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The names listed here were used in medieval times.

AALIS   f   Medieval French
Old French form of ALICE

ALDREDA   f   Medieval English
Variant of ETHELDRED

ALEKSANDRU   m   Old Slavic
Old Slavic form of ALEXANDER

ALEKSI   m   Finnish, Old Slavic
Finnish form of ALEXIS

AMÉ   m   Medieval French
Old French form of AIMÉ

AMÉE   f   Medieval French
Old French form of AIMÉE

AMICE   f   Medieval English
Medieval name derived from Latin amicus meaning "friend"... [more]

AMIS   m   Medieval English, Medieval French
Medieval name, a masculine form of AMICE... [more]

ATHANASI   m   Old Slavic
Old Slavic form of ATHANASIUS

BOGUSLAV   m   Old Slavic
Possible medieval Slavic form of BOGUSŁAW

BORISU   m   Old Slavic
Medieval Slavic form of BORIS, probably ultimately of Turkic origin.

BRONIMIR   m   Old Slavic
Possible medieval Slavic form of BRANIMIR

CATELINE   f   Medieval French
Medieval French variant of KATHERINE

CHESTIBOR   m   Old Slavic
Possible medieval Slavic form of CZCIBOR

CHESTISLAV   m   Old Slavic
Possible medieval Slavic form of CZESŁAW

COL   m   Medieval English
Medieval short form of NICHOLAS

DIDACUS   m   Medieval Spanish
Form of DIEGO found in medieval Latin records.

DIONISIA   f   Medieval English
Medieval English feminine form of DIONYSIUS

DIOT   f   Medieval English
Medieval pet form of DIONISIA

DMITREI   m   Old Slavic
Old Slavic form of DMITRIY

DYE   f   Medieval English
Medieval short form of DIONISIA

ELENA   f   Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Russian, Old Slavic
Cognate of HELEN, and a variant Russian transcription of YELENA.

ELIS   m   Medieval English
Medieval English form of ELIJAH

ELRIC   m   Medieval English
Medieval form of either of the Old English names ÆLFRIC or ÆÐELRIC... [more]

ERMO   m   Medieval Italian
Italian diminutive of ERASMUS

ESTIENNE   m   Medieval French
Medieval French form of STEPHEN

ETHELDRED   f   Medieval English
Medieval form of ÆÐELÞRYÐ

ETHELDREDA   f   Medieval English
Variant of ETHELDRED

EUDES   m   Medieval French
Old French form of AUDO... [more]

GEOFFROI   m   Medieval French
Medieval French form of GEOFFREY

GEORGEI   m   Old Slavic
Old Slavic form of GEORGE

GIDIE   m   Medieval French
Medieval French form of Aegidius (see GILES).

GRIGORII   m   Old Slavic
Old Slavic form of GREGORIOS

GUISCARD   m   Medieval French
Norman French form of the Norman name Viskhard, formed of the Old Norse elements viskr "wise" and hard "brave, hardy".

HANKIN   m   Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of HANN

HANN   m   Medieval English
Medival English form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

HOB   m   Medieval English
Medieval short form of ROBERT

HOPKIN   m   Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of HOB

HUDDE   m   Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of HUGH or possibly RICHARD.

ISEUT   f   Medieval English
Medieval form of ISOLDE

JACKIN   m   Medieval English
Variant of JANKIN

JAN (3)   m   Medieval English
Medieval English form of JOHN, derived from the Old French form Jehan.

JANKIN   m   Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of JAN (3)

JEHAN   m   Medieval French
Old French form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JEHANNE   f   Medieval French
Old French feminine form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JOCOSA   f   Medieval English
Medieval variant of JOYCE, influenced by the Latin word iocosus or jocosus "merry, playful".

JOHANNE   f   Danish, Norwegian, Medieval French
Danish and Norwegian feminine form of Iohanna (see JOHN).

JURIAN   m   Medieval German
Medieval Low German form of GEORGE

KINBOROUGH   f   Medieval English
Medieval form of CYNEBURGA

KYRILU   m   Old Slavic
Medieval Slavic form of CYRIL

LORENCIO   m   Medieval Spanish
Archaic Spanish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

MALLE   f   Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of MARY

MELISENDE   f   Medieval French
Old French form of MILLICENT

MOLLE   f   Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of MARY

NIKOLA (1)   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Basque, Old Slavic
Cognate of NICHOLAS

NOLL   m   Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of OLIVER

ONFROI   m   Medieval French
Norman French form of HUMPHREY

PIERS   m   English (British), Medieval French
Medieval form of PETER... [more]

RANDEL   m   Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of RANDOLF and other names beginning with the Germanic element rand meaning "rim (of a shield)".

ROHESE   f   Medieval French
Norman French form of HRODOHAIDIS

ROHESIA   f   Medieval English (Latinized)
Latinized form of the medieval name Rohese (see ROSE).

ROUL   m   Medieval French, Medieval English
Norman French form of ROLF

SANS   m   Medieval Spanish
Old variant of SANCHO

SENCE   f   Medieval
Old variant of SANCHIA

SENS   f   Medieval
Old variant of SANCHIA

SUNNIFA   f   Medieval Scandinavian
Old Norse form of SUNNIVA

VASILII   m   Old Slavic
Old Slavic form of BASIL (1)

VLADIMERU   m   Old Slavic
Church Slavic form of VLADIMIR

VOLODIMERU   m   Old Slavic
Old East Slavic form of VLADIMIR

VOLODISLAVU   m   Old Slavic
Old Slavic form of VLADISLAV

WYBERT   m   Medieval English
Medieval form of the Old English name Wigberht, composed of the elements wig "battle" and beorht "bright".

WYMOND   m   Medieval English
Medieval form of the Old English name Wigmund, composed of the elements wig "battle" and mund "protector".

XIMENO   m   Medieval Spanish
Medieval Spanish or Basque name of uncertain meaning... [more]

YRIAN   m   Medieval Scandinavian
Medieval Scandinavian form of JURIAN

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