ABBOmMedieval Dutch, Finnish, Frisian Frisian diminutive of Old High German names beginning with the element adal, as well as a medieval Dutch name of unknown meaning.
ACLEBERTAfMedieval French Proto-Germanic agio "blade" lengthened to Old French agil + Old High German beraht, Old Saxon berht "bright" from Proto-Germanic berhtaz.
ACLEDULFmMedieval Proto-Germanic *agio 'blade' lengthened to Old French agil and then retaining the -d from its use in compounds such as Agledeus and Agledrudis + Old High German wolf, Gothic wulf 'wolf'.
ADATTEfMedieval French, French (Archaic) Archaic French name of unkown origin and meaning. It seems to have been a local name only found in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
ADELCHImItalian (Rare), Medieval Italian It is an Italian form of ADELGIS from the Ancient German elements adal 'noble' and gisil 'arrow'. Adelchi was a Longobard prince, son of King Desiderio who ruled Longobard territories in years 756-774... [more]
ADMIRALmAmerican (Rare), Medieval English From the English word admiral meaning "a commander of a fleet or naval squadron, or a naval officer of very high rank".
ADRIAENmMedieval Dutch Medieval Dutch form of ADRIAAN. A well-known bearer of this name was Adriaen van der Donck (c. 1618–1655), a pivotal figure in the establishment of the middle colonies of colonial America, and the ultimate significance of Manhattan as a place of commerce.
AELEVAfMedieval English Younger form of Old English ÆLFGIFU created with the Germanic elements ael meaning "hall, temple" and ewa meaning "ever." Compare AELFEVA.
ÆLLINGmMedieval English Ælling is a masculine Old English name in which an uncompounded name (Ælla, Ælli, or ALLA) has been combined with the suffix –ing.
AELODmMedieval English, Welsh From Aelauð, which was a combination of Anglo-Saxon elements ael meaning "hall, temple" and Auð meaning "wealth, fortune."
ÆLRICmMedieval English Derived from Old English æl "hall, temple" and ric "power", making the name a cognate of ALBERICH.
ÆSCMANmMedieval English Name using the Germanic elements Æsc meaning "ash" and man meaning "man" probably originally a byname from æscman ‘seaman’ or ‘pirate’, i.e. one who sailed in an ash-wood boat.
AFANmWelsh, Medieval Welsh The name of a river in South Wales, usually Anglicized as AVON or Avan, presumably derived from Celtic *abon- "river" (making it a cognate of AFON)... [more]
AFFERYfLiterature, Medieval English Meaning uncertain, possibly of Old English origin. It may be related to AVERY or APHRA. Affery Flintwinch is a character in Charles Dickens' novel 'Little Dorrit' (1855-7).
AGENETmMedieval English, Medieval French Combination of Agen, a habitational name for people in Lot-et-Garonne and Aveyron and -et, from diminutive suffix Latin -ettu-.
AGNOLOmMedieval Italian Medieval Italian (variant) form of either AGNELLO or ANGELO. The name was most commonly used in Tuscany. A bearer of this name was Agnolo di Tura, an Italian chronicler from the 14th century AD.
AILDAGmMedieval English, Medieval German Combination of unknown German element ail and contested German element dag possibly meaning "brightness" or "day."
AITAmMedieval Basque Derived from Basque aita "father". It appears in this spelling as a given name in the 10th-11th centuries.
AITARDmAnglo-Norman, Medieval French The first element of this name may be Old High German eit meaning "fire; brilliant". The second element is Old Saxon hard "strong, hard" (Old High German hart).
AITHBHREACfScottish Gaelic, Medieval Scottish Older form of OIGHRIG. Aithbhreac was the given name of the author of the earliest extant poetry in Scottish Gaelic by a poetess. Aithbhreac Inghean Coirceadal (1430-80) wrote a famous poem to eulogise her late husband.
AITHCHEfMedieval Irish "The name of a holy virgin, patroness of Cill Aithche in the barony of Kenry, Co. Limerick, where her feast-day (Jan. 15) was formerly kept as a holiday and a station held."
AIZAfBasque (Rare), Medieval Basque Feminine form of AIZO, first recorded in Leire in 1127. Its modern usage might occasionally be influenced by the surname AIZA.
ALABAfMedieval Basque Means "daughter" in Medieval Basque. It was documented from the 12th century onwards.
ALAGIAfMedieval Italian, Italian (Archaic) Possibly a variant of ALASIA, short form of ADELASIA. The Genoese noblewoman Alàgia dei Fieschi, who Dante praises in his 'Purgatorio' (c.1318), was a niece of Pope Adrian V and the wife of Dante's friend Moroello III Malaspina.
ALANETTEfMedieval Breton Late medieval Gallicized Breton feminine form of ALAN by way of combining it with the French feminine diminutive suffix -ette.
ALANTEUSmMedieval An elongation of Proto-Germanic *allaz 'all; every; whole' + Old High German deo 'servant'.
ALARAfTurkish, Medieval Turkic (Rare) Alara appears in the Turkic Mythology as a beautiful water fairy. She lives in the lakes and rivers of the Caspian basin and grants the wishes of those she deems worthy. She is said to be capable of repairing broken hearts and making them capable of love again... [more]
ALBELINDAfMedieval Meaning unknown. Perhaps a transcription variation of Alpelindis, itself a variation of the Germanic female name Alflind, from alf meaning "elf, spirit" and lind meaning "soft, tender".
ALBINETmMedieval French Medieval French diminutive of ALBIN (as -et is a French masculine diminutive suffix). This given name is no longer in use in France, but it still survives there as a patronymic surname... [more]