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
16thCBarbaraDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCBarbeYDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCBabbeYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
12thCBarbetaYLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
12thCBarbettaYLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCBabelYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCBabethYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCBarbataYLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCBarberellaYLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCBarbotYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCBarbotaYLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCBarbaraEnglishNames found in Minchinhampton, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1566-1600
16thCBarbaraEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCBarbaraEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCBarbaraEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCBarbareEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCBarbariaLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCBarbarieEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCBarbarowEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCBarbaroweEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCBarbaryEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCBarbaryeEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCBarbereEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCBarberowEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCBarberoweEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCBarberyEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCBarberyEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCBarbraEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCBarbaraEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCBarbarayeEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCBarbariaLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCBarbarieEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCBarbaryEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCBarbaryeEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCBarberieEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCBerbarieEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCBarbeYnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCBarbeYFrenchSixteenth Century Norman Names
16thCBarbeYnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
17thCBarbeYnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCBarbYGermanGerman Names from Kulmbach, 1495
15thCBarbYGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCBarbGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCBarbYGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCBarbaYGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCBarbaraGermanGerman Names from Kulmbach, 1495
15thCBarbaraGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCBarbaraGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCBarbaraGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCBarbaraGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCBarbarraGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCBarbelYGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCBarbelYGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCBarbelinYGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCBarberaGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCBerbelinYGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCBerberinYGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCBerbleinYGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCBerblinYGermanGerman Names from 1495

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCBarbaYItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427
15thCBarbaraItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427
15thCBarbaraLatinNames from the Chronicon Spilimbergense
15thCBarberaItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427
16thCBarbaraItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCBarbaraPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCBarboraPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565

Culture: Russian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCBalbaraRussianA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (2nd ed.)
16thCBarbaraRussianA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (2nd ed.)

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCBarbaraScotsNames of women mentioned in the Perth Guildry Book 1464-1598
16thCBarbaraScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCBarberaCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCBarbolaSpanish16th Century Spanish Names

Culture: Swedish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCBarbaraSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBarbareSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBarabradhSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBarbaraSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBarbraSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBarebroSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBarrebraSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
16thCBarbraSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP