#Medieval last names full
For example, and represent the standard full spellings of names recorded in the manuscript as (or or, etc.) and (or, etc.).Īn apostrophe ( ) in a 16th century spelling indicates an unexpanded abbreviation mark. In the names below, use the modern form as a guide to interpreting any of these letters in the 16th century spellings.Īn equals sign ( =) after a spelling indicates that it is a standard full spelling of a name recorded in the manuscript in greatly abbreviated form. The letters, , and were sometimes used interchangeably, depending on context.Similarly, the letters and were sometimes used interchangeably, also depending on context. ) In the names below that use, if other 16th century spellings or the modern spelling of that name use, , or instead, then the represents thorn otherwise, it represents a normal. (This is the source of the cliche "ye olde" - the in represents a thorn, and this is pronounced like, and indeed is, the word. In 16th century Scots handwriting, a y-shape was used for two different letters, thorn and actual. In 16th century Scots, yogh was usually pronounced with a consonantal \y\ sound, like the in English. Note that the spellings used for name headings may be modern spellings only please refer to the 16th century spellings listed in the tables.Ī in a spelling represents the letter yogh. In addition, this data does not include all instances of given names recorded in the Aberdeen Council Register from 1500-1550! Therefore, the number of instances are only a very rough guide to the relative popularity of a name and only somewhat more reliable as an indication of how common a particular spelling or form of a name was compared to other spellings and forms of the same name.
Instances refers to the number of mentions found, not different individuals a number of instances may refer to the same individual. The names in these tables are from the Aberdeen Council Register from the years 1500-1550.
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