ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 962 http://www.s-gabriel.org/962 *********************************** ************************************************* * * * NOTE: Some of the Academy's early reports * * contain errors that we haven't yet * * corrected. Please use it with caution. * * * ************************************************* From: "S Friedemann" 9 May 1998 Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked if was used between 1100 and 1350 as an Irish masculine name. You also wanted to know what the name means, and what areas and time period it was used in. Here is the information we have found. , which we did not find in just that form, appears to be an Anglicization of the Irish name . (The slash represents an accent over the previous letter.) This is a diminutive of , from a root meaning 'black.' , pronounced \KYAR-ahn\, was used in Gaelic throughout your period. Outside of the early religious communities it was not a very common name, and we have no evidence that it was associated with any particular part of Ireland. You can find some ideas for completing your name in the following article: "Quick and Easy Gaelic Bynames" http://www.stanford.edu/~skrossa/medievalscotland/quick_gaelic_bynames.html We hope that this letter has been useful to you, and that you will not hesitate to write again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Arval Benicoeur, Margaret Makafee, and Talan Gwynek. For the Academy, Aryanhwy Prytydes merch Catmael Caermyrdin --------------------------------------------------------- References: [1] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990). [2] Woulfe, Patrick, _Irish Names for Children_ (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1974).