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Re: Common Female English names 1450-1650 (and their kr8tyve spellings!)

by Kokoro (Phoenix-san)

3/30/2009, 2:02 PM

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

Messages

Common Female English names 1450-1650 (and their kr8tyve spellings!) · Hufflepuffer · 3/29/2009, 11:14 PM

•Re: Common Female English names 1450-1650 (and their kr8tyve spellings!) · number1212 · 3/30/2009, 3:54 PM

•It's so interesting that variants were common even back then (m) · LoQuiero · 3/30/2009, 3:11 PM

•Re: Common Female English names 1450-1650 (and their kr8tyve spellings!) · Kokoro · 3/30/2009, 2:02 PM

•Emmet was a female name? · Mackadal · 3/30/2009, 6:23 AM

•Apparently... · Hufflepuffer · 3/30/2009, 2:44 PM

•Re: Common Female English names 1450-1650 (and their kr8tyve spellings!) · Llewella · 3/30/2009, 4:50 AM

•Re: Common Female English names 1450-1650 (and their kr8tyve spellings!) · Jonquil · 3/30/2009, 3:09 AM

•Re: Common Female English names 1450-1650 (and their kr8tyve spellings!) · Chrysanthemum · 3/29/2009, 11:48 PM