These
names were used in medieval times.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Abbatissa f Medieval English (Latinized, Rare)From Latin
abbatissa meaning "abbess". While this was more usually found as a title, there are a handful of English occurrences of it used as a given name. Also compare the Old English masculine name
Abbud.
Acledulf m Medieval FrenchVariant of
Aclulf or
Agilulf, using an extended form of the first element (Old French
agil "blade", and then retaining the -
d from its use in other compound names such as
Agledeus and
Agledrudis).
Actard m Medieval FrenchDerived from Old High German
ahta meaning "attention, reflection" combined with Old Saxon
hard or Old High German
hart meaning "strong, hard".
Adelelm m Anglo-NormanMedieval name recorded in Domesday Book (1086), probably from the continental Germanic name
Adalhelm. (The Old English cognate
Æðelhelm or
Æthelhelm had become reduced to
Æthelm by
circa 940, making it a less likely source.)
Adelin f & m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Medieval French, Romanian, Lengadocian, Gascon, NiçardScandinavian feminine variant of
Adelina, Romanian, Languedocian, Niçard and Gascon masculine form of
Adelina and medieval French masculine form of
Adeline.
Adriaen m Medieval DutchMedieval 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.
Aellic m Medieval EnglishCombination of Anglo-Saxon elements
ael meaning "hall, temple" and
lic with the contested meaning of "like" or "body."
Aetherius m History (Ecclesiastical), Medieval French (Latinized, ?)This name was borne by multiple saints: Saint Aetherius of Nicomedia (died 304), who was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian; Saint Aetherius the Martyr (4th century), a missionary bishop who evangelized in the Crimea and southern Russia and was also martyred; Saint Aetherius of Auxerre (6th century), a bishop of Auxerre, France; Saint Etherius of Lyons (died 602), a bishop of Lyons, France; and Saint Aetherius of Vienne (7th century), a bishop of Vienne, France.
Afan m Welsh, Medieval WelshThe 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)... [
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Agenet m Medieval EnglishPossibly a medieval diminutive of names beginning with the Old French element
agin, a lengthened form of Proto-Germanic *
agjō "blade" (e.g.
Agenulf; see
Aginulf).
Agenilde f Medieval FrenchDerived from Old French
agin, and thus ultimately from Proto-Germanic
*agio "blade", and Old High German
hiltja "battle".
Agmund m Germanic, Medieval Scandinavian, Norwegian (Rare)Form of
Agmundr. The first element of this name is derived from
ag, an uncertain element for which a few possible origins exist. The accepted explanation is that it comes from Proto-Germanic
*agjo, which means "sharp, pointed." Because of that, it also means "edge", as in the sharp cutting side of a sword - which is why the meaning of the element has ultimately come to be "sword"... [
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Aico m MedievalA diminutive of any of various names whose prototheme is a derivative of Proto-Germanic *aiganą 'to own, to possess'.
Aio m Medieval Basque, Medieval SpanishPossibly originated from the name of the Roman deity
Aius. Documented for the first time in Roman era inscriptions in San Vicente de Alcántara (Badajoz), and in the 12th century in Iruña/Pamplona.
Aisil m Medieval EnglishPerhaps a misspelling of
Ailsi, a form of
Æthelsige. This name 'occurs nowhere else outside Domesday Book', according to the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England.
Aita m Medieval BasqueDerived from Basque
aita "father". It appears in this spelling as a given name in the 10th-11th centuries.
Aitard m Anglo-Norman, Medieval FrenchThe 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).
Aithche f Medieval 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.'
Aizo m Medieval BasqueOf uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Basque
aitz "rock, stone".
Alaba f Medieval BasqueMeans "daughter" in Medieval Basque. It was documented from the 12th century onwards.
Alagia f Medieval Italian, Italian (Archaic)Contracted form of
Adelagia. 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.
Alanette f Medieval BretonLate medieval Gallicized Breton feminine form of
Alan by way of combining it with the French feminine diminutive suffix
-ette.
Alanteus m MedievalAn elongation of Proto-Germanic *allaz 'all; every; whole' + Old High German deo 'servant'.
Alara f Turkish, Medieval Turkic (Rare)Alara appears in 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.