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
16thCGillineYDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCGiliaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
12thCGillotaYLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCEgidiaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCGiliaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCGillotYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCGylyEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCGileFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGileiteYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGileteYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGilleFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGilleiteYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGilletYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGilonYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
14thCGileFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
14thCGileéFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
14thCGilessonYFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
14thCGiletaYOccitanNames from Périgueux, 1339-1340
14thCGileteYFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
14thCGyléeFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
15thCGiletteYFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
15thCGillesnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
15thCGilletteYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCGilletteYnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
15thCGilletteYFrenchNames from Paris, 1408-1449
15thCGilotteYFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
16thCGiletteYnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCGillesnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCGilletteYnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCGilletteYDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCGilonYnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCEgidiaLatinFeminine Given Names from Thirteenth Century Perugia
13thCGiliaLatinFeminine Given Names from Thirteenth Century Perugia
14thCGiliaLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
15thCGhillaItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427
15thCGhillaItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCGiliaItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427
15thCGillaItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCEgidiaScotsA List of Feminine Personal Names Found in Scottish Records
16thCGeleisScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCGelisScotsNames of women mentioned in the Perth Guildry Book 1464-1598
16thCGelisScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCGillisScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names