--- "Brian M. Scott" <
BMScott@...> wrote:
> At 2:28:54 PM on Thursday, April 24, 2008,
> alexandru_mg3
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Now to suppose that 'a Personal Name' was taken
> from a
> > 'nobility rank' this is a pure speculation (I
> would say a
> > poor one)
>
> Attested personal names from France include <Prince>
> 1269,
> <Regina> ~1085, <Reyne> 1319, <Comitissa> 1129,
> <Contasse>
> 1320, and <Marchisius> and <Marchisia> in the second
> half of
> the 12th century. In Anglo-Norman England the name
> <Roi> is
> found in 1188. <Jarl> and <Cesare> also come to
> mind.
>
> Brian
>
>
Come to El Salvador, my favorite is Emperatriz
"Empress" --which is not too common, but Reina "Queen"
is all over the place. I have a "Reina Elizabeth" in
my poetry class. Milady is also somewhat common here.
César, of course, is very common all over the Spanish
speaking world. And in Cuba, I've heard Cesárea for
women.
In Arabic Malik "King", Amir "Prince", Sultan
"King/Prince" are very common names.
In West Virginia, my mother had a cousin named
"General." Unfortunately in the Army he never made it
past private.
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