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Names with ß
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Tristan Miller
2003-11-02 19:20:30 UTC
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Greetings, all.

I was wondering if there are any common German given names that use the
letter ß. As someone with a weird fascination with typographical oddities,
I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've never come across
one.

Regards,
Tristan
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Paul Schmitz-Josten
2003-11-03 07:41:33 UTC
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Tristan Miller schrieb am Sun, 02 Nov 2003 20:20:30 +0100 in
Post by Tristan Miller
I was wondering if there are any common German given names that use the
letter ß. As someone with a weird fascination with typographical oddities,
I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've never come across
one.
I a town name good for a start?

"Kißlegg", www.kisslegg.de

Ciao,

Paul
René
2003-11-03 09:40:34 UTC
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Post by Tristan Miller
I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've
never come across one.
How about Trißtan?
Tristan Miller
2003-11-03 10:03:30 UTC
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Greetings.
Post by René
Post by Tristan Miller
I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've
never come across one.
How about Trißtan?
Not in the new orthography... :(
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kaih= (Kai Henningsen)
2003-11-08 12:16:00 UTC
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Post by Tristan Miller
Post by René
Post by Tristan Miller
I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've
never come across one.
How about Trißtan?
Not in the new orthography... :(
Since when is that relevant for *names*?


Kai
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Dietmar Schindler
2003-11-03 10:03:03 UTC
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Post by Tristan Miller
I was wondering if there are any common German given names that use the
letter ß. As someone with a weird fascination with typographical oddities,
I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've never come across
one.
Heinsaß, Theuß, Thieß... oh, I missed that you wrote "common".
Ekkehard Dengler
2003-11-03 11:29:32 UTC
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Post by Dietmar Schindler
Post by Tristan Miller
I was wondering if there are any common German given names that use the
letter ß. As someone with a weird fascination with typographical oddities,
I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've never come across
one.
Heinsaß, Theuß, Thieß... oh, I missed that you wrote "common".
And "given".

Regards,
Ekkehard
Dietmar Schindler
2003-11-03 13:35:45 UTC
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Post by Tristan Miller
Post by Dietmar Schindler
Post by Tristan Miller
I was wondering if there are any common German given names that use the
letter ß. As someone with a weird fascination with typographical
oddities,
Post by Dietmar Schindler
Post by Tristan Miller
I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've never come across
one.
Heinsaß, Theuß, Thieß... oh, I missed that you wrote "common".
And "given".
No, that I did not overlook.
Richard Kaulfuss
2003-11-03 12:11:12 UTC
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On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 20:20:30 +0100, Tristan Miller
Post by Tristan Miller
Greetings, all.
I was wondering if there are any common German given names that use the
letter ß. As someone with a weird fascination with typographical oddities,
I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've never come across
one.
I'll let you use mine for a modest fee.
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Dick
Tristan Miller
2003-11-03 18:04:02 UTC
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Greetings.
Post by Richard Kaulfuss
Post by Tristan Miller
I was wondering if there are any common German given names that use the
letter ß. As someone with a weird fascination with typographical
oddities, I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've never
come across one.
I'll let you use mine for a modest fee.
Funny, I don't see any ß in "Richard". Does it only appear during certain
phases of the moon? :)
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Andreas Erber
2003-11-07 00:41:08 UTC
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Post by Tristan Miller
Greetings, all.
I was wondering if there are any common German given names that use
the letter ß. As someone with a weird fascination with typographical
oddities, I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've
never come across one.
Regards,
Tristan
Hey,

try http://www.vornamenlexikon.de/

but I think there is no common German given Name with ß.

LG Andy
Heiko
2003-11-09 00:49:09 UTC
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Hello Tristan
some names possibly typed with ß are

Keßler and Heßler

Heiko Goetze
Post by Tristan Miller
Greetings, all.
I was wondering if there are any common German given names that use the
letter ß. As someone with a weird fascination with typographical oddities,
I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've never come across
one.
Regards,
Tristan
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Joshua B.
2020-10-19 13:33:52 UTC
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Post by Heiko
Hello Tristan
some names possibly typed with ß are
Keßler and Heßler
Heiko Goetze
Post by Tristan Miller
Greetings, all.
I was wondering if there are any common German given names that use the
letter ß. As someone with a weird fascination with typographical oddities,
I always wanted to have a name with an Eszett but I've never come across
one.
Regards,
Tristan
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_V.-o Tristan Miller [en,(fr,de,ia)] >< Space is limited
/ |`-' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= <> In a haiku, so it's hard
(7_\\ http://www.nothingisreal.com/ >< To finish what you
Hello! I am sorry, that I am about 17 years late, but I am also interested in the topic so I may as well put my findings on here. As it turns out, ß was actually quite common in German names until about the 1600s. There are variations of common names, which can be written with ß, eg. :
Mathiß
Johanneß
Andreaß
Clauß
Franß
Hanß
Jaßper

I have also found more unique names. I have uploaded my findings on Wikipædia under "List of words that may be spelled with a ligature" Under names & under the part with the names containing æ & œ. I hope this find is useful.
Joshua

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