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
13thCColinaYLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCNicholaaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCNicolaaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCColletaYLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCNecolaaLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCNicholaLatinFeminine Given Names from Kent, 1302-1363
14thCNicholaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCColletaYLatinEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCNicholinaYEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCColeiteYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCColeteYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCColleiteYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCNicholeFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCNicoleFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
14thCColetteYFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
15thCColeteYFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
15thCColetteYnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
15thCColletteYFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCColletteYFrenchFeminine Given Names in Morlet, Étude d'anthroponymie picarde
15thCNicoleFrenchFrench Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438
15thCNicolenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCColetteYnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCNicolenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCNicoletteYnormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
17thCNicolenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCColetteYItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCColletaYItalianFourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names
14thCNicholaLatinItalian names from Imola, 1312
15thCColaYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCColellaYLatinNames from 15th Century Naples
15thCNiccolaItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427
15thCNiccolaItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCNiccoloItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCNiccolosaYItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427
15thCNiccolosaYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCNiccolucciaYItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
16thCNicolosaYItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice

Culture: Swiss

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thC,15thCColletaYLatin14th-15th C Given Names in Latin from Switzerland
14thC,15thCNycolaLatin14th-15th C Given Names in Latin from Switzerland