ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2042
http://www.s-gabriel.org/2042
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9 Jun 2000
From:  (Josh Mittleman)


Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!

You asked for sources for finding a late-period Berber feminine name.
Unfortunately, we've been able to find very little on that subject.

In general, naming patterns in late-period North Africa were similar to
those in other parts of the Islamic world: Arabic names and naming
practices were common.  You can read a brief discussion of Arabic naming
practices on the web:

  Arabic Naming Practices and Names List
    http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/daud/arabic-naming

The same article appears in Compleat Anachronist #51.

We've found a few women's names native to North Africa [1]:

  Sut
  Tamu
  Ta'zunt
  Urtatim or Urtatlim
  Yanduza
  Zannu
  Zarru

We've identified a book that may be useful if you want to do further
research on Berber names:_North-African names from Latin sources_, by
J. Jongeling (Leiden, The Netherlands: Research School CNWS, 1994; ISBN
9073782252).  We haven't seen the book, so we can't say for sure that it
will be helpful.  If you do research this subject further, please let us
know: We'd be grateful for your help in assisting our future clients.


We hope this letter has been useful.  Please write us again if any part of
it has been unclear or if you have other questions.  I was assisted in
researching and writing this letter by Pedro de Alcazar, Juliana de Luna,
Raquel Buenaventura, Julie Stampnitzky, and Talan Gwynek.

For the Academy,


  Arval Benicoeur
  9 Jun 2000


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References

[1] Juliana de Luna, 'Andalusian Names' (WWW: J. Mittleman, forthcoming).