A Small Collection of Medieval Onomastic Articles

Basque

• Basque Feminine Names

Carolingian

• Masculine & Feminine Names from the Carolingian Line, c.700-c.900 AD

Dutch

• Dutch Names, 1358-1361
• Dutch Names, 1393-1396
• 15th Century Dutch Names
• Names from Leyden, 1463-1464
• Dutch Names in Latin Contexts, 1542
• Names from Antwerp, 1443-1561
• Dutch Given Names from 1573
• Names from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

English

• 12th & 13th Century Textile Surnames
• Feminine names from Devon, 1238
• Index of Names in the 1292 Subsidy Roll of London
• Names from 13th Century Northumberland
• Names in the Yorkshire Lay Subsidy of 1301
• Names in the 1319 Subsidy Roll of London
• Middle English Bynames in Early Fourteenth-Century London
• 14th Century Worcestershire Names
• Index of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
• Feminine names from 14th C Exeter
• Surnames from Exeter, 1489
• 16th Century Gloucestershire Names
• Names found in Maisemore, Gloucestershire Registers 1538-1600
• Names found in the Berkeley Hundred Court Rolls, 1543
• Names found in Frocester, Gloucestershire
• Names from Rangeworthy Bishops, Gloucestershire
• Names found in Ormskirk, Lancashire
• Dictionary of Tudor London Names
• English Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

French

• Names in the 1292 census of Paris
• Names from 13th- and 14th-Century Latin Records from Gascony
• Names from 14th C Périgueux
• Feminine Names from Aosta, 1337 and 1351
• Occitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
• Names Found in Commercial Documents from Bordeaux, 1470-1520
• French Names From Paris, 1421, 1423 & 1438
• French Names from Chastenay, 1448-1457
• Names from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
• Names from a 1587 Tax Roll from Provins
• Names Found in a French Marriage Register, 1595
• Late Period French Feminine Names
• Names from Artois, 1601

German

• 15th & 16th C Low German Men's Names from Mecklenburg
• Low German Names from Hamburg, 1492-1529
• German Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
• German Names from 1495
• German Names from Kulmbach, 1495
• German Names From Nürnberg, 1497
• Women's Surnames in 15th- and 16th-Century Germany
• German Place Names from a 16th C Czech Register

Greek

• 10th-11th C Greek Given Names from Naples

Italian

• A handful of early southern Italian feminine names
• Italian names from Imola, 1312
• Italian Given Names from the Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532
• Names from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
• Names from 15th Century Naples
• Italian Masculine Given Names from 15th-century Viterbo
• Masculine/feminine given name pairs from the 1427 Catasto of Florence
• Venetian Masculine Names
• Names of 15th-early 17th C Italian Jews
• Early 15th-Early 17th C Italian Names

Jewish

• Jewish Names from 9th C Venosa
• Jewish Given Names found in Les Noms des Israélites en France - updated
• Names of 15th-early 17th C Italian Jews

Latvian

• Medieval Latvian Given Names - In process, new data added regularly!

Merovingian

• Masculine & Feminine Names from the Merovingian Royal Line, c.400-c.600 AD

Norse

• A Simple Guide to Creating Old Norse Names
• Viking Names Found in the Landnámabók
• Viking Bynames Found in the Landnámabók

Persian

• Persian Feminine Names

Polish

• Polish Feminine Names 1600-1650

Portuguese

• Portuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565

Roman

• A Simple Guide to Classical Roman Naming Practices

Romanian

• Names from the Royal Lines of Moldavia & Wallachia

Scots

• 15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
• Names of women mentioned in the Perth Guildry Book 1464-1598
• Index of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
• Names from the Shetland Isles

Spanish

• Leonese Men's Names from 1313
• Leonese Names from the First Half of the 14th Century
• Catalan Names from 15th-Century Barcelona
• Spanish Names from the Inquisition Trials of Ciudad Real, 1483-1513
• Late-Period Spanish Men's Names from Seville
• Spanish Names from Jaén, 1495
• Catalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia

Swedish

• Late Period Swedish Feminine Given Names from SMP

Swiss

• 12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
• 14th-15th C Given Names in Latin from Switzerland
• 14th-16th C Names from Valais, Switzerland
• 15th Century Men's Names in Latin from Payerne, Switzerland

Welsh

• Welsh Names from the Proceedings of the Court at Castle Leon, 1497"
• Some 16th & 17th C Welsh Masculine Names

Miscellaneous

• Aryanhwy's list of wholly documentable joke names
• Concerning the names Rowen, Rowena, and Rhonwen
• Concerning the name Cordelia
• Annotated Bibliography of Latvian & Lithuanian Name Books
• Names of Castles found in Troubadour Lyrics
• Merchant Ship Names in the 13th-15th centuries
• Names of Ships in the VOC between 1597 and 1650
• Pre-1600 Place Names Citation in The Barony of Ballinacor

Last updated 19 April 2012.