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: Dutch

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16thCValentijnDutchNames from Dutch Records Between 1584-1585

Culture: English

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15thCValentineEnglishEnglish Names from Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions
16thCValantineEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCValentinEnglishNames and Naming Practices in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
16thCValentinaEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
16thCValentineEnglishLate Sixteenth Century English Given Names
16thCValentyneEnglishAn Index to the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England
16thCVolentineEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records
17thCValentineEnglishEnglish Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records

Culture: French

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16thCValentinFrenchNames from Artois, 1601

Culture: German

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15thCValentinGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCValentinGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
15thCVallentinGermanGerman Names from Nürnberg, 1497
15thCValtenGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
15thCValtinGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia
16thCValentinGermanLate Period German Masculine Given Names
16thCValtenGermanMedieval German Given Names from Silesia

Culture: Italian

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15thCValentinoItalianItalian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484
16thCValentinItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice
16thCValentinoItalianItalian Masculine Given Names from 15th- and 16th-century Viterbo

Culture: Portuguese

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16thCValentimPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCValentinPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCValentynPortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565

Culture: Scottish

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17thCValentineScotsIndex of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue