ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2012 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2012 ************************************ From: "Sara L Friedemann" 19 Mar 2000 Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! Your client wanted to know if , allegedly the name of a saint, was used in Germany in the Middle Ages. Here is the information we have found. We are unable to find any saint, German or otherwise, that was named or called anything similar. We could also not find the name in any of our standard German resources. We did find the name used as a surname in modern Germany, but we haven't been able to trace its origin. If your client would like to consider using a documentable medieval German given name, we recommend that you point him to the following articles available in our library: "German Names from 1200-1250" http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/talan/germ13/ "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia" http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm "Late Period German Masculine Given Names" http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/talan/germmasc/ We're sorry that this letter could not be more useful to you, and hope that you will not hesitate to write again if any part of this letter was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Arval Benicoeur, Maridonna Benvenuti, Adelaide de Beaumont, Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, Juliana de Luna, Talan Gwynek, and Blaise de Cormeilles. For the Academy, ~Aryanhwy merch Catmael, 19Mar00