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Elsbeth Anne Roth	2000.01	[Mercedes] The submitter documented the given name from De Felice, I Nomi Degli Italiani; however, De Felice notes that Mercedes entered Italy from Spain. Because Mercedes is not found in Spain until well after 1600, the name could not have been found in period Italy. [Mercedes Amici, 01/00, R-Æthelmearc]
Jaelle of Armida	1998.09	[Mercedes de Cerdaña] Unfortunately, no documentation has been presented, and none could be found to show Mercedes as a period given name. The best that was found was María de las Mercedes, from 1690. This is well past our grey area, and does not even document Mercedes as a stand alone name. Barring documentation that Mercedes was used as a given name in period, this must be returned. (Jaelle of Armida, LoAR September 1998)

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Da'ud ibn Auda (2nd tenure, 2nd year)

1996.04

[Isabeau Michaela Hawke (submitted as Mikaela)] Even as Michaela the name is somewhat problematic, since no one has yet demonstrated that it was actually used in period. In the earlier Middle Ages it may have been a Latin documentary feminine form for a woman named Michael, but there is neither evidence nor good argument for its use at the end of our period. Nevertheless, we have recently (12/95, Michaela della Isola, Middle) given it the benefit of the doubt, so we are unwilling to return it outright. To minimize the anomalies while doing the least possible violence to the name, we have therefore simply substituted the more standard spelling. (Talan Gwynek, LoAR April 1996, p. 3)