I got it from a book called "Pangur Bán the White Cat" by
Fay Sampson. It's the name of the heroine Finnglas's horse.
Millicent has surely had a bajillion spelling variants over the years and I think the settling on
Millicent is totally arbitrary, and Mellisant is just as legit, considering the name derives from
Amalasuintha and Mellisant isn't more different from that than
Millicent is. It's even closer to
Mélisande /
Melisende. (I do not know why the link to
Mélisande does not work, but the link to
Melisende does, and it's linked properly from there)
I would probably use the nickname Mellie (or Melly, or Melli, not sure what spelling I like most). Not that my husband would ever have agreed to use the name, heh.
- mirfakThis message was edited 6/2/2015, 11:46 PM