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
14thCElenDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
16thCHelenaDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCElenaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCElenaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCEleynEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCEllenEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCHelenaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCHeleneEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCHeleyneEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCElenLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCElenaLatinFeminine Given Names from Kent, 1302-1363
14thCElenaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCElenaLatinYorkshire Given Names from 1379
14thCElenaLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCEllenEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCEllenEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
14thCEllotYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCEllotaYLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCElotaYLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCElynaLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCHelenaLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
15thCHelenEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
15thCHelenEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCElenEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCElenEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCElenEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCElenEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCElenaLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCElenaEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCEleneEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCEleneEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCEleneEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCElinEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCElinEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCElinaLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCElineEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCElineEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCElineEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCElinnEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCEllanEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCEllenEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCEllenEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCEllenEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCEllenEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCEllenaEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCElleneEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCEllennEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCEllinEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCEllinEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCEllinEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCEllinEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCEllinaEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCEllineEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCEllinnEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCEllonEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCEllynEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCEllynEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCEllynEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCEllynEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCEllynEnglishAn Index to the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England
16thCEllyneEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCEllyngEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCElnyeEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCElyenEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCElynEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCElynEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCElynEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCElynEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCElyneEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCElyneEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCHelaneEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCHelenEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCHelenEnglishNames found in Oldbury-on-Hill, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1538-1600
16thCHelenEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCHelenEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCHelenEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCHelenaEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCHeleneEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCHeleneEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCHeleneEnglishNames found in Oldbury-on-Hill, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1538-1600
16thCHeleneEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCHeleneEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCHellenEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCHellenEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCHellinaLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCHelynEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCHelynEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCElenaLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCEllenEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCElleneEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCEllinEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCHelenEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCHelenaLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCHeleneEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCHelinaLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCHellenEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCHellenaLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCHellinEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCHellineEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCHellynEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCHelynaLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCElainneFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCHeleneFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
14thCHalenaOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
15thCElainenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCHelainenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCHélèneFrenchSixteenth Century Norman Names
16thCHélènenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
17thCHélènenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCHelenaGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCLenaYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCAellinGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCA[e]ellinGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCA[e]llinGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCElenGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCHelenaGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCHelenaGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCLenneYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
11thCLeniLatinA handful of early southern Italian feminine names
14thCHelenaItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
15thCLenaItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427
15thCLenaItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
16thCElenaItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCHelenaItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice

Culture: Russian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCElenaRussianA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (2nd ed.)
15thCLenaYRussianA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (2nd ed.)

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCElenaScotsNames of women mentioned in the Perth Guildry Book 1464-1598
15thCElenaScotsA List of Feminine Personal Names Found in Scottish Records
15thCEleneScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCElenScotsA List of Feminine Personal Names Found in Scottish Records
16thCElenScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCElenaScotsNames of women mentioned in the Perth Guildry Book 1464-1598
16thCEleneScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCEleyngScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCEllenScotsA List of Feminine Personal Names Found in Scottish Records
16thCEllenScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCEllenScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCElleneScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCElleneScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCHelenScotsNames of women mentioned in the Perth Guildry Book 1464-1598
16thCHelenScotsA List of Feminine Personal Names Found in Scottish Records
16thCHelenScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCHelenScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCHeleneScotsA List of Feminine Personal Names Found in Scottish Records
16thCHeleneScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCHeleneScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCHeleyneScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCHellenScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCHelyneScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
17thCHeleneScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCElenaSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
16thCElenaCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia

Culture: Swedish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCHelenaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
13thCElenaLatinSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
13thCHelenaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCElenaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCEleneSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCElinSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCElinaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCHelenaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCHeleneSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCHelenæSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCHælinoSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCÆliinSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCÆlinSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCÆlinaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCÆlineSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
14thCÆlinoSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCÄlineSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCElenaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCElenæSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCElinSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCElinäSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCElineSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCElinæSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCElyeneSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCElynSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCElynaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCElyneSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCHelenaLatinSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCHelenaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCHelinaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCHelineSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCÆlinSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCÆlineSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
16thCElenSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
16thCElinSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
16thCElynSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP

Culture: Welsh

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCElenaAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
16thCEleynWelshWomen's Names in the First Half of 16th Century Wales
16thCEllenAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCEllenWelshWomen's Names in the First Half of 16th Century Wales
16thCElynAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCElynWelshWomen's Names in the First Half of 16th Century Wales