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From: David Zincavage <>
Subject: [LITHUANIA-L] Re: Mejnartowicz
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 13:08:54 -0700
References: <2409A35B3E1C8D4D929583798DF5AA78D7D133@whmail01.walterhav.com>


Yes, Meinhardt is a pleonastic German personal name: _magin/megin_
"strong,brave" + _hardt_ "hardy, brave, strong." Bahlow notes its frequency
among the counts of Tyrol 1250-1350.

Kasprzycki [VIII:196]:

MEJNARTOWICZ or MEYNARTOWICZ
Arms Lubicz, recorded circa 1528; a member of which family confirmed
nobility in 1849; from Mejnarty in the district of Raseiniai, and from the
province of Vilnius.
--sources: Lithuanian Metryca, Borkowski, Uruski.



Vanagas et. al. (1989) found 3 Meinartas in Lithuania [1 Kruopiai, 2
Zarasai].




----- Original Message -----
From: "Leon Stevens" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:28 PM
Subject: RE: Mejnartowicz


> > Information about Mejnartowicz <
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> This is probably a topographic surname, perhaps from one of two noble
> villages near Rosien. The Slownik geograficzny says:
> "Mejnarty i Mejnartele, dwie okolicy szlach., pow. Rossienski, par.
> Retowska"
> However the root "Mejnert" seems to be of Germanic origin.
> Meinhard/Meinhardt/Meinert/Meiner/Maynard is a very popular first name
> as well as surname in German-speaking lands. Speaking of two-part
> egocentric surnames, it means "might" and "strong." It belongs to a
> large family of lofty two-stem surnames, which includes, for example,
> "Meinhold" ("might" and "loyal"), and "Meinrad" ("might" and "counsel").
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