Faire names
Katchoo
Hi everyone!
I've been lurking and rather quiet on the faire front, but since I've
thinking about getting more into it, I've been thinking about a faire name.
That got me to wondering. How did those who have them decide on theirs. So
anyone have any stories, ideas, suggestions on faire anmes?
Katchoo
The Woodruffs
will help narrow down. Look in old dictionaries. They used to have a
pronounciation gazzettere in the back. They usually have old names and what
they mean.
Katchoo <KKat...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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Winston Waters
My faire name is a compilation of family names. I'm first generation
American on my mother's side, originally from England. Wintson is a
family surname as is Waters( a little further back). I thought of this
name while hanging out with some SCA friends about 16 years ago, then it
was Winston of the waters. Didn't start using it at faire until I
started performing about four years ago with the Peasant Guild. Sounds
English to me and fits like a glove. Hope this helps. BTW, I prefer my
faire name to my birth name. Sound familiar?
Winston Waters
The Liar of the Shire
SLO Peasant Guild
76.5% Fairefolk corrupt (and closing the gap)
Glendruid wrote:
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> On Sun, 16 Jan 2000 13:47:38 -0800, "Katchoo" <KKat...@prodigy.net>
> wrote:
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> >
> >Hi everyone!
> >
> >I've been lurking and rather quiet on the faire front, but since I've
> >thinking about getting more into it, I've been thinking about a faire name.
> >That got me to wondering. How did those who have them decide on theirs. So
> >anyone have any stories, ideas, suggestions on faire anmes?
>
> Well... probably doesn't help much, but my dad is really into family
> history and has traced our family back way before the Renaissance
> period. I asked him for a list :) I haven't picked one yet, but I
> have the names of several ancestors from the time so I know I'd be
> getting a "period" name.
>
> In any event, you can always go to the library, online, etc. and find
> references to the time period and choose a name that you like.
>
> HTH,
>
> Glendruid
> (Julie)
> Ren.Geek
> Please remove the spamblock to reply.
S.Michael Harrison
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S.Michael
>
>Hi everyone!
>
>I've been lurking and rather quiet on the faire front, but since I've
>thinking about getting more into it, I've been thinking about a faire name.
>That got me to wondering. How did those who have them decide on theirs. So
>anyone have any stories, ideas, suggestions on faire anmes?
>
>Katchoo
>
>
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Erin
Katchoo wrote:
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> That got me to wondering. How did those who have them decide on theirs.
When I joined the SLO Peasant Guild last Feb. our guild mistress Rusty (Mother
Grace Simpson) said "You'll be my sister and our family name is Yanker" So all
I needed to do was to come up with a first name. Having always been rather fond
of Eleanor of Aquitaine - love those strong powerful women (but that's another
story!) I chose Eleanor and became Eleanor Yanker - who's intended was lost at
sea many years ago, so she continues to work in the family dairy trade having
risen from milkmaid (explains the gorgeous complexion!) to running the local
cheese shop in DonnyBrook.
Having spent many, many years preparing opera roles and building my characters,
it was a lot of fun to do it for my rennie persona.
To any and all who may meet a Yanker at a faire, be sure to ask for a
demostration of the family handshake! heh, heh, heh!
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Erin
SLO Peasant Guild
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If it's not Guinness, why bother to drink?
Susan
>
>I've been lurking and rather quiet on the faire front, but since I've
>thinking about getting more into it, I've been thinking about a faire name.
>That got me to wondering. How did those who have them decide on theirs. So
>anyone have any stories, ideas, suggestions on faire anmes?
>
>Katchoo
Lessie ... Raian Margaret Semetra ... it's quite a long name, so I usually just
go by Rai. Raian I just made up (not very Rennie, but I like it! And it's
probably a real name somewhere, but ah well!) Margaret was my confirmation
name after Saint Margaret of Scotland (
http://saints.catholic.org/saints/margaretscotland.html ), and a friend made up
Semetra. Nothing very systematic in that! :)
Susan
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>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I've been lurking and rather quiet on the faire front, but since I've
> thinking about getting more into it, I've been thinking about a faire name.
> That got me to wondering. How did those who have them decide on theirs. So
> anyone have any stories, ideas, suggestions on faire anmes?
>
> Katchoo
Determining what sort of person you want to portray is the first thing.
That will help you narrow down the list.
Here are a couple of good places to look for names:
http://www.st-mike.org/names.html
http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/pceltic.shtml
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: Here are a couple of good places to look for names:
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: http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/pceltic.shtml
Note that this address is only one subdirectory of a larger site -- the
"... pceltic..." subdirectory specifically covers the P-Celtic-speaking
cultures (Welsh, Cornish, Breton). The same site has articles on
Renaissance-era Enlgish, French, Spanish, Italian (as well as lots of
non-Renaissance-era articles) elsewhere. You might want to start at the
general index one level back from the above.
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Maso della Tromba delle Lontre
"Katchoo" <KKat...@prodigy.net> wrote:
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> Hi everyone!
>
> I've been lurking and rather quiet on the faire front, but since I've
> thinking about getting more into it, I've been thinking about a faire
name.
> That got me to wondering. How did those who have them decide on
theirs. So
> anyone have any stories, ideas, suggestions on faire anmes?
>
> Katchoo
Well there's lots of ways to go with this, depending on how much effort
you want to put into being period, your persona, your garb. . . ect. . .
How I picked the name I'm using -- Maso della Tromba (delle Lontre) is
this:
My quasi-persona (it's getting better all the time :) ) would be
of southern italian descent (as am I) so the language I'd use is
Italian.
Maso
Some of my favorite characters of at least semi-period stories/lit are
Tom Jones (singing - it's not unusual. . . NOT THAT TOM JONES, the OTHER
Tom Jones from the Fielding Novel) and Tam O'Shanter by Burns so I
decided I'd be a Tom
Italian Maso = Tom
della & delle of the depending on gender and plurality of word following
Tromba
I studied Trumpet in college and eventually my faire persona will be a
trumpeter (high guild (still looking for information on high & low
trumpet guilds)
Italian Tromba = Trumpet
Therefore I am Tom of the Trumpet
the (delle Lontre) refers to of the Otters
Lontra being Otter - Lontre being Otters
that's about it really.
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Maso della Tromba delle Lontre
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Before you buy.
Missie K.
Here is the link to Chris' article. I found it to be very helpful, and have
almost decided on my faire name (Elinor, but don't quote me, yet)
Missie
>If you are looking specifically for a 16th century English name, you
>should also do a search for an article by Chris Laning called "Faire
>Names for English Folk" -- she has posted it to this newsgroup in the
>past.
Missie K.
Select "FAQ," then "Character Faire Names"
Sorry about the oversight.
The Woodruffs
Sharon L. Krossa wrote
Happily, there is available
> on the internet many very useful articles for those interested in
> re-creating pre-1600 names. Even happilier, there is a single site that
> lists just about every reliable article out there:
>
> Arval's Medieval Names Archives - http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/
>
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I did not know of this site, for I am new to this contraption. I do thank
you and will myself, do some more research.
Gramercy!!!!!!
Anthony Argyriou
Krossa) wrote:
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>If you are looking specifically for a 16th century English name, you
>should also do a search for an article by Chris Laning called "Faire
>Names for English Folk" -- she has posted it to this newsgroup in the
>past.
I htmlized the post and put it up on my Cardiff Rose pages (with Chris'
permission). It can be found directly at
http://www.alphageo.com/rose/EnglishNames.html . Any typos are my
responsibility, not Chris'.
Anthony Argyriou
Cardiff Rose
http://www.alphageo.com/rose/