[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] name variation spellings

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Hi
 
Having a number of books on the etymologies of names, I agree with the  
variant spellings, but for the person transcribing records for St. Pete, I  
should think that would depend heavily on his/her native tongue as well as  
deciphering ancient handwriting and dialects.  If German,Geike would sound  
something like Guykeh, accent on the first syllable.   And the -ke  ending can 
point to an origin anywhere along the Baltic Sea as well as the North  Sea.  
I don't know your time frame, how long they were in Odessa, but hope  this 
will give you some further ideas.    
 
In a book on German names (Bahlow), there is:
 
Geike (Hamburg) see Geick.
Geick: Gei(c)ke Hamburg: Frisian personal name, patronymic Geyken, Gaiken,  
see Gayko Lyursna 1443, Allardus Gaicama 1499.
 
On Polish names (Hoffman):
Giec see Kiec
Kiec: "skirt" or "the corncrake" (bird) - and several Polish  spellings.
 
In a German/Jewish book (Menk) none.
 
In another German one (Brechenmacher) none
 
Maureen Schoenky (originally Schoenke) 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/23/2011 10:44:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
jageike at msn.com writes:

Hi,
I  have recentely found several relatives in the Oddessa site st pete files.
I  have determined that Gaike, Gayke, Goike are all the same people. my 
qwestion  is would the person making up the report for the St Pete records have 
spelled  Geike phonetically  ie.  Gaykey
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