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
14thCMachteldDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCMachteldenDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCMachteltDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCMechteldDutchFemale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCMechteltDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCMechthildeLatinFemale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCMetteYDutchFemale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
15thCMachteltDutch15th Century Dutch Names
15thCMechteltDutch15th Century Dutch Names
16thCMechteldDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
11thCMatheldLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
11thCMathilaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
11thCMathildLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
11thCMathildisLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
11thCMatildisLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
12thCMactildaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
12thCMactildisLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
12thCMahaldEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
12thCMahaltEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
12thCMahautEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
12thCMatildaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
12thCMatildisLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
12thCMatillisLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
12thCMautildEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMaghtild'LatinGiven Names from Early 13th Century England
13thCMaltEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMatildEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMatildaLatinGiven Names from Early 13th Century England
13thCMatildaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMatildisLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMatilldisLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMatillisLatinNames from 13th Century Northumberland
13thCMatillisLatinGiven Names from Early 13th Century England
13thCMatillisLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMaudEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMaudeEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMawteEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMazelinaYLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMoldEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMottYLatinGiven Names from Early 13th Century England
13thCMottYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMotteYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCMoudeEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCTillaYLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCTilloteYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCMateldisLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCMatelldisLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCMathildaLatinFeminine Given Names from Kent, 1302-1363
14thCMatildLatin14th Century Worcestershire Names
14thCMatildEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCMatildaLatinYorkshire Given Names from 1379
14thCMatildaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCMatildaLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCMatildisLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCMatillEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCMatilldisLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCMatillisLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCMaudEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
14thCMaudEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCMaudeEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCMaughtildEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCMauldEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCMohautEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCTilleYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCTillotYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCTyllotYLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
15thCMaldEnglishNames from 15th Century English Chancery Documents
15thCMatildaEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
15thCMatildaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
15thCMaudEnglishNames from 15th Century English Chancery Documents
15thCMauldEnglishNames from 15th Century English Chancery Documents
15thCMoldeEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
15thCMooldeEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCMadeEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMaldaLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMaldeEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMathildaEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCMatildaLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMatildaLatinNames found in Frocester, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCMatildaEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCMattieYEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMaudEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCMaudEnglishName Distribution in King's Stanley Marriages: 1573-1600
16thCMaudEnglishNames found in Charlton Kings, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1538-1600
16thCMaudEnglishNames found in Rangeworthy Bishops, Glouchestershire, Registers 1575-1600
16thCMaudEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCMaudeEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMaudeEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCMaudeEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCMaudeEnglishName Distribution in King's Stanley Marriages: 1573-1600
16thCMaudeEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCMawdEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMawdEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCMawdeEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMawdeEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCMawdeEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCMawdeEnglishAn Index to the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England
16thCMawdeEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCMawdydEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCModeEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCMoudeEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCMouldeEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCMowdeEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCMaheutFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCMathildisLatinFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCMatildisLatinFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCMehausFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCMehautFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
14thCMahautFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
14thCMahousFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
14thCMatildisLatinFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
14thCMehautFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
15thCMahaultFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCMahaultFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCMahaultFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
15thCMahautnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
15thCMahoutFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
15thCMehaultFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
15thCMehautFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
16thCMahautnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCMethildisLatinGerman Given Names 1200-1250
14thCMechthildGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCMeczeYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCMa[e]chthiltGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCMechtYGermanGerman Names from Kulmbach, 1495
15thCMechthildGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCMechthiltGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCMechtteltGermanGerman Names from 1495

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCMateldaLatinFeminine Given Names from Thirteenth Century Perugia
14thCMatheldaLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
15thCTeldaYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCMaddeScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCMaddyYScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCMadeScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCMadyYScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCMaudeScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCMavdeScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCMawdeScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCMeddeScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCMeddyYScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCMedeScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCMedyYScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names

Culture: Swiss

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCMatildisLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin

Culture: Welsh

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCMaltWelshWomen's Names in the First Half of 16th Century Wales
16thCMatildeAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCMatildeWelshWomen's Names in the First Half of 16th Century Wales
16thCMaudAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCMaudWelshWomen's Names in the First Half of 16th Century Wales
16thCMaudeAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCMaudeWelshWomen's Names in the First Half of 16th Century Wales