Period or Not, part 2

[lumineaux]

Let's do some men's names now:

Gomez, as a first name rather than a surname, like Gomez Addams  ;-)

Jesse

Hamish

Hercules

Damian

Edited to add:  I am fascinated by people's guesses and would love to know what makes someone who is not a book herald feel like a name is period.

Comments

Guessing as I have no knowledge

[ldykatrina.livejournal.com]

ooo hard ones.
I am going to guess because ignorance is bliss
Gomez - period
Jesse - not period
Hamish - period
Hercules - Im thinking Greek Gods, Greek Myths - but it doesnt make it period - so period?
Damian - period

Re: Guessing as I have no knowledge

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Guessing is fine - can be just as fun.

Guessing here

[alysten.livejournal.com]

No on Gomez (as first name), Jesse and Hercules.
Yes on Hamish and Damian.

I like this game. I have been learning a lot.

[nazrynn.livejournal.com]

No on Gomez and Jesse.
Yes on Hamish

Not sure on Damian and Hercules. I would assume yes, for Damian due to the existence of "Damianna", however, I can't say for sure.

[bds-duncan.livejournal.com]

Given the several uses of "Ercole" among the Gonzaga of Mantua in the 16th Century, I'd have to say Hercules would be period used in the same context - late Renaissance Italy; whether it would be appropriate in a wider context I don't know.

Jesse is certainly biblical, and I bet sufficient research would have turned up one or two period uses - though I'd bet its wider use is post-period among Protestant circles.

Gomez and Damian I have no clue on, and I'm tempted to say post-period on Hamish, the movie Braveheart aside - but I'm not certain.

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Not even the Kings of Northshield and the East will accept Braveheart as documentation. ;-)

[fosveny.livejournal.com]

The Princess Bride, now, that's another animal entirely.

[bds-duncan.livejournal.com]

Let us hope so!

[math5.livejournal.com]

So far...

[math5.livejournal.com]

Oh, and because I didn't believe it, I checked and Hercules is a fine French prenom.

[rhiannon14.livejournal.com]

I'll try!

Gomez - yes
Jesse- Biblical, so yes.
Hercules - I'm more familiar with the French Hercule, but I would guess yes. The popularity of Greek legends and writing in the Renaissance would seem to indicate that Greek names took on a new popularity then.
Damian - probably not
Hamish - no idea, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was another Victorian invention.

[anastasiav.livejournal.com]

Gomez: Didn't Columbus mention a sailor named Gomez on one of his ships? Period.

Jesse: Biblical

Hamish: I say no. Too obviously Victorian.

Hercules: I'm with the people that say used in Italy...

Damian: I know there is a form of it that is period in Greek. I'm saying yes, period - there is a saint, too, isn't there?

[industrialblues.livejournal.com]

Gomez - not sure, gonna say no

Jesse - He's in the bible, it is period.

Hamish - Scots variation on Seumas, ie Jacob. So probably, not sure when it first shows up in records.

Hercules - latinized Heracles. Most certainly period.

Damian - Greek and also period.

[farmhouse-ghost.livejournal.com]

I think Jesse is period. Isn't in the Bible?

Hercules -- not the way we say/spell it, although there might be a period Greek verison.

Damian and Hamish, probably a variant.

Gomez? probably not.

[janeelliot.livejournal.com]

Here's my guess:

Gomez - yes

Jesse - yes (my great-great grandmother's name was Jesse Long :-) )

Hamish - no

Hercules - yes

Damian - yes - there was a Saint Damian, wasn't there?