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: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCGriffinEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCGriffinEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCGriffithEnglishNames found in Cam, Glouchestershire, Marriage Registers 1569-1600
16thCGriffithEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCGryffettEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCGryffythEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
17thCGriffinEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: Welsh

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCGriffidAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
13thCGryffidAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
13thCGryffydAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
16thCGriffithAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCGruffithAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)
16thCGryffythAnglicized WelshA Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)