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
11thCLovromodern CroatianEarly Croatian Given Names
15thCLovromodern CroatianEarly Croatian Given Names

Culture: Dutch

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCLaurensLatinMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCLaurensikenYDutchMale first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393
14thCLauwerensDutchDutch Names 1358-1361
16thCLaurensDutch15th Century Dutch Names
16thCLouwerijsDutch15th Century Dutch Names

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCLaurenciusLatinNames from 13th Century Northumberland
13thCLaurenciusLatinGiven Names from Early 13th Century England
13thCLaurentiusLatinNames from 13th Century Northumberland
14thCLaurenceLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCLaurenciusLatinYorkshire Given Names from 1379
14thCLaurenciusLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCLaurentiusLatin14th Century Worcestershire Names
15thCLaurenceEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCLauranceEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCLauranceEnglishNames of Soldiers from Kent, 1595
16thCLaurencEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCLaurenceEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCLaurenceEnglishNames found in Cam, Glouchestershire, Marriage Registers 1569-1600
16thCLaurenceEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCLaurenceEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCLaurenciusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCLaurensEnglishAn Index to the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England
16thCLaurentiusLatinNames found in Frocester, Glouchestershire Marriage Registers 1559-1600
16thCLawerenceEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCLawranceEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCLawranceEnglish16th Century Names from Ormskirk Parish Registers
16thCLawrenceEnglishNames in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
16thCLawrenceEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCLawrenceEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCLawrenceEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCLawrentingEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCLawrentiusLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCLouranceEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCLaurencEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCLawerenceEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCLawrenceEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCLowranceEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCLarenzFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCLorenceFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCLorencinYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCLorensFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCLorensFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCLorentFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCLorenzFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCLorinsFrenchMasculine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
13thCLorrenzFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
14thCLaurensOccitanOccitan names from Saint Flour, France, 1380-1385
14thCLaurentFrenchFrench Names from Abbeville, 1388
15thCLaurenciusLatinSome Names in Latin from an Occitan document, circa 1442
15thCLaurensFrenchNames from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
15thCLaurensFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCLaurentinYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCLorensFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCLorinFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
16thCLaurensFrenchSixteenth Century Norman Names
16thCLaurensFrenchNames from Sixteenth Century Picardy
16thCLaurentFrenchSixteenth Century Norman Names
16thCLaurentFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCLorensFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600

Culture: German

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCLaurenciusLatinMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCLorenczGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
14thCLorenzGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCLaurYGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCLaurenczGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCLaurentiusLatinGerman Names from Kosice, 1300 - 1500
15thCLaurentzGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCLaurentzGermanGerman Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
15thCLorenczGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCLorenczGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCLorenntzGermanGerman Names from Kulmbach, 1495
15thCLorenntzGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCLorentzGermanGerman Names from Kulmbach, 1495
15thCLorentzGermanGerman Names from 1495
15thCLorentzGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCLaurencinusYLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCLaurenciusLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCLaurentinusYLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
14thCLorenzoItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCLorenzoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
15thCLauroYItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCLorenzinoYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCLorenzoItalianFifteenth Century Venetian Masculine Names
15thCLorenzoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
15thCLorenzoItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
15thCLorenzoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528
15thCLorenzoItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
16thCLorenzoItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCLorenzoItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo
16thCLorenzoItalianNames from Arezzo, Italy, 1386-1528

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCLaurenciusPortugueseEarly Portuguese Names
13thCLourencoPortugueseEarly Portuguese Names
16thCLourençoPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565

Culture: Scottish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCLaurenciusLatinIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
14thCLowrensScots13th & 14th Century Scottish Names
15thCLaurenceScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCLawYScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCLawrensScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCLouransScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
15thCLourensScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCLowransScots15th-Century Scots Names from Dunfermline
15thCLowransScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCLaurenceScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
16thCLawrenceScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCLaurenceScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCLouranceScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
17thCLowrenceScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCLlorençCatalanCatalan Names from 15th-Century Barcelona
15thCLlorençeSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCLlorençoSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCLlorencoSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCLlorenteSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCLorençoSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
15thCLorenzoSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
16thCLorençCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCLorençoCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCLorensCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCLorenzoSpanish16th Century Spanish Names