Feminine Given Names in
A Dictionary of English Surnames
Abbreviations used in the Name Data
Talan Gwynek, Fause Losenge Herald Extraordinary
(Brian M. Scott,
bmscott@stratos.net)
© 1994 by Brian M. Scott; all rights reserved.
Introduction
Bibliography
Names attested before 1250
Names attested 1250 to 1450
Names attested after 1450
Abbreviations
* (used before a name) = a form for which I do not know any
attestation.
* (following a name) = form attested as a surname.
(g.) = form attested following Lat filius or filia.
<
= derives from.
> = yields.
a. = ante, before.
acc. =
accusative case.
app. = apparently.
c. = circa, about.
CG = Continental Germanic.
deriv. = derivative.
dim. =
diminutive.
e. = early
Eng = English.
esp. = especially.
fem. = feminine.
Fr = French.
g. or gen. = genitive case.
Gk =
Greek.
Heb = Hebrew.
hyp. = hypocoristic.
Ir = Irish.
Ital
= Italian.
l. = late.
Lat = Latin.
masc. = masculine.
ME =
Middle English.
nom. = nominative case.
obl. = oblique case.
OBret = Old Breton.
ODa = Old Danish.
OE = Old English.
OFr =
Old French.
ON = Old Norse.
OSw = Old Swedish.
perh. =
perhaps.
pop. = popular.
prob. = probably.
sim. = similar.
var. = variant.
vern. = vernacular.
12° = twelfth century, and
similarly for other centuries.
Introduction
Bibliography
Names attested before 1250
Names attested 1250 to 1450
Names attested after 1450
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