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A given name in Spanish, Aragonese and 1 more
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01 / Meaning & origin
Mencía is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, Aragonese and Galician.
Separate records with matching spellings: Mencia (Spanish), Mencïa (st-4c8d99de47), Méncia (st-713fa390e2)
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04 / Through time
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Mencia— “Sunday child (?), or adviser (?)”
…He died in 1024; and a still sterner disciplinarian afterwards bore the same name, that Dominico whom the pope beheld in a vision upbearing the Church as a pillar, and who did his utmost to extirpate the Albigenses; whose name is connected with the foundation of the Inquisition, and whose brotherhood spread wherever Rome’s dominion was owned. He is saint for namesakes out of Romanist lands, but in these it occurs, and has an Italian feminine, Domenica; for short, Menica.…
…He died in 1024; and a still sterner disciplinarian afterwards bore the same name, that Dominico whom the pope beheld in a vision upbearing the Church as a pillar, and who did his utmost to extirpate the Albigenses; whose name is connected with the foundation of the Inquisition, and whose brotherhood spread wherever Rome’s dominion was owned. He is saint for namesakes out of Romanist lands, but in these it occurs, and has an Italian feminine, Domenica; for short, Menica. Perhaps this likewise accounts for the Spanish Mendez and Mencia. This last may, however, be from Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, whose name has never been accounted for. It may be from some unknown language; but is sometimes supposed to be from _moneo_, to advise. Monique is rather a favourite with French peasants, and Moncha was Irish, but it has not been as common as it deserves.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VII (Names From Holy Days), Section V (Sunday Names) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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