Medieval French Names

These names were used by medieval French peoples.

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AALIS f Medieval French
Old French form of ALICE.

AMÉ m Medieval French
Old French form of AIMÉ.

AMÉE f Medieval French
Old French form of AIMÉE.

AMIS m Medieval English, Medieval French
Medieval name, a masculine form of AMICE. It appears in the medieval French poem Amis and Amiles, about two friends who make sacrifices for one another.

CATELINE f Medieval French
Medieval French form of KATHERINE.

ENGUERRAND m Medieval French
Medieval French form of the Germanic name Engilram, which was composed of the elements angil, the name of a Germanic tribe known in English as the Angles, and hramn "raven". This was the name of several French nobles from Picardy.

ESTIENNE m Medieval French
Medieval French form of STEPHEN.

EUDES m Medieval French
Old French form of Audo (see OTTO). This was the name of an 8th-century French saint. It was also borne by a 9th-century French king.

GARNIER m Medieval French
Medieval French form of WERNER.

GEOFFROI m Medieval French
Medieval French form of GEOFFREY.

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

GOSSE m Medieval French
Old French form of GOZZO.

GUARIN m Medieval French
Norman French form of WARIN.

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

ISABEAU f Medieval French, French (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
Medieval French variant of ISABEL. A famous bearer of this name was Isabeau of Bavaria (1385-1422), wife of the French king Charles VI.

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

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

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

JOSSE m French (Rare), Medieval French
French form of Iudocus (see JOYCE).

MELISENDE f Medieval French
Old French form of MILLICENT.

OLIVIER m French, Dutch
French and Dutch form of OLIVER. This is also the French word meaning "olive tree".

ONFROI m Medieval French
Norman French form of HUMPHREY.

PIERS m English (British), Medieval French
Medieval form of PETER. This is the name of the main character in the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman by William Langland.

ROLAND m English, French, German, Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Medieval French
From the Germanic elements hrod meaning "fame" and landa meaning "land", though some theories hold that the second element was originally nand meaning "brave". Roland was a semi-legendary French hero whose story is told in the medieval epic La Chanson de Roland, in which he is a nephew of Charlemagne killed in battle with the Saracens. The Normans introduced this name to England.

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

VAUQUELIN m Medieval French
Old French form of the Germanic name Walchelin, derived from the element walha meaning "foreign".

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