Please could anyone help me with the name ARRAGITTA of 1786 then later in 1816 spelt as HAJARETTA. This forename is to be found within the Parish Registers of Shorthampton, Oxfordshire England. Any help would be most appreciated. Peter W Tyrrell.

> Please could anyone help me with the name ARRAGITTA of 1786 then later in > 1816 spelt as HAJARETTA. This forename is to be found within the Parish > Registers of Shorthampton, Oxfordshire England. > Gosh! It's quite a shift from Arragitta to Hajaretta! -ita is a Spanish female-diminutive (from which we get our -etta of course, probably via French -ette), so I wonder if Arragitta was a pet-form of Erica. That doesn't help with Hajar-etta, of course. Gordon