Thread:B214/@comment-27083298-20170416153449/@comment-27083298-20170416163842

Thoughts? "Elmenhilde" vs "Ermenhilde".

I just suggested it because it’s a real germanic name, and it just so happens that in most language variants the “h” is mute and in many the “g” has come to be spoken as something close to “h” (non-mute, I mean); in fact, the “g” has to be read like that because it comes from “hild” (battle).

I would have suggested the variant with “h” instead of “g”, but it doesn’t seem to exist.

Leaving aside all those difficult things I don’t even completely get, as well as the fact that the ethymology seems to be contested, there exist the form “Ermengilde”, so going with that I would suggest at least “Ermenhilde” (changing the first “l” with an “r”).>>>

I personally don't think it's a big enough change to warrant changing the name, but I thought I'd just share this anyway.