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
13thCLaurenciaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCLaurentiaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCLorenceFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCLorenceteYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCLorencinYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
15thCLorenceFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
16thCLaurencenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCLaurensaLanguedocianLate Period Feminine Names from the South of France
16thCLaurenteFrenchSixteenth Century Norman Names

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCLorenzaItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427
15thCLorenzaItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado