ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2189 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2189 ************************************ From: "Sara L Friedemann" 15 Nov 2000 Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You wanted to know if would be an appropriate Occitan feminine name between 1000 and 1500. Here is a brief letter with the information we have found. As we noted in our past report to you, is found in Foix in the 14th century. [1] It is a fine choice for your name. We find the surname in 1357 in the south of France. This appears to be from a French town named , not the Spanish town of . We also find the surname in 1528, based on the French town ; as far as we can tell, and are not the same city. [2] Either "of Valens" or "of Valence" are appropriate surnames for you. We hope that this brief letter has been useful to you, and that you will not hesitate to write again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter were provided by Juliana de Luna, Julie Stampnitzky, Talan Gwynek, and Arval Benicoeur. For the Academy, ~Aryanhwy merch Catmael, 15Oct00 --------------------------------------- References: [1] Academy of S. Gabriel report #2154 http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi?2154 [2] Talan Gwynek, "Late Period Feminine Names from the South of France" (WWW: J. Mittleman, 1999) http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/talan/latefrenchfem/