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 **Frankish or Norman (female)** Adele, Adrienne, Alice, Amanda, Amee, Anna, Berenice, Bernadette, Bertha, Blanche, Brigette, Caroline, Catherine, Charlotte, Daphne, Elaine, Eleanor, Eloise, Emelie, Emma, Flavie, Flore, Genevieve , Hortense, Isabeau, Jehanne, Johanne, Louisa, Marie, Melisende, Sabine,Sebire (Sibyl), Valerie, Veronique
+**Irish (male)** Aidan, Brian, Cahir, Carthac, Conan, Connor, Cormac, Daragh, Declan, Eoin, Fearchar, Fechin, Gilroy, Kelan, Lorcan, Mahon, Neil, Padraig, Seamus, Sean
+**Irish (female)** Aisling, Brighid, Caitlin, Ciara, Cleena, Cliona, Daithi, Delma, Derval, Elva, Enya, Finola, Gobnet, Keeva, Lile, Maire, Neve, Patsy, Riona, Rois
-Irish (male)
-Irish (female)
+**Italian (male)** Adriano, Aldo, Alessandro, Alonzo, Ambrogio, Baldo, Benedetto, Calogero, Camillo, Carlo, Durante, Edoardo, Ercole, Francesco, Gaetano, Giacomo, Giovanni, Goffredo, Gido, Jacopo, Leopoldo, Lodovico, Lorenzo, Luigi, Mario, Mauro, Martino, Vittore
-Italian (male)
-Italian (female)
+**Italian (female)** Agnese, Alberta, Alessandra, Angelina, Annabella, Benedetta, Camilla, Carlotta, Caterina, Cecilia, Donata, Elda, Faustina, Francesca, Gabriella, Gessica, Gisella, Grazia, Ida, Itala, Leonarda, Lora, Lorenza, Luciana, Marietta, Marilena, Mirabella
-Italian or Spanish Shared (male)
+**Italian or Spanish Shared (male)**  Adolfo, Alberto, Alfonso, Antonio, Baldovino, Claudio, Cornelio, Emilio, Ernesto, Fabio, Federico, Gilberto, Gregorio, Gustavo, Isidoro, Leandro, Lorenzo, Marco, Manuel, Nicodemo, Sergio, Silvio, Teodoro, Tito
-Italian or Spanish Shared (female)
+**Italian or Spanish Shared (female)** Adora, Adriana, Alba, Amanda, Anna, Antonia, Carla, Claudia, Diana, Elena, Elisa, Fabiana, Fernanda, Imelda, Iolanda, Irene, Isabella, Laura, Maria, Miriam, Olivia, Sabina, Teresa, Vera
 **Moorish (male)** Aban, Affan, Atiq, Barak, Darras, Farraj, Galib, Hamdun, Hazm, Khalid, Jattab, Jawar, Lubb, Majlad, Mutariff, Najih, Qays, Safan, Ubaid, Ziyadat
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 **Moorish (female)** Aban, Amat, Auriya, Bazzu, Dhana, Fathuna, Ganiya, Halwa, Hulla, Itr, Jariya, Judur, Kanza, Mahua, Muzna, Nuzha, Raha, Sama, Yamina, Zubiya
-Spanish (male)
+**Scottish (male)**  Aidan, Alasdair, Angus, Barclay, Bruce, Craig, Dougal, Douglas, Duncan, Fergus, Hamish, Ian, Irving, Jock, Keith, Kenneth, Logan, Malcolm, Rodney, Ross
+**Scottish (female)** Aileen, Annag, Athol, Blair, Donalda, Donella, Edna, Effie, Elspeth, Emer, Fiona, Greer, Islay, Jean, Kirstin, Lilias, Maisie, Malvina, Moira, Saundra
+**Spanish (male)** Alejandro, Bautista, Carlos, Cristobal, Diego, Enrique, Esteban, Fernando, Filipe, Francisco, Geraldo, Guillermo, Javier, Jose, Juan, Luis, Martin, Miguel, Pablo, Pancho, Pedro, Raimundo, Ramiro, Ramon, Ricardo, Sancho
+**Spanish (female)**  Abene, Abril, Adela, Bernadita, Candida, Catalina, Estela, Fransisca, Herminia, Inma, Jimena, Hortensia, Juanita, Julia, Lupita, Maxima, Prudencia, Rafaela, Reina, Soledad, Susana, Teofila,
+Tomasa
+**Welsh (male)** Alwyn, Berwyn, Cadell, Cadoc, Dafydd, Emrys, Folant, Geraint, Heddwyn, Howell, Ifan, Luc, Madoc, Merfyn, Morgan, Owain, Rhys, Rhodri, Siarl, Sior
+**Welsh (female)**  Alis, Bethun, Carwyn, Catrin, Dilys, Elain, Eurwen, Gladys, Hefina, Heilyn, Lewella, Luned, Mallt, Meredith, Morgan, Olwen, Rhian, Rhonwen, Siana, Siwan
+====SURNAMES====
+In the 12th century surnames were very informal and variable.  A person might have a surname, or not, use one surname with some people, another with other people or otherwise change surname at will.
+**Patronymics**: one common surname was to refer to one's father's name.
+  *English/Norse: Son of John or Johnson
+  * Irish:  McCormack, MacDonald, O'Brian
+  * Scots:  MacDonald
+  * Welsh: ApRhys
+  * Norman: FitzPatrick
+  * Spanish: Rodrigez
+**Occupation**: using one's occupation as a surname is common, Baker, Miller etc.
+**Place Name** often people would be called from their place of birth or residence. Lord's commonly do this:  Raymond of St. Giles, Bohemond of Taranto,
+**Nickname**:  nicknames like "the Tall","the Bastard", "Short Pants" are also very common.
-Spanish (female)