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PN. Personal Name RegistrationThe Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory:The Rules for SubmissionsPersonal names are names that identify a single human being (as opposed to a group of people, a branch, an order,and the like, which are non-personal names). To be registered, a personal name submission must meet thefollowing standards:- Each name phrase (a complete given name or byname) must be demonstrated to be suitable for aspecific time and place or otherwise meet the standards set out in PN.1.- The name as a whole must be demonstrated to be grammatically (structurally) correct and meet thestandards for lingual and temporal compatibility set out in PN.2.- The name must be free of conflict and presumption as set out in PN.3 and PN.4.- The name must not be offensive as set out in PN.5.PN.1 Personal Names ContentA. Definitions: Several terms are used in this section of the rules.A name phrase consists of a complete given name or byname with associated prepositions, articles and thelike. The elements which make up a name phrase are referred to in these rules as name elements. Nameelements may be words or pieces of words. A name phrase may consist of a single word or multiple words.For example, of, the and Dell are all whole word name elements. Some examples of pieces of words whichare name elements: Arnulfs- and -dottir or Ælf- and -gar. Some examples of name phrases: Smith, comprisedsimply of a single word, and de la Torre, comprised of de, la, and Torre.There are many types of name phrases; in personal names, all name phrases can be categorized as one of twotypes:1. Given Name: A given name is the main personal name, often given at birth or in some kind of namingceremony. In most European languages, the given name is usually the first name element; however, this isnot true for all cultures or time periods. All personal name submissions are required to have a given name.In some languages, a person may have two given names. For example, there are examples of people withtwo given names in late period English and Spanish. Other languages, such as Gaelic and Arabic, do notseem to have ever used multiple given names before 1600. A discussion of name formation patterns,including multiple given names, is found in Appendix A.2. Byname: A byname is a part of the name other than a given name. It may identify someone as the child ofan individual, as being from a particular place, describe some distinctive physical or personality feature,describe their occupation, or place someone as a member of a family (as an inherited surname).A discussion of types of bynames found in period Europe is found in Appendix B. Note that no singlelanguage has all the types of bynames discussed there. That is, any given language has only some types ofbynames. A discussion of name formation patterns, including multiple bynames, is found in Appendix A.B. Standards for Name Phrases: A registerable name phrase must meet the following standards:1. Single Time and Place: A registerable name phrase must follow the rules of grammar and structure for asingle time and place. It may not mix languages unless that mixing of languages within a name phrase isattested as a period practice.Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory – April 29, 2012 - Page 7 of 73
The Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory:The Rules for SubmissionsFor example, the name phrase de London is typical of medieval English documentary practice. Therefore, itis a registerable name phrase. However, von Saxony, which mixes the German von with the English versionof the German place name, is not. It must be made completely German, as von Sachsen, or completelyEnglish, as of Saxony. For example, inghean Áeda, which mixes the Early Modern Irish Gaelic inghean,with the Middle Irish Gaelic Áeda , is not registerable. It must be made completely Middle Irish Gaelic, asingean Áeda, or completely Early Modern Irish Gaelic, as inghean Aodha.2. Sources of Name Phrases: We allow registerable name phrases to be created in a variety of ways. Thefollowing types of name phrases may be registered:a. Attested Name Phrases: Name phrases may be attested to period as a complete name phrase (i.e., foundin a period document). A single example of an attested name phrase clearly dated to period is sufficientto demonstrate its use. Minor spelling variants are allowed when those spelling variants are demonstratedto be compatible with the spelling conventions of the time and place of the attested name.For example, in Renaissance English, the letters i and y are frequently interchanged. Therefore, a nameattested as Annis could also be spelled Annys. The letters k and q, on the other hand, are notinterchangeable in Renaissance Scots. So, a name attested as Kintyre does not justify the spellingQintyre.b. Constructed Name Phrases: Name phrases may be constructed from attested period name elements. Todo this, documentation must be provided to demonstrate that the name phrase follows a period pattern.We generally require at least three examples to consider something a pattern, as sometimes a single namephrase can create the appearance of a pattern that does not actually exist. The examples should closelymatch the constructed name phrase.For example, taken alone, the English given name Rose appears to originate from the name of the flower;however, research suggests that it originates from an Old English word hros, 'horse'. Therefore, it cannotbe used to justify names like Hyacinth.All of the elements and patterns for a constructed name phrase must come from a single time and place.We do not allow constructed name phrases that are created by using patterns from one time and placewith elements from another time and place. Some examples of constructed names are:1. Diminutives Constructed from Given Names: In many languages, diminutive forms can be madefrom existing given names, often by adding endings or removing part of the name (and even both).For example, in Italian, diminutives are regularly constructed by adding –ino after dropping the final –ofrom an already existing given name. The diminutive Urbanino can be constructed from the attestedgiven name Urbano.2. Constructed Dithemic Given Names: In several Germanic languages, including Old English, givennames are frequently composed of two pieces, a prototheme (first part) and a deuterotheme (secondpart). New names can be constructed from attested protothemes and deuterothemes. A new namecannot be constructed by combining other parts of the names or by combining elements other than asingle prototheme and a single deuterotheme.For example, the attested Old English name Ælfgar has the prototheme Ælf- and the deuterotheme -garand the attested Old English name Eadmund has the prototheme Ead- and the deuterotheme -mund.Therefore one could combine the prototheme Ælf- and the deuterotheme -mund to make the givenname Ælfmund. However, Garmund or Ælfead are not documentable through this pattern, nor isÆlfgarmund, as these do not combine a single prototheme with a single deuterotheme.Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory – April 29, 2012 - Page 8 of 73
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