ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 3241 http://www.s-gabriel.org/3241 ************************************ 28 Dec 2006 From: Aryanhwy merch Catmael Greetings from the Academy of S. Gabriel! You wanted to know if is an authentic 16th-century Dutch name. Here is what we have found. is a fine choice for your given name; we found many 16th-century examples of the name in Antwerp. [1] Patronymic bynames (e.g., ones which indicated the bearer's father's given name) were common in Dutch names throughout our period, so such a byname is a good choice. The name (or , , , and many other spellings) is a nickname from the Dutch form of , and throughout the 15th and 16th centuries was one of the most popular man's names. [2] We did not find any examples of the spelling , but we did find some 16th-century examples spelled . [4] We therefore recommend that you use , not . The byname means 'rose field', from Middle Dutch , an inflected form of 'a rose', and 'a field'. [5] Although we did not find this form in the SCA period, we did find a number of 16th century examples of the byname with the first element in the singular, including 1532, 'at Roosvelt' 1541, and in 1560 and 1590 (a father and son pair). The earliest example with the preposition that we found is in 1649. [3] We recommend one of the 16th-century spellings as best re-creation for your period. 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 Florens van Flardingh, Adelaide de Beaumont, Talan Gwynek, Walraven van Nijmegen, and Eleyne de Comnocke. For the Academy, -Aryanhwy merch Catmael, 28 December 2006 -- References: [1] Uckelman, Sara L. & Kym Banoczi, "Names from Antwerp, 1443-1561" (WWW: Self-published, 2005-2006) http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/dutch/plaiser.html [2] Friedemann, Sara L., "15th Century Dutch Names" (WWW: privately published, 2000). http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/dutch/dutch15.html [3] Brabandere, F. _Woordenboek van de familienamen in Belgie en Noord-Frankrijk_, s.n. Roosevelt. [4] 'DTB en Burgerlijke Stand (1576-1940)', 'Belastingregisters (1543-1742)', 'Morgenboeken (1531-1590)', 'Overige bronbewerkingen (voor 1600)', and 'Regio (1406-1949)' in 'Welkom bij "Oud Soetermeer"' (WWW: Historisch Genootschap Oud Soetermeer, 2006). http://www.oudsoetermeer.nl [5] van Wijk, N. _Franck's Etymologisch Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal_, 2nd ed. ('s-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1949), s.v. roos