16th century Female Name Rota?

[charmaine]

Hi,

I'm searching in the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore baptism records for Florence. I keep coming across the name what looks like Rota, usually as a second or middle name. I've never seen it before. I may be misreading the "t" in the script. Below is a screen shot. And here is the link to the page
https://battesimi.duomo.firenze.it/registri/227 Carte 18r

Rota.JPG

Thanks for any help you can give!

Charmaine

[PippoM]

Might it be a reference to the fact that they were found in the R(u)ota=Wheel?

[charmaine]

PippoM,

What does that mean, being found in the wheel?

Here is another snippet. To me, it looks like it would be a middle name.

Rota.JPG

[mmogno]

Might it be a reference to the fact that they were found in the R(u)ota=Wheel?

Non credo, perché c'è anche la paternità.

[charmaine]

I agree mmogno. It has to be a name, but I don't recognize it, unless it's an abbreviation.