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Biringeira and Tareija (with the variant Tareyja) are attested here as names of Portuguese women who lived in 14th and 15th centuries: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/portuguese/
Could anyone tell me their meanings? I'm guessing that Biringeira is related to Berengaria but I have no idea about Tareija.
Could anyone tell me their meanings? I'm guessing that Biringeira is related to Berengaria but I have no idea about Tareija.
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I've just discovered that Tareija is probably another form of Theresa. This article on 14th century Spanish Leonese names gives Tareisa and Tareysa as forms of Theresa: http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/spanish/leonfarmer.html. They could easily have become Tareija/Tareyja in Portuguese. And Biringeira is definitely a form of Berengaria.
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