Seems, those would be names with an 's' at the end in original Latin, and Romanian words or names very rarely end in 's', so there is a truncation (the most popular is the name 'Ion', which is a short form of the Byzantine Iohannes, 'Constantin' and 'Petre/Petru'). Other names like 'Octavian' or 'Florin' are truncated to the last consonant. The etymological origins around the times of the Eastern Roman empire are very apparent.
In your case if you were named in Romania it would be 'Gustav', presumably as a new form of an ancient 'Gustavus Flavius Lacerdus'. ;-)
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Date: 2010-05-19 05:32 pm (UTC)In your case if you were named in Romania it would be 'Gustav', presumably as a new form of an ancient 'Gustavus Flavius Lacerdus'. ;-)