12th Century Scottish Women's Names
by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (Heather Rose Jones)
(Heather Rose Jones, contact@heatherrosejones.com)
Fortunately someone has done some of the work of extracting the feminine names from the data. Women's given names in George Black, Surnames of Scotland, from the 12th century include:
- Aeschine 1160, Eschina 1170
- Cicilia 1158
- Deredere 1166 (i.e. "Deirdre")
- Ede 1160
- Florie 1190
- Godit c.1200
- Hextilda 12th c.
- Muriel 1174
- Orabilia 1200, Orabilis 1199
I'm not suggesting that these were the only names in use then, but we have the perenial problem of women's names being only rarely recorded.
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