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
16thCDavidDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCDavidDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCDavidtDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585
16thCDavitDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCDavidLatinGiven Names from Early 13th Century England
14thCDauidLatinYorkshire Given Names from 1379
15thCDavidEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCDauidEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCDavedEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCDavidEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCDavidEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCDavidEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCDavidEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCDavidEnglishAn Index to the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England
16thCDavidEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCDavideEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCDavideEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCDavieYEnglishNames of Members of the Frobisher Voyages, 1576-1578
16thCDavieYEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCDavisEnglishNames of Members of the Frobisher Voyages, 1576-1578
16thCDavyYEnglishName Distribution in King's Stanley Marriages: 1573-1600
16thCDavyYEnglishNames found in Minchinhampton, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1566-1600
16thCDavyYEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCDavyYEnglishNames of Members of the Frobisher Voyages, 1576-1578
16thCDavydEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCDavydEnglishNames of Soldiers from Kent, 1595
16thCDavyeYEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
17thCDavidEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCDaviFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCDavidFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCDavyFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
16thCDavidFrenchSixteenth Century Norman Names

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCDavidGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCDavidGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
16thCDavidGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
16thCDavidGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCDavideItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCDauidScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
14thCDauyYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
14thCDaviYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
14thCDavidScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
14thCDavyYScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
15thCDauidScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCDauidScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCDauideScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCDauyYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCDaveYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCDavidScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCDavidScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCDavyYScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCDavyYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCDavydScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCDawyYScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCDawyYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCDawydScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
16thCDauidScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCDauidScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCDauitScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCDauyYScotsEarly 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names
16thCDauyYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCDaveYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCDavidScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCDavyYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCDaweScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCDawyYScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCDauidScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCDavidScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCDavisCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia

Culture: Welsh

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCDavidAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
13thCDeykinYAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
16thCDavidWelshSome 16th & 17th C Welsh Masculine Names
16thCDavidAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCDeyoYAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
17thCDavidWelshSome 16th & 17th C Welsh Masculine Names