Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada

(Kathleen M. O'Brien)

Background

In the SCA, I am known as Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada. Mundanely, my name is Kathleen M. O'Brien. Professionally, I am a software quality assurance engineer with degrees in Computer Science and Systems Science Engineering (Operations Research concentration).

I became interested in name research when I had a bad experience (see, many of us have them *grin!*) when I was originally submitting my name in the SCA. At the time, I was at a university with an excellent library and I dove through the stacks researching documentation for my name resubmission. Along the way, I ran across some fantastic resources including a set of English parish registers listing transcribed names from the 16th C. I was hooked.

Ever since, I've been interested in medieval and renaissance names and naming patterns. Over the last few years, I've been able to complete some of the articles that I've been working on over the years. These are listed below. I have a number of other articles currently in progress. They will be added to the list here as they are completed.

Many of my articles are currently published under my former SCA name of Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (which I have retained as an alternate name). New articles (and some updates to the old ones) will be published under my new SCA name of Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada.

At the time that I registered my original name, the feedback I received during the submission process was that it was authentic. Boy have we all learned a lot since then! And, perhaps more importantly, the information that is out there is now much, much easier for beginner researchers to access. (What I wouldn't have given for a copy of Quick and Easy Gaelic Names back then!)

Name Articles

Below is a list of the articles I've completed on medieval and renaissance era names from various cultures:

English

• An Index to the 1332 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Lincolnshire, England
• Late 14th Century English Bynames Indicating Relationships
• Naming Practices in 16th Century Gloucestershire
• Names and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock (Gloucestershire, England: 1538-1600/1)
• Name Distribution in King's Stanley Marriages: 1573-1600
• Names in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
• Names Found in Menheniot, Cornwall Marriage Registers 1554-1613
• Names Found in West Stow, West Suffolk Parish Registers 1558-1650
• Names of Members of the Frobisher Voyages, 1576-1578

• Names of English Colleges (with Juliana de Luna)
• English Sign Names
• English Sign Names From 17th Century Tradesman's Tokens

French

• Names Found in Ambleny Registers 1578-1616

Irish

• Gaelic:
  • Index of Names in Irish Annals
    • Feminine Given Names
    • Feminine Descriptive Bynames
    • Masculine Given Names
    • Masculine Descriptive Bynames
  • Dated Names Found in Ó Corráin & Maguire's Irish Names

• Angliclized Irish:
  • Names Found in Anglicized Irish Documents
  • 16th & 17th Century Anglicized Irish Surnames from Woulfe

Italian

• Italian Names from 1364 and 1441
• Italian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484

Jewish

• Jewish Names in Ottoman Court Records (16th C Jerusalem)

Mongolian

• Mongol Names in 13th Century Latin

Scottish

• Scots:
  • Names From Old Edinburgh, 1597-1598
  • Names From Old Aberdeen, 1636
  • Names Found in 17th C Wills from the Shetland Islands, Scotland

Spanish

• Names from the 1570 Census of Cozumel (with Juliana de Luna)

Medieval Scotland | Medieval Names Archive

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