Pernelle

Pernelle or Peronelle is a French female given name that was used mainly in the late Middle Ages until the 17th century; other variants and writing styles are u. a. Péronelle , Perronelle and Perrenelle , in more southern areas also Peyronella . It is actually the diminutive of Peronne , Peronne and Perronne .

Originally the name is derived from the Latin en Petronilla (or Petronia); the Italian variant is Petronella . In Scandinavia , the name variants Pernille and Pernilla are very common to this day .

frequency

According to research by Sara L. Uckelman, the name was quite popular in the Middle Ages. In Paris in 1297 it appeared 92 times in the spelling Perronele , Perronnele and Perronnelle , making it one of the most popular female first names. In the Périgord in the period 1339-1367 the dialectal name variants Peyrona and Peyronella were the third most common name out of a total of 36 female first names.

Well-known namesake

• Péronelle de Chambon (1165–1224), wife of Guy II d'Auvergne (Guion II d'Auvernha; 1165–1222)
• Péronnelle de Thouars (around 1330-1397)
• Pernelle Flamel (also Perenelle ; 1320 (?) - 1397), wife of the alchemist Nicolas Flamel
• Pernelle Carron (* 1986), ice dancer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sara L. Uckelman: Names from 14th Century Périgueux , 2007, 2011, 2012 (accessed on 18 March 2019).
2. ^ French women's names from the 14th to the early 17th centuries according to a study by Sara L. Uckelman: Late Period French Feminine Names , 2005, 2009, 2012 (accessed March 18, 2019). The names come from tax documents and are sorted by frequency. Uckelman found the name Péronne three times between 1511 and 1560, once Perronne (1575) and once a presumably misspelled "Pelonne". The pet forms were somewhat more common: Pernelle five times (between 1413 and 1547), Peronelle three times (between 1399 and 1537), Perronnelle twice, Péronelle once (1508) and Perrenelle once (1460/64).
3. ↑ Sara L. Uckelman: DRAFT: Names in the 1292 census of Paris , May 12, 2013 (accessed March 18, 2019), p. 13. In Paris in 1297, Uckelman found the name in the writing styles Perronele , Perronnele and Perronnelle a total of 92 times.
4. ↑ Sara L. Uckelman: Names from 14th Century Périgueux , 2007, 2011, 2012 (accessed on 18 March 2019). In this study from the Périgord in the period 1339-1367, the dialectal name variants Peyrona and Peyronella occur; that was the third most common female name.
5. ↑ Sara L. Uckelman: Feminine Names from Artois, 1601 , 2002, 2004, 2009, 2013 (accessed on 18 March 2019). The name Péronne appears four times in this study.
6. ↑ Sara L. Uckelman: DRAFT: Names in the 1292 census of Paris , May 12, 2013 (accessed on 18 March 2019), p. 13
7. ↑ Sara L. Uckelman: Names from 14th Century Périgueux , 2007, 2011, 2012 (accessed on 18 March 2019).