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
14thCWilhelmusDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCWilhelmusLatinMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCWilkenYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCWillaemDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCWillaemDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCWillamDutchMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCWillamDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCWillekenYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCWillekenYDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCWillekijnYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCWillekinYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCWillekinYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCWillemDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCWillemDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCWillemanDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCWillemkenYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCWillikenYDutchMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCWilmanDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCWyllemDutchDutch Names 1393-96
16thCGillamEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCGuillaumDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCGuillaumeDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCGuilleYDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCGuilliammeDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCwilhelmDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCWillemDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCWillemDutch15th Century Dutch Names

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCGuillelmusLatinGiven Names from Early 13th Century England
13thCWillelmusLatinNames from 13th Century Northumberland
13thCWillelmusLatinGiven Names from Early 13th Century England
13thCWillielmusLatinNames from 13th Century Northumberland
14thCWilhamEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
14thCWillelmusLatinYorkshire Given Names from 1379
14thCWillelmusLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCWilliamLatin14th Century Worcestershire Names
14thCWilliamEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
14thCWillielmusLatin14th Century Worcestershire Names
14thCWilllelmusLatinYorkshire Given Names from 1379
16thCGuil.LatinNames found in Frocester, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCGulielmusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCGuliemusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCWilhelmusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCWiliamEnglishNames found in Minchinhampton, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1566-1600
16thCWillamEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCWillansEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCWillelmusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCWilliYEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCWilliamEnglishNames found in the Berkeley Hundred Court Rolls
16thCWilliamEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCWilliamEnglishName Distribution in King's Stanley Marriages: 1573-1600
16thCWilliamEnglishNames found in Cam, Glouchestershire, Marriage Registers 1569-1600
16thCWilliamEnglishNames found in Charlton Kings, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1538-1600
16thCWilliamEnglishNames found in Minchinhampton, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1566-1600
16thCWilliamEnglishNames found in Oldbury-on-Hill, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1538-1600
16thCWilliamEnglishNames found in Quedgeley, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCWilliamEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCWilliamEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCWilliamEnglishNames of Members of the Frobisher Voyages, 1576-1578
16thCWilliamEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCWilliamEnglishAn Index to the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England
16thCWilliamEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCWilliamEnglishNames of Soldiers from Kent, 1595
16thCWilliamDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCWilliameEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCWilliamsEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCWillimusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCWillyamEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCWillyamEnglishNames of Soldiers from Kent, 1595
16thCWilyamEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCWyllYEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCWyllamEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCWylleYEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCWylliamEnglishNames found in Oldbury-on-Hill, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1538-1600
16thCWyllinEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCWyllyamEnglishName Distribution in King's Stanley Marriages: 1573-1600
16thCWyllyamEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCWyllyamEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCWyllyamEnglishNames of Soldiers from Kent, 1595
16thCWymallEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
17thCGuleilmusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCGulemiusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCGulielmusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCGuliemusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCWilelmusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCWilliYEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCWilliamEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCWilliamusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCWillimusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCWillyamEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCWillymEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCWilyamEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCWyllYEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCGuillaumeFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGuilleYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGuillelmusLatinNames from 13th- and 14th-Century Latin Records from Gascony
13thCGuillemaqueYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGuillemetYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGuilleminYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGuillemotYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGuilletYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGuillotYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCGuillotinYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCVillelmusLatinNames from 13th- and 14th-Century Latin Records from Gascony
13thCWillaumeFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCWillelmusLatinNames from 13th- and 14th-Century Latin Records from Gascony
13thCWillequinYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
14thCGuilelmusLatinNames from 13th- and 14th-Century Latin Records from Gascony
14thCGuilhamOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
14thCGuilhelmOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
14thCGuilhelmusOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
14thCGuilhemOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
14thCGuilhemOccitanNames from Périgueux, 1339-1340
14thCGuillaumeFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
14thCGuillelmusLatinNames from 13th- and 14th-Century Latin Records from Gascony
14thCGuilloYFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
14thCWilletYFrenchFrench Names from Abbeville, 1388
14thCWilliaumeFrenchFrench Names from Abbeville, 1388
15thCGilȝemScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCGuilhermoLatinSome Names in Latin from an Occitan document, circa 1442
15thCGuilhermusLatinSome Names in Latin from an Occitan document, circa 1442
15thCGuillaumeFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCGuillaumeFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCGuillaumeFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
15thCGuillaumeFrenchNames from Paris, 1408-1449
15thCGuillauminYFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCGuilleaumeFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCGuilleminYFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCGuilleminYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCGuillemotYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCGuillemotYFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
15thCGuilloYFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
15thCGuillotYFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCGuillotYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCGullaumeFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCGuillaumeFrenchNames from a 1587 Tax Roll from Provins
16thCGuillaumeFrenchNames from Artois, 1601
16thCGuillaumeFrenchSixteenth Century Norman Names
16thCGuillaumeFrenchNames from Sixteenth Century Picardy
16thCGuillaumeFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCGuillaumeDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCGuillemotYFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCWilameFrenchNames from Artois, 1601
16thCWillameFrenchNames from Artois, 1601
16thCWillemDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCWilhelmusLatinGerman Given Names 1200-1250
13thCWillehalmGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCWilluschYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCWilhalmGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCWilhelmGermanGerman Names from Kulmbach, 1495
15thCWilhelmGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCWilhelmGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCWilhelmGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCWilhelmGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCWilhelmGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCWilhelmGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCWilhelmGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCWilhemGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCWillYGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCWilleYGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCWillinGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCWylhelmGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCGuilelmoItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCGuillelmuciusYLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCGuillelmusLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
15thCGhuglielmoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCGhulielmoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCGiulielmoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCGuglielminoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCGuglielmoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCGuglielmoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCGuglielmoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
15thCGuglielmoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCGugliemoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCGulielminusYLatinNames from the Chronicon Spilimbergense
15thCGulielmusLatinNames from the Chronicon Spilimbergense
15thCLemoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMemmoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCMemorelloYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
16thCGuglielmoItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCGilhermePortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCWillelmusLatinIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
14thCVilȝameScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
14thCVilȝhameScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
14thCVilliameScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
14thCWilȝamScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
14thCWilȝameScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
14thCWillȝameScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
14thCWilliamScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
14thCWilliameScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
14thCWilliameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
14thCWilyamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
14thCWylȝameScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
15thCVilliamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCVilyemScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilYScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCWilYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilȝaimScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilȝamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilȝeamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilȝeameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilȝhameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilhamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWillYScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCWillYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWillȝamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWillȝameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWillelmusLatinIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilliYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilliamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilliameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWillyamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilyamScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCWilyameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilyeamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilyeameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWilyemScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWylYScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCWylYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWylȝameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWylȝeamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWyllYScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCWyllyYScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCWyllyamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWyllyhameScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCWylyamScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCWylyamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWylyhamScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCWylyhamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCWylyhameScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
16thCVilȝamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCVilleYScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCVilliamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCVilliemScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCVilyamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWilYScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCWilȜamScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCWilȜeamScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCWilȜeameScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCWilȝamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWilȝameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWilȝeamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWilȝemScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWilȝemeScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWileYScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCWiliamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWiliameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWillYScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCWillYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWillȝamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWilleYScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCWilleYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWilleamScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCWilleameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWillelmusLatinIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWilliȝameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWilliamScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCWilliamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWilliameScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCWilliameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWilyamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWilyameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWulleYScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCWylemScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCWylyamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCWiliamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCWilleamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCWilleameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCWilliamScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCWilliameScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCWillieYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCGuilelmLatinCatalan Names in Latin Contexts: the late 12th century
12thCGuilelmusLatinCatalan Names in Latin Contexts: the late 12th century
12thCWilelmusLatinCatalan Names in Latin Contexts: the late 12th century
12thC,13thCGuillelmusCatalanCatalan Names from 12th and 13th Century Charters
12thC,13thCGuillemCatalanCatalan Names from 12th and 13th Century Charters
14thCGuillelmoSpanishLeonese Men's Names from 1313
14thCGuillenSpanishLate-Period Spanish Men's Names from Seville
15thCGuillemCatalanCatalan Names from 15th-Century Barcelona
15thCGuillénSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCGuillenSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
16thCGuillemCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCGuillenSpanish16th Century Spanish Names
16thCGuillermoCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia

Culture: Swiss

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCGuillelmusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCGuillelmusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCVillelmusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCWillelmusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
12thCWillermusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin
14thC,15thCGuillelmusLatin14th-15th C Given Names in Latin from Switzerland
14thC,15thCVuillelmusLatin14th-15th C Given Names in Latin from Switzerland

Culture: Welsh

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCGwilimAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
13thCWilimAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
16thCGwillimAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCWilkinYAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCWilliamWelshSome 16th & 17th C Welsh Masculine Names
16thCWilliamAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
17thCWilliamWelshSome 16th & 17th C Welsh Masculine Names