{"id":1382,"date":"2018-01-04T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workingwithgold.org.uk\/?p=1382"},"modified":"2018-12-14T14:34:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T14:34:41","slug":"whats-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/whats-in-a-name\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in a name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been many <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Eligius\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">versions of St Loye through the ages<\/a>.&nbsp;He signed himself Eligius, the Latin form of his name, which comes from <em>eligere<\/em> meaning to choose. Here&#8217;s an example of his signature.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Eligius#\/media\/File:Signature_of_St_Eloy_Eligius_Financier_and_Minister_to_Dagobert_I_from_the_Charter_of_Foundation_of_the_Abbey_of_Solignac_Mabillon_Da_Re_Diplomatica.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1393\" src=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Signature_of_St_Eloy_Eligius_Financier_and_Minister_to_Dagobert_I_from_the_Charter_of_Foundation_of_the_Abbey_of_Solignac_Mabillon_Da_Re_Diplomatica.png\" alt=\"Signature of St Loye\" width=\"1567\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Signature_of_St_Eloy_Eligius_Financier_and_Minister_to_Dagobert_I_from_the_Charter_of_Foundation_of_the_Abbey_of_Solignac_Mabillon_Da_Re_Diplomatica.png 1567w, https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Signature_of_St_Eloy_Eligius_Financier_and_Minister_to_Dagobert_I_from_the_Charter_of_Foundation_of_the_Abbey_of_Solignac_Mabillon_Da_Re_Diplomatica-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Signature_of_St_Eloy_Eligius_Financier_and_Minister_to_Dagobert_I_from_the_Charter_of_Foundation_of_the_Abbey_of_Solignac_Mabillon_Da_Re_Diplomatica-768x215.png 768w, https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-content\/uploads\/Signature_of_St_Eloy_Eligius_Financier_and_Minister_to_Dagobert_I_from_the_Charter_of_Foundation_of_the_Abbey_of_Solignac_Mabillon_Da_Re_Diplomatica-1024x286.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1567px) 100vw, 1567px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Loye also appears as Eloy, \u00c9loy, \u00c9loi and Loy. Other variants of Eligius include&nbsp;Eligio and Eligiusz. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.babynamespedia.com\/meaning\/Eligius\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Would you call your child Eligius?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My name is Clare, but is often mis-spelled Claire. Then there are the variants Clair, Clara, Klara, Chiara, Clarissa, Chiara, and so on. The Irish County Clare comes from the name of a small bridge. Otherwise, Clare and the others come from the Latin for clear or bright.<\/p>\n<p>What about your name? What are its origins and what does it mean?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been many versions of St Loye through the ages.&nbsp;He signed himself Eligius, the Latin form of his name, which comes from eligere meaning to choose. Here&#8217;s an example of his signature.&nbsp; Loye also appears as Eloy, \u00c9loy, \u00c9loi and Loy. Other variants of Eligius include&nbsp;Eligio and Eligiusz. Would you call your child Eligius? &#8230; <a title=\"What&#8217;s in a name?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/whats-in-a-name\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What&#8217;s in a name?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-st-loye"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}