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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 =]

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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. =]

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