ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 3396 http://www.s-gabriel.org/3396 ************************************ 16 Sep 2012 From: Ursula Whitcher Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked about the feminine given name <Taletta>. You told us that the name is Norwegian, and is traditional in your family. The name <Taletta> is a diminutive of the feminine Norwegian given name <Tale>. The name <Tale> has been found as early as circa 1540. However, <Taletta> does not appear until the middle of the 1700s. Thus, <Tale> would be appropriate for a sixteenth-century woman living in Norway, but <Taletta> would not. [1] I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by Talan Gwynek, Arval Benicoeur, Aryanhwy merch Catmael, Alasone nin Laran, and Sabine Berard. For the Academy, Ursula Georges. [1] Kristoffer Kruken and Ola Stemshaug, _Samlagets Norsk personnamnleksikon_, 2nd ed., s.nn. <Tale>, <Taletta>.