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<P><FONT SIZE=2>REVISIT.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>My Lady informs me that she understood that a person might be given a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>middle name at birth, and upon being baptized receive her mothers name as well. I quote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> "So, I am taking it that I can only have a first and last name, or can I actually take a middle as well. I am thinking that in the Church you were given your fathers name and when Baptized your were given your mothers name as well."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Does this have basis in validity? </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Troye</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: heralds-bounces+francis.schalles=ttuhsc.edu@ansteorra.org [<A HREF="mailto:heralds-bounces+francis.schalles=ttuhsc.edu@ansteorra.org">mailto:heralds-bounces+francis.schalles=ttuhsc.edu@ansteorra.org</A>] On Behalf Of nweders@mail.utexas.edu</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 12:32 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Name check please</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>At 12:09 PM 2/10/2006, you wrote:</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>"Etaoin" comprises the six most common letters in English, in order of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>relative frequency. I suspect it's just a made-up name.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I've seen it as a variant of the name Etain (pronounced Ay-deen) from the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Woing of Etain. It's not the normal spelling.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> I would have to say that I would be concerned with the fact that the lady </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>chooses to register three names (one first two middle?) and a last name </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>which really isn' the norm in period. I'm actually reconsidering putting </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>in a change of name because my name RosMuire is incorrect for a middle </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>name, a spelling and all.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Etain is a name from Irish (celtic) mythology and I haven't found it yet </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>used in person for a human.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Clare </FONT>
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