ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1672 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1672 ************************************ 28 Apr 1999 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked whether is an appropriate name for an Englishwoman in the mid to late 1300s. This letter is a brief answer to your question. You had previously asked us about , so we won't repeat the information about the two bynames [1]. If you need copies of our earlier reports, let us know. We found only one example of in medieval England, in 1230 [2]. There was a fashion for obscure or fanciful women's names in the 12th and early 13th centuries in England, and very few of the names introduced in that period survived into later use. We suspect that is an example so we don't recommend as a good choice for the 1300s. It is certainly registerable, but it is questionable whether it would have been used in your period. We hope this brief letter has been useful. Please write us again if you have any questions. I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by Talan Gwynek, Pedro de Alcazar, and Aryanhwy merch Catmael. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 28 Apr 1999 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] Academy of Saint Gabriel reports 614 and 1088. [2] Talan Gwynek, "Feminine Given Names in _A Dictionary of English Surnames_" (SCA: KWHS Proceedings, 1994; WWW: J. Mittleman, 1997). http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/talan/reaney/