Feminizing Masculine Names

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Period Forms:

Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/

Irish:

From the introduction to Irish Names by Ó Corrain, Donnchadh & Maguire (OCM):

• The Irish, as most peoples, distinguish sharply between male and female names... With few exceptions, all names ending in -án, -éne, and -ine are masculine. [-ine should have an accent on the i]. These may be frequently turned into female names by substituting -nat or -sech. Quite a number of female names are compounds containing the (element) word flaith as a second element.

Italian:

"old" March 2004 LoAR - feminizing masculine names:

Raffaella di Contino. Name and device. Argent, a sheaf of peacock feathers proper and on a chief sable two rapiers in saltire proper. Submitted as Raph__aella di Contin__i, the submitter requested authenticity for mid-1400 to 1500 Venice and allowed any changes. No documentation was presented and none was found to support a -ph-// spelling of the given name in Italian, even modernly. Lacking such evidence, we have changed this to the undated feminine form //Raffaella// found in De Felice, //Dizionario dei nomi Italiani (p. 311 s.n. Raffaelle). No evidence was found that a feminine form of Raffaello// was used in Italian in period. However, the documented examples of the masculine given name forms//Raffaello// and //Raffaele//, combined with the period examples of feminine names ending in //-a// sharing the same root as masculine names ending in //-o//, is sufficient to give the submitter the benefit regarding the plausibility of //Raffaella in period. Lacking dated period examples of this given name, we were unable to make this name authentic for the submitter's requested time and culture. http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2004/03/04-03lar.html

Polish:

#53Seraphinowa Maslowska. Submitted as Seraphina Maslowska//, insufficient evidence was found to support //Seraphina// as a Polish feminine given name in period. While //Seraphin// was documented as a masculine given name in Polish, a pattern of creating feminine names by adding an //-a to the end of a masculine name was not documented for this language... Eastern Crown found examples of Polish feminine names that were formed by using an -owa// ending with a masculine name in Zofia Abramowicz, Lila Citko, and Leonarda Dacewicz, //S{l/}ownik Historycznych Nazw Osobowych Bia{l/}ostocczyzny (XV-XVII w.)//, vol. 2. These examples include: //Pawe{l/}owa// 1551 and //Pawllowa//1571 (from the masculine //Pawe{l/}//); //Piotrowa//, 1551, 1571, 1640-1 (from the masculine //Piotr//); //Piechowa//, 1551 (from the masculine //Piech//); //Pie{c'}kowa//, 1571 (from the masculine //Pie{c'}ko//); and //Szymonowa//, 1558 (from the masculine //Szymon). Based on these examples, and the documented use of Seraphin// as a masculine given name in Polish, //Seraphinowa is a reasonable Polish feminine given name in late period. We have changed the name to this form in order to register this name. http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2010/04/10-04lar.html

Russian:

#53Seraphinowa Maslowska. Name and device. Gules, a Latin cross clechy Or, overall a rose argent barbed and seeded proper. Submitted as Seraphina Maslowska//, insufficient evidence was found to support //Seraphina as a Polish feminine given name in period... The commenters found that Serafina// is a plausible Russian feminine given name in our period based on a documented pattern of forming Russian feminine forms from Russian masculine names by adding //-a// to the end of the masculine name, combined with the name //Serafin Pietryzkowski// dated to 1560 in Paul Wickenden's//Dictionary of Period Russian Names (3rd ed.) s.n. Serafin... http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2010/04/10-04lar.html

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Sources:

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - [[1]] (copies required) Archive of St. Gabriel reports - [[2]] ("no copy")

Academy of St. Gabriel "working" bibliography - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-documents/biblio.html

Laurel Name Articles - http:heraldry.sca.org/laurel/

IGI Searches, batches beginning with C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable - [[3]]

Omniglot On-line Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages - [[4]]

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Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[5]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[6]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[7]] (restatements of Precedents) Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - The Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - The 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) - The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - The 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) - The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) -

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Conflict:

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