This database is an ongoing project indexing medieval names found in articles in the Medieval Names Archive and elsewhere. Any citations included here should be verified in the original sources. The pages generated by this database should NOT be used for documentation.

This project is still very much in the early stages. New data are being added on a regular basis, and I'm working on making the formatting look prettier (many thanks to Wenyeva atte grene for some help in that direction). Right now one known issue is that none of the accented characters are displaying correctly. I'm working on it.

Culture: Dutch

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCBelaLatinFemale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCBeleDutchFemale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCBeligenYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCBelikeYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCBelikenYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCBelitgenYDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCBelyDutchDutch Names 1393-96
15thCBelijDutch15th Century Dutch Names
15thCBelyeDutch15th Century Dutch Names

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCBeleEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCBeleEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCBellaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCBelleEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCByleEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCBealeEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCBeeleyEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: Swedish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCBeelaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBelaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBeleSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
15thCBælaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
16thCBedleSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
16thCBeelaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP
16thCBellaSwedishSwedish Feminine Given Names from SMP