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
12thCPaulinaYLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCPaulaOccitanNames from PĂ©rigueux, 1339-1340

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCPaulaLatinFeminine Given Names from Thirteenth Century Perugia
13thCPaulinaYLatinFeminine Given Names from Thirteenth Century Perugia
15thCPaolaItalianNames in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado
16thCPaolaItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCPaolinaYItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCPaulaItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCPaulinaYItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCPaulaPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565