Flat-Nose, Stocky and Beautugly
James Davidson: Greek Names, 23 September 2010
A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names. Vol. V.A Coastal Asia Minor: Pontos to Ionia
edited by T. Corsten.
Oxford, 496 pp., £125, March 2010,978 0 19 956743 0 Show More
edited by T. Corsten.
Oxford, 496 pp., £125, March 2010,
“... of Elizabeths, Sarahs, Janes and variform Anns (Nancys, Nans and Hannahs), you would have the Christian names of something close to 80 per cent of the female population. There was a similar pattern with Johns. About one fifth of all males in the UK between 1800 and 1850 were christened John and the vast majority of the other men and boys around at the ... ”