ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2942 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2942 ************************************ 9 Oct 2004 From: Josh Mittleman Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked our help choosing an appropriate name for an English woman, a musician living between 1300 and 1600. You said you want a given name beginning K, C, or N; and you asked specifically about . You also told us you'd like to use the surname or something similar. Here is a brief report of what we've found. or was originally a Welsh name. It was in use throughout your period [1, 2]. is a Latinized form, fine to use in writing but unlikely to have been used in speech. By the late part of your period, could certainly have been used in combination with almost any English surname [2]. is a fine English surname; we have an example in this spelling in 1379, so it was certainly available after that time [3]. We also have examples of in Latin records from Wales [4]. If you'd like to stick with a Welsh-language name, you might consider , using a Welsh byname that means "white" [1]. We hope this letter has been useful. Please write us again if you have any questions. I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by Talan Gwynek, Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, Aryanhwy merch Catmael, Juetta Copin, and Maridonna Benvenuti. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 9 Oct 2004 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] Jones, Heather Rose (aka Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn), "A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names" (WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1996). http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welsh13.html [2] Jones, Heather Rose (aka Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn), "A Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)" (WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1996). http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welsh16.html [3] Bardsley, Charles, _A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames_ (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980), p.807 s.n. White. [4] Willis-Bund, J.W. 1902. The Black Book of St. David's (British Museum Additional Mss., No. 34,125.). London, The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion.