Re: Common Female English names 1450-1650 (and their kr8tyve spellings!)
in reply to a message by Hufflepuffer
Wow, great list! I like/love*:
Alice*- Alyce, Alys*, Alesia
Anastasia
Angellotta
Anne*, Anna
Annis*
Appoline
Audrey- Audria, Adria*
Avelin, Evelyn
Avis- Avys
Beatrix*
Bridget- Brigida, Bride
Cassandra- Cass
Catherine
Cay
Cecily- Caecilia
Charity
Colette
Constance*- Constantia
Edith- Edyth, Idith*, Editha, Edytha*
Eleanor*- Alienor*, Eleanora
Elizabeth- Elyzabethe, Elisabet, Elspeth*, Elizabetha
Easter, Hesther
Eve*- Eva
Friday
Guinevere
Hana*, Anna
Helena
Isobel
Isolta, Isolde*
Jennet
Ginevra
Judith- Judythe, Juditha
Katerin, Catherina, Kit*, Kytte
Lucy
Magdalen
Margaret- Margareta, Meg
Matthia
Mary- Maria*, Molly
Mercy- Mercia
Olivet
Patience*
Penelope
Pleasant
Rachel
Rosamund
Sarah
Scholastica
Sibyl
Susannah- Suzannah, Susanna
Temperance
Tamsin
Truth*
Violet
Alice*- Alyce, Alys*, Alesia
Anastasia
Angellotta
Anne*, Anna
Annis*
Appoline
Audrey- Audria, Adria*
Avelin, Evelyn
Avis- Avys
Beatrix*
Bridget- Brigida, Bride
Cassandra- Cass
Catherine
Cay
Cecily- Caecilia
Charity
Colette
Constance*- Constantia
Edith- Edyth, Idith*, Editha, Edytha*
Eleanor*- Alienor*, Eleanora
Elizabeth- Elyzabethe, Elisabet, Elspeth*, Elizabetha
Easter, Hesther
Eve*- Eva
Friday
Guinevere
Hana*, Anna
Helena
Isobel
Isolta, Isolde*
Jennet
Ginevra
Judith- Judythe, Juditha
Katerin, Catherina, Kit*, Kytte
Lucy
Magdalen
Margaret- Margareta, Meg
Matthia
Mary- Maria*, Molly
Mercy- Mercia
Olivet
Patience*
Penelope
Pleasant
Rachel
Rosamund
Sarah
Scholastica
Sibyl
Susannah- Suzannah, Susanna
Temperance
Tamsin
Truth*
Violet