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
16thChesterDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCHesterDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCHesterkeYDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCHesterkenYDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCHesterEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
17thCHesterEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCHesterGermanGerman Names from 1495

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
17thCHestherScotsA List of Feminine Personal Names Found in Scottish Records