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[Facts] Tareija and Biringeira

by overtheclouds

7/15/2012, 10:04 AM

Biringeira and Tareija (with the variant Tareyja) are attested here as names of Portuguese women who lived in 14th and 15th centuries: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/portuguese/

Could anyone tell me their meanings? I'm guessing that Biringeira is related to Berengaria but I have no idea about Tareija.

#Biringeira #Tareija

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- overtheclouds

7/18/2012, 5:57 AM

I've just discovered that Tareija is probably another form of Theresa. This article on 14th century Spanish Leonese names gives Tareisa and Tareysa as forms of Theresa: http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/spanish/leonfarmer.html. They could easily have become Tareija/Tareyja in Portuguese. And Biringeira is definitely a form of Berengaria.

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