ACLEBERTAfMedieval French Proto-Germanic agio "blade" lengthened to Old French agil + Old High German beraht, Old Saxon berht "bright" from Proto-Germanic berhtaz.
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.
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-.
AGENILDEfMedieval French Derived from Old French agin, and thus ultimately from Proto-Germanic *agio "blade", and Old High German hiltja "battle".
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).
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]
ASTRALABIUSmMedieval French (Rare) A latinised greek word, meaning "One who reaches the stars", resembling the word astrolabe (an astronomical instrument).... [more]
AUBINETmMedieval French Medieval French diminutive of AUBIN (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 (albeit barely, as the surname is extremely rare there nowadays)... [more]
AUBINETTEfMedieval French Medieval French diminutive of AUBINE (as -ette is a French feminine diminutive suffix). In other words: you could say that this name is the feminine form of AUBINET.... [more]
AURISMAfMedieval, Medieval French, Medieval Italian From Proto-Indo-European aues "brilliant, shining", related to Proto-Italic *auzōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs "dawn" + Latin -is(s)(i)ma, a superlative suffix.
BLANCHEFLEURfMedieval French, Literature Meaning "white flower" from the French elements blanche and fleur. Blanchefleur was the name of the heroine in the medieval romance of Floris and Blanchefleur. This was also the given name of the mother of Tristan in Tristan and Iseult.
BLONDELmMedieval French (?) According to legend, Blondel was a troubadour who rescued the English king Richard the Lionheart, who had been captured while returning from the Crusades and was being held for ransom. The story goes that Blondel traveled Europe looking for Richard by playing the first verse of a song only they knew... [more]
BRUNISSENDEfMedieval French Medieval French form of a Germanic name, in which the second element is swinth meaning "strong". The first element may be brun "armour, protection" or brun "brown".
CERFmMedieval French, Medieval Jewish Means "stag (a large buck or male deer)" in French. Cerf sometimes appears in historical documents concerned with the Jews of Alsace and early modern France; it was a local translation of the Yiddish HIRSH, meaning "deer", the Hebrew equivalent of which is ZVI.
CHRISTWINmMedieval French Derived from Latin Christus "Christ" and Old High German wini "friend".
CLAREMBAUTmMedieval French Derived from Latin clarus "clear, bright" and Old High German bald "bold".
CLAUDINmMedieval French Medieval French diminutive of CLAUDE. A famous bearer of this name was Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490-1562), a French composer of the Renaissance.
CRIOUmMedieval French Variant form of Cariou, which is a short form of Carioulf, itself a variant form of Charioulf, which is the original French form of CHARIULF... [more]
DISCIOLEfMedieval French Meaning unknown. The 6th-century Frankish saint Disciole (or Disciola), a niece of Saint SALVIUS of Albi and a favourite companion of Queen RADEGUND, "was noted for her saintly death, which is described in detail by Gregory of Tours".
DOMARDmAncient Germanic, Medieval French Derived from Gothic dôms (which is cognate with Old High German tuom) meaning "judgement" combined with Gothic hardus (hart in Old High German) meaning "brave, hardy".... [more]
DOMINILDEfMedieval French Derived from Latin dominus "lord" and Old High German hiltja "battle".
DOUCELINmMedieval French The first element of this name is derived from Old French dous meaning "sweet, soft", which is ultimately derived from Latin dulcis meaning "sweet". The second element consists of the French diminutive suffix -lin... [more]
DOUCELINEfMedieval French Feminine form of DOUCELIN. This name was borne by Douceline of Digne, a 13th-century Provençal mystic and Roman Catholic saint.
ELISANNAfMedieval French Of uncertain origin and meaning. A current theory considers the name a Romance construction made by truncating ELIZABETH arbitrarily to Elis-, and then augmenting with an arbitrary ending.
ENGELAISfMedieval French, Medieval Picard Old French form of the Germanic name Engilheid, which was composed of the elements Angil, the name of a Germanic tribe known in English as the Angles, and heid "kind, sort, type".
ERECmMedieval French (Archaic) Old French name, presumably a form of ERIC, borne by the hero of the Arthurian romantic poem "Erec and Enide" by Chrétien de Troyes (completed c. 1170). This poem is thought to be the basis for the later Welsh story "Geraint and Enid" in the Mabinogion.
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".
FLORICEmMedieval English, Medieval French Medieval English and French variant of FLORIS, from the name of a male character in the medieval romance FLORIS (or Florice) and Blancheflour, apparently derived from floris, Latin meaning "of flowers" or "belonging to flowers".
GUNNORfMedieval English, Medieval French Anglo-Norman form of the Old Norse name Gunnvör (see GUNVOR), documented in 1066 (the year of the Norman conquest). The name Gunnvör occurs frequently in Old Danish as Gunnur (or Latin Gunwara), also appearing in Old Swedish as Gunnur and Gunvor... [more]
GURDONmScottish Gaelic, Medieval French From the place of that name in Berwickshire, Scotland, which got its name from the Old Gaelic gor, meaning "large" or "spacious", plus dun, meaning "fort," all together meaning "large fort"... [more]
HELISSENTfMedieval French Probably from an Old French form of the Germanic name Alahsind, which is composed of the elements alah "temple" and sinþs "path" (compare ELISENDA).
HERRADfMedieval French Etymology unknown. This was the name of a 12th-century Alsatian nun and abbess of Hohenburg Abbey.
HODIERNAfMedieval French (Latinized) From Odierne, an Old French form of a Germanic name possibly composed of the elements od "riches, wealth, fortune" and gern "eager, desiring" (Gothic gairns), the spelling presumably altered to resemble Latin hodierna "of today, present, existing now"... [more]
IDELINDEfMedieval French Old Frankish id, of uncertain origin but perhaps related to Old Icelandic ið 'work, business, occupation, per Morlet + Proto-Germanic *linþaz 'gentle, sweet, mild'.
INGBERTAfMedieval French, Medieval Old German, Old Icelandic ing(i), of uncertain origin but perhaps identical with the god name Ing or Yngvi, also of uncertain origin + Proto-Germanic berhtaz.... [more]
INGITRUDEfMedieval, Icelandic (Archaic), Medieval French Old Icelandic ing(i), of uncertain origin but perhaps identical with the god name Ing or Yngvi, also of uncertain origin + Proto-Germanic þrūþ "strength" or Proto-Germanic trut "maiden".
JACQUETmMedieval French Medieval French diminutive of JACQUES. Known bearers of this name include the French composer Jacquet of Mantua (1483-1559) and the Franco-Flemish composer Jacquet de Berchem (c... [more]