These names come from what looks to be a tax or payment record from c.1340, written in a combination of Dutch and Latin. The names found therein display a wide range of forms, mixing Dutch and Latin and Latinized Dutch elements all within a single name. Most people are not identified by the usual name + patronymic byname ending in -soon structure that is found in later Dutch records; rather, someone named Arnold, a weaver, the son of William might have been known as Arnoldus Willelmus; Arnoldus, zoon van Willelmus; Arnoldus de Wever; Arnoldus Willelmus de Wever; or Arnoldus Textoris. Some people were referenced simply by their given name.
Women showed up fairly frequently, both in their own rights, and as other people's mothers. Their names showed the same variety as the men's; a woman could be known as someone's daughter, someone's widow, or with a descriptive or locative byname of her own.
I have tried to maintain a general idea of the frequencies at which these various names and structures occurred.
Name | number of occurences | full entry |
Aleydis | 8 | Aleydis Danielis |
Aleydis Godescalcus | ||
Aleydis Quadeneyen | ||
Aleydis Smids (Fabri) | ||
Aleydis van Wedeloghe | ||
Aleydis Willelmus de Wijntapper (Vinitatoris) | ||
Aleydis, docher van Theodoricus Stockelmans | ||
Aleydis, weduwe van Willelmus Quadenei | ||
Aleyd | 1 | Aleyd Godescalcus van de waag (statherus) |
Aleyda | 1 | Aleyda Alardus |
Name | number of occurences | full entry |
Arnoldus | 19 | Arnoldus |
Arnoldus Curinc | ||
Arnoldus de Keizer (Cesar) | ||
Arnoldus de Snijder (Sartor) van Oerle | ||
Arnoldus de Volder (Fulonis) | ||
Arnoldus Donversaghet | ||
Arnoldus Ghenekinus | ||
Arnoldus Marsant | ||
Arnoldus Nonden | ||
Arnoldus Oda, van de hof van Kemerlincs | ||
Arnoldus Steeyn | ||
Arnoldus van Assebe | ||
Arnoldus van Lie(m)beke | ||
Arnoldus van Sceyen | ||
Arnoldus van Steyne | ||
Arnoldus verwante | ||
Arnoldus, genaamd Vrier | ||
Arnoldus, zoon van de Stier (Tauri) | ||
Arnoldus, zoon van Henricus de Molenaar (Molendinarius) | ||
Arnoldus, zoon van Leita | ||
Andreas | 1 | Andreas de Smid (Faber) |
Andries | 1 | Andries Vkeman |