<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 10/2/01 12:52:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, beachbum27705@yahoo.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I am very interested in creating a scottish persona from the 12th century. When researching names I found lots of translations of names, ie: jennifer, mary etc. Would there have been people with non-gaelic names translated into gaelic or is that a fairly new phenomenon. I must say this is all very confusing. For instance, I am very fond of the name Iseabail which is the gaelic version of Isobel, would a parent of the 12th century name a child this? I must say the perfectionist in me would hate to have a name that wasn't even period! Forgive me if this email doesn't make any sense <grin></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>Hi, and welcome to the wonderful world of Scottish names!
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<BR>To answer your question... remember that not all of the population of Scotland was Gaelic speaking. You could also be from the large Scots (Inglis) speaking area of Scotland, in which case you would have an English language name.
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<BR>And as far as a registered name in the SCA, remember that when we examine Scottish records, we will often find individual names recorded in various languages, depending on what documents you look at. You might have yoru Gaelic name, an English version of your name, and a Latin version of your name. ;-)
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<BR>And Gaelic, like English, has changed over the years. 12th century Gaelic is not the same as 20th century Gaelic.
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<BR>I run a very good mailing list for Scottish personas in the SCA called Albanach, that you might want to join. There are some good folks there who know quite a bit about medieval Gaelic names. Go to:
<BR>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albanach
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<BR>Also, there are some great resources on line that you might want to read over before posting questions. They might answer quite a few for you!
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<BR>A Simple Guide to Constructing a 12th Century Scottish Gaelic Name
<BR>http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/simplescotgaelicnames12.shtml
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<BR>Scottish Names 101
<BR>http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/scotnames101.shtml
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<BR>Quick and Easy Gaelic Names
<BR>http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/
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<BR>And lots more!
<BR>http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/
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<BR>BTW, the lady who wrote these articles is on the Albanach list if you have questions.
<BR>We'll be glad to help!
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<BR>Aye,
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<BR>Tighearn Eoghan Og mac Labhrainn, OPE, CP
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