ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 999
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From: 
11 Jun 1998

Greetings,

Here's the information we found on "Gailis," which you wanted to use
as a Scottish woman's name from the 13th century.

Scottish names are fairly complicated, because many different
languages have been spoken in different parts of Scotland at different
times.  The names people think of as "Scottish" (including every name
that uses "mac" or "mc") come from Gaelic, which was spoken in Ireland
as well as parts of Scotland.  However, many people in Scotland spoke
Scots, a language which is closely related to English.  Scots names
are similar to English names (William Wallace and Robert Bruce, for
example, had Scots names).  For more information, please read
"Scottish Names 101" at

http://www.stanford.edu/~skrossa/medievalscotland/scot_names_101.html

We found a name very close to the one you're looking for in 16th-century
Scots. (1)  We found the spellings

* Gelleys
* Gelis

Based on these examples, we think that the spelling <Geilis> is also likely.
Whatever the spelling, it would be pronounced \JAIL-is\.

Although this is from a later period than the one you asked for, we
think that it is also appropriate for your time period.  Because it is
a Scots name, you would need a Scots last name to go with it.  There
are two common kinds of last names for Scots women.  The first is the
father's name--so that Jeanna, Roger's daughter, would be <Gelleys
Roger>.  The second is the place she's from.  Jeanna from Aberdeen
would be <Gelleys de Aberdeen>.  You could use pretty much any Scots
man's name or any Scots placename for a last name.

In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel

(1) Krossa, Sharon L. "Early 16th Century Scottish Town Women's Names."  
Accessed June 1, 1998.
http://www.stanford.edu/~skrossa/medievalscotland/acr_1501_womens_names.html