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
16thCGresildaEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCGrisillEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
17thCGrysellEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCGrisellScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCGrissallScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCGrisselScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCGrissellScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCGrissallScotsA List of Feminine Personal Names Found in Scottish Records
17thCGrissellScotsA List of Feminine Personal Names Found in Scottish Records