RN #201 Welsh Name Analysis

Welsh names as recorded in history represent a window into the culture and language of this Celtic people.  A particular clan system (family) and  tribal organization is represented  among the names recorded.  This notebook contains my research into this Welsh naming process recorded upon the pages of history.   The alphabet and naming method was analyzed from the names 470's to 790's.  The Welsh language was being formed during this period.  How the name was used and recorded was grouped by its organization. (Spelling and word order.)

There were 355 historic Welsh  names recorded during this period.  Word (name) order was:

"name" ap "name" recorded 161 times = 45%
     eg. Griffith ap Res

"name" "qualifier" recorded 68 times = 19%
     eg, Yevan Gogh

"name" ap "name" ap "name" recorded 63 times = 18%
     eg. Yevan ap Howel ap Kenn

"name" ap "name" "qualifer" recorded 20 times = 6%
     eg. William ap Yevan Lippa

"qualifer" "name" ap "name" "qualifier" recorded 16 times = 5%

There were additional forms and name order.  A detailed chronology of these names, their alphabet, and word order is contained.  My research over many years.

RN # 7.B Welsh Language Study

My attempt to study the Welsh language using their naming system.

Order of Welsh alphabet. [No J, K, Q, V, X, or Z]
Mutations. [Where a previous word can affect the beginning of a following word.]
Comparing words in Greek, Latin, French, and Welsh.
Key Welsh adjectives.
Alphabetical list of Welsh names used 29 Edward I, 1301...from Gogan ap Adam...to...Lewelyn ap Yervorth.

Names taken from Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward I, Vol. 3, p.566-568.

For a discussion of Welsh genealogy see: http://welshgenealogy.blogspot.com .

RN # 7A. Welsh Names : A Language Study

After a few years, the number of notebooks began to multiply.  Having outlined a series of notebooks by subject [1,2,3,... etc.], I had to add additional notebooks dealing with the same topic.  Thus, the A, B, C,...etc. was added to the number that was already used, if it dealt with the same subject or topic.  Therefore, RN # 7 dealt with Welsh literature.  RN # 7A. dealt with Welsh names and naming used in the literature.

This notebook is my attempt to study Welsh names as they began to appear and be utilized in the English records.  It contains:

Welsh mutations.
Welsh adjectives.
The Annales Cambriae 447-954 AD
Listing of Welsh/Anglo-Saxon literature.
Listing of Heraldic Collections. Wales
An Analysis of Welsh Names Recorded in Patent Rolls 1300 AD - by Alphabet
Welsh abbreviation (from College of Arms - England)
List of Territorial Divisions of Bygone Wales.
Guide to Welsh origins of place names in Britain. (Ordnance Survey)
Alphabetical listing Welsh names in study.  1300 AD