![]() #-Gothic names *-Lombard names ^Thuringian names Theoderic# Theudebald Theuderic Thorismund# (Penguin classics, Merovingian period, 5th-7th centuries)ĪrnegiselĚthanagild#Ěthanaric#ĚudovaldĪustregiselěadegiselěerthefrieděerthar^ Names from Gregory of Tours' History of the Franks These are by no means all possible names for this period. Names of saints or names derived from Latin were also in use. All names on these lists were likely in use in Frankish territories from 5th-9th centuries. It is possible to form new names by combining elements from two names this is considered acceptable for SCA practices, provided that you can document both elements. Most Germanic names consist of two elements. All names come from two primary sources and are acceptable for use in documentation. The following are lists of names of early Germanic people compiled by Nicolaa de Bracton of Leicester. (London: Oxford University Press, 1932) DA 670 W3 D9 v.11Įarly Germanic Names from Primary Sources (London: Harrison and Sons, 1892) DA 670 S49S5 Feet of Fines for Somerset: Richard I-Edward I, E.(Colchester: Wiles and Son, 1899) DA 670 E7A12 The names given here are taken from four collections of legal documents from around England: A look through a book of documents will give you a host of different possible surnames. Eventually these, too, lost their original meanings and became merely surnames. Anglo-Norman occupational names evolved right alongside English ones neither was completely dominant. The other common type of surname was the occupational name or descriptive name: for instance: le Ferrier = "the smith", "Draper" = "The draper",etc. ![]() As families grew and migrated, many of these lost their place-meanings and simply evolved into family names. The first was used mostly by the upper classes and was originally a place-name describing where the family lived: de Quincy = "of Quincy", de Montfort = "of Montfort", etc. I will not say much about surnames except to note the two most common forms. Whether these names all actually ended in "a" is another matter, but it is clear that in many cases one may substitute "e" for "(i)a" and still have just as valid a name: Felicia => Felice Amicia => Amice (and later, Amy), etc. You will note that many of the femine names end in "a", which is merely the most common nominative feminine ending. ![]() ![]() When the names were rendered into Latin in charters, often they were changed to make them fit the language. Names of great leaders or heroes (Constantine, Alexander, etc) seem to have also been used for males, though not as frequently as saints' names. You will notice the popularity of saints' and Biblical names for both sexes. The male names Roger and Simon and the female names Juliana and Matilda are good examples of this while none of these names dropped completely out of use (though Matilda nearly did), they became far less frequent in later centuries after rivaling the Williams, Richards, Cecilys and Joans for popularity in the Anglo-Norman period. Furthermore, the popular names in the 13th century did not necessarily maintain their popularity in later years. While certain of these were more popular than others, they did not dominate naming practices to the extent that names such as John, Thomas, Richard, and William for guys and Anne, Elizabeth, Cecily, and Margaret for girls did in later centuries. While this is indeed true for the later medieval period, the Anglo-Norman period (which lasted from the Conquest on down to the beginning of the fourteenth century or so) provided a much larger variety of available and relatively common personal names. It is a common misconception that medieval English naming practices centred on a relatively small number of personal names. Within all Medieval names, the English and German Oliver was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #5 and a usage of 0.6941%.Short Treatise on Anglo-Norman Personal Names In 2018, 78 Medieval names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 11.404%. Medieval names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. There were 92 Medieval names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. At the height of their usage in 1952, 33.710% of baby boys were given Medieval names. Currently they are still very popular baby names for boys, though they were in more widespread use previously. With the popularity of fantasy literature such as Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, medieval names have experienced a surge of interest in recent years. Medieval baby names span a wide variety of themes – think castles, battles, early Christian saints, and even desirable qualities such as loyalty and wisdom. From the Middle Ages come a classic collection of cool and noble-sounding baby names that you can never go wrong with. Medieval names for baby boys, with 197 entries.
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