The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-21

(Thought and Memory were the two
ravens that sat on odinfs shoulders in
yalhalla. whence they flew forth each
day over the whole world and reported
on their return all the deeds OF men.
The name Hugo may be one OF the
compa ratively few monothematic Ger
more likely. hypoooristc form or
kosename from the compound Hugu-
bert. which is more frequent and is
found in the records as early as the
sixth century. This Is the later Hubert
and is compound OF Hugh and beraht
C'bright, renowned"o, hence meaning,
Bright or renowned of thought"
Whether simple or compound 1t Is
aptly appropriate to the executive who
thinks rather than talks.
The origin of the name is the Old
High German hugh, Thought, under
standing" This is cognate with the Old
Saxon hugh. Anslo-Saxon hyge. Dutch
heug. Middle Dutch hoghe. Old Morse
hugr. Gothic hugs, all Of the general
meaning Thought, mind sense, UNDER
standing" etc. The word has been
plausibly connected with the Sans
knit shocati (palatal sh), "illumine.
shine, burn" and Avestan soachant
turning In that case hugh is the
illuminating thought
johnson.
1t is obvious to the merest tyro in
onomatology that this surname Is
patronymic signifyins "the son of
John
The personal name John is from the
Hebrew Jehohanan. meaning Jehovah
Gs) gracious" The prototheme is from
the divine name Jehovah or Jahveh.
The deuterotheme appears In cosnate
Phoenician names, as Hanno grace"
and Hannibal. "the grace of Baal.' IT
appears also in tho names Hannah and
Anna. both from the Hebrew and
meaning grace"
John Is BY far the most frequent and
universal Of names. One Jehohanan
was porter in solomon's temple, Four
others are mentioned in-tte Old Testa-
rent and nine more are there called
johanan Hanariah is the Same name
with the themes reversed, and there are
fourteen Of this name In the Old Testa-
nlent. Tho masculine Joannes and
feminine Joanna We're frequent In
Judea at the beginning OF the Chris
tian era.
The great forerunner, the beloved
disciple and that other evangelist sur
ramed Mark, all made the name tre-
mendously popular with the early
In a few generations che
name became the most frequent one
in the East.
1t is found In England in the sixth
century and borne afterward by several
ecclesinstics of the Anglo Saxon days,
IT did not yet, however, grow Into pop
ular favor. In the Domesday~there are
among the uuder-tennnts sixty-eight
Williams, fortS-eight Roberts. twenty
eight Walters, but only ten Johns
The Crusaders, however, gave q
mighty impetus to the name and It,
soon became almost as general ~ the
West as it had long been. In the East.
1t is now the most frequent nane In
Chrstendom Every tongue In Europe
knew the name In some form or other.
The Greek had made Joannes from
Jehohanan, or perhaps, rather, from
Johanan. Latin retained the i and
made Johannes. From one or the oth-
er of these forms the other tongues
their form Of the name. The
results differ widely from one another.
They include, for instance, the Irish
Shawn and I1oin. the Gaelic Ian, the
Welsh, Breton Dutch, Polish and Czech
Ian the Russian Ivan and Nanka, the
Lapn Jofan, the Esthonian Hannus and
Ants, the Lithuanian Jonas, lonkus
and Enserls. tho Illyrian Jovan. Jvo
nnd lvic the Dutch Hans. the Spanish
Juan, Portuguese Jono French Jean
ard many others.
'Hhe popularity of the name in Eng
land during the surname period is we'll
nttested by Its derivative patronymlcs,
oyer 100 in number. Johnson Itself