[antir-heralds] Name Help...Watkins

[Kean de Lacy]

I show a Jankyn Apown ap Watkyn, dated sometime between 1415 and 1536,
on page 173 of Morgan&Morgan.

Note that this is a usage as a given name, supported by Watkin Edward
(1600, p.106) and Watkin Loughour (1509-1547, p.146).

I don't have the actual book, so I don't know if it has an entry for
Watkins, though I don't think it does.

While none of these citations are early enough for your client's
request, they show that the name was used in Wales, in the spellings
Watkin and Watkyn.

I would expect a Welsh name from the 14th century to have the
patronymic (ap Watkin/Watkyn, or in this case filia/ferch/verch/uxor
Watkin/Watkyn) instead of the inherited surname, but I don't think
it's unreasonable to have either.


If your client hasn't decided on a given name, the following are the
female ones I can document to the 14th C:
Achewyn
Angharat, Agnarath, Angarad (other variations also available in other dates)
Arddun
Cristina
Claricia
Eva, Efa (forms of Eve)
Gueyervil, Gueyervil, Gwirvil, Weirvil, gweirvyl, Veyruylt, Weyruyl,
Weyruyll, Weyrvil
Wenthlean, Wensliana, Gwenllian
Gwladus
Isabell, Isabella
Iuliana
Lleukeu, Leuq, Lleucu
Margeria
Matild' (Matilda)
Nest
Sibyl
Tang' (Tangwystyl)
Moruyth


Strangely not Gwenhwyfar, though some dates are close. Other close
names include:
Alice and variations, 13th and 16th C
Anable, 13th C
Emlyn (sometime in the 13th-16th C... not very helpful)
Joan, 13th and 15th C
Katherine, 13th and 16th C


Yeah, it's say more than you asked for, but whatever...

Kean

On Nov 6, 2007 2:49 PM, Dafydd Caerfyrddin <hldafydd at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a client who would like to have a Welsh persona circa 14th Century.
> Her modern family descends from the Watkins (I am assuming this is a modern
> spelling) family, from Wales.  Can anyone help me find the medieval form of
> this name, if it actually existed in 14th C?  I have looked at the Academy
> of St. Gabriel, but can't find what I'm looking for...
>
> --
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