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.

Culture: Dutch

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCCoepYDutchMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCCopYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCCopYDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCCopikenYDutchMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCCopkenYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCCopkenYDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCCopkiinYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCCopkijnYDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCCopkinYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCCoppeYDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCCoppekinusYDutchMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCCoppenYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCCoppiinYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCCoppiinYDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCCoppijnYDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCCoppinYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCIacobDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCIacobDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCJackeYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCJackelYDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCJackenYDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCJacobDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCJacobDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCJacobusLatinMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCJacopDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCJacopDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
16thCCoppenYDutch15th Century Dutch Names
16thCJacobDutch15th Century Dutch Names
16thCJacobDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCJacquesDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCJacquesDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCJacobusLatinNames from 13th Century Northumberland
13thCJamesFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
14thCJacobusLatin14th Century Worcestershire Names
14thCJacobusLatinYorkshire Given Names from 1379
14thCJacobusLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
15thCJamesEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCJacobEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCJacobusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCJacobusLatinNames found in Frocester, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCJaimesEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCJakysEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCJameEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCJamesEnglishNames found in the Berkeley Hundred Court Rolls
16thCJamesEnglishName Distribution in King's Stanley Marriages: 1573-1600
16thCJamesEnglishNames found in Cam, Glouchestershire, Marriage Registers 1569-1600
16thCJamesEnglishNames found in Minchinhampton, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1566-1600
16thCJamesEnglishNames found in Quedgeley, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCJamesEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCJamesEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCJamesEnglishNames of Members of the Frobisher Voyages, 1576-1578
16thCJamesEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCJamesEnglishAn Index to the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England
16thCJamesEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCJamesEnglishNames of Soldiers from Kent, 1595
16thCJamisEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCJamisEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCJamsEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCJamysEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCJamysEnglishAn Index to the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England
16thCJeamesEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCJhamisEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
17thCJacobEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCJacobusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCJamesEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCJamsEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCJaymesEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCCopinYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCJacobFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCJacqueminYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCJacquesFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCJacquiersFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCJameFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCJaqueFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCJaquemarsYFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCJaquemartYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCJaquemartYFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCJaqueminYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCJaqueminYFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCJaquemonYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCJaquesFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCJaquesFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCJaquetYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCJaquierFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
14thCJacmeOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
14thCJacobusLatinNames from 13th- and 14th-Century Latin Records from Gascony
14thCJacquesFrenchFrench Names from Abbeville, 1388
14thCJacquetYFrenchFrench Names from Abbeville, 1388
14thCJaquesFrenchFrench Names from Abbeville, 1388
15thCJacobFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCJacobusLatinSome Names in Latin from an Occitan document, circa 1442
15thCJacotinYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCJacqueminYFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCJacquesFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCJacquesFrenchNames from Paris, 1408-1449
15thCJacquetYFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCJacquetYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCJacquotYFrenchNames from Paris, 1408-1449
15thCJametYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCJaqueminYFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCJaqueminYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCJaquesYFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCJaquesFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCJaquetYFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCJaquetYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCJaquinYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCJaquinotYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCJaquobYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCJaquotYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
16thCJacobFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCJacqesFrenchNames from Artois, 1601
16thCJacquesFrenchNames from a 1587 Tax Roll from Provins
16thCJacquesFrenchNames found in a French Marriage Register, 1595
16thCJacquesFrenchNames from Artois, 1601
16thCJacquesFrenchSixteenth Century Norman Names
16thCJacquesFrenchNames from Sixteenth Century Picardy
16thCJacquesFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCJacquesDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCJametYFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCJaquesFrenchNames from Artois, 1601
16thCJaquesFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCJocobFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCJacobGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCJacobGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCJacobusLatinGerman Names from Kosice, 1300 - 1500
14thCJakobGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
14thCJakuschYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCJekelYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCJekilYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCJocobGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCJocopGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCJackobGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCJacobGermanGerman Names from Kulmbach, 1495
15thCJacobGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCJacobGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCJacobGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCJacobGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCJacobusLatinGerman Names from Kosice, 1300 - 1500
15thCJacoppGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCJacubGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCJakobGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCJeckYGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCJeckelYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCJeckleinYGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCJecklinYGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCJeklYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCJocobGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCJocoffGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCJokoffGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
16thCJacobGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
16thCJakobGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
16thCJekliYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
16thCJocofGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
16thCJocoffGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCBolezinoYItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCGiacomoItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCIacobinoYItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCIacobusLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCIacopoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
14thCJacobelloYItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCJacobellusYLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCJacobinoYItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCJacobinusYLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCJacoboItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCJacobuciusYLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCJacobusLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCJacobusLatinNames from the Chronicon Spilimbergense
14thCJacomeloYItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCJacopoItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCLappusYLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCLapusYLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCPuzinelloYItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
15thCCoppinoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCCoppoYItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
15thCCoppoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCGiaccoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCGiacoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCGiacominoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCGiacomoItalianFifteenth Century Venetian Masculine Names
15thCGiacomoItalian15th Century Italian Men's Names
15thCGiacomoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCIacoboItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCIacobusLatinNames from 15th Century Naples
15thCIacomelloYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCIacominoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCIacomoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCIacopinoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCIacopoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
15thCIacopoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCIacoponeYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCIacovoItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
15thCJachopoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCJacobusLatin15th Century Italian Men's Names
15thCJacobusLatinNames from 15th Century Naples
15thCJacobusLatinNames from the Chronicon Spilimbergense
15thCJacomoItalian15th Century Italian Men's Names
15thCJacopoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCLapaccinoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCLapinoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCLapoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCLappoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCLapuccioYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCPuccinoYItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
15thCPuccioYItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
16thCGiacomoItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCIacomoItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCIacopoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
16thCIacovoItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
16thCJacomoItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCJacopoItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCZagoItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCJacomePortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCJaquesPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCIamesScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
14thCIamesScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
14thCIamysScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
15thCIamesScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCJameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCJamesScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCJamesScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCJamysScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCCopinYScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCIacobScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCIameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCIamesScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCJacobScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCJacobScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCJacobusLatinIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCJakkisYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCJameScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCJameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCJamesScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCJamesScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCJamieYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCJamisScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCIameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCIamesScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCJamesScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCJacomeSpanishLeonese Names from the First Half of the 14th Century
15thCJacmeCatalanCatalan Names from 15th-Century Barcelona
15thCJacoboSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCJaimeSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCJaumeCatalanCatalan Names from 15th-Century Barcelona
15thCJaymeSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
16thCEyagueSpanish16th Century Spanish Names
16thCJacmeCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCJacoboCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCJaimeSpanish16th Century Spanish Names
16thCJaumeCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia

Culture: Swiss

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCJacomedLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
14thC,15thCJacobusLatin14th-15th C Given Names in Latin from Switzerland
14thC,15thCJaqueriusLatin14th-15th C Given Names in Latin from Switzerland
14thC,15thCJaquerodusYLatin14th-15th C Given Names in Latin from Switzerland
14thC,15thCJaquetusYLatin14th-15th C Given Names in Latin from Switzerland

Culture: Welsh

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCIagoAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
13thCIagovAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
13thCYagoAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
13thCYagovAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
16thCJamesWelshSome 16th & 17th C Welsh Masculine Names
16thCJamesAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)