ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2981 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2981 ************************************ 28 Dec 2004 From: Aryanhwy merch Catmael Greetings from the Academy of S. Gabriel! You wanted to know if is an appropriate name for a Spanish man living near Barcelona between 1450 and 1550. Here is the information we have found. As you noted, 'of Montoya' is a fine byname for your period. [1] We did not find any examples of in Spain in any period. The modern Spanish form of is . We found only a handful of examples of in medieval Spanish literature, and they were all references to ancient Romans or other foreigners, or Saint Patrick. [2,3] We therefore recommend that you do not use either or . If you are interested in other 15th-century Spanish names beginning with , then we recommend the following: [1] Pablo Pascual Pedro, Pero, Per, Patro, Perucho, Perico Pequeni Pequi Peti Juan Peti Salazar Porico 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 Leonor Martin, Mari neyn Brian, Juliana de Luna, Talan Gwynek, Mor inghean Chathail, and Arval Benicoeur. For the Academy, -Aryanhwy merch Catmael, 28 December 2004 -- References: [1] Juliana de Luna, "Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century" (WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1999-2000). http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/isabella/ [2] Real Academia Espan~ola, Corpus Diacro/nico del Espan~ol (WWW: RAE) http://corpus.rae.es/cordenet.html [3] Mark Davies, "Corpus del Espan~ol" (WWW: Brigham Young University et. al., 2001-2). http://www.corpusdelespanol.org/