by Sara L. Uckelman
known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael
© 2009-2013 Sara L. Uckelman; all rights reserved
last updated 18Oct2013
This database is an ongoing project indexing medieval names found in articles in the Medieval Names Archive and elsewhere. Any citations included here should be verified in the original sources. The pages generated by this database should NOT be used for documentation.
This project is still very much in the early stages. New data are being added on a regular basis, and I'm working on making the formatting look prettier (many thanks to Wenyeva atte grene for some help in that direction). Right now one known issue is that none of the accented characters are displaying correctly. I'm working on it.
| Century | Variant | Diminutive? | Language | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14thC | Beendict | Dutch | Male first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393 | |
| 14thC | Bendictus | Latin | Male first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393 | |
| 14thC | Bene | Y | Dutch | Male first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393 |
| 14thC | Beneken | Y | Dutch | Male first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393 |
| 14thC | Benekinus | Y | Dutch | Male first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393 |
| 14thC | Beniken | Y | Dutch | Male first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393 |
| 14thC | Beyndijn | Y | Dutch | Dutch Names 1358-1361 |
| Century | Variant | Diminutive? | Language | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13thC | Benedictus | Latin | Given Names from Early 13th Century England | |
| 14thC | Benedictus | Latin | Index of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax | |
| 16thC | Benedict | English | English Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions | |
| 16thC | Benedict | English | Late Sixteenth Century English Given Names | |
| 16thC | Bennet | English | Names in Chesham, 1538-1600/1 | |
| 16thC | Bennet | English | Names of Members of the Frobisher Voyages, 1576-1578 | |
| 16thC | Bennett | English | Late Sixteenth Century English Given Names |
| Century | Variant | Diminutive? | Language | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13thC | Beneoit | French | Names in the 1292 census of Paris | |
| 13thC | Benoet | French | Names in the 1292 census of Paris | |
| 13thC | Benoiet | French | Names in the 1292 census of Paris | |
| 15thC | Benoist | French | Names from Choisy, France, 1475-1478 | |
| 15thC | Benoit | French | French Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438 |
| Century | Variant | Diminutive? | Language | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14thC | Benusch | Y | German | Medieval German Given Names from Silesia |
| 15thC | Benedick | German | German Names from Nürnberg, 1497 | |
| 15thC | Benedickt | German | German Names from 1495 | |
| 15thC | Benedict | German | German Names from 1495 | |
| 15thC | Benedictus | Latin | Medieval German Given Names from Silesia | |
| 15thC | Benedikt | German | Late Period German Masculine Given Names | |
| 15thC | Benlin | Y | German | German Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441 |
| 15thC | Bentz | Y | German | German Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441 |
| 15thC | Benusch | Y | German | Medieval German Given Names from Silesia |
| 16thC | Benisch | Y | German | Medieval German Given Names from Silesia |
| Century | Variant | Diminutive? | Language | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14thC | Benedictus | Latin | Italian names from Imola, 1312 | |
| 14thC | Benedictus | Latin | Names from the Chronicon Spilimbergense | |
| 15thC | Benedecto | Italian | Italian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo | |
| 15thC | Benedetto | Italian | Names in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado | |
| 15thC | Benedetto | Italian | Names from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528 | |
| 15thC | Benedictus | Latin | Names from 15th Century Naples | |
| 15thC | Benetto | Italian | Fifteenth Century Venetian Masculine Names | |
| 15thC | Benetto | Y | Italian | Names in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado |
| 15thC | Bennetto | Y | Italian | Names in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado |
| 16thC | Benedetto | Italian | Names from Sixteenth Century Venice | |
| 16thC | Benetto | Y | Italian | Names from Sixteenth Century Venice |
| Century | Variant | Diminutive? | Language | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15thC | Benet | Catalan | Catalan Names from 15th-Century Barcelona | |
| 15thC | Benito | Y | Spanish | Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century |
| 16thC | Benet | Catalan | Catalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia | |
| 16thC | Beneyto | Catalan | Catalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia |
| Century | Variant | Diminutive? | Language | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12thC | Benedictus | Latin | 12th Century Swiss Names in Latin |