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: Croatian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCBernardinmodern CroatianEarly Croatian Given Names

Culture: Dutch

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCBaerntDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCBaerntDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCBarnaerdDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCBarnaertDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
14thCBeernDutchMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCBeerntDutchDutch Names 1393-96
14thCBerentDutchMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCBernardusLatinMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
15thCBaernetDutch15th Century Dutch Names
15thCBaerntDutch15th Century Dutch Names
15thCBairntDutch15th Century Dutch Names
15thCBarentDutch15th Century Dutch Names
15thCBeerntDutch15th Century Dutch Names
15thCBerentDutch15th Century Dutch Names
15thCBerntDutch15th Century Dutch Names
16thCBaerntDutch15th Century Dutch Names
16thCBarentDutch15th Century Dutch Names
16thCBernardDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCBernardDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCBernardusLatinNames from 13th Century Northumberland
15thCBernardEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCBarnardEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCBarnardEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCBarnardEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCBarnerdEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCBarnardEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCBernardEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: Frankish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
10thCBernardusLatin10th Century Frankish Names from the Survey of Neuillay

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCBarnierFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCBernarFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCBernardFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCBernardusLatinNames from 13th- and 14th-Century Latin Records from Gascony
13thCBernardusLatinMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCBernartFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCBernartFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCBernierFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
14thCBernardOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
14thCBernardFrenchFrench Names from Abbeville, 1388
14thCBernardusLatinNames from 13th- and 14th-Century Latin Records from Gascony
14thCBernartOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
14thCBernartFrench14th C French Names from Abbeville
14thCBernatOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
14thCBernatzOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
15thCBenardFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCBernardFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCBernardFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCBernardFrenchNames from Paris, 1408-1449
15thCBernardoLatinSome Names in Latin from an Occitan document, circa 1442
15thCBernardtFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCBernardusLatinSome Names in Latin from an Occitan document, circa 1442
15thCBernartFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCBernartFrenchNames from Paris, 1408-1449
16thCBernardFrenchSixteenth Century Norman Names
16thCBernardFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600

Culture: Frisian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
10thCBernhardLatin10th Century Frisian Masculine Names

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCBernardusLatinGerman Given Names 1200-1250
13thCBernhardGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCBernhardGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCBernhardusLatinMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCBernhardGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCBernhardGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCBernhardtGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCBernhardtGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCBernhartGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCBernhartGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCBernhartGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCBernhartGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCBernhartGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCBernhartGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCBernharttGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCBernnhartGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCBerntGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCPernhardtGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
16thCBernhardGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCBernardinusYLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCBernardoItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCBernardoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
15thCBelardinoYItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
15thCBerardoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCBerardoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCBerardusLatinNames from 15th Century Naples
15thCBernardinoYItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCBernardinoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCBernardinoYItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
15thCBernardoItalianFifteenth Century Venetian Masculine Names
15thCBernardoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCBernardoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCNardoYItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
16thCBelardinoYItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
16thCBerardinoYItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
16thCBernardinYItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCBernardinoYItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
16thCNardoYItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
17thCBernardoItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCBernaldinYPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCBernaldoPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCBernaldoPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century
16thCBernaldynYPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCBernalldimYPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century
16thCBernalldinoYPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCBernalldoPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCBernalldoPortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCBernardScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCBarnardScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCBernadLatinCatalan Names in Latin Contexts: the late 12th century
12thCBernardusLatinCatalan Names in Latin Contexts: the late 12th century
12thC,13thCBernadCatalanCatalan Names from 12th and 13th Century Charters
12thC,13thCBernatCatalanCatalan Names from 12th and 13th Century Charters
15thCBernalSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCBernaldinoYSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCBernardinoYSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCBernatCatalanCatalan Names from 15th-Century Barcelona
15thCVernaldinoYSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
16thCBernadiCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCBernaldinoYCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCBernardiCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCBernardinoYSpanish16th Century Spanish Names
16thCBernardinoYCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCBernardoSpanishLate-Period Spanish Men's Names from Seville
16thCBernatCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia

Culture: Swiss

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
12thCBernardusLatin12th Century Swiss Names in Latin