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
16thCSaraDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCSarraEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCSarahEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCSarraEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCSaraLatinYorkshire Given Names from 1379
14thCSaraEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCSaraLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCSarahEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCSarraLatinFeminine Given Names from Kent, 1302-1363
14thCSarraEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCSarraLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCSarrotaYLatinYorkshire Given Names from 1379
15thCSarahEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
15thCSarraEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCSaraEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCSaraEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCSaraEnglishNames found in Rangeworthy Bishops, Glouchestershire, Registers 1575-1600
16thCSaraEnglishNames found in Minchinhampton, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1566-1600
16thCSaraEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCSaraaEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCSaraeEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCSarahLatinNames found in Frocester, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCSarahEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCSarayEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCSaraEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCSarahEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCSarayEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCSarreFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCSarreFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
14thCSarreFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
16thCSaranormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names