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
15thCBastiaenYDutch15th Century Dutch Names
15thCBastyaenYDutch15th Century Dutch Names
15thCBastyanusYDutch15th Century Dutch Names
16thCBastiaenYDutch15th Century Dutch Names

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCSebastianEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCSebastianEnglishNames of Members of the Frobisher Voyages, 1576-1578

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCBastienFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
16thCBastianYFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCBastienYFrenchNames from Artois, 1601
16thCSebastienFrenchNames from a 1587 Tax Roll from Provins

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCBastianYGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCBastianYGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCBestYGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCBestigennYGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCBestigennYGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCBestlinYGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCSebastianGermanGerman Names from Kulmbach, 1495
15thCSebastianGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCSebastianGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCSebastianusGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCSewastianGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
16thCBastianYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCBastianoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCBastianoYItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
15thCSebastianoItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
16thCBastianYItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCBastianoYItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCSebastianoItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
16thCSobastianoItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCBastiamYPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century
16thCBastianPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCBastiãoPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCBastyãoPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCSebastianeScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCSebastianeScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCSabastianSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCSavastianSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCSebastianSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
16thCBastíaYSpanish16th Century Spanish Names
16thCSabastiaCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCSebastianSpanish16th Century Spanish Names