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They were initially only used as given names but around the 16th century started to be used as surnames as well
They were initially only used as given names but around the 16th century started to be used as surnames as well


Some of them should use obsolete Azalic words (like our timeline has some names with obsolete Old English elements)
Some of them should use obsolete Azalic words (like our timeline has some names with obsolete Old English elements), e.g. Woughwise (wise in speaking)
===IE style compound names===
===IE style compound names===



Revision as of 12:48, 19 February 2022

Names from classical languages

Greek

Not as common as in our timeline

Roman

Hebrew

Some biblical names should be more popular than in our timeline e.g. Hephzibah

These names should also be common in Ăn Yidiș

Azalic names

They were initially only used as given names but around the 16th century started to be used as surnames as well

Some of them should use obsolete Azalic words (like our timeline has some names with obsolete Old English elements), e.g. Woughwise (wise in speaking)

IE style compound names

"Modern" names

Sometimes these are words for qualities or attributes, or natural objects, or animals

Names from other languages