Miranda and Merida

[lumineaux]

Yesterday, during a dull lunch hour, I found usable SCA documentation for Miranda in the "gray period" in Spain:

Miranda Miguel

Gender:  Female

Burial Date:

Burial Place:

Death Date:  10 Feb 1642

Death Place:  Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Batch: B86284-3
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FNMS-RL8)

The use of B- Batches from the Family Search Historical Records as documentation was approved in the January 2014 LoAR.


Also, following up on a request from a truly adorable 11-year old girl, I found documentation for Merida (from Brave if you've been living under an American pop culture rock):

As a given name:
Merida Daves

Marriage

Spouse's Name: Joane Kinge

Event Date: 29 Dec 1628

Event Place: Andover,Hampshire,England

Batch: M05807-2
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NVJS-6ZW)

Given that the Family Search convention is always to put the husband's name in the first line, and the wife's name in the "spouse" line, this is almost certainly a male name.  But I could be wrong.

As a late 16th cen. surname:

William Merida

Male
Marriage

Event Date: 12 Sep 1580

Event Place: St. Botoph Aldgate, London, England

Batch: M00080-4

(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NJQW-K3N)

Comments

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

I'd expect Merida to be a form of Meredudd, so male sounds right.

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

I couldn't figure out where a male Merida could have come from, but Meredudd makes a certain amount of sense.