I’ve never really gotten the hang of doing this.
So some help would be appreciated.
How would i go about latinizing the name. Brent.
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and lets go ahead and if applicable explain to me HOW you latinize names.
Hi Brent.
Nice to meet you.
There is an easy and universal way to latinize personal names, and it is often used in neo-latin by scientists (specially biologists and taxonomists). Only add -ius, as ending, to your name or surname if they are not of Latin or Greek origin. For example: Brent > Brentius (declension goes normally according to the 2nd. one: Brentius, Brentii, Brentio, etc.).
Another way is try to find what is the original form of your name, which seems to be a Germanic name. In Middle Ages, Germanic and Celtic names were often latinized in Latin texts written by monks and scholars. These Germanic or Celtic names were usually latinized with -us; for example Karl > Carolus, Wilhielm > Gulielmus, Friederik > Fridericus, Frank > Francus, and so on. Sometimes -ius was used too: Hermann > Arminius, Harminius. Spellings can vary according to texts, authors and centuries.
Vale.
Regarding names
This might be useful
http://www.latin.org/cgi/lookup-name.cgi
Also somewhere on the net I once saw a compendium of those monkish latinizations of celtic and germanic names that the previous poster mentioned. Unfortuantely, I can’t locate it now.
I latinized my own name from Kenneth Walsh to Kynetus Valesius or sometimes I use Kyneto Valesio among modern romance language speakers.
Good luck. Kynetus
Wait.. so would i use, Brentius, or Brentus.
Which would seem to be a better latinization of my name?