ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1142 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1142 ************************************ From: "S Friedemann" 26 Aug 1998 Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You wanted to know if , , , and were Turkish feminine names used between 1000 and 1600. You also wanted to know if there are any other Turkish name resources available on the web. Here is the information we have found. Unfortunately, none of our members has information about Turkish names. You can get some information on Turkish names from histories of Turkey. If possible, see if the author discusses how the names are presented; many authors standardize or otherwise alter the forms of the names they use. It also pays to see if any of the entries are dated. This is not an ideal way to find names, but it's the best approach we can suggest. If you learn anything that might be helpful, please let us know! We do not know of any resources on the web that are reliable for pre-1600 Turkish naming. In particular, the site you found, http://www.panix.com/~eren/namebook/, is a modern baby-name list, with no information about when the names were used. We're sorry that this letter could not be more useful to you, and hope that you will not hesitate to write again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Walraven van Nijmegen, Arval Benicoeur, and Pedro de Alcazar. For the Academy, --Arianuia filia Catmaili