[ANSTHRLD] Derrien, Darien was (AAA...)
M{o'}r inghean Chathail
mor_chathail at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 30 14:34:20 PDT 2004
--- Maridonna <maridonna at maridonna.com> wrote:
> kobrien at texas.net wrote:
> He'd picked <Dahrien> and was seeing how
> > close he could get to that name - at least
> retaining the sound (DAR-ree-en).
> >
> > Mo/r found <Darien> as a placename. Thanks!
> >
> > If anyone runs across something like
> <Dahrien>/<Darien>, please let me know
> > and I'll gather up the info and send it off to
> him.
>
> Not the same spelling, but Dauzat Noms et Prenoms,
> s.n. <Derrien>, n.
> breton, anc. n. de bapt. d'origine obscure (Dergen
> en 864, dans le Cart.
> de Redon). My poor translation: Darrien, a Breton
> name, ancient
> baptismal name with an obscure origin. The rest
> looks to be an early
> spelling with date, and its source.
It seems to be "Dergen in 864, Charted in Redon"
(which is a city in Brittany France)
Mor
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