[Moo] What's In a Name? :-)

[Heidi Karin Wheeler-Sheppard]

Yay!!! 

Heidi Karin Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 11, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Maven <sk8maven at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Some of you may know that I'm trying to get my name registered with the College of Heralds (it's actually a name change, but that's a whole 'nother story).
> 
> It's taking longer than I expected and going in directions I didn't foresee. You've all been very patient with the Celtic gobbledygook, but if Metron Ariston Herald can get things worked out, that won't be an issue any more.
> 
> The current plan is to try to get me passed as (drumroll) Maven     Whitlocke.
> 
> "Mavin/Maven" unexpectedly turned out to be an uncommon but not unknown surname in 16th century Northumbria (the "e" version is found later, almost to or even past 1600), and by the late 16th century it was occasionally done to give a child - boy or girl - a family name for a first name. Metron Ariston just needs to find sufficient documentation of the surname prior to 1600.
> 
> "Whitlocke" is a reasonable English approximation of "Liadain" and is rather more explicit as a descriptive (white hair). There should be no trouble at all documenting that!
> 
> Would I go for garb to match the name? Idunno - I'd have to think     pretty hard about that one (corsets? ecch!).
> 
> Wish us luck!
> 
> Maven
> 
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