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Girls' names from England, 1250-1450 (D-F)

by Amphelise (Chrisell)

8/14/2014, 11:22 AM

From here, again: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/index_mid1.html

Dametta
Damisona
Daylof
Decima
Denise
Deonisia
Deonysia
Derehild
Desiderata
Diamanda
Diana
Dionisia
Dionycia
Dionysia
Diota
Douce
Drueta
Duce
Dulcia
Dye
Dyonisia
Dyonisya
Dyot
Dyota
Ebbot
Ebeta
Ebota
Eda
Edda
Edde
Edekin
Edelina
Edhida
Edid
Edith
Editha
Edithe
Ediua
Edolina
Edonea
Edy
Edyth
Edytha
Egelina
Eleanor
Elena
Elewys
Eleyn
Elianora
Elicia
Elinora
Elisot'
Elisota
Elizabet
Elizabeth
Ellen
Ellice
Ellot
Ellota
Elota
Elueua
Eluiua
Eluyua
Elvina
Elviva
Elwisia
Elyenora
Elyscia
Ema
Emayn
Emelina
Emeline
Emelote
Emelyn
Emelyne
Emm
Emma
Emme
Emmete
Emmot
Emmota
Emmote
Emoni
Emony
Emota
Emylyna
Enota
Estrelda
Estrild
Estrilda
Estrill'
Estrilld'
Etheldreda
Eua
Eufemia
Eufemme
Eufemmia
Euot
Euota
Euphemia
Eva
Eve
Evelot
Evette
Evota
Felicia
Felis
Felisia
Femmota
Filisia
Fina
Florence
Florencia
Flour'
Flur'

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- Remora L. (Uilos)

8/15/2014, 6:52 AM

I like

Diana

Eda
Edda
Edith
Eleanor
Elena
Elewys (if it's pronounced like Eloise)
Elizabet
Elizabeth
Ellen
Emma
Eva

Florence
Florencia

- Julia (JuliaF) +2

8/14/2014, 7:44 PM

I've never seen names with apostrophes at the end before. Do you know if it changes the pronunciation somehow? Or maybe it's a stand-in for a diacritical mark that doesn't exist in modern English, like how some people type Renee' when they mean Renée.

I like/love*/find interesting:
Eleanor*
Elena*
Elianora
Elizabet
Elizabeth
Emeline (any idea if medieval English speakers would have used the -leen or -line pronunciation?)
Emma
Eva*
Eve*

This message was edited 8/14/2014, 7:45 PM

- Amphelise (Chrisell) +1

8/15/2014, 11:10 AM

The apostrophe is from the original text, and means that the scribe was abbreviating. Names were almost always recorded in their Latin forms, which added 'a', 'ae' etc at the end of names that wouldn't usually have them. The apostrophe might indicate that the scribe left off the artificial Latin ending... so for example recording an Elisot as Elisot' instead of the Latin, Elisota.

- Julia (JuliaF)

8/15/2014, 9:40 PM

Ah, thank you. That makes sense!

- Sofia

8/14/2014, 7:30 PM

I like (*would use):

Diana
Dionysia
Elena*
Elizabeth*
Ema*
Emma*
Etheldreda
Eufemia
Eva*
Eve*
Florence*
Florencia

- Moirrey

8/14/2014, 4:35 PM

I like
Decima
Diamanda
Diana
Dionisia
Dionysia
Edelina
Edith
Eleanor
Elena
Elianora
Elinora
Elisot'
Elisota
Elizabet
Elizabeth
Ellen
Emelina
Emeline
Emelote
Emma
Eva
Eve
Felicia
Florence

- astronomicon

8/14/2014, 1:15 PM

Cool. I like:

Dionisia / Dionysia. So much nicer than boring old Denise and so forth. Dye is an awesome nickname.
Edith
Eleanor
Elinora
Elisota is kind of cool.
Emelina / Emeline
Estrild / Estrilda are pretty cool.
Eve / Eva.
Fina
Florence

- Caprice

8/14/2014, 12:49 PM

I like:
Diamanda
Edda - common in Iceland
Edonea
Eleanor
Elena
Elianora
Elicia
Elinora
Emeline
Emelote
Evelot
Felis - why not, it means cat! ;)

These also stand out:
Diota - too close to "idiot"
Duce - Il Duce...
Dye - since "dye" actually is a verb and also sounds like "die"
Dyot - same as Diota
Ebbot - this actually has become rather popular for boys in Sweden! There is a musician who calls himself Ebbot Lundberg, although his real name is Torbjörn. You see, a common nn for Torbjörn is Tobbe - which he just spelled backwards!
Flour - heh

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