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Interesting medieval French sibset

by Pie

4/30/2010, 3:33 PM

Found some of my family in an old book today, including sisters Péronelle, Melchiore, Guyotte and Hiéronimette. I'm quite liking Péronelle and Guyotte, wdyt?

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- Starving Artist

5/2/2010, 8:18 AM

Peronelle!

I love Peronelle, and Melchiore is also a favorite of mine. That's an awesome sibset.

- Arialblack +1

5/1/2010, 5:55 AM

Oh, what an interesting sibset! How far back does it come from?

Péronelle is pretty, unfortunately it is now a term referring to a silly young woman, so I could hardly see it used again. I had never seen Guyotte before. Hiéronimette is my favourite.

- Pie

5/1/2010, 11:40 AM

They were all born in the mid-1400s. That's really interesting about Péronelle - according to this site's database, the English version Parnel was also a negative term in the Middle Ages. Hiéronimette is indeed awesome - such a great find. :)

- Shaymin +1

5/1/2010, 4:30 AM

Ooo, those are quite pretty. Melchiore must be a feminine form of Melchior. Peronelle is really sweet. Guyotte looks like its a feminine version of Guy and Hieronimette a feminine form of Hieronymus. I really adore the latter.

- Arialblack

5/1/2010, 5:49 AM

Mmh, I think Melchiore is still masculine, it's probably just a spelling variant. But I agree about Hieronimette, it's great!

- Anthroponomastics

4/30/2010, 6:12 PM

WOW.
Peronelle is definitely a favorite of mine, and Hieronimette and Melchiore? Amazing...though I'm not so sure I like Guyotte.

- Alcyone

4/30/2010, 3:46 PM

Very interesting! The names go together well. I really like Melchiore.

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