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: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCBenetEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCBennetEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCBeneoiteFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCBenoiteFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
14thCBenoiteFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCBenedictaGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCBenuschYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCBenadactaLatinFeminine Given Names from Thirteenth Century Perugia
15thCBenedettaItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427
15thCBenedettaItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCBenedettoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
16thCBenettaItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice

Culture: Swedish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCBeinctaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBeintaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBeinttæSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBenctaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBendictaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBendictoSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBendiktæSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBenedictaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBenedicteSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBenktoSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBæintoSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBændictaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBændictæSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCBænktoYSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBenchtaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBenctaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBenctoSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBenedictaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBenktaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBentaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBeynctaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBeynktaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBeyntoSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBæinctaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBæinktoSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBænctaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBæncthaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBænktaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBænktoYSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBænktæSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP