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HelpRe: 17th century English criminal's names!
in reply to a message by Lethe
Ursley I think is an English form of Ursula, not a pet form. (Like Margaret -> Margery, Cecilia -> Cecily, Timotheos -> Timothy, Dorothea -> Dorothy etc.)
Manly's interesting: I wonder if it's a virtue name, or an English form of the Roman name Manlius (which would refer to the hands)? Hee. Good thing that and Publius (Publy?) didn't catch on.
Fryswid, Gunnora interesting as well.
Thanks for posting.
ETA: Fryswid probably comes from Frideswide. Cool.
Manly's interesting: I wonder if it's a virtue name, or an English form of the Roman name Manlius (which would refer to the hands)? Hee. Good thing that and Publius (Publy?) didn't catch on.
Fryswid, Gunnora interesting as well.
Thanks for posting.
ETA: Fryswid probably comes from Frideswide. Cool.
This message was edited 12/8/2008, 7:08 PM
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