The following list of feminine names is from Summerson, Henry, ed., Crown pleas of the Devon Eyre of 1238. While this source modernized some of the given names from the original Latin, the bynames have been retained in their original spellings. Because the given names have been either been modernized or have been left in their original Latin forms, we cannot be 100% sure what the actual spoken form of the name was at the time of writing. However, this does give us evidence that these names were in use, and possible vernacular (spoken) forms can be found in Talan Gwynek, "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames" (SCA: KWHS Proceedings, 1994; WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1997).
I have listed the given name by frequency, and then the surnames alphabetically, and then an alphabetical list of names as they are found in the source.
| Name | Number | Notes |
| Alice | 25 | |
| Matilda | 15 | |
| Agnes | 11 | |
| Emma | 8 | |
| Gunilda/Gunilde/Gunnilda | 7 | |
| Margery | 7 | |
| Wimar/Wimarc/Wymarc/Wymarcha | 7 | |
| Sara/Sarah | 6 | |
| Amice/Amicia | 5 | |
| Avice/Avicia | 5 | |
| Beatrice | 5 | |
| Christiana/Christina/Cristiana/Cristina | 5 | These technically represent two names, C(h)ristin(a) (from OE cristen 'Christian') and C(h)ristian(a) (from Latin christiana 'Christian'). However, by the 13th C the two names were often used interchangeably. |
| Denise | 5 | |
| Joan | 5 | |
| Cecilia/Cecily | 4 | |
| Gillian | 4 | |
| Isabel/Isabella | 4 | |
| Clarica/Clarice/Claricia | 3 | |
| Emelota | 3 | |
| Eva | 3 | |
| Helen | 3 | |
| Mabel | 3 | |
| Margaret | 3 | |
| Sibyl/Sybil | 3 | |
| Alina | 2 | |
| Constance/Custance | 2 | |
| Edelota | 2 | One of these may be the Edelote of Coldecote mentioned in a deed from 1311, available here |
| Edith | 2 | |
| Julian/Juliana | 2 | |
| Katherine | 2 | |
| Maisenta | 2 | |
| Scolastica | 2 | |
| Seilda | 2 | |
| Agatha | 1 | |
| Albreda | 1 | |
| Ascelina | 1 | |
| Ascelota | 1 | |
| Auwenilda | 1 | |
| Cenota | 1 | |
| Clementia | 1 | |
| Eda | 1 | |
| Edelina | 1 | |
| Elena | 1 | |
| Eustachia | 1 | |
| Gillota | 1 | |
| Goda | 1 | |
| Gundreda | 1 | |
| Heloise | 1 | |
| Hodierna | 1 | |
| Idonea | 1 | |
| Imeina | 1 | |
| Isolda | 1 | |
| Mariota | 1 | |
| Olive | 1 | |
| Oresia | 1 | |
| Osanna | 1 | |
| Pelagia | 1 | |
| Petronilla | 1 | |
| Philippa | 1 | |
| Roesia | 1 | |
| Rosamund | 1 | |
| Rose | 1 | |
| Sabina | 1 | |
| Susan | 1 | |
| Swanekil/Swanekilda | 1 | I have been unable to identify this name and so do not know for sure that it is feminine, but given the terminal <-a> it likely is. It may also be a misreading of Swanehil(da). |
| Theophania | 1 |
A note on abbreviations used:
| Loc. | = locative |
| Occ. | = occupational |
| Top. | = toponymic |
| Name | Number | Notes |
| no byname | 149 | |
| Anven | 1 | |
| Claper | 1 | Like <Ingram Clapere> 1267 (R&W s.n. Clapper), this "may be an early example [of top. 'dweller by the clapper bridge'] with loss of the preposition, or a nickname from ME clappe 'chatter'." |
| Coffin | 1 | A nickname from Old French cofin, coffin 'basket'. |
| de Affert | 1 | |
| de Bidennebotine | 1 | |
| de Briuwere/de la Briuwere | 1 | Top. from Old French bruière 'heath'. |
| de Brixtone | 1 | Loc. from Brixton (Devon). |
| de Bulebec | 1 | Loc. from Bolbec (Seine-Inférieure). |
| de Cadigdene | 1 | |
| de Callewdele | 1 | |
| de Caneleswrthi | 1 | |
| de Chevelstone | 1 | Loc. from Chivelstone (Devon). |
| de Coleghe | 1 | Loc. perhaps from Cowley (Exeter). |
| de Cornewde | 1 | Loc. from Cornwood (Devon) |
| de Cuddemore | 1 | Loc. from Cudmore Fm in Bampton (Devon). |
| de Culitone | 1 | Loc. from Colyton (Devon). |
| de Curtenay | 1 | Loc. from Courtenay (Loiret, Isère). |
| de Ebforde | 1 | Loc. from Efford (Devon, Cornwall). |
| de Ferleghe | 1 | |
| de Fortibus | 1 | Loc. from Fors (Deux-Sèvres, Poitou) |
| de Gatesdene | 1 | Loc. from Great, Little Gaddesden (Hertfordshire). |
| de Grendone | 1 | Loc. from Grendon (various locations). |
| de Hiddestone | 1 | |
| de Hokesham | 1 | Loc. from Huxham (Devon). |
| de Holecumbe | 1 | Loc. from Holcombe or Hollacombe (Devon). |
| de Howintone | 1 | |
| de Hundehille | 1 | |
| de Karmetone | 1 | |
| de la Cumbe | 1 | Top. from OE cumb 'valley'. |
| de la Fenne | 1 | Top. from OE fenn 'marsh, fenn'. |
| de la Ya | 1 | |
| de Legh | 1 | Loc. from one of the many places called Lea, Lee, Leigh, Leighs, or Leygh. |
| de Leiham | 1 | |
| de Liddetone | 1 | |
| de Mandeville | 1 | Loc. from Magneville (La Manche). |
| de Matecumbe | 1 | |
| de Middelcote | 1 | Loc. from Middlecoat (Devon). |
| de Monte Acuto | 1 | Loc. from Montaigu-le-bois or Montaigu (La Manche). |
| de More | 2 | Loc. from Moore (Ches) or More (Salop) or top. from OE mōr 'moor, marsh, fen'. |
| de Mortest | 1 | |
| de Moun | 1 | |
| de Nottesdone | 1 | |
| de Parva Toritone | 1 | Loc. from Little Torrington (Devon). |
| de Peggenesse | 1 | |
| de Punchardun | 1 | |
| de Sakiatone | 1 | |
| de Swarteberge | 1 | |
| de Swetlache | 1 | |
| de Totnes | 1 | Loc. from Totnes (Devon). |
| de Traci | 1 | Loc. originally from Tracy-Bocage or Tracy-sur-Mer (Calvados). |
| de Tudeham | 1 | Possibly loc. from Tuddenham (Norfolk). |
| de Westone | 1 | Loc. from Weston (various). |
| de Witheleghe | 1 | Loc. from Whiteley (Devon). |
| Gule | 1 | |
| Pigoc | 1 | |
| Ruche | 1 |
The numbers following the name are the numbers of the entries which the name is found, except for numbers preceded by 'p.', which are page numbers.
Agatha - 419 Agnes - 291 Agnes - 310 Agnes - 505 Agnes - 572 Agnes - 590 Agnes - 613 Agnes de Holecumbe - 259 Agnes de Sakiatone - 412 Agnes de Swetlache - 490 Ailot de Swarteberge - 702 [I'm not positive this is a feminine name] Albreda - p.5, 124 Alice - 15 Alice - 155 Alice - 16 Alice - 178 Alice - 229 Alice - 521 Alice - 535 Alice - 555 Alice - 560 Alice - 579 Alice - 614 Alice - 64, 68 Alice - 644 Alice - 650 Alice - 699 Alice - 765 Alice - p. 126 Alice Coffin - 44 Alice de Callewdele - 132, 133 Alice de Culitone - 62 Alice de Hundehille - 129 Alice de Mortest - 118 Alice de Moun - pp. 1,2; 4, 13, 27, 28, 224, 709 Alice de Peggenesse - 483 Alice de Punchardun - 665 Alina - 585 Alina de la Ya - 587 Amice - 184 Amice - 241 Amice de Cadigdene (alias Agatha de Gatesdene) - 636, 639 Amicia - 532 Agnes Pigoc - 746 Ascelina - 461 Ascelota - 58 Auwenilda - 381 Avice - 186 Avice - 227 Avice - 606 Avice - 744 Avicia - 512 Beatrice - 140 Beatrice - 330 753, 755 Beatrice - 649 Beatrice - 729 Camekinna - 213 Cecilia - 536 Cecilia - 663 Cecilia - 9 Cecily - 300 Cenota - 519 Christiana (alias Christina) - 626 Clarica (alias Claricia) - 136 Clarica de Witheleghe - p. 127 Clarice - 633 Clementia - 708 Constance - 410 Cristiana (alias Christina) - 40 Cristiana de Middelcote - 258 Cristina de Matecumbe - 83 Cristina de la Fenne - 154 Custance - 300 Denise - 164 Denise - 282 Denise - 707 Denise de Bidennebotine - 163 Denise de Caneleswrthi - 107 Eda de Cuddemore - 148 Edelina - 550 Edelota - 755 Edelota Anven - 558 Edith - 387 Edith - 728 Elena - 81 Emelota - 319 Emelota - 34 Emelota - 614 Emma - 171 Emma - 29 Emma - 433 Emma - 715 Emma Gule - 332 Emma de Hokesham - 218 Emma de Karmetone - 369, 389 Emma - 385 Eustachia de Curtenay - 722 Eva - 317 Eva - 599, 603 Eva de Traci - 719 Gillian - 413 Gillian - 474 Gillian - 555 Gillian - 93 Gillota - 448 Goda - 140 Gundreda de Tudeham - 473, 475 Gunilda - 364 Gunilda - 660 Gunilda - 711 Gunilda - 92 Gunilda de Legh - 590 Gunilde de More - 250 Gunnilda de Howintone - 310 Helen - 120 Helen - 549 Helen - 665 Heloise - 277 Hodierna de Brixtone - 537 Idonea - 763 Imeina - 474 Isabel de Bulebec - 176, 709 Isabel de Westone - 525 Isabella - 763 Isabella de Fortibus - 532 Isolda - 567 Joan - 125 Joan - 372 Joan - 68 Joan de Mandeville - 604 Julian de Ferleghe - 187 Juliana - 160 Katherine - 178 Katherine de Monte Acuto - 221 Lady Joan de Briuwere/de la Briuwere - 37, 270 Mabel - 397 Mabel - 97 Mabel de More - 172 Maisenta - 239 Maisenta de Parva Toritone - 450 Margery - 377 Margaret - 292 Margaret - 708 Margaret de Affert - 221 Margery - 115 Margery - 622 Margery - 631 Margery de Liddetone - 651 Margery de la Cumbe - 546 Margery the weaver - 531 (in the same entry her name is given as Beatrice) Mariota - 502 Matilda - 146 Matilda - 18 Matilda - 230 Matilda - 233 Matilda - 254 Matilda - 362 Matilda - 388 Matilda - 513 Matilda - 519 Matilda - 581 Matilda - 634 Matilda Claper - 448 Matilda Ruche - 140 Matilda de Hiddestone - 529 Matilda de Nottesdone - 193 Olive - 168 Oresia - 595 Osanna - 203 Pelagia - 606 Petronilla - 327 Philippa - 68 Roesia - 44 Rosamund - 442 Rose - 133 Sabina - 762 Sara - 174 Sara - 242 Sara de Grendone - 285 Sara de Totnes - 574 Sarah - 438 Sarah de Coleghe - 505 Scolastica - 348 Scolastica - 465 Seilda - 244 Seilda de Cornewde - 663 Sibyl - 477 Sibyl de Ebforde - 524 Susan - p. 125 Swanekil/Swanekilda - 574, 575 [I'm not positive this is a feminine name.] Sybil - 257 Theophania - 329, 754, 756 Wimar (alias Wimarc) - 134 Wimarc - 405 Wimarc - 658 Wymarc - 632 Wymarc de Chevelstone - 190 Wymarc de Leiham - 465 Wymarcha - 38