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
14thCLodewiicDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCLodewijcDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCLouysLatinMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
16thCLodewijckDutch15th Century Dutch Names
16thCLoyDutch15th Century Dutch Names

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCLevisEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCLewesEnglishName Distribution in King's Stanley Marriages: 1573-1600
16thCLewesEnglishNames found in Quedgeley, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCLewesEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCLewesEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCLewiYEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCLewisEnglishNames found in Charlton Kings, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1538-1600
16thCLewisEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCLewisEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCLodwickeEnglishNames found in Cam, Glouchestershire, Marriage Registers 1569-1600
16thCLudovicEnglishNames found in Quedgeley, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCLudwigEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCLooysFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCLoysFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCLoysetYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
14thCLoisFrenchFrench Names from Abbeville, 1388
15thCLouisFrenchNames from Paris, 1408-1449
15thCLouysFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCLouysFrenchNames from Paris, 1408-1449
15thCLouysetYFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCLoysFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
15thCLoysFrenchNames from Paris, 1408-1449
16thCLouisFrenchNames from Artois, 1601
16thCLouisFrenchSixteenth Century Norman Names
16thCLouisFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCLouysFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCLoysFrenchNames from a 1587 Tax Roll from Provins
16thCLoysFrenchNames from Sixteenth Century Picardy

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCLudewicusLatinGerman Given Names 1200-1250
13thCLudwigGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCLodewigGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCLodwigGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCLudewigGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCLudewigGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCLudwichGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCLudwigGermanGerman Names from Kulmbach, 1495
15thCLudwigGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCLudwigGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCLudwigGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCLudwigGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCLudwigGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCLudwigGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCLudwigGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCLudwigeGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCLu[e]dwigGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCAloysiusLatinFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCAluysioItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCLodovicoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
14thCLoysioItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCLudovicusLatinNames from the Chronicon Spilimbergense
14thCLuysioItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
15thCAlviseItalianFifteenth Century Venetian Masculine Names
15thCAlvisioItalianFifteenth Century Venetian Masculine Names
15thCLodovichoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCLodovicoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
15thCLodovicoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCLodovigoItalian15th Century Italian Men's Names
15thCLoisiusLatinNames from 15th Century Naples
15thCLoysiusLatinNames from 15th Century Naples
15thCLoysusLatinNames from 15th Century Naples
15thCLudovichoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCLudovicoItalian15th Century Italian Men's Names
15thCLudovicoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCLudovicusLatinNames from 15th Century Naples
15thCLudovicusLatinNames from the Chronicon Spilimbergense
15thCLudovigoItalian15th Century Italian Men's Names
15thCLuigiItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCLuigiItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
16thCAloisiusLatinNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCAlviseItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCLodovicoItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCLodovicoItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
16thCLodovicoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
16thCLuigiItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
17thCAloysiusItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCLluisPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century
16thCLoysPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCLuisPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCLuisPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century
16thCLuysPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCLuysPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCLoysScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCLluísCatalanCatalan Names from 15th-Century Barcelona
15thCLuisSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCLuisCatalanCatalan Names from 15th-Century Barcelona
15thCLuysSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
16thCAloyCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCLoisCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCLoysoCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCLuisSpanish16th Century Spanish Names
16thCLuisCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCLuisSpanishLate-Period Spanish Men's Names from Seville

Culture: Swiss

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCLodoicusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCLodovicusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCLoysLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCLudoicusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
14thC,15thCLudovicusLatin14th-15th C Given Names in Latin from Switzerland

Culture: Welsh

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCLewesAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCLewisWelshSome 16th & 17th C Welsh Masculine Names
16thCLewisAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCLewisEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCLodowickEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCLudwigEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
17thCLewisWelshSome 16th & 17th C Welsh Masculine Names