Jesse, It is Portuguese but it is of Greek origin. There's a different spelling ISALTINA which is also popular in Italy and Spain.
This name is a variation of the greek name Isolda which means "the protector". Margaret Vicente On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Jesse Pacheco <pacheco.jess...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone knows what the name "Ezaltina" > means, and how far it dates back. I'm really just curious. > > Just in case, I'm not 100% sure this is actually a Portuguese name. I > recently found a previously unknown child who died at one month of my great > great grandparents, Manuel J Medeiros Quarenta and Filomena Gloria Rego. The > baby was Ezaltina. The baby was born in 1909 after the parents had been in > America for three years, so maybe they heard the name over here? I searched > the group and only found one mention of an Ezaltina born on one of the > islands. > > Ironically, she was the first and only (so far) girl they had not named > Maria. > > I was wondering, if anyone is familiar with this name, is it usually a > stand alone, or does it follow Maria i.e. Maria Ezaltina. Obviously, > anything is possible, but I just found it funny that this family with their > eight daughters named Maria would change their minds. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<azores%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
