ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1687 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1687 ************************************ 7 Apr 1999 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked whether is an appropriate name for a medieval English man. This letter is a brief answer to your question. We found no evidence of as a first name in our period. It was a surname, though, and it became popular in modern England and the United States to use family names as boy's given names [1]. It is a fine period surname. We found a recorded in England in 1220, and 1312 [2]. is also a good period surname, with a couple origins. In some cases it was used to identify a man whose mother's first name was , like 1279, 1302. In other, rarer cases it was used by a man who lived or worked at a house or inn called "the Rose", such as 1242, 1305 [2]. If you pick a first name from your period, then you could combine it with either surname or . You can find several lists of English men's names from your period on the web. Go to http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/english.html You'll see pointers to several lists of names from 13th and 14th century England. 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. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 6 Apr 1999 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] Dunkling, Leslie and William Gosling, _The New American Dictionary of First Names_ (New York: Signet Books, 1983), s.n. Hunter. [2] Reaney, P. H., & R. M. Wilson, _A Dictionary of English Surnames_ (London: Routledge, 1991; Oxford University Press, 1995), s.nn. Hunter, Rose. [2000-05-12 11:01:42]: uid: (cbpp/cbpp) gid: (cbpp/cbpp) cmd: variable.cgi