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Does this spelling have a genuine historical grounding? BtN does just dismiss it as a modern respelling, but the placename Santa Ysabel etc. would suggest there's more to it than that. Anyone know anything?
Thanks in advance,
~Elinor:-)
Thanks in advance,
~Elinor:-)
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Some centuries ago, in both England and France, the letters "I" and "Y" had the same phonetic value and their usage depended on the "taste" of the hand-writer. The letter "Y" was considered "more beautiful" and/or more legible (in hand-writing) and it was often preferred over "I".
Even now, letters "I" and "Y" have the same phonetic value in English.
Revolutionaries performed a spelling reform (approx. 1800) which assigned slight different values for "I" and "Y" in modern French.
Even now, letters "I" and "Y" have the same phonetic value in English.
Revolutionaries performed a spelling reform (approx. 1800) which assigned slight different values for "I" and "Y" in modern French.
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Not technically, but other Y spellings have been historically recorded:
Ysabell - 1279
Ysabella - 1207, 1275, 1279, and 1283-84
Ysabelle - 1253
Source: http://snipurl.com/8x6o
It'd be no surprise to me if Ysabel was used along with the above forms, even though it wasn't recorded.
Miranda
Ysabell - 1279
Ysabella - 1207, 1275, 1279, and 1283-84
Ysabelle - 1253
Source: http://snipurl.com/8x6o
It'd be no surprise to me if Ysabel was used along with the above forms, even though it wasn't recorded.
Miranda
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Thanks for the link :-) Seeing as you're interested in medieval names, I was meaning to ask whether you know of any similar sites to the s-gabriel one, that also give masculine names?
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Poppylena brought Kate Monk's page to my attention: http://snipurl.com/8xve. She appears to have taken the names from official, genuine documents, which is what I like.
And then there's the parent site for the female names site: http://snipurl.com/8xvg. They have a good many more sites to look over, almost all of them focused on male names (because females were naturally far less recorded than males in this sexist time). I haven't looked through them all though.
Miranda
And then there's the parent site for the female names site: http://snipurl.com/8xvg. They have a good many more sites to look over, almost all of them focused on male names (because females were naturally far less recorded than males in this sexist time). I haven't looked through them all though.
Miranda
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Just what I'm looking for - thanks!
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