ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1019
http://www.s-gabriel.org/1019
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18 May 1998
From:  (Josh Mittleman)


Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!

You asked for information about <Jean Luc de Brest> as a French masculine
name for a persona c.1600.  Here is what we have found.

The name is perfect.  Double given names were not commonplace in 16th
century France, but they were occasionally used.  Both <Jean> and <Luc>
were common in 16th century France, so the combination is a good one [1,
2].  The town of <Brest> existed at least as early as 1240 [3], and we find
the name recorded in that spelling in 1397 [4].

I hope this letter has been useful.  Please write us again if any part of
it has been unclear or if you have other questions.  I was assisted in
researching and writing this letter by Teceangl Bach, Elisabeth
Rossignol, Talan Gwynek, and Walraven van Nijmegen.

For the Academy,


  Arval Benicoeur
  18 May 1998

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References

[1] Cateline de la Mor, Sixteenth Century Norman Names (SCA: KWHS
Proceedings, 1994; WWW: 1997 by Arval Benicoeur) .
http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/cateline/norman16.html. 

[2] Dauzat, Albert, _Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et
Prenoms de France_ (Paris: Libraire Larousse, 1987), s.n. Luc.

[3] "Brest" Britannica Online. [Accessed 05 May 1998].
http://www.eb.com:180/cgi-bin/g?DocF=micro/85/45.html

[4] Dauzat, Albert & Ch. Rostaing, _Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de
Lieux de la France_ (Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1963).

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