ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1908 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1908 ************************************ 19 Jan 2000 From: Alan Terlep Greetings, Here's the information we found about the name , which you wanted to use as a name from the Eastern Mediterannean area or from Scandinavia. Unfortunately, we didn't find any evidence that either or was used in these areas. appears in England, but not in your period--the earliest example we found dates to 1680. (1) is also English, and it appears in the latter part of our period (2). We did find one possibility that might suit you. The English derives from the French name , which was almost certainly used before 1600. (3) There is also a French village called . Thus, would be a plausible French name from the 1500s. (4) Juliana de Luna, Adelaide de Beaumont, and Arval Benicoeur contributed to this letter. We hope this has been helpful, and that we can continue to assist you. Your servant, Alan Fairfax Academy of S. Gabriel January 19, 2000 (1) Withycombe, E.G., _The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names_, 3rd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988), s.n. Selina (2) Reaney, P. H., & R. M. Wilson, _A Dictionary of English Surnames_ (London: Routledge, 1991; Oxford University Press, 1995), s.n. Grey (3) Withycombe, op. cit. (4) Reaney, op. cit.