Megan, Meggan, Meghan

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Precedents:

  • Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[1]]
  • Morsulus Heralds Website - [[2]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents)
  • Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Registerability:

From Pelican: No More SCA-Compatibility

On the May 2008 Cover Letter, we ruled: > Therefore, as of the May 2009 decisions meetings, we declare that no new name elements or name patterns will be ruled SCA-compatible, that all names previously ruled SCA-compatible are no longer SCA-compatible and that in order for them to be registered, documentation meeting the same standards as for non-SCA-compatible names will be required. This ruling went into effect with this, the May 2009 Pelican meeting. [[3]]

Misc. Compiled Precedents

nçois la Flamme 2003.07 From Pelican: Regarding SCA-Compatible Status of Forms of the Name "Megan"Issues were raised this month regarding the SCA-compatible status of forms of the name Megan. There is a precedent that states:
  • There are some twenty Megans, Meghans, and Meggans already registered. As with Fiona and Corwin, I consider the name to be so much a part of SCA culture as to be acceptable, even if it is recent coinage. [BoE, 14 Apr 85, p.4]There are two significant factors that come into play when judging whether or not a name should be considered SCA compatible: number of registrations and continual popularity. SCA-compatible names that fall out of popularity may have their SCA-compatible status discontinued.

There are several forms of Megan that need to be addressed. These are:

  • Meggan: The spelling Meggan has been registered twice; once in 1971 and once in 1979. Given the lack of popularity of this form, we will discontinue registration of Meggan with the February 2004 decision meeting.
  • Meghan: The spelling Meghan has been registered 19 times, with the most recent registration being in September of 1993. An additional registration appears this month. Therefore, this name was moderately popular for a time, but has generally fallen out of popularity. Due to the lack of continual popularity of this name, we will discontinue registration of Meghan beginning with the February 2004 decision meeting.
  • Megan: The spelling Megan has been registered 39 times, most recently in 1998. In the few years up through 1998, the number of registerations of Megan per year were: 1998 (1), 1997 (2), 1996 (1), 1995 (3). Therefore, the form Megan was declared SCA compatible in 1985 and maintained a low level of popularity through 1998, when it was last registered. While this level of registration does not demonstrate sufficient continued interest in this name to warrant its retaining SCA-compatible status, three submissions this month included some form of the name Megan (one Megan, one Meghan, and one Megen). Given this level of interest in the name in general, we are continuing the SCA-compatible status of Megan for now. Its status may be reevaluated in the future to determine if Megan continues to be popular or not.
  • Megen: The spelling Megen is dated to 1547 in Wyllyam Salesbury's A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe (London: John Waley, 1547). Therefore, this form is registerable as a rare, but documented, Welsh feminine given name.[Cover Letter for the 07/2003 LoAR]
François la Flamme 2003.07 Listed on the LoI as Megen de la Beche, this name was submitted as Megan de la Beche and changed at Kingdom, with the submitter's consent, because no documentation could be found that Megan was a name in period. Further information from the submitter, forwarded by Kingdom, indicates that she now prefers the documented form Megen. Therefore, we have registered this name as listed on the LoI.

The spelling Meganwas ruled SCA compatible in the precedent:

  • There are some twenty Megans, Meghans, and Meggans already registered. As with Fiona and Corwin, I consider the name to be so much a part of SCA culture as to be acceptable, even if it is recent coinage. [BoE, 14 Apr 85, p.4]Further discussion regarding registerability of various spellings of Meganis included in the Cover Letter with this LoAR.

The submitter requested authenticity for the 12th to 14th C. Lacking evidence that any form of Megen was in use in during that time period, we were unable to make this name authentic per the submitter's request. [Megen de la Beche, 07/2003 LoAR, A-Artemisia]

François la Flamme 2003.07 Listed on the LoI as Megen Forde, this name was submitted as Meghan Forde and changed at Kingdom, with the submitter's consent, because no documentation could be found that Meghan was a name in period.

The spelling Meghanwas ruled SCA compatible in the precedent:

  • There are some twenty Megans, Meghans, and Meggans already registered. As with Fiona and Corwin, I consider the name to be so much a part of SCA culture as to be acceptable, even if it is recent coinage. [BoE, 14 Apr 85, p.4]However, the spelling Meghan has not been registered since 1993. Therefore, there is insufficient popularity of Meghan to warrant this form retaining SCA-compatible status. We will discontinue registration of the form Meghan beginning with the February 2004 decision meeting. Further discussion regarding registerability of various spellings of Meganis included in the Cover Letter with this LoAR.

The submitter requested authenticity for "family names from Ireland" and 14th C Irish-Norman. Lacking evidence that any form of Meghanwas in use in Ireland in period, we were unable to make this name authentic for the submitter's requested time and culture. [Meghan Forde, 07/2003 LoAR, A-Artemisia]

Jaelle of Armida 1998.08 [Megan of Westfield] Submitted as Tadgán of Westfield, the LoI states that the submitter preferred the name Megan but had no documentation. Since documentation has been provided from William Salesbury's A Dictionary of English and Welsh Names, we have changed it to the submitter's preferred form. (Jaelle of Armida, LoAR August 1998)
Baldwin of Erebor 1985.04.14 There are some twenty Megans, Meghans, and Meggans already registered. As with Fiona and Corwin, I consider the name to be so much a part of SCA culture as to be acceptable, even if it is recent coinage. [BoE, 14 Apr 85, p.4]

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