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[Opinions] Re: English girls' names 1250-1450 (J-L)
I like/love*/find interesting:
Joanna
Johanna
Julia* ;)
Juliana
Katelina
Kateline
Katerina*
Katerine
Katharine
Katherine*
Lucia*
Lucy
Lyneue (this would be pronounced like Lyneve, right?)
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Yes, that's essentially Lyneve :)
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Wow! I once knew the sister of a Lyneve - she'll be about 70 by now, I suppose. They thought of it as Evelyn reversed, in the same way as Rosemary and Maryrose can be mirror-image names. I'm sure they didn't know it was in use in the Middle Ages, any more than I did. Is any more known about its medieval incarnation? This is fascinating!
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