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*From one of the S. Gabriel report 2264 "Compound given names like <Jean-Paul> weren't common in France in our period, but examples appeared in the Provencal-speaking south as early as the 12th century [7, 8, 9]. Many early examples were patronymic, i.e. a man called <Jean-Arnaud> was often the son of <Jean>. We haven't seen period examples in the north, though." - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi?2264+0 | *From one of the S. Gabriel report 2264 "Compound given names like <Jean-Paul> weren't common in France in our period, but examples appeared in the Provencal-speaking south as early as the 12th century [7, 8, 9]. Many early examples were patronymic, i.e. a man called <Jean-Arnaud> was often the son of <Jean>. We haven't seen period examples in the north, though." - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi?2264+0 | ||
* Caveats per Aryanhwy: | * Caveats per Aryanhwy: | ||
I have found a few compound given names at the end of the 16th C in French; in Gascon, you can find a few (but they are formed from a small, fixed set of elements) from as early as the 13th C. | ''' I have found a few compound given names at the end of the 16th C in French; in Gascon, you can find a few (but they are formed from a small, fixed set of elements) from as early as the 13th C. | ||
''' Also, the compound given names that you DO find in northern French tend to be "obvious" choices -- e.g., <Jean Baptiste> (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/alphalist.php?canonical=John+Baptist ) or <Jules Cezar> (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/alphalist.php?canonical=Julius+Caeser ) | |||
Also, the compound given names that you DO find in northern French tend to be "obvious" choices -- e.g., <Jean Baptiste> (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/alphalist.php?canonical=John+Baptist ) or <Jules Cezar> (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/alphalist.php?canonical=Julius+Caeser ) | |||
The question of whether the hyphen was used is more tricky. Many manuscripts didn't use any type of accents, hyphenation, etc., and often it's hard to tell if the hyphen in a modern printed text is one that's been added by the editor or not. | The question of whether the hyphen was used is more tricky. Many manuscripts didn't use any type of accents, hyphenation, etc., and often it's hard to tell if the hyphen in a modern printed text is one that's been added by the editor or not. |