ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1299 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1299 ************************************ From: "S Friedemann" 15 Oct 1998 Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You wanted to know if the feminine name was used in the northern part of France between 1050 and 1250. Here is the information we have found. In one census of Paris in 1292, we found the name [2]. We also found 1104 and 970. [1] Based on these names, with the would be a fine name for the latter half of your period. The easiest way to complete your name would be to choose a small town in France that existed in your period, and create a locative byname (a nickname based on your place of residence). For example, is the 13th century spelling of a city in Champagne [3], so someone living there could be known as . Additionally, you could look through the index to the Paris Census, found on the web at: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html and choose one of the bynames there. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to write again! We hope that this letter has been useful to you, and that you will not hesitate to write again if any part was unclear. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Arval Benicoeur and Talan Gwynek. For the Academy, --Aryanhwy Prytydes merch Catmael October 15, 1998 --------------------------------------- References: [1] Morlet, Marie-Therese, _Les Noms de Personne sur le Territoire de l'Ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe Siecle_, Volume II (Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1972). [2] Colm Dubh, "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris", Proceedings of the Known World Heraldic Symposium 1996 (SCA: Montgomery, Alabama; WWW: SCA, Inc., 1997) . [3] De Joinville, Jean, _Histoire de Saint Louis_, M. Natalis de Wailly, ed. (Paris, 1874)