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[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

Hello.

Now, I'm not anywhere near being pregnant, but I still like to think of baby names. I'm a sucker for old fashioned/medieval time names. Now, I absolutely LOVE the name Virginia for a girl and I'd really like to name my daughter [if i ever have one] Virginia Daire [insert last name here]. Which I know is a little wierd cause it's naming her after Virginia Dare.
But I like the spelling Daire better. What do you think?
And being a sucker for Medieval names, I also like the name Ava Jade [insert last name here].  [Ava pronounced AY-VAH]

Does anyone else know any Medieval names? [boy or girl]
thanks =]

Comments

[ana-mar.livejournal.com]

My grandma was named Virginia Dare!!!! Unfortunately she died before I was born. She was called Dare her whole life though because her dad didn't want people nicknaming her Ginny, he hated that. My cousin was lucky enough to get the Dare passed on in her name as her middle name. I've always been jealous! I've considered passing some or all of it on to my children.

[ana-mar.livejournal.com]

PS- I also am thinking about Ava! Are we twins??

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

possibly!
tehe
great minds think alike! :)

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

i love it too =]
but to make it more unique i changed the spelling to Daire.
and i fell in love with it =]

[oneworldvision.livejournal.com]

Nay on the spelling change. I really like the name Ava, though Jade is bit too trendy.

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but i've never heard Jade used for a middle name before.

[stephmariemarsh.livejournal.com]

My oldest niece (who's 8) is named Virginia. I love the name Ava. I've always wanted to name a daughter of mine either Ava Grace or Ava Lousie. I never did get have the name because my ex wanted to name the baby Daydrianna if it was a girl and my only girl is named Daydrianna Marie (she's now deceased) but if I ever have another girl I think her name will be Ava. I'm having twins boys due in July.

[ana-mar.livejournal.com]

Grace is such a pretty name, too! I'd consider it for the future except that it really clashes with the last name she'd have :(

[ana-mar.livejournal.com]

By the way, I'm sorry about Daydrianna, but I'm happy for you and your twins!

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'm sorry about your daughter and I hope your sons will fill your life with sunshine once more =]

[ladydiddymus.livejournal.com]

This isn't really accurate, but I've always thought Genevieve sounded pretty medieval. I think it's a pretty name, but if I ever used it I wouldn't want people to shorten it to Genny or something.

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

yea i dont like shortened names either.
it is pretty tho =]

[ciley.livejournal.com]

you can always just call kids by their full name when they're little and then when they're old enough to tell people one way or another, they just might like their full name.... I do :)

[xubmyloverx.livejournal.com]

I have one grandma named Virginia, and one grandma named Norma Jean, and I've always toyed with the idea of having a girl and naming her Virginia Jean and calling her Ginny Jean for short. I love the name Virginia because it's elegant yet it can be cute. And ... Guinevere, I've always thought, is very medieval. You could toy with spelling a bit and call her Gwen for short, maybe Gwenovere, who knows. Also I used to like Gwendolyn but I've since changed my mind.

Good luck!

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

I've always liked names that shorten to Gwen =]

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Ava Jade is on my list too! :)

I agree that Daire is a prettier spelling

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

yayy!

[xchelsynessx.livejournal.com]

I like Virginia Daire. Cute, and I love the historical reference. It's sad to say, though, that a lot of people would have no idea who Virginia Dare was.

I also like Ava, but Jade... not so much.

Hmm. More "medieval" names. I like Gar(e)th, Tristan, and Liam for boys. Avalon wasn't exactly a commonly-used name back then, but it has Authurian ties and I like it. For girls, I like Cordelia, Jane, Joan, Eleanor, Alice, (I'm almost done I swear), Isabel, Susannah, and Cecily.

I have a big list of medieval names (I'm a re-enactor) if you're interested. :)

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

YAY.
oh please tell me more names =]

[xchelsynessx.livejournal.com]

Sure thing. :]

The most common names for women in 1530-1700 were as follows:
Elizabeth, Joan, Margaret, Anne, Agnes, Alice, Isabel, Jane, Mary, Katherine, and Margery. Most of them are too plain for my tastes, but I rather like Alice, Isabel, and Jane.

The most common men's names from the same time period:
John, Thomas, William, Richard, Robert, Henry, Nicholas, Walter, and Edward.

Some other girl names:
Clemence (ew), Dorothy (cute, a little Dot or Dottie), Ellen, Marion, Christian (which I've never seen as a girl's name), Lucy, Mabel, Gillian, Julian, Florence, Maud, Winifred (Winnie!), and Avis.

Boys:
Henry, Edmund, Hugh, Simon, Geoffrey, Arthur, Luke, Issac, Avery, Julian, Oliver, Piers, and Rowland. Really, for boys, the names are pretty much the same constantly. Think old-ish.

I could go all night. :]

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

please do =]
oohhh your my hero =]
where do you get all these names from?
How bout some not-so-common names from back then?

[xchelsynessx.livejournal.com]

Since I'm a re-enactor, I come across a lot of them at Renaissance faires. Others from books, and a few from the internet. You can't really trust websites.

It sort of depends on what part of the world you lived in to consider what names you could have.

For example, in Wales, you could come across boys named Davydd, Gruffydd, Owain (which is where today's Owen comes from), Rhys (I really like that one), Lewis, Ioan (like Ioan Gruffudd, a very sexy actor -cough-) and Llewelyn. In Wales, Gwyn (and any variation thereof) is a male name. Women in Wales could be called many "English" names (i.e. Margaret, Anne, Joan, and Katherine were popular) with or without Welsh variation (Elyn for Ellen and Elynor for Eleanor).

(God, I'm like a history book.)

Where Cornish was spoken, in south-west Britain, there were different names. You could, of course, find these names in Wales or in the rest of England, but they were nowhere near as common as say 'Anne' and 'John'. Gender of these Cornish names is less certain- there just aren't enough records with the sex of the people named. A few: Aedan (like the common-day trendy Aidan, I suppose), Beli, Bryt(t)hael, Grufud (allegedly like the Welsh Gruffyd, and therefore masculine), Hedyn, Loi, March (allegedly a unisex name, although I personally much prefer it on a girl), and Salenn.

And now we move on to Breton names! Aren't you excited? xD I really have too much time on my hands.

Ahem. Right. Brittany.
Girls: Agnes, Al(l)iette, Beatrice, Guillemette (reminds me too much of guillotine), Ysabelle, Janne, Juliann(e) (I like that one), Magdalene, Marie (my middle name, and I'm not fond of it), and Louise (<3).
Boys: Rio (I like this on a boy or a girl), Sebastien (<3), Mathieu, Marc, Lauren(t), Julien, Henri, Estienne (looks more like a girl name), Christien (<3), and Alain.

Okay. I'm done for now. =]

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

Ohh.
i like Aedan, Hedyn, Loi and Rio =]
thank youuu =]