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
12thCJoceaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCJuiciaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCJocosaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
15thCJoyceEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCJeyesEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCJeysEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCJocosaEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCJoisEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCJoyceEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCJoyceEnglishNames found in Rangeworthy Bishops, Glouchestershire, Registers 1575-1600
16thCJoyceEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCJoyeseEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCJoyseEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCJoyseEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCJoceFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
14thCJosseteYFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
16thCJoisFrenchNames from Artois, 1601

Culture: Welsh

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCJoyceAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCJoyceWelshWomen's Names in the First Half of 16th Century Wales