12th Century Scottish Women's Names

by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (Heather Rose Jones)
(Heather Rose Jones, contact@heatherrosejones.com)

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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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