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: Croatian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCPavaomodern CroatianEarly Croatian Given Names
14thCPavaomodern CroatianEarly Croatian Given Names

Culture: Dutch

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCPaulusLatinMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCPawelDutchMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCPouwelsDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCPouwelsDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCPouwlesDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCPowelsDutchDutch Names 1393-96
16thCPaulDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCPaulusDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCPauwelsDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCPouwelsDutch15th Century Dutch Names

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCPawelinusYLatinGiven Names from Early 13th Century England
14thCPaulinusYLatin14th Century Worcestershire Names
16thCPaulEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCPaulEnglishNames of Members of the Frobisher Voyages, 1576-1578
16thCPaulEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCPaul'sLatinNames found in Frocester, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCPaullEnglishNames of Soldiers from Kent, 1595
16thCPawllEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCPowleEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCPauleFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCPolFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
16thCPaoulFrenchNames from Sixteenth Century Picardy
16thCPaulFrenchNames from a 1587 Tax Roll from Provins
16thCPaulFrenchNames from Artois, 1601
16thCPolleFrenchNames from Artois, 1601

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCPaschkeYSlavicMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCPaulGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
14thCPaulGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCPaulusLatinMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCPauwelGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCPawelGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCPawilGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCPaschkeYSlavicMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCPaschkewiczYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCPauelGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCPaulGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCPaulGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCPaulGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCPauleGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCPauleGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCPaulßGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCPaulsGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCPaulusLatinGerman Names from Kosice, 1300 - 1500
15thCPaulusGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCPaulusGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCPaulußGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCPaulusLatinMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCPauwelGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCPawelGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCPawilGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCPawllGermanGerman Names from 1495
16thCPaulGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCPaolinoYItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCPaoloItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
15thCPagholoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCPaholoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCPaoloItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCPaoloItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCPauloItalianFifteenth Century Venetian Masculine Names
15thCPauloItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
15thCPauloccioYItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
15thCPaulusLatinNames from 15th Century Naples
15thCPoloItalianFifteenth Century Venetian Masculine Names
16thCPaoloItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCPaulItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
16thCPauloItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCPauloItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
16thCPavoloItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCPallosPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century
16thCPalosPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century
16thCPaullPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century
16thCPaulloPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCPaulloPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century
16thCPauloPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCPelasPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century
16thCPellasPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCPauleScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCPaullScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCPabloSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
16thCPabloSpanish16th Century Spanish Names
16thCPauCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia