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
14thCFrankDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCFranskinYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCVrancDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCVranckDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCVrankLatinMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCVrankeDutchDutch Names 1393-96
16thCVranckDutch15th Century Dutch Names

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCFranqueFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCFranquetYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCFranckGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCFranckenYGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCFrankGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCFrantzGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCFrenckleinYGermanGerman Names from Kulmbach, 1495

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCFranchusLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
15thCFrancoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado