGES: Dídac (Catalan), Didacus (Medieval Spanish)

RICHARD
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: English, French, German, Czech, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
PRONOUNCED: RICH-ərd (English), ree-SHAHR (French), RIKH-ahrt (German) [key]
Meaning & History
Means "brave power", derived from the Germanic elements ric "power, rule" and hard "brave, hardy". The Normans introduced this name to Britain, and it has been very common there since that time. It was borne by three kings of England including Richard I the Lionheart, leader of the Third Crusade in the 12th century. Famous bearers include two German opera composers, Richard Wagner (1813-1883) and Richard Strauss (1864-1949), as well as British explorer Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890) and American musician Little Richard (1920-).
VARIANT: Ricohard (Ancient Germanic)
DIMINUTIVES: Dick, Rich, Richie, Rick, Rickey, Rickie, Ricky, Ricki, Ritchie (English)
FEMININE FORMS: Richelle, Richardine, Rikki (English), Ricarda (German)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Ricard (Catalan), Rikard (Danish), Rikhard, Riku (Finnish), Richárd, Rikárd (Hungarian), Risteárd (Irish), Riccardo (Italian), Rihards (Latvian), Dicun, Hudde (Medieval English), Rikard (Norwegian), Ryszard (Polish), Ricardo (Portuguese), Rihard (Slovene), Ricardo, Rico (Spanish), Rikard (Swedish), Rhisiart (Welsh)
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