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Kaganoff, Benzion C. A Dictionary of Jewish Names & Their History. Schocken Books: New York, 1977.This book is only of marginal use in the SCA. There are not many dates, and there are too many sweepinggeneralities. Furthermore, is deals more with last names than with given names, and the last names it deals withare frequently from after our period. Recommended only if you already understand Jewish namingpractices.Kalman, Bela. The World of Names: A Study in Hungarian Onomatology. Akedemiai Kiado: Budapest,Hungary, 1978. This excellent book is on Hungarian first and last names. It is full of dates, and information onHungarian naming practices. Recommended.Kneen, J.J. Personal Names from the Isle of Man. Oxford University Press: London, 1937. An excellentbook, complete with dates, for both given names and surnames. Of course, not many people want a name fromthe Isle of Man, but it contains many names that are just considered “English”. Recommended.Lamb, Gregor. Orkney Surnames. Paul Harris Publishing: Edinburgh, 1981. An excellent book, completewith dates. Of course, every name in here is found in Black’s Surnames of Scotland, but this book is a help forpeople who want their surname to be from the Orkney’s. Recommended.MacLysaght, Edward. A Guide to Irish Surnames. Irish Academic Press: Dublin, 1964. An earlier version ofThe Surnames of Ireland, which since it is an earlier version is not as complete, but is still very good. Highlyrecommended.MacLysaght, Edward. Irish Families. Crown Publishers: New York, 1972. This excellent book is does notcover as many families as A Guide to Irish Surnames or The Surnames of Ireland. However, it has a lot ofinformation about the formation of Irish surnames. Recommended.MacLysaght, Edward. More Irish Families. A companion volume to Irish Families, with all the pros andcons of it. Recommended.MacLysaght, Edward. The Surnames of Ireland. Irish Academic Press: Dublin, 1980. An excellent book fullof dated references, and variant spellings.. MacLysaght is the reference on Irish surnames. Highlyrecommended.Matthews, C.M. English Surnames. Charles Scribner’s Sons: New York, 1967. The names in this book aregrouped by classification, not alphabetically. There is an index in the back. While exact dates are not alwaysgiven, when and how they were used is. If you can not get Reaney’s A Dictionary of British Surnames, thisbook is a good one to have. Recommended.Morgan, T.J., & Morgan, Prys. Welsh Surnames. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1985. An excellentbook full of dated references. It has over 30 pages of general information about Welsh naming practices as wellas an extensive listing of Welsh Surnames, complete with dates. Since Welsh surnames are frequently formedfrom given names, it can also be used to document given names. Highly recommended.Morlet, Marie-Thérèse. Les Noms de Personne sur le Territoire de L’Ancienne Gaule du VI au XII Siècle.Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: Paris, 1972. This book is in two volumes. The first being namesfrom Germanic sources, the second names from Latin sources. Both books are in French. They are completewith dates, derivations, and much commentary. Very, very useful if you read French, useful even if you don’t.Highly recommended.Morris, Lewis. Celtic Remains. J. Parker: London, 1872. This book deals with Welsh personal names,surnames and place names. Unfortunately, like a lot of Victorian scholarship it is flawed. Not recommendedunless you have a good background in Welsh naming practices.Nance, R. Morton. A Guide to Cornish Place-Names. Cornish Language Board: Cornwall, undated. A listingof Cornish place names, with information on how they are formed. Recommended.O’Connell, James. The Meaning of Irish Place Names. Blackstaff Press:Ireland. Irish place names, withoutany dates. Recommended.Ó Corráin, Donnchadh & Maguire, Fidelma. Gaelic Personal Names. The Academy Press: Dublin, 1981 Anexcellent book on Gaelic (actually early Irish) names, with variant spellings. The one problem with this book isthat they include names from legend that were not used by humans during our period, and therefore can not beused. It does include dates and pronunciation information. Highly recommended, but be cautious.Middle Kingdom Pursuivants Handbook 1152nd Edition - 2002