Mystery Monday: Fogueta

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Today’s name is a Catalan feminine name found in Valencia in 1510:

Fogueta

We’re not sure if this is a given name or a byname — the entry simply reads na Fogueta, vídua (V sous). The masculine form Foguet is a modern Catalonian byname, and foguet as a word is the 3rd person preterite of the word “to be” in Occitan. So, a lot of interesting hints, but no clear story. Anyone care to weight in with their thoughts? Please share them in the comments!

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One response to “Mystery Monday: Fogueta

  1. Diego

    I’d say this is the feminine of the surname Foguet (Folget, Fogeth) found in Catalonia since the 11th c. Compare “lo honorable Joan Foguet pages fill legitim y natural des honorables en Joseph Foguet pages y de la honesta na Magdalena Fogueta muller de aquell”.

    https://books.google.com/books?id=8EYhAQAAIAAJ&q=%22fogueta%22

    Against this: most female names with the personal article na mentioned in the Cens are given either in the form na + first name + surname, or na + first name only (e.g. “na Beatriu”, “na Catherina”). But there are a few cases of na + surname, e.g. “na Figueres” on p. 224.

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