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
13thCSampsonLatinNames from 13th Century Northumberland
16thCSampsonEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCSampsonEnglishNames of Soldiers from Kent, 1595
16thCSamsonEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
17thCSampsonEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCSamsonEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCSanseYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCSansesYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCSansonFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCSansonnetYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCSanxeYFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
16thCSansonFrenchGiven Names from Brittany, 1384-1600
16thCSanssonFrenchNames from Sixteenth Century Picardy

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCSansanPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCSansónSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century