Names from Eindhoven, 1340

by Sara L. Uckelman
known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael

© 2005, 2011 Sara L. Uckelman; all rights reserved
last updated 13Dec11

The following names come from what looks to be a tax or payment record from Eindhoven c. 1340, written in a combination of Dutch and Latin. The names found therein display a wide range of forms, mixing Dutch and Latin and Latinized Dutch elements all within a single name. Most people are not identified by the usual <name> + <patronymic byname> structure that is found in later Dutch records; rather, someone named Arnold, a weaver, the son of Willem might have been known as Arnoldus Willelmus, Arnoldus, zoon van Willelmus, Arnoldus de Wever, Arnoldus Willelmus de Wever, or Arnoldus Textoris. Some people were referenced simply by their given name.

Women showed up fairly frequently, both in their own rights, and as other people's mothers. Their names showed the same variety as the men's; a woman could be known as someone's daughter, someone's widow, or with a descriptive or locative byname of her own.

Men's given names

NameNumberNotes
Art1
Boudekinus1Latinized
Capponis1Latinized
Copkinus2Latinized
Coppen2
Cristianus4Latinized
Diddekinus1Latinized
Didden5

Womens's given names

NameNumberNotes
Beatrix1
    Beatrix1
Bela1
    Bela1
Conegundis1
    Conegundis1Latinized
Elisabeth19
    Elisabeth5
    Elisabet4
    Elizabet2
    Elyzabet2
    Elisbeth1
    Eliysabet1
    Elysabeth1
    Elyza1
    Elyzabeth1
    Elzibeth1
Enghela1
    Enghela1
Grieta2
    Grieta1
    Grita1
Heila1
    Heila1
Heilwigis4
    Heilwigis3
    Heilewigis1
Katherina2
    Katherina3
    Katharina2
Leita10
    Leita5
    Leyta4
    Leijsken1
Yda3
    Ida1
    Yda2

Source

Asseldonk, Martien van, "'s Hertogs tienduizend bunders het Cijnsboek van de Hertog voor de Meijerij van 's-Hertogenbosch van 1340" (WWW: 1998) http://users.bart.nl/~leenders/10000bu/eindhove.htm