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
14thCAncelDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCAnseLatinMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCAnsemDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCAnsemanDutchMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCAssoDutchMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
15thCAnsenDutch15th Century Dutch Names
15thCAnssemDutch15th Century Dutch Names

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCAnsellEnglishNames found in Quedgeley, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCAnselmusLatinNames found in Frocester, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCAuncellEnglishName Distribution in King's Stanley Marriages: 1573-1600

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCAncelFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCAnciausFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCAnselFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCAnselFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCAnseletYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCAnsellFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCAnsellusLatinMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCAnselmusLatinMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCAnsiauFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCAnsiausFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCAnssiellFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
15thCAnceletYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCAnselmGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
13thCAnshelmusLatinGerman Given Names 1200-1250
15thCAnßhelmGermanGerman Names from 1495

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCAnselminusYLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCAnselmoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
14thCAnselmusLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
15thCAnselmeItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCAnselmoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCAnsettoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCAnselmoSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century

Culture: Swiss

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCAngelmusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCAnsellusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCAnselmusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCAnselmusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCAntelmusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
14thC,15thCAnsermodusYLatin14th-15th C Given Names in Latin from Switzerland