Occitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385: Surnames

by Sara L. Uckelman
known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael

© 2005 Sara L. Uckelman; all rights reserved
last updated 13Dec05

The following are the surnames of 819 men and women are taken from taxation records from Saint-Flour, France, between 1380 and 1385. [1] The following patterns of names are found:

• 547 had one given name and one surname, e.g. Bertholmeu Arloy.
• 44 had one given name and a compound surname of the form <X> alias <Y>, e.g. Johanet Besseyra alias del Bayle.
• 7 (all but two were women) had no surname.
• 6 women were recorded as <given name> + relicta X 'relict (i.e., widow) of X', e.g. Jacma, relicta Matheu Esqudeir.
• 5 had one given name and two surnames, the first a patronymic or descriptive and the second a locative, e.g. Steve Alric de Frayssenet.
• 3 women were recorded as <given name> + molher de X 'mother of X', where X was the son's full name, e.g. Astrugha molher de Gregori de Rosonet
• 3 had two given names and one surname, e.g. Johans Vidal Servent and Durant Raymont Daude. (This latter may in fact be <given> + <surname> + 'the old').
• 2 women were recorded with no given name and as molher de X 'mother of X', where X was a surname, e.g. molher de Saurinot
• 1 had one given name, followed by one surname and one descriptive byname, e.g. Johan Perpesat lo Jove; in both cases the descriptive was lo Jove, which I believe is 'the young' (i.e., junior).
• 1 woman was recorded as <given name> + uxor X 'wife of X', e.g. Aldeta, uxor Anthoni Chavada.

Surnames, alphabetically

Sources:

[1] L'Assiette de l'impôt direct à la fin du XIVe siècle: le livre d'estimes des consuls de St-Flour pour les années 1380-1385 / Albert Rigaudière; préf. de Jean Favier. (Paris: Presses universitaires de France, c1977.)

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