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: Croatian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCMatejmodern CroatianEarly Croatian Given Names
13thCMatijamodern CroatianEarly Croatian Given Names
15thCMatkoYmodern CroatianEarly Croatian Given Names

Culture: Dutch

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCMatheeusDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCMatheeusDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCMatheusDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCMathiesDutchMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCMathiisDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCMathijsDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCMathiseDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCMathisekenYDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCMathisekinYDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCMattheusLatinMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCMatthiasLatinMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCThiisYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCTiisYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCTiiskenYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCTijsYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCTijskenYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCTijskinYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
16thCThijsYDutch15th Century Dutch Names
16thCThysYDutch15th Century Dutch Names

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCMatheusLatinYorkshire Given Names from 1379
14thCMatheusLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
15thCMatthewEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCMatheYEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMathewEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCMathewEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMathewEnglishNames of Members of the Frobisher Voyages, 1576-1578
16thCMathewEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCMathewEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCMatheweEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCMatheweEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMatheweEnglishAn Index to the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England
16thCMathiasEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCMathoEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMathyeEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCMatthewEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMatthewEnglishNames of Members of the Frobisher Voyages, 1576-1578
16thCMatthewEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCMattheweEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCMattheweEnglishNames of Soldiers from Kent, 1595
17thCMathewEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCMatthewEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCMahiFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCMahietYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCMahiuFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCMahiusFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCMahyFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCMahyetYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCMaihiusFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
14thCMahieuFrenchFrench Names from Abbeville, 1388
14thCMatheuOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
14thCMatheusOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
14thCMatheusLatinNames from 13th- and 14th-Century Latin Records from Gascony
14thCMathiasOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
15thCMahéFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCMaheFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
15thCMahietYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCMahieuFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCMathéFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCMatheiuFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCMathelinYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCMatheoLatinSome Names in Latin from an Occitan document, circa 1442
15thCMathieuFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCMathyeuFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
16thCMaheFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCMahieuFrenchNames from Artois, 1601
16thCMathieuFrenchNames from a 1587 Tax Roll from Provins
16thCMathieuFrenchNames from Artois, 1601
16thCMathieuxFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCMathisFrenchNames from Artois, 1601

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCMaczcoYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCMaczkeYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCMaczkoYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCMathesGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCMatheusLatinMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCMathiasGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCMathisGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCMatthäusGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
14thCMatzkeYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCMachYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCMachoYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCMadesGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCMadtesGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCMadthesGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCMatesGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCMathesGermanGerman Names from Kulmbach, 1495
15thCMatheßGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCMathesGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCMathesGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCMathesGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCMathewelinYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCMathewsGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCMatheysGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCMathiasGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCMathißGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCMathisGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCMathisGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCMathisGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCMathÿsGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCMathysGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCMathysGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCMattehesGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCMatthesGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCMatthisGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCMatthißGermanGerman Names from 1495
16thCMatzGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCMafeoItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCMapheoItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCMatheoItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCMatteoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
15thCFeoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMaffeoItalianFifteenth Century Venetian Masculine Names
15thCMaffeoItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
15thCMaffeoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMaffioItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMateaccioYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMatheusLatinNames from 15th Century Naples
15thCMatteaccioYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMatteoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
15thCMatteoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMatteuoloYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMattheoItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
15thCMatthiaItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
15thCMattioItalian15th Century Italian Men's Names
15thCMazaItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMazinoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMazoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMazzaItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMazzeoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMazzinoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMazzoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMazzuoloYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
16thCFeoYItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
16thCMathiaItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
16thCMatteoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
16thCMatthiaItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCMateusPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCMatheuScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCMathoScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCMathowScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCMathoScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCMathowScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCMathewScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCMathowScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCMatthewScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thC,13thCMatthewCatalanCatalan Names from 12th and 13th Century Charters
15thCMateoSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCMateuCatalanCatalan Names from 15th-Century Barcelona
16thCMateoSpanish16th Century Spanish Names
16thCMatheuCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCMatiasSpanish16th Century Spanish Names

Culture: Swiss

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCMatelsYLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCMathelYLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCMathesLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCMatheusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin

Culture: Welsh

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCMathewAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCMathiasAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCMathoAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)