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Hi everybody! So I was doing research for a play I'm writing (takes place during the early reign of Edward III after all the crap surrounding Roger Mortimer was settled), and it got me into looking at all the Plantagenet and Capet names, as well as names of other prominent noble families. So I felt like, for the benefit and amusement of board members, I would compile a list of known names of royalty and nobility - primarily used in western Europe, but if anybody wants to add some Slavic, or other neglected Medieval ethnicity, names to this list, be my guest!

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Adam
Alan
Alexander
Alfonso / Alphonso
Anthony (I didn't see this used by nobility or royalty until the 15th century)
Arthur
Aymer
Baldwin
Benoît
Bernard
Bohemond
Charles
Conan
David
Edmund
Edward
Eneas
Enguerrand / Ingelram (same guy)
Eustace
Ferdinand / Fernando
Frederick
Fulk
Geoffrey (only seemed to be used in the High Middle Ages; I didn't encounter it after the thirteenth century)
George (I didn't see this used by nobility or royalty until the 15th century)
Gilbert
Guala
Guy
Helias
Henry / Enrique
Herluin
Hubert
Hugh
Humphrey
Jasper (I didn't see this used by nobility or royalty until the 15th century)
John
Lionel
Lothar
Louis
Nicholas
Odo / Otto
Owain / Owen
Peter
Piers
Philip
Ralph
Ranulph
Raymond / Ramon
Reginald
Richard
Robert
Roger
Rupert
Sancho
Simon
Stephen
Theobald
Therry
Thomas
Walter / Wat
William

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Adela
Adelaide
Adeliza
Aenor
Agatha
Agnes
Alice / Alix
Aliénor (Eleanor of Aquitaine's real name)
Anfide
Anne
Antigone (granddaughter of Henry IV)
Aveline
Beatrice
Berengaria / Berenguela
Birgitta / Bridget ((I didn't see the latter used by nobility or royalty until the 15th century)
Blanche / Blanca
Catherine / Katherine
Cecilia / Cecily
Clementia / Clémence
Constance/ Constanza
Ela
Eleanor / Leonor
Elizabeth
Euphemia
Herleva
Ida
Isabel / Isabella / Isabelle (it seems like after the reign of King John these names became *super* popular!)
Jacquetta
Jane
Jean / Jeanne
Joan / Joanna
Juliana
Katarina
Lucia-Mahaut
Margaret / Marguerite
Marie / Mary
Marjorie
Märta
Matilda / Mafalda
Maud / Maude
Pernel
Petronilla
Philippa (this name seemed to become trendy only after Philippa of Hainault, Edward III's queen)
Sancha
Sybilla
Urraca
Violante

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Please rate my personal short name lists (the latter includes combos):
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/91835 (updated)
http://greens-end.myminicity.com/

This message was edited 7/6/2014, 11:40 AM