On Sat, 24 Feb 1996, Zoli Fekete, keeper of hungarian-faq wrote:

> >Isn't it nice that the middle name will still occupy the same spot?  :)
>  Actually, we don't really sport middle names the way Americans do, and the
> closest thing to it would be a second given name (that a few possesses)
> which would not be in the same spot ;-)

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooops!

It has been a l-o-n-g week and it is far from being over!  Of course, you
are right about the *position* of the middle name!  And it *would* be the
second given name.  Thanks for catching this mistake.

In my family it is not an exception, but a rule, for my generation ('30s)
to have a second given name, that made me come to my conclusion.  I
guess our parents saw a possible later need for this in their crystal ball...

Martha

On Sat, 24 Feb 1996, Amos J. Danube wrote:

>        If your last name means "Toronyo"r" in Hungarian, Johanne,
>     than your assumption is correct.  However,  there is  no such
>     Hungarian first name as Johanna,  as I can recall.  This name
>     is an imported one in Hungary and still considered foreign. I
>     can't think of any  Hungarian name presently  that would come
>     close to Johanne. Sorry!
>
Although Johanna is not a very common name in Hungarian, it certainly
does occur, as does its shortened form, Hanna. Though their roots are
ultimately Hebrew or Latinized Greco-Hebrew, their immediate source for
Hungarian is no doubt German.

Louis  Elteto