Persona:
Julianna Wylkyns, sometymes writ 'Wilkins' in English ledgers.
14th Century Irish woman, born 1305, travelling the seas of the known worlde as a transport, privateer, and pirate (but just to make ends meet.)
God damn the English.
This all just goes back to me being confused about WHAT my period should BE.. I love the 17thC pirates, Musketeers! Rapier (drool); stitching; leather-clad wild-haired folk with bows, staves, and a penchant for following a Pagan Goddess of the Wood. What the HECK would I be?? I keep thinking, OK, Irish. The sea is near, I can work the pirate thing. The Sword thing? There are fencers in Spain! Dirty Hippy Pagans? Aren't those kind of most Irish anyway? ;) Celts, how's about Celts? Um, that's a bit earlier than 14thC, but 1300's has the start of real knowledge eh? Science! Medicine! Oi. I hate myself sometimes.
Currently:
Name Passed: LOI Dec2oo6.
Julianna Wilkins: NEW NAMEThe name is English.
Julianna is the feminine form of Julian, and it appears in England as early as the Curia Rolls 1196-1220 (Withycombe, 3rd edition, p. 184, s.n. Julian(a)); Withycombe does not have an example of the double -nn- spelling, but this seems a reasonable variation. Albion comments that given the client’s request for authenticity, that it should be changed to Juliana, which is the most common spelling in Talan Gwynek's "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames" ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/ ) and which has no example of Julianna with the double -n-, and one which can be placed squarely within her period.
Wilkins is undated in Reaney and Wilson, but Wilekin is dated to 1180 and Wylkyns to 1327 (3rd edition, p. 493, s.n. Wilkin). This does not conflict with Juliana FitzWilliam (registered 11/1983) despite the fact that Wilkin is a pet form of William. RfS V.1.ii.a says "Hobson is significantly different from Robertson, however, because Hob and Robert differ significantly in sound and appearance and are not being used in given names." Wilkin differs significantly in sound and spelling from William.
The client is most interested in the language/culture of the name, desires a feminine name, and is interested in having it authentic for the time period 14th-17th C. She will not accept major changes to the name.
Device Passed: LOP Feb2oo8.
(Snail-Mail confirmation, awaiting AtenSubmission to update.)
Per chevron throughout argent and purpure, two trees eradicated proper and a bat-winged cat sejant argent maintaining a rapier proper.
Awards
(and other things I'm proud of!)
Adopted by Mommy Yedudah, in the Lost Tribe Of.
Highland War, A.S.41,C.E.2006.
Awarded First Level Dragon's Fury, Barony of Sundragon (Rapier)
Estrella War XXIII, A.S.43,C.E.2008.
Working on Becoming Irish...
Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century Irish Names and Naming Practices by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn
The Red Book of Ormond (14th Century Ireland)
> "There are no cases where a woman has an Irish given name and an English surname"
> Juliana Julianam (accusative) 1; English context.
MedievalScotland.Org
> Note: The names Alis, Cristina, and Iuliana [Juliana] seem to have been used by the Anglo-Normans who came to Ireland, but do not seem to have been adopted by their descendants.
Instance of Iuliana, Once, 1255. [Link]
Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames Talan Gwynek
> Juliana Fem. form of Lat Julian < gens name JULIUS. GILLIAN is the vern. form, for which DECN has a separate entry. The dim. hyp. Juetta was common. [Gillian, Gell, Gelly, Julian, Jowett]
> Juliana : 12° Gillian; 1185-87 Julian; 1194 Gillian; 1199 Cowley; 1208 Linton; 1219 Hallbarn; 1221 Slowly; 1230 Gillian; 1242 Swale; 1243 Lark; 13° Gillian; 1275 Copper; 1276 Richard; 1279 Hupple; 1281 Pinner; 1283 Lipson; 1285 xxxv; 1272-1307 Dolittle; 1296 Feather; 1297 Malling; 1301 Bean; 1309 Souster; 1311 Stumbles; 1312 Hunter; 1321-22 Bromford; 1327 Gale; 1332 Fathers; 1334 Collis; 1388 Rocker
