[ANSTHRLD] Joselin

Keyna keyna at hot.rr.com
Thu Dec 13 03:32:51 PST 2012


That is the same name the one actress used in Men In Tights movie.
Keyna

On 12/12/2012 4:38 PM, Tim McDaniel wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2012, Herald of Hellsgate
> <herald at hellsgate.ansteorra.org> wrote:
>> I have a young lady who wants to use the name Joselin (or some
>> variant of it it that spelling is not acceptable).  The issue is
>> that I cannot document the name to females in period anywhere.
>
> Emma's response is not uncommonly summarized as "The CoA doesn't do
> panty checks".
>
> Further, E. G. Withycombe, in the introduction to her work, states
> that women in England could bear male names, stating further that it
> wasn't a feminized name like Richarda or something, but actually
> Richard, Nicolas, or whatnot.
>
> What's the entire name, culture, and time?  I wonder if this is the
> Joselin that I consulted with a few years ago.
>
> Daniela filia Ricardus




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