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Great story. Had no idea. Still love the name Uwe. One of those German names that doesn’t have an English equivalent unlike, say, Pieter.
by TedDoesntTalk 5mo ago
Great story. Had no idea. Still love the name Uwe. One of those German names that doesn’t have an English equivalent unlike, say, Pieter.
- Bairfhionn 5mo agoPieter is Dutch. German version of it is Peter.
- KKOSer 5mo agoI was told once Hugh is the nearest equivalent to Uwe, but i can't tell if thats correct.
- nkrisc 5mo agoDoesn’t appear to be correct, assuming the information here is correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh “Hugo” would appear to be the German equivalent.
- rob74 5mo agoAccording to https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe, the only certainly known "relative" of Uwe is Ove, which is used in Scandinavian countries. Other than that, the origin of the name is unclear, and there is a theory it might be related to Oswald.
- nielsole 5mo agoOwen seems pretty close, especially considering the Nordic variant Ove.
- ginko 5mo agoI think that similarity is accidental though. Owen is a Welsh given name. Ove/Uwe is Germanic.
- racl101 5mo agoIn Spanish our Hughs are Hugos