What is Jois/Joris in French

[Chris Impens]

Cajun007 (caju...@aol.com) wrote:
: In reading Latin baptismal records in Belgium I ran acorss this name Jois
: or Joris Joannes. I know that Joannes is Jean but can't even guess what
: Jois or Joris would be from Latin.

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[Cajun007]

[Chris Impens]

Cajun007 (caju...@aol.com) wrote:
: In reading Latin baptismal records in Belgium I ran acorss this name Jois

: or Joris Joannes. I know that Joannes is Jean but can't even guess what
: Jois or Joris would be from Latin.

Joris= Georges

[Eugene Marres]

Chris Impens (c...@cage.rug.ac.be) wrote:

: Cajun007 (caju...@aol.com) wrote:
: : In reading Latin baptismal records in Belgium I ran acorss this name Jois
: : or Joris Joannes. I know that Joannes is Jean but can't even guess what
: : Jois or Joris would be from Latin.

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: Chris
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: Chris Impens tel:(+32)-(0)9-264.49.07

: Dept. of Pure Mathematics and Computer Algebra secretary: ...-264.49.12
: University of Ghent fax: ...-264.49.93
: Galglaan 2, B-9000 Gent (Belgium) e-mail: c...@cage.rug.ac.be
:
: *** Don't bother to agree with me, I've already changed my mind ***

In belgium, as well like in the south of the Netherlands there was a
abbreviation for Joannes that was JOES. In small villages it exist to nowadays.
It has northing to do with a total other name Joris (in french George).

Eugene Marres