Question about shortening of names in parish transcripts

Startet af Linda Michelle Thérèsa de Bodt Rosenland, 28 Nov 2018 - 03:11

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Hello,

I often see the name Ifver and I am wondering if this is a shortened version of Christopher?  Christen? A variant of Iver?

I ask because in the following probate record:

25 Maren Rasmusdatter i Klakring. 20.3.1752, side 110.
E: Mikkel Jørgensen. B: Kirsten 3. Af første ægteskab B: Jens Lauridsen 16, Rasmus Lauridsen 10, Øllegaard Lauridsdatter 7. FM: farbrødre Christen Jensen i Klakring, Jørgen Jensen sst, Niels Jensen sst, morbrødre Søren Rasmussen sst, Morten Rasmussen sst.

Probate here for Maren Rasmusdatter begins left side: https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?bsid=195008#195008,32649494

There is mention of the deceased's 1st husbands brothers: Christen, Jorgen and Niels Jensen.

I found births for Laurids, Jorgen, Niels and someone named Ifver Jensen all in Klakring, Bjerre, Vejle.

(20 Jan 1704) søndag septuagesima Jens Jørgensen i Klakring ? hans barn døbt med n Ifver susc. Johanne Ifvers. Test Rasmus Rasmussen, Rasmus Pedersen, Birgitte Tulles? S.70

But, I could not find a birth for a Christen before the death of their father, Jens Jørgensen in 1727 as follows:

1727 20 s e trin Jens Jørgensen begravet ved Strandhusene som blev druknet i stranden i sit alders 57 år


Ole Westermann

Ifver/Iver is not a shortened version of Christen/Christopher.

Ole


Ole Westermann

I grabbed a dictionary:
IVAR (Iver), male name; old Danish Iwar, old Nordic Ivarr;  maybe it means something with -warrior.
Probably related to the name Ingvar.

Citat fra: Ole Westermann [1234] Dato 28 Nov 2018 - 15:25
I grabbed a dictionary:
IVAR (Iver), male name; old Danish Iwar, old Nordic Ivarr;  maybe it means something with -warrior.
Probably related to the name Ingvar.

So maybe it means Ivar?

Ole Westermann

Ivar - Iver - and the old version Ifver is the same name spelled differently.

Lisa Petersen

I've sometimes seen X as a short form of Christ, as in Xian for Christian.  Could that be it?

Lisa Petersen

Ole Westermann

In this case: No

Here is the actual baptism
https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?bsid=159774#159774,26863422 left
Søndag Septuagesima.
Jens Jørgensen ved Clahring..st hans Barn døbt med nafn Ifver ...etc
No doubt about the name Ifver.

Ole