ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1410 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1410 ************************************ 29 Dec 1998 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked our opinion of as a Dutch masculine name. Here is what we have found. is a fine 15th or 16th century Dutch name [1]. It was pronounced \BAH-n@\, where \@\ is a schwa, the last sound in . Note that the pronunciation \BAYN\ is incorrect. The surname is recorded in Bruges in 1467. It is a patronymic byname, i.e. a surname that identifies a man as his father's son. means "son of Brys"; is a form of a Dutch name also spelled , , , and [1, 2, 3]. is pronounced roughly \BRICE-ink\. The word means "from, of", and is used in Dutch names only with a place name. For example, means "from Bruwyle". Because is not a place name, is incorrect. However, is a fine late-period Dutch name, meaning "Bane, son of Brys". We 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 Talan Gwynek, Walraven van Nijmegen, and Margaret Makafee. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 29 Dec 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] Luana de Grood, "Flemish Given Names from Bruges, 1400-1600", (WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1996). http://www.us.itd.umich.edu/~ximenez/s.gabriel/docs/bruges/ [2] Debrabandere, F., _Kortrijkse Naamkunde 1200-1300, met een kumulatief familienamenregister_, Anthrophonymica XXII (Leuven : Instituut voor Naamkunde : Peeters, 1980). [3] Huizinga, A., _Encyclopedie van Namen_, (Amsteram: A.J.G. Strengholt, 1955).