[ANSTHRLD] Name question: Joe the <color>

[Clint Gallon]

cold?
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:22 AM, <karadelph at aol.com> wrote:

> Why is he blue? Well blue would hold if he had a heart condition and had a
> blue cast to his complexion or if when he was born he was blue due to
> asphyxiation. Wouldn't be because of eye color since that is common in that
> part of the world. Also woad wearing wouldn't be a real stand out. It
> wouldn't be because he is melancholy either. So again what about him is
> blue?
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> From: Randy Shipp
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> Subject: [ANSTHRLD] Name question: Joe the <color>
> Sent: Aug 8, 2011 8:53 AM
>
> Heralds of Ansteorra,
>
> I have a client who has come to me with a name that he's been using
> without registration for some time and it falls to me to see if it is
> registerable.  It takes the form "GivenName the Color," in this case,
> blue.  I am very new to name research, so I'm a bit unsure where to
> start with documentation, but I'm skeptical to begin with.  My gut
> feeling is that names like Erik the Red (which the client cited as a
> precedent for the construction) are references to the person's
> complexion or hair color.  And, woad not withstanding, blue isn't
> common for either.
>
> What's my best starting point?  This name is, I believe, Irish.
>
> Yours in Service,
>
> --Antoine D'Aubernoun
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