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
13thCOliuaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCOlivaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCOliveEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
13thCOlyveEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCOlifEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCOliuaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCOliueLatinYorkshire Given Names from 1379
14thCOlivaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCOlivaLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCOliveEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCOliveLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
14thCOlyvaLatinIndex of Names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax
16thCOlyfEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCOlyffEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
16thCOlyffeEnglishFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCOliveFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
15thCOlivenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCOlivaLatinNames from 15th Century Naples
15thCUlivaItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427
15thCUlivaItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
15thCUlivettaYItalianFeminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427
16thCOliviaItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
17thCOlivaItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice