by Sara L. Uckelman
known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael
© 2009-2013 Sara L. Uckelman; all rights reserved
last updated 18Oct2013
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.
| Century | Variant | Diminutive? | Language | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14thC | Bela | Latin | Female first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393 | |
| 14thC | Bele | Dutch | Female first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393 | |
| 14thC | Beligen | Y | Dutch | Dutch Names 1393-96 |
| 14thC | Belike | Y | Dutch | Dutch Names 1393-96 |
| 14thC | Beliken | Y | Dutch | Dutch Names 1393-96 |
| 14thC | Belitgen | Y | Dutch | Dutch Names 1393-96 |
| 14thC | Bely | Dutch | Dutch Names 1393-96 | |
| 15thC | Belij | Dutch | 15th Century Dutch Names | |
| 15thC | Belye | Dutch | 15th Century Dutch Names |
| Century | Variant | Diminutive? | Language | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12thC | Bele | English | Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames | |
| 13thC | Bele | English | Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames | |
| 13thC | Bella | Latin | Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames | |
| 13thC | Belle | English | Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames | |
| 16thC | Byle | English | English Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records | |
| 17thC | Beale | English | English Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records | |
| 17thC | Beeley | English | English Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records |
| Century | Variant | Diminutive? | Language | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15thC | Beela | Swedish | Swedish Feminine Given Names from SMP | |
| 15thC | Bela | Swedish | Swedish Feminine Given Names from SMP | |
| 15thC | Bele | Swedish | Swedish Feminine Given Names from SMP | |
| 15thC | Bæla | Swedish | Swedish Feminine Given Names from SMP | |
| 16thC | Bedle | Swedish | Swedish Feminine Given Names from SMP | |
| 16thC | Beela | Swedish | Swedish Feminine Given Names from SMP | |
| 16thC | Bella | Swedish | Swedish Feminine Given Names from SMP |