[ANSTHRLD] Derrien, Darien was (AAA...)

[M{o'}r inghean Chathail]

--- 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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