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[Facts] Re: Some old French names
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Just one piece of the puzzle: I suspect that the second part of Marcovefa (or Marcoveifa) is the same as in Genova (or Genoveifa), which lead to the modern name of Geneviève:
http://www.behindthename.com/name/genevie11veThe possible meaning of simply "woman" of this part (maybe related to the modern English word "wife"?) can be found in several places on the Internet.

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