Cormac (was Re: [Mid] AoA)

> I'm new to this mailing list, from Mare Amethystinum. (Thunder
>Bay, Ontario) Still oficially wothout a name after two years, mabey one
>of you can help with that, I'm looking for a Celtic name, right now I'm
>leaning towards Cormac though I'm not sure if it is al all period.

I found Cormac in my copy of O Corrain and Maguire's _Irish Names_ (a
very reliable source). In addition to being the name of the legendary
Cormac mac Airt, it was also used by real people in Early Ireland. It's
definitely period.

You may want to decide which "flavor" of Celtic you want to be. "Celtic"
describes a family of languages/cultures, the most well known of which
are Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, but also includes Cornish, Manx (from
the Isle of Man), and a few others.

>As well as any last name you may have. The time period is about 800.

Ooh, very early. That's tough. With a persona that early the most likely
type of a "last name" would simply have been "Cormac [son of <X>]",
where <X> would be your father's name, and [son of <X>] would vary
depending on what specific flavor of Celtic you end up wanting to be.
Let's assume for the moment you decide on Irish. In that case, you would
most likely have been referred to as "Cormac mac <X>" or "Cormac o/ <X>"
(the / is above the o, and called a "fada") if <X> were the name of your
grandfather or an earlier ancestor. Also, I don't believe 'Cormac' is
the earliest form of the name, and you may want to think about an
earlier form (such as 'Cormacc').

Very few people have personas this early, so in a lot of ways you'll be
charting your own course. I hope this helps.

Dmitrii Volkovich

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