ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1413
http://www.s-gabriel.org/1413
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23 Nov 1998
From:  (Josh Mittleman)


Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!

You asked whether <Marielle> is a plausible medieval Scottish name.  This
letter is a brief answer to your question.

If your aim is to find documentation for a name so that you can register it
with the SCA College of Arms, we may or may not be able to help you.
Documenting submissions isn't our focus: We want to help you to choose and
use a name that fits the historical culture you are re-creating.  Our
research can sometimes be used to support submissions to the College of
Arms, but that it not our goal and our results are often incompatible with
the College's needs.  If your main goal is to register a particular name,
then we may not be able to help you.

We found no evidence that <Marielle> was used in Scotland.  If you can tell
us where you found the name, we may be able to tell your more.

<Muriel> is a fine Scottish name, a Scots or English version of the Gaelic
name <Muirgheal>.  We have found it used in Scotland as early as 1284 [1].

We hope this brief letter has been useful.  Please write us again if you
have any questions.  

For the Academy,


  Arval Benicoeur
  23 Nov 1998


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References

[1] Black, George F., _The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and
History_, (New York: The New York Public Library, 1986), s.n. Muriel.