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

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
14thCJolandaDutchDutch Names 1393-96
15thCYolenteDutch15th Century Dutch Names

Culture: English

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCJoliciaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCJoleiciaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
14thCJolentaLatinFeminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames

Culture: French

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
13thCHyolentFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
13thCYolentFrenchNames in the 1292 census of Paris
15thCYolandenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCYolandenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names
16thCYolenteFrenchNames from Artois, 1601
17thCYolandenormalized FrenchLate Period French Feminine Names

Culture: Italian

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCViolanteItalianNames from Sixteenth Century Venice

Culture: Portuguese

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
16thCViolamtePortuguesePortuguese Names from the 16th Century
16thCViolantePortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565
16thCVyolantePortuguesePortuguese Names from Lisbon, 1565

Culture: Spanish

CenturyVariantDiminutive?LanguageSource
15thCViolanteSpanishSpanish Names from the Late 15th Century
16thCViolantCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia
16thCViolanteSpanish16th Century Spanish Names
16thCYolantCatalanCatalan Names from the 1510 census of Valencia