BótimMedieval English, Old Norse Originally a byname meaning "man from Bute" in parts of Scandinavia, it later became a diminutive of names containing the name element bot "remedy, help".
BrunmMedieval English, Old Danish, Old Swedish, Swedish The Old English masculine name Brun is identical with the adjective brun meaning ‘brown’ (OE brūn). It appears to have become established as an independent forename only in the later tenth century, its earliest recorded bearers living c. 970... [more]
Child-of-Godm & fMedieval English English translation of Latin Creatura Christi (see Creature), a name typically given to children expected to die during birth or immediately afterwards.
ClariandrafMedieval English (Rare) Combination of Claria with Greek andria, a late form of andreia, and thus a feminine form of andreios "manly; masculine".
CountessfMedieval English Derived from Latin comitissa "countess". This word, while more commonly known as a title, was also used as a personal name occasionally.
Creaturef & mMedieval English (Rare, Archaic) From the English word meaning "living being", ultimately deriving from Late Latin creatura. In the parish registers of 16th-century England this was used to refer to infants, both male and female, who survived birth only just long enough to be baptized... [more]
DobinetmMedieval English, Theatre Medieval English diminutive of Robert, as it is a double diminutive of Dob. This was used by Nicholas Udall for a character in his comedy Ralph Roister Doister (written ca... [more]
DowsabelfMedieval English Medieval English vernacular form of Dulcibella. It was taken from the affectionate French phrase douce et belle meaning "sweet and beautiful".
DuvafMedieval English From *Dufe meaning "dove", derived from either Old English *dūfe "dove" or its Old Norse cognate dúfa, perhaps developing from a byname.
EdwymMedieval English Modern form of Eadwig. It now normally appears only in scholarly works referring to the short-lived Edwy, King of the English (941-959, reigned 955-959).
ElfinmMedieval English, History This was the name of an obscure local saint venerated in medieval Warrington, a town in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. It is allegedly a British derivative of Latin Alpinus (see Alpin; also Elphin, Alvin).
EllynfEnglish (Rare, Archaic), Medieval English Fifteenth century variant of 'Helen'. This spelling has been found not infrequently on lists of medieval and Elizabethan names. One register of a period church lists the name four-to-one over more 'conventional' spelling 'Ellen'... [more]
EmblynfCornish, Medieval English Late medieval English variant of Emmeline. Common in the 16th and 17th centuries, this name eventually died out in England in the 19th century, though it survived in Cornwall.
EmeneyfEnglish (Archaic), Medieval English Medieval and early English variant of the medieval feminine given name Ismenia, of obscure origins (though some Celtic roots have been suggested, including the Common Celtic *moyni- "treasure" - which became muin in Old Welsh, and mwyn "worth, value" in Middle Welsh).
EmenyfMedieval English Medieval name of uncertain origin. Seems to be of Germanic origin. It was Latinized as Ismene.
EmmfMedieval English, English Middle English vernacular form of Emma. In modern times it is a variant of Em, i.e. used as a diminutive of Emma, Emily and other similar-sounding names.
EstrildisfMedieval English (Latinized) From Estrild, a medieval form of the Old English name Éastorhild that survived in England only until the 12th century (according to the 1984 'Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names')... [more]
EudomMedieval English, Medieval French Older form of Eudes. Some scholars also see a link to the Germanic elements euth- and eud-, which they connect to the Old Norse jodh "child".
EveraldmMedieval French, Medieval English Derived from Old High German ebur "boar" and Old High German walt "power; authority". This name was borne by Blessed Everald Hanse (died 31 July 1581), an English Roman Catholic martyr.