ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 3160 http://www.s-gabriel.org/3160 ************************************ 6 Dec 2006 From: "Calybrid Ine Tere" Greetings from the Academy of St. Gabriel! You asked for our opinion of as a French woman's name, during the years 1400 to 1600. Here is what we found: Unfortunately, we haven't found any evidence for as a medieval French name. However, we have found a similarly-pronounced name, , recorded in 1090 and in Foix in the 14th century [1,2]. So, while we do not find evidence of your desired spelling, we will suggest the alternate spelling as a possible name, but not necessarily as the best recreation for the time period you specified. We have found several instances of the surname throughout the 15th century, but have not yet seen any evidence to suggest the form [3]. is the byname for a seller or maker of wine, and would not have been used in conjunction with . Typically, the presence of indicates a locative byname, and is not appropriate for the occupational byname you are requesting. Therefore, we cannot recommend the form , but suggest instead . Overall, we're not recommending as a plausible name for your time period, and suggest that you might be more accurate in choosing another given name from the country and time period you're looking for. Based on this research, we think that the alternate spelling , while not the best choice, is a plausible name for a French woman in the 14th or 15th century. We hope this letter has been helpful to you. If you have any other questions, please feel free to write the Academy again. For the Academy, Calybrid Ine Tere December 6, 2006 Also contributing to this letter were: Aryanhwy merch Catmael, Ari Ansson, Ursula Georges, Arval Benicoeur, Talan Gwynek, Maridonna Benvenuti, Juliana de Luna ---------------- References: [1] Morlet, Marie-The/re\se. Les Noms de Personne sur le Territoire de l'Ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe Sie\cle. Three volumes (Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1968, 1972, 1985) II:105a. [2] Cateline de la Mor, "Names from Fourteenth Century Foix" (SCA: Trimarian Known World Heraldic Symposium, AS XXIX; WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1997) http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/cateline/foix.html [3] Morlet, Marie-Therese, _Etude d'anthroponymie picarde, les noms de personne en Haute Picardie aux XIIIe, XIVe, XVe siecles_ (Amiens, Musee de Picardie, 1967) pp. 145, 462.