ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2899 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2899 ************************************ 19 Aug 2004 From: Aryanhwy merch Catmael Greetings from the Academy of S. Gabriel! You wanted to know if is an appropriate name for a Frenchman living between 1450 and 1550. Here is the information we have found. is a fine given name. In one study of names from Paris from 1421, 1423, and 1438, is the 6th most common masculine name. [1] It is also found in 15th-century Bordeaux and in Roubaix and Ne/chin (in Artois near the modern Belgian border) in 1601. [2,3] (The slash represents an acute accent on the .) We believe this name was pronounced \ay-TYEN-n@\ or \ay-TYEN\. Here \ay\ rhymes with , \Y\ is a consonant, and \@\ represents the sound of in and . is more problematic; the first examples we have of this surname are from the mid-17th century. [4, 10,11] We are not sure of the origin of this surname. One possibility is that it derives from the hypothetical given name , a double diminutive of , an Old French name derived from the Germanic name . [5] It could also (and perhaps more likely) be from a byname , '[son] of Audelin'. is a double diminutive of , an Old French masculine name derived from the Germanic name . [6] While we have not found specific examples of , it is analogous to , which is from ; is also a diminutive of . [6] To determine whether is an appropriate byname for your period, we must ask two questions: * Did a given name exist that could have produced a byname ? * Did bynames of the form + given name contract into a single word? The answer to the second question is easy; in Paris we find the surname ( + ) in 1423, in 16th-century Normandy we find (from ). [1,3,7] Other modern surnames include (from ), (from ), (from ), and (from ). [8] The answer to the first question is more speculative. In records from Bordeaux between 1470 and 1520, we find one man named . [2] However, we have not found any clear examples of a man named ; the closest we found was a son of Henry I who died in 1120, who was named . [9] Without clear evidence for in your period, we cannot recommend it as the best of re-creation, but on the available evidence it appears to be quite plausible. is not grammatically correct. The article means 'the', not 'of', and it does not elide before consonants. The appropriate byname meaning 'of Rouen' for your period is , which we find the in fifteenth century. [1] is a fine name for your period. is less likely, but still reasonable. We hope that this letter has been useful to you and that you won't hesitate to write us again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Arval Benicoeur, Talan Gwynek, and Adelaide de Beaumont. For the Academy, -Aryanhwy merch Catmael, 19Aug04 -- References: [1] Friedemann, Sara L. (aka Aryanhwy merch Catmael), "French Names from Paris, 1421, 1423 & 1438" (WWW: privately published, 2002). http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/paris1423.htm [2] Friedemann, Sara L., "Names Found in Commercial Documents from Bordeaux, 1470-1520" (WWW: privately published, 2000) http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/bordeaux.html. [3] Friedemann, Sara L. (aka Aryanhwy merch Catmael), "French Names from 1601" (WWW: privately published, 2002). http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french1601.htm [4] McColl Name.com has one born 1700-1 http://www.mccoll-name.com/html/fam01454.html [5] Morlet, Marie-Therese, _Dictionnaire E/tymologique des Noms de Famille_ (Librairie Acade/mique Perrin, 1997). s.n. Dode [6] Morlet s.nn. Audelin, Daudelet [7] Cateline de la Mor, "Sixteenth Century Norman Names" (SCA: KWHS Proceedings, 1994; WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1997). http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/cateline/norman16.html [8] Dauzat, Albert, _Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et Prenoms de France_ (Paris: Libraire Larousse, 1987). s.nn. Dambroise, Daudier, Daudin, Daudon [9] Ibeji, Mike, "The Characters and Legacy of Henry II" (WWW: BBC History: 2001) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/state/monarchs_leaders/henryii_character_ 03.shtml [10] Gardner, Sue, untitled genealogical page (WWW: Self-published 1998-2002) has born 1667. http://members.aol.com/Sadie476/Group3.html [11] "Premie\re Ge/ne/ration" (WWW: Grandes Familles.org, no date) has a married in 1665. http://www.grandesfamilles.org/Daudelin/01.html