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Definition:[edit | edit source]
Personal names are also known as given names, first names or "Christian" names.
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Commonly used naming books[edit | edit source]
from the Baby Heralds of the SCA FB files. See also articles by language group (French Names, Norse Names, etc.):
- Bahlow, Hans. Deutsches Nameslexikon. (also the translation by Edda Gentry).
- Bardsley, Charles. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames. - https://archive.org/details/adictionaryengl00goog
- Black, George F. The Surnames of Scotland. - http:newbooks.me/go/read.php?id=1626540594 (need an account)
- Geirr Bassi Haraldsson. The Old Norse Name. (from the SCA Stock Clerk)
- Lind, E. H. Norsk-Isländska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namn från Medeltiden.
- Lind, E. H. Samlade Ock Utgivna. Supplementband.
- Lind, E. H. Norsk-Isländska Personbinamn Från Medeltiden Samlade Ock Utgivna Med Förklaringar.
- Morgan, T.J., and Prys Morgan. Welsh Surnames.
- Ó Corrain, Donnchadh & Maguire, Fidelma. Irish Names.
- Paul Wickenden of Thanet, A Dictionary of Period Russian Names.Note: the edition must be specified; the version on heraldry.sca.org is the 2nd edition, while the version available from the Stock Clerk is the 3rd edition.
- Reaney, P.H. and R. M. Wilson. A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- Solveig Throndardottir. Name Construction in Mediaeval Japan.
- Withycombe, E.G. Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names. - http://zdbg.forceconsult.eu/the-oxford-dictionary-of-english-elizabeth-g-51105738.html
Articles on personal names[edit | edit source]
(tag "personal names"):