[ANSTHRLD] Name research in the news

[Hillary Greenslade]

>>Diet Coke anyone?
>>http://www.nbc5i.com/family/2908955/detail.html
>>Darius

I saw the same post on Medieval Trivia yahoo group, with a bit more info, ... enjoy,
Hillary Greenslade

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From: "Shane B" <shaneb at ij.net>
Subject: Diot Coke in 1379

British girl named Diot Coke in 1379
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON -- Naming your child after a popular soft drink could be seen as a little bit faddish, but 
the parents of young Diot Coke might be forgiven - they gave their baby daughter the name way back

in 1379.

Researchers at Britain's National Archives believe that the little girl, born in West Riding in 
Yorkshire, was the unfortunate victim of the corruption of the name Dionisia. One of the
diminutives derived from that name on its path to the modern day Denise was Diot.

The girl's surname is believed to be a variation on the name Cook.

Archivist George Redmonds, writing in the organization's Ancestors magazine, discovered in his 
scrutiny of the birth archives that names now considered to be masculine, such as Philip and
Thomas, were once used for girls in the 14th century.

Redmonds also found that names such as Godelena, Helwise, Idony, Avice and Dionisia were more 
popular than some of the names now considered traditional, such as Mary.

"Diot Coke", a girl, was baptised in 1379.  Diot is a diminutive of
Dionisia, which also lead to today's Denise.  No source is given there
except that she was born in the West Riding in Yorkshire.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apeurope_story.asp?category=1103&slug=Britain%20Girls%20Names

http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0330features/content_objectid=14020288_method=full_siteid=50060_headline=-The-girl-called-Diot-Coke-name_page.html





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