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MEDIEVAL & ANCIENT NAMES

MEDIEVAL NAMES OF SAXON ORIGIN
Large list, male & female names

MEN'S NAMES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL IRELAND 
100 most common masculine given names from the pre-Norman period

NAMES OF ANCIENT IRELAND (HIBERNIA)
List of male & female names from the Early Medieval Period: 400 - 1200 A.D. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

100 MOST POPULAR MEN'S NAMES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL IRELAND
A great list with many other choices

NAMES OF IRELAND 
Ireland today not only uses her native names from Gaeilge but adopted foreign names transmuted into pseudo-Gaeilge names (Gaelicizations) and anglicized versions of Gaeilge names

MEDIEVAL NAMES OF CELTIC ORIGIN 
The Normans took some names from their Breton neighbours in Northern France but most Celtic survivals in Medieval England were the names of Christian saints or borne by people living near the Scottish or Welsh borders

MEDIEVAL NAMES OF NORMAN/GERMANIC ORIGIN
The Frankish names of early medieval France became popular with the Normans who brought them to England in the invasion of 1066.

MEDIEVAL ENGLISH SURNAMES 
A huge list of Medieval surnames

RARE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH NAMES
Large list, male & female names

MEDIEVAL NAMES OF GREEK ORIGIN 
Some of the early Christian saints were of Greek origin and their names, and those from Greek history and mythology, were sometimes used in Medieval England.

"MISPLACED" MEDIEVAL NAMES
A list of some medieval bynames in Reaney & Wilson's Dictionary of English Surnames. Mostly 13th and 14th century, but some earlier and later.

NORWEGIAN MEDIEVAL NAMES
Extensive.

MEDIEVAL NAMES OF NORSE ORIGIN 
The Viking invasions brought many names of Scandinavian origin to England but few survived in general use after the Conquest.

MEDIEVAL NAMES OF LATIN ORIGIN
Early Christian saints and leaders were often of Roman origin or had Latin names and some names from Roman history were also used.

FRANKISH MEDIEVAL NAMES
Masculine & Feminine Names from the Merovingian Line

FLEMISH NAMES FROM BRUGES
Each name is divided into a given name, a byname, and a linking article or preposition

JAPANESE FORMAL MASCULINE GIVEN NAMES
List of fabulous names from Medieval Japan

KHAZARIAN NAMES
The Khazars generally gave themselves Turkic and Hebrew given-names, but some of them used Slavic given-names, and some of the Turkic names may be originally of Persian or another origin. List of male & female names

MEDIEVAL TAMIL NAMES
A collection of male & female names in the Tamil language from southern India during the Chola period, approximately 850-1300 AD

MANX NAMES IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Names used on the Isle of Man in the pre-modern period

MANX NAMES
A list of given names, masculine and feminine, in the Early 16th Century

LEONESE AND CASTILIAN GIVEN NAMES
A list of the men's & women's given names of the lords temporal or spiritual in the courts of Leon and Castile from approximately 1050 to 1200

EARLY CROATIAN GIVEN NAMES 
Masculine & feminine names, Slavic, Christian & foreign.

FAIRE NAMES FOR ENGLISH FOLK 
Late Sixteenth Century English Names - lists of common men's and women's given names, a list of more than 1000 surnames, and discussion of patterns of name construction.

FEMININE ENGLISH GIVEN NAMES
This dictionary, by P. H. Reaney, contains thousands of dated names. All the pre-1600 feminine names names are presented here indexed by period: before 1250, 1250 to 1450, and after 1450.

FOURTEENTH CENTURY VENETIAN PERSONAL NAMES
Lists of men's and women's given names, variants and diminutives

MASCULINE NAMES FROM THIRTEENTH CENTURY PISA
An excellent analysis of more than 4000 masculine names that appear in an alliance signed in 1228

HUNGARIAN PERSONAL NAMES OF THE 16TH CENTURY
Alphabetically organised. Extensive.

HUNGARIAN FEMININE NAMES
Most given names in medieval and Renaissance Hungary are variants of Christian names common throughout Europe, though there are also names of Latin, German, and Slavic origin.

HUNGARIAN FEMININE NAMES
List of women's names recorded prior to 1600

RULERS FROM MOLDAVIA TILL 1859
Medieval Romanian names list

MEDIEVAL LATVIAN GIVEN NAMES
Both feminine and masculine names are listed, first by year, then gender, and then alphabetically.

MOLDAVIAN NAMES
Names from the Royal Lines of Moldavia and Wallachia from c.1351 to 1859

MASCULINE OGHAM NAMES
Nominative, Genitive & Old Irish Form of names

EARLY PORTUGUESE NAMES
The names come from a few of the earliest documents written in Portuguese, which date to around 1200. Feminine & Masculine.

PORTUGUESE NAMES FROM THE 16TH CENTURY
Intensive & complete

VISIGOTHIC AND OSTROGOTHIC NAMES (SPAIN)
The Visigoths and Ostrogoths were two Gothic or Germanic kingdoms that rose after the sack of Rome in 410 A.D. List of male & female names. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

SPANISH NAMES FROM THE LATE 15TH CENTURY
This list reflects both traditional names that had been used for centuries and new names that were beginning to come into use.

16TH CENTURY SPANISH NAMES
Lists of masculine & feminine names and bynames

MEDIEVAL SPANISH NAMES
Long lists of names from the Monastery of Sahagun

ANDALUSIAN NAMES: ARABS IN SPAIN
Lists of masculine and feminine given names and bynames from 8th to 12th century Andalusia records.

15th CENTURY DUTCH NAMES
Feminine & Masculine. great!

DUTCH WOMEN'S' NAMES BEFORE 1100
List of women's names recorded prior to 1100 in the Low Countries (which are today Belgium and the Netherlands) 

CORNISH (AND OTHER CELTIC) NAMES
From the 10th Century

WELSH NAMES FROM 1327
With adaptations and English versions

MEDIEVAL GERMAN GIVEN NAMES FROM SILESIA
A very long list of names from the 14th and 15th centuries

OLD GERMAN NAMES 
These names are often in Latin form as that is how they were recorded by medieval authors.

GERMAN GIVEN NAMES 1200-1250
Lists of names found before 1200 and in the period 1200-1250

BASQUE FEMININE NAMES
A list of Basque feminine given names and bynames found in various medieval sources

10TH CENTURY FRISIAN MASCULINE NAMES
A list of 10th century medieval Frisian names recorded in Latin documents

NAMES FROM THE GENIZA OF CAIRO
Names of over 200 Jewish women's names from the Middle Ages, preserved in the Geniza documents

PERIOD ARABIC NAMES
Names lists consist of period (pre-1600 A.D.) Arabic names and name elements, having been selected from names of people who lived during that time.

LIST OF ICELANDIC RULERS
Names of Rulers of Iceland from 1262 to 1944

NAMES FROM FINNISH HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
Includes given names found in Finnish historical documents from the 17th through 19th centuries and their modern Finnish and Swedish equivalents

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN NAMES
As used by the peoples of ancient Scandinavia.

SWEDISH FEMININE GIVEN NAMES
List of over 900 late-period Swedish feminine given names

16TH CENTURY TURKISH TITLES AND BYNAMES
Interesting idea with explanations

SIXTEENTH-CENTURY TURKISH NAMES
Complete names, with important information about the bearers

TURKISH NAMES
Ottoman Turkish names found in sixteenth century court records

ANCIENT PERSIAN NAMES
Names from famous people that lived in the former Persia and/or were part of the great Persian Empire (usually the Kings or their relatives)

ANCIENT PERSIAN NAMES
List of male names.  VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

101 NAMES OF AHURAMAZDA (Zoroastrian)
From the Khordeh Avesta and their meanings

MEDIEVAL NAMES OF LATIN ORIGIN
Early Christian saints and leaders were often of Roman origin or had Latin names and some names from Roman history were also used.

LOCATIVE BYNAMES IN MEDIEVAL RUSSIA
Bynames based upon the names of towns, villages, monasteries, castles, and other such proper nouns, and also bynames which are constructed from the names of generic locations

OLD FRENCH NAMES
These names were used in the areas of France which had been influenced by the Germanic languages unlike the pure Romance language of Langue d'Oc. Many of the names brought to England by the Norman conquest were from this area.

ANCIENT NAMES OF FRANCE
Masculine & Feminine Names from the Merovingian Line c.400-c.600 AD

LATE PERIOD FEMININE NAMES FROM THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
List of forenames, bynames & nicknames

GOTHIC NAMES
Extensive list of male & female names & rulers. These were polyethnic bands of mounted warriors from Northern Europe, known by name to the Romans, who settled near the Black Sea in the C2nd AD.

FRANKISH NAMES
This group of Germanic peoples were thought to have originated in Pomerania on the Black Sea. During the period of migration by the Germanic tribes, they settled on the Rhine by the C3rd and spread into the Roman Empire by the C4th. The Salian (western) Franks conquered Roman Gaul during the C4-5th

ROMANY/GIPSY NAMES
The people known as Gypsies or Egyptians in Britain, variously Tzigane, Zigeuner etc in Europe, left the Indian subcontinent approximately 2000 years ago. Male, female & surnames

NAMES OF FAMOUS BARBARIANS
Wonderful list of the historical European Iron-Age barbarians

ARTHURIAN NAMES & PLACES
Not many here, but interesting non-the-less.

ARTHURIAN LEGEND NAMES
Male and female names, with meanings.

ANGLO-SAXON RELIGIOUS NAMES
Gods, Goddesses and Descendants of Woden

ANCIENT INDIAN NAMES
Mostly male names here.  VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

INDIAN MYTHOLOGY NAMES
Indian Mythology offers many names for the Sun. Some of these names are also used in Indian Baby names

NAMES OF STARS FROM THE PERIOD OF VEDAS
Astronomical identity of 27/28 stars named 5000 years ago by people in India

HINDU BABY NAMES BASED ON LORD VISHNU
Some names of Vishnu from Hindu mythology

HINDU BABY NAMES BASED ON LORD SHIVA
Some names of Shiva from Hindu mythology

CANAANITE AND UGARITIC NAMES
Male & female names & Deities from the Ancient Middle East. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

NAMES OF MONSTERS, MYTHICAL CREATURES AND FABULOUS BEASTS
List of names and descriptions of sundry creatures.

COMMON CZECH NAMES OF THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES
The following names were used by 60% or more of Czech's recorded in the 15th and 16th centuries

PERIOD ARABIC NAMES AND NAMING PRACTICES
Huge list - scroll down

NAMES OF THE BULGARIAN KHANS
List of names recorded from about 681 to 767

LEONESE AND CASTILIAN GIVEN NAMES
List of names from 1050-1200

NAMES OF WOMEN FROM ANTIQUITY 
The names and biographies of famous women from ancient/classical history.

MAJOR FIGURES IN ANCIENT/CLASSICAL HISTORY
Names of Major Figures in Ancient and Classical History

NAMES OF NUMIDIA AND MAURETANIA
Numidia and Mauretania were originally Berber kingdoms to the west of Carthage. The people were made up of nomadic mountain pastoralists and settled farmers along the coast.  VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

FIRST NAMES FROM SANSKRIT
Great list of names, with meanings

JEWISH NAMES IN THE WORLD OF MEDIEVAL ISLAM
A list of Names of Medieval Jewish Merchants

MEDIEVAL MONSTERS
Long list of medieval & ancient monsters

NORSE MONSTERS
Short list of names of mythical creatures and monsters found in Norse and Germanic myths

ANCIENT HITTITE NAMES
The Hittites ruled what will later be called Syria. The Assyrians knew the area as "Hatti". The Egyptians called them the "Kheta". They were a mighty power from c 1700 - 1190 BC. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

BABYLONIAN AND AKKADIAN NAMES
The Akkadians lived in northern Babylonia and spoke a Semitic language. Their main city was Akkad or Akkade (Sumerian Akkede or Agade). VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

ANCIENT ASSYRIAN NAMES
The Assyrian empire centered on Ashur, Nineveh, and Arbela and lay to the north of Babylonia. The Assyrians were a dominant power from c2000 B.C. to 612 B.C. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

OLD KINGDOM NAMES
Good list of ancient names of Egypt

ANCIENT CHINESE NAMES
A list of super names to choose from. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

ANCIENT ARMENIAN/URARTIAN NAMES
In Assyrian times, the region of Armenia was called "Urartu". A handful of names. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

PHOENICIAN NAMES
The Phoenicians were descendants of the Canaanites. They lived north of Canaan in a narrow strip of land by the Mediterranean Sea. Female, male, Punic & deities. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

SUMERIAN NAMES
Sumerian-speakers were living in southern Mesopotamia by 3000 B.C. The Bible speaks of Noah's descendants moving into the plains of Shinar, which is another name for Sumer. Male, female & deities. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

AZTEC/NAHUATL NAMES
At one time, everyone spoke Nahuatl in the Valley of Mexico except for the Otomi. Good selection of names here. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

HISTORICAL NAMES
A huge database!

LIST OF ANCIENT GREEKS
Includes ethnic Greeks and Greek language speakers from Greece and the Mediterranean world up to about 200 AD

GREEK HEROES AND HEROINES
Greek heroes, from Achilles through Theseus; this list also includes legendary heroes such as Ajax, Ariadne, and Bellerophon

HERAKLES AND THE RULERS OF GREECE
Names of the Kings Heracles fought

GREEK HEROIC LEGENDS
Vast alphabetical list of names of heroes, heroines, and mythical creatures from Greek legend that make up the rich collection of stories, adventures, and epics

LIST OF ROMAN EMPERORS
Detailed list of names including dates of their reign

NAMES OF ROMAN EMPERORS
A list of Roman Emperors with the dates they controlled the Roman Empire

NAMES OF ROMAN EMPERORS
An Online Encyclopaedia of Roman Emperors

NAMES OF ANCIENT ROMANS
List includes citizens of Ancient Rome remembered in history for some reason

NAMES OF THE ROMAN LEGIONS
Alphabetical and chronological catalogue of the imperial legions

RARE NAMES FROM ROMAN MYTHOLOGY
A list of rare names from Greek Mythology and Roman Mythology

ANCIENT ROMAN NAMES
The names listed here were used in ancient Rome

ANCIENT ROMAN FEMALE NAMES
Great list of names. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

LATE ROMAN NAMES
The names listed here were used in early Christian Rome

GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGICAL GODS
Includes the Greek name, Roman /Latin name and description

MALE NAMES OF UPPER CLASS ROMANS IN THE 6TH AND 7TH CENTURIES
Common Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the 6th and 7th Centuries

FEMALE NAMES OF UPPER CLASS ROMANS IN THE 6TH AND 7TH CENTURIES
Common Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the 6th and 7th Centuries

PERSONAL NAMES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ARISTOCRACY
Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire during the Later Byzantine Era

COMMON NAMES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ARISTOCRACY
Long list of names from the Roman Empire during the 6th and 7th Centuries

WOMEN'S NAMES FROM PRE-1600 INDIA
The women mentioned are, in general, either members of ruling families or associated with the temple where the inscriptions were located

EARLY CROATIAN GIVEN NAMES
A list of Croatian given names (first names) collected from the text of a history of Croatia

LIST OF BYZANTINE EMPERORS
This is a detailed list of all the names recorded

BYZANTINE NAMES
Byzantium, the city on the Bosphorus was founded as a colony by the Greek city of Megara around 660 BC, at an important strategic site at the entrance to the Black Sea. It became part of the Roman empire

DICTIONARY OF PERIOD RUSSIAN NAMES
Meanings and background information for over 15 000 names dating back to medieval times. Most of the towns listed here are dated to be post-10th century

ORIGIN & MEANINGS OF DOUKHOBOR SURNAMES
Like other Russian surnames, they are derived from four basic sources: First names; trades and occupations; nicknames; and from places of residence

MOLOKAN SURNAMES ORIGINS & MEANINGS
 In some cases they can indicate the name of an early ancestor, their trade or occupation, ethnic or geographic origin, or a descriptive nickname.

EVERYTHING ABOUT ITALIAN NAMES
Huge list of Ancient and Modern Italian Names

PLACE NAMES OF ITALY IN 1554
Place names transcribed from a 16th century map.

ITALIAN NAMES FROM FLORENCE, 1427
List of names taken from a tax census of the city of Florence in 1427. Includes the top 10 names.

EARLY ITALIAN NAMES
Common Italian Names in the Early 14th Century

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN'S NAMES
A list of Italian feminine names from Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries

MEDIEVAL ITALIAN NAMES 
The wide range of names in use during medieval and Renaissance times has declined but some of these may still be found

LOMBARDIC NAMES
The Lombards or Langobards were one of the Germanic groups who settled in Italy after the fall of Rome. They invaded in 568 and established their own kingdom in the north with a capital at Monza

CORNISH (AND OTHER CELTIC) NAMES
From the 10th Century

WELSH NAMES FROM 1327
With adaptations and English versions

ELIZABETHAN NAMES
A list of what parents were really naming their children back then

LIST OF COMMON ELIZABETHAN NAMES
Names are listed with the typical version first and variations thereof in italics afterwards

GIVEN NAMES FROM BRITTANY
From parish register entries from the town of Croissic in south-eastern Brittany from the years 1384 to ca. 1600

SURNAMES IN 15TH CENTURY YORK
Alphabetical, based on information from the 15th century financial accounts from the masters of Ouse Bridge and Foss Bridge

NAMES OF ANGLO-SAXON RULERS 
In Northumbria, Deira, Bernicia, Essex, Mercia, Wessex, East Anglia, Kent, England

NAMES OF MEMBERS OF THE FROBISHER VOYAGES
An analysis of 583 names of men who participated in these explorations of the New World 1576-1578. It includes lists of given names and surnames

FIRST NAMES FROM OLD ENGLISH
Not a large list, but some anyway

MEDIEVAL ENGLISH RULERS NAMES
Names of English Rulers - Norman, Plantagenet, Tudor, Stewart, Commonwealth, Restoration, Hanover, Saxe-Coburg, Windsor

ENGLISH BOROUGH NAMES 
A list of 613 English places that existed before 1650. These are modern spellings; the article suggests sources that may give medieval spellings. 

NAMES IN CHESHAM
List includes one example of each given name spelling and most surname spellings found between 1538 and 1600/1 inclusive

SURNAMES IN DURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAND 
Lists over 5,000 surnames recorded in Durham and Northumberland between 1521 and 1615

CHAMORU NAMES FROM EARLY 18TH CENTURY GUAM
Names from two early census records taken on Guam, in 1728 and 1759, telling the story of the horror and despair of a people brutalized by war, disease and slavery.

COMPOSERS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
Huge alphabetical list of names

WOMEN'S NAMES OF THE PHARAOHS OF EGYPT 
Names of the "other half"

EGYPTIAN MALE NAMES
Egypt is home to one of the earliest known civilizations of the world. Great list of strong names. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

EGYPTIAN NAMES
Since Egyptian hieroglyphs did not use vowels, there are many spelling variations. VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

OLD KINGDOM EGYPTIAN FEMALE NAMES
Also included are a few predynastic names that are clearly indicated

OLD KINGDOM EGYPTIAN MALE NAMES
List of names with meanings & origin

PHOENICIAN NAMES
The cities of Phoenicia were dominated by the Egyptians, Amorites, the Hyksos, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans at various times in their long history.  VERY SLOW TO LOAD!

NAMES OF PREHISTORIC GODDESSES
A long list with descriptions

GLOSSARY OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TERMS AND NAMES
Long list of names or words from Ancient Egypt, with descriptions

MONGOL WOMEN'S NAMES
A short list of women's names culled from secondary sources ranging from the 12th to the 17th century.

MONGOL NAMES IN 13TH CENTURY LATIN
A list of Mongol given names as recorded in a 13th century Latin document. 

NORWEGIAN MEDIEVAL NAMES
Basic list of male and female names 

 

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