ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1572 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1572 ************************************ 1 Mar 1999 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked whether is an appropriate name for a man living in the Highlands between 1400 and 1500. This letter is a brief answer to your question. It's a pretty good choice; we only suggest a couple spelling changes to fit the name to your period. is an early-period spelling of a name that would have been spelled in your period. We don't have evidence that it was used in Scotland, but it's a reasonable possibility. There was an Irish saint of that name who died in 1088, and the related name was in use in Ireland through our period [1]. is pronounced \TEE-y@r-nahkh\, where \@\ is a schwa, the sound of in or , and \kh\ represents the raspy sound in Scottish or German . is found in Scotland in both Gaelic and Latin documents in the 12th and 13th centuries. In 12th century Gaelic, it could have been spelled , , and [2, 3]. By your period, we would expect , so we would write your name , but is a plausible spelling. We hope this brief letter has been useful. Please write us again if you have any questions. I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by Talan Gwynek. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 1 Mar 1999 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990), s.n. Tigernach. [2] Krossa, Sharon L. (Effric neyn Kenyeoch vc Ralte), "A Simple Guide to Constructing 12th Century Scottish Gaelic Names", (WWW: Privately published, 18 June 1997). http://www.stanford.edu/~skrossa/medievalscotland/scotnames/simplescotgaelicnames12.html [3] Black, George F., _The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and History_, (New York: The New York Public Library, 1986), s.nn., Morgan, Morgund, Macmorgan.