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
14thCNelleYDutchFemale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCPeternelleYDutchFemale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCPetronelleLatinFemale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCPieternelleDutchDutch Names 1393-96
16thCPetronellaDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCPetronillaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCParnellEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCPenneYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCPernelEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCPeroneleEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCPeronellEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCPeronelleEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCPetronellaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCPetronillaLatinGiven Names from Early 13th Century England
13thCPetronillaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCPetronilleEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCPurneleEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCPurnelleEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCParonelEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCPenneYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCPetronellaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCPetronillEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCPetronillaLatinYorkshire Given Names from 1379
14thCPetronillaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCPetronillaLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
15thCPetronylEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCParnellEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCParnellEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCParnellaLatinNames found in Frocester, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCPernillEnglishNames found in Charlton Kings, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1538-1600
16thCPetronelEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCPetronellEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCPetronellaEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCPetronnellaEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCPurnellEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCPerroneleFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCPerronneleFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCPerronnelleFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
14thCPeronellenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
14thCPeyronelaOccitanNames from Périgueux, 1339-1340
15thCPernelleYnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
15thCPerrenelleYnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCPernellenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCPéronellenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCPeronellenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCPeronnellenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCPeternellaGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCPetternelGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCPatronilhaPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCPatronillaCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia