I have, what I think, is a very unusual name on one of my Berkshire One-Name-Studies: Melitis Sims Cripps STRATTON. Perhaps a silly question but does the name have any significance? Thanks Garry __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5998 (20110329) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:25:01 +1300 Garry F Bell <gazza@woosh.co.nz> wrote: Hello Garry, > I have, what I think, is a very unusual name on one of my Berkshire > One-Name-Studies: Melitis Sims Cripps STRATTON. Perhaps a silly > question but does the name have any significance? A medical term meaning inflammation of the cheek(s). -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" To the ends of the earth, you look for sense in it No Time To Be 21 - The Adverts

Hello Gary, Yes the name is used medically as Brad has pointed out, but there is more to this than that one usage. Mellitus was a Saint and Melitus is also used as a Surname and given name http://www.saintmellitushanwell.org.uk/History.html St Mellitus (died 24 April 624) was the first Bishop of London, the third Archbishop of Canterbury. So I would search in Dictionaries of Christian and Surnames and see if you can find others of this name. Do you know if the other names, Sims and Cripps are family names? Best wishes, Jill http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Garry F Bell Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 6:25 AM To: BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRK] Unusual Christian Names I have, what I think, is a very unusual name on one of my Berkshire One-Name-Studies: Melitis Sims Cripps STRATTON. Perhaps a silly question but does the name have any significance? Thanks Garry __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5998 (20110329) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message