Etymology

Two kings of York, Peredur and Gurci.

Talorc (or Talorcan) was a popular name among Pictish kings. . .

The founder of the northern kingdom of Bernicia. . .

Corsoldus, a Frisian king.

A place mentioned in Nennius.

An outlier idea about this Mercian king.

A Pannonian tribe who flourished in the Greco-Roman days. . .

Could this name be of Phoenician origin? The name in fact means ‘Geirr’s island’, a clearly Norse name. However the close similarity between Jersey and Caesaria, the Roman name for an important island in this area, leads many to believe that this Geirr is a ghost and the Norse name is in fact a folk-etymology…