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ArchivesRe: Questions about Cornwall and Devon names: Arminel, Duence, Admonition
in reply to a message by Retrospectre
Arminel actually has an entry in E. G. Withycombe's "The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names" (3rd edition, 1977). This is:
A rare name which seems to be confined to Devon, where it is still in use. There was an Arminel Cording in that county in 1797. It looks like a diminutive of Armine, the English feminine form of French "Armand", German and Dutch "Herman."
Since the above entry just says Arminel "looks like" a diminutive of Armine, I suppose it shows Withycombe was just trying to give an educated guess and really didn't have hard evidence for that explanation. But it seems to be a good possibility that her guess is correct.
A rare name which seems to be confined to Devon, where it is still in use. There was an Arminel Cording in that county in 1797. It looks like a diminutive of Armine, the English feminine form of French "Armand", German and Dutch "Herman."
Since the above entry just says Arminel "looks like" a diminutive of Armine, I suppose it shows Withycombe was just trying to give an educated guess and really didn't have hard evidence for that explanation. But it seems to be a good possibility that her guess is correct.
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Thanks! That does seem a bit speculative but Herman was around, so plausible.
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