THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN'S NAMES Italian Renaissance Women's Names by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (Jo Lori Drake) Below is a list of Italian feminine names from Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, part of the list compiled by Lady Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale. CONSTRUCTING 13TH CENTURY WELSH NAMES Name Structures The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time). MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: FRANKISH AND FRENCH French Names France today is a unified country with a common language. That was not true in our period: It was a collection of dialects, some quite similar, some quite different. NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH MEN'S NAMES These two tables in this article contain the given names from The Agincourt Honor Roll, web-published by Family Chronicle, a magazine for amateur genealogists.Such sources are often not useful for Society name research, since their goals differ from ours, but this particular list appears to be pretty good. MEN'S GIVEN NAMES FROM EARLY 13TH C ENGLAND Men's Given Names from Early 13th Century England The head names (in bold face) are for the most part those used by E. G. Withycombe in her Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names when she has discussed the name.In some cases I have used another modern form closer to the documentary ones, e.g., Hugo instead of Hugh and Milo instead of Miles.Warin is not a modern form, but it is not SPANISH NAMES FROM THE LATE 15TH CENTURY Household accounts give a wealth of information about the lives of people in the past. These records of expenditures allow us to deduce a great deal about life: what goods were produced in the household and which were purchased, how many workers a family employed, and even the colors and kinds of fabric used in clothing. THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN'S NAMES Italian Renaissance Women's Names by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (Jo Lori Drake) Below is a list of Italian feminine names from Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, part of the list compiled by Lady Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale. CONSTRUCTING 13TH CENTURY WELSH NAMES Name Structures The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time). MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: FRANKISH AND FRENCH French Names France today is a unified country with a common language. That was not true in our period: It was a collection of dialects, some quite similar, some quite different. NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH MEN'S NAMES These two tables in this article contain the given names from The Agincourt Honor Roll, web-published by Family Chronicle, a magazine for amateur genealogists.Such sources are often not useful for Society name research, since their goals differ from ours, but this particular list appears to be pretty good. MEN'S GIVEN NAMES FROM EARLY 13TH C ENGLAND Men's Given Names from Early 13th Century England The head names (in bold face) are for the most part those used by E. G. Withycombe in her Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names when she has discussed the name.In some cases I have used another modern form closer to the documentary ones, e.g., Hugo instead of Hugh and Milo instead of Miles.Warin is not a modern form, but it is not SPANISH NAMES FROM THE LATE 15TH CENTURY Household accounts give a wealth of information about the lives of people in the past. These records of expenditures allow us to deduce a great deal about life: what goods were produced in the household and which were purchased, how many workers a family employed, and even the colors and kinds of fabric used in clothing. PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: ENGLISH Three articles in this collection are especially popular, so they're listed here for convenience. Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames, by Talan Gwynek This dictionary, by P. H. Reaney, contains thousands of dated examples of full names. MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: JEWISH Jewish Names. Jewish naming practices were not the same everywhere in the medieval and renaissance western world, but there are some common

practices.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: GREEK AND ARMENIAN Greek and Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names; Medieval Greek Names; Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names. A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names This website presents the work of an academic research project at Oxford University, an index of all known ancient Greek personal names from sources up to approximately the 6th century. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN'S NAMES Italian Renaissance Women's Names by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (Jo Lori Drake) Below is a list of Italian feminine names from Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, part of the list compiled by Lady Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale. FAIRE NAMES FOR ENGLISH FOLK: GIVEN NAMES Women's given names The top five to ten women's given names are somewhat more variable from decade to decade, and not quite so dominant. It takes nine names rather than five to account for 70% of all women studied, and Elizabeth, the most common women's name, is A CONSIDERATION OF PICTISH NAMES: INTRODUCTION A Consideration of Pictish Names (Being prompted by a request for advice on a 1st century Pictish name) by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn copyright 1996 Heather MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: FRANKISH AND FRENCH French Names France today is a unified country with a common language. That was not true in our period: It was a collection of dialects, some quite similar, some quite different. 13TH & 14TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAMES: SURNAMES Macgoulchane Makartane Makdowall Makfulchiane Makgullane Makmartane Maknab Maknakill Maknauchtan Makyne-Drosser : Editor's Note: These Scots renderings of Gaelic bynames are all used in this text as chiefly titles, not as simple patronymics. GIVEN NAMES FROM BRITTANY, 1384-1600 The selection criterion for the article was names with toponymic-origin bynames/surnames. Assuming that this type of byname is distributed randomly with respect to given names (a reasonable, if not certain, assumption), in addition to supplying specific examples of given names in use, this list should give a sense of relative

popularity.

THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN'S NAMES Italian Renaissance Women's Names by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (Jo Lori Drake) Below is a list of Italian feminine names from Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, part of the list compiled by Lady Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale. CONSTRUCTING 13TH CENTURY WELSH NAMES Name Structures The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time). MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: FRANKISH AND FRENCH French Names France today is a unified country with a common language. That was not true in our period: It was a collection of dialects, some quite similar, some quite different. NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH MEN'S NAMES These two tables in this article contain the given names from The Agincourt Honor Roll, web-published by Family Chronicle, a magazine for amateur genealogists.Such sources are often not useful for Society name research, since their goals differ from ours, but this particular list appears to be pretty good. MEN'S GIVEN NAMES FROM EARLY 13TH C ENGLAND Men's Given Names from Early 13th Century England The head names (in bold face) are for the most part those used by E. G. Withycombe in her Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names when she has discussed the name.In some cases I have used another modern form closer to the documentary ones, e.g., Hugo instead of Hugh and Milo instead of Miles.Warin is not a modern form, but it is not SPANISH NAMES FROM THE LATE 15TH CENTURY Household accounts give a wealth of information about the lives of people in the past. These records of expenditures allow us to deduce a great deal about life: what goods were produced in the household and which were purchased, how many workers a family employed, and even the colors and kinds of fabric used in clothing. THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN'S NAMES Italian Renaissance Women's Names by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (Jo Lori Drake) Below is a list of Italian feminine names from Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, part of the list compiled by Lady Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale. CONSTRUCTING 13TH CENTURY WELSH NAMES Name Structures The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time). MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: FRANKISH AND FRENCH French Names France today is a unified country with a common language. That was not true in our period: It was a collection of dialects, some quite similar, some quite different. NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH MEN'S NAMES These two tables in this article contain the given names from The Agincourt Honor Roll, web-published by Family Chronicle, a magazine for amateur genealogists.Such sources are often not useful for Society name research, since their goals differ from ours, but this particular list appears to be pretty good. MEN'S GIVEN NAMES FROM EARLY 13TH C ENGLAND Men's Given Names from Early 13th Century England The head names (in bold face) are for the most part those used by E. G. Withycombe in her Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names when she has discussed the name.In some cases I have used another modern form closer to the documentary ones, e.g., Hugo instead of Hugh and Milo instead of Miles.Warin is not a modern form, but it is not SPANISH NAMES FROM THE LATE 15TH CENTURY Household accounts give a wealth of information about the lives of people in the past. These records of expenditures allow us to deduce a great deal about life: what goods were produced in the household and which were purchased, how many workers a family employed, and even the colors and kinds of fabric used in clothing. PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: ENGLISH Three articles in this collection are especially popular, so they're listed here for convenience. Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames, by Talan Gwynek This dictionary, by P. H. Reaney, contains thousands of dated examples of full names. MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: JEWISH Jewish Names. Jewish naming practices were not the same everywhere in the medieval and renaissance western world, but there are some common

practices.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: GREEK AND ARMENIAN Greek and Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names; Medieval Greek Names; Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names. A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names This website presents the work of an academic research project at Oxford University, an index of all known ancient Greek personal names from sources up to approximately the 6th century. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN'S NAMES Italian Renaissance Women's Names by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (Jo Lori Drake) Below is a list of Italian feminine names from Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, part of the list compiled by Lady Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale. FAIRE NAMES FOR ENGLISH FOLK: GIVEN NAMES Women's given names The top five to ten women's given names are somewhat more variable from decade to decade, and not quite so dominant. It takes nine names rather than five to account for 70% of all women studied, and Elizabeth, the most common women's name, is A CONSIDERATION OF PICTISH NAMES: INTRODUCTION A Consideration of Pictish Names (Being prompted by a request for advice on a 1st century Pictish name) by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn copyright 1996 Heather MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: FRANKISH AND FRENCH French Names France today is a unified country with a common language. That was not true in our period: It was a collection of dialects, some quite similar, some quite different. 13TH & 14TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAMES: SURNAMES Macgoulchane Makartane Makdowall Makfulchiane Makgullane Makmartane Maknab Maknakill Maknauchtan Makyne-Drosser : Editor's Note: These Scots renderings of Gaelic bynames are all used in this text as chiefly titles, not as simple patronymics. GIVEN NAMES FROM BRITTANY, 1384-1600 The selection criterion for the article was names with toponymic-origin bynames/surnames. Assuming that this type of byname is distributed randomly with respect to given names (a reasonable, if not certain, assumption), in addition to supplying specific examples of given names in use, this list should give a sense of relative

popularity.

THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

NAMES FOUND IN THE TRAVELS OF IBN JUBAYR In around 1120 CE there was founded a movement in what is now called Morocco, seeking to "reform" Islam in a rather puritan and simplistic

fashion.

12TH AND 13TH CENTURY FRENCH AND OCCITAN NAMES, INDEX FRENCH / OCCITAN NAMES FROM THE XII AND XIII CENTURY by Ramons lo Montalbes The names listed here were taken from La chanson de la croisade albigeoise de Guillaume de Tulède (ISBN 2-253-05084-9, texte originale, avec une adaptation en français de Henri Gougaud, Le Livre de Poche, Librairie Générale Française, Paris, 1989). This is a chanson de geste, written by two participants in the SOUTH ITALIAN NAMES FROM THE NORMAN KINGDOM, 11TH-12TH Name Place documented Date Notes; Aballantus: Cava: 1117: p.85 (Cava XIX 94) Adam: p.30, Alexander de Telese III, 28: Adalferius: early 12th century: p. 180: Adelarius CONSTRUCTING 13TH CENTURY WELSH NAMES Name Structures The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time). PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday 13TH & 14TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAMES 13th & 14th Century Scottish Names by Symon Freser of Lovat (Bryan J. Maloney, bjm10@cornell.edu) Revised 18 Dec 2000 by Arval Benicoeur, with direction from the Academy of Saint Gabriel. Introduction NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

NAMES FOUND IN THE TRAVELS OF IBN JUBAYR In around 1120 CE there was founded a movement in what is now called Morocco, seeking to "reform" Islam in a rather puritan and simplistic

fashion.

12TH AND 13TH CENTURY FRENCH AND OCCITAN NAMES, INDEX FRENCH / OCCITAN NAMES FROM THE XII AND XIII CENTURY by Ramons lo Montalbes The names listed here were taken from La chanson de la croisade albigeoise de Guillaume de Tulède (ISBN 2-253-05084-9, texte originale, avec une adaptation en français de Henri Gougaud, Le Livre de Poche, Librairie Générale Française, Paris, 1989). This is a chanson de geste, written by two participants in the SOUTH ITALIAN NAMES FROM THE NORMAN KINGDOM, 11TH-12TH Name Place documented Date Notes; Aballantus: Cava: 1117: p.85 (Cava XIX 94) Adam: p.30, Alexander de Telese III, 28: Adalferius: early 12th century: p. 180: Adelarius CONSTRUCTING 13TH CENTURY WELSH NAMES Name Structures The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time). PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday 13TH & 14TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAMES 13th & 14th Century Scottish Names by Symon Freser of Lovat (Bryan J. Maloney, bjm10@cornell.edu) Revised 18 Dec 2000 by Arval Benicoeur, with direction from the Academy of Saint Gabriel. Introduction NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: JEWISH Jewish Names. Jewish naming practices were not the same everywhere in the medieval and renaissance western world, but there are some common

practices.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: GREEK AND ARMENIAN Greek and Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names; Medieval Greek Names; Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names. A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names This website presents the work of an academic research project at Oxford University, an index of all known ancient Greek personal names from sources up to approximately the 6th century. MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: SCOTTISH Scottish Names Scotland has a complex cultural and linguistic history. In the 9th century, the area that is now Scotland had almost half a dozen different overlapping cultures speaking as PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday A CONSIDERATION OF PICTISH NAMES: INTRODUCTION A Consideration of Pictish Names (Being prompted by a request for advice on a 1st century Pictish name) by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn copyright 1996 Heather YORKSHIRE GIVEN NAMES FROM 1379 Yorkshire Given Names from 1379 by Talan Gwynek (Brian M. Scott) bmscott@stratos.net The assessment roll of the 1379 Poll Tax for Howdenshire Hundred in Yorkshire East Riding includes the forenames of approximately 1794 women and 1665 men. 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH MEN'S NAMES These two tables in this article contain the given names from The Agincourt Honor Roll, web-published by Family Chronicle, a magazine for amateur genealogists.Such sources are often not useful for Society name research, since their goals differ from ours, but this particular list appears to be pretty good. CHOOSING A SOCIETY NAME: HINTS FOR NEWCOMERS Choosing a Society Name: Hints for Newcomers. Everyone is encouraged to have a name, but you don't want to rush a decision that you may regret later. It might be helpful to choose a given name within your first six months or so and try it on for size. You may later decide on a different culture or find that the name just doesn't suit you. SPANISH NAMES FROM THE LATE 15TH CENTURY Household accounts give a wealth of information about the lives of people in the past. These records of expenditures allow us to deduce a great deal about life: what goods were produced in the household and which were purchased, how many workers a family employed, and even the colors and kinds of fabric used in clothing. NAME FREQUENCY IN THE NOVGOROD BIRCH-BARK LETTERS The terms "Christian" and "Old-Russian," as pertaining to names used in Russia in period, require a comment. Even though the religion of a person (or persona) has no bearing on the registration of a name with the College of Arms, or with its documentation to period, it has much to do with understanding the naming practices of Russians in medieval Russia (and therefore with persona development). THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

NAMES FOUND IN THE TRAVELS OF IBN JUBAYR In around 1120 CE there was founded a movement in what is now called Morocco, seeking to "reform" Islam in a rather puritan and simplistic

fashion.

12TH AND 13TH CENTURY FRENCH AND OCCITAN NAMES, INDEX FRENCH / OCCITAN NAMES FROM THE XII AND XIII CENTURY by Ramons lo Montalbes The names listed here were taken from La chanson de la croisade albigeoise de Guillaume de Tulède (ISBN 2-253-05084-9, texte originale, avec une adaptation en français de Henri Gougaud, Le Livre de Poche, Librairie Générale Française, Paris, 1989). This is a chanson de geste, written by two participants in the SOUTH ITALIAN NAMES FROM THE NORMAN KINGDOM, 11TH-12TH Name Place documented Date Notes; Aballantus: Cava: 1117: p.85 (Cava XIX 94) Adam: p.30, Alexander de Telese III, 28: Adalferius: early 12th century: p. 180: Adelarius CONSTRUCTING 13TH CENTURY WELSH NAMES Name Structures The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time). PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday 13TH & 14TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAMES 13th & 14th Century Scottish Names by Symon Freser of Lovat (Bryan J. Maloney, bjm10@cornell.edu) Revised 18 Dec 2000 by Arval Benicoeur, with direction from the Academy of Saint Gabriel. Introduction NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

NAMES FOUND IN THE TRAVELS OF IBN JUBAYR In around 1120 CE there was founded a movement in what is now called Morocco, seeking to "reform" Islam in a rather puritan and simplistic

fashion.

12TH AND 13TH CENTURY FRENCH AND OCCITAN NAMES, INDEX FRENCH / OCCITAN NAMES FROM THE XII AND XIII CENTURY by Ramons lo Montalbes The names listed here were taken from La chanson de la croisade albigeoise de Guillaume de Tulède (ISBN 2-253-05084-9, texte originale, avec une adaptation en français de Henri Gougaud, Le Livre de Poche, Librairie Générale Française, Paris, 1989). This is a chanson de geste, written by two participants in the SOUTH ITALIAN NAMES FROM THE NORMAN KINGDOM, 11TH-12TH Name Place documented Date Notes; Aballantus: Cava: 1117: p.85 (Cava XIX 94) Adam: p.30, Alexander de Telese III, 28: Adalferius: early 12th century: p. 180: Adelarius CONSTRUCTING 13TH CENTURY WELSH NAMES Name Structures The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time). PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday 13TH & 14TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAMES 13th & 14th Century Scottish Names by Symon Freser of Lovat (Bryan J. Maloney, bjm10@cornell.edu) Revised 18 Dec 2000 by Arval Benicoeur, with direction from the Academy of Saint Gabriel. Introduction NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: JEWISH Jewish Names. Jewish naming practices were not the same everywhere in the medieval and renaissance western world, but there are some common

practices.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: GREEK AND ARMENIAN Greek and Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names; Medieval Greek Names; Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names. A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names This website presents the work of an academic research project at Oxford University, an index of all known ancient Greek personal names from sources up to approximately the 6th century. MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: SCOTTISH Scottish Names Scotland has a complex cultural and linguistic history. In the 9th century, the area that is now Scotland had almost half a dozen different overlapping cultures speaking as PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday A CONSIDERATION OF PICTISH NAMES: INTRODUCTION A Consideration of Pictish Names (Being prompted by a request for advice on a 1st century Pictish name) by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn copyright 1996 Heather YORKSHIRE GIVEN NAMES FROM 1379 Yorkshire Given Names from 1379 by Talan Gwynek (Brian M. Scott) bmscott@stratos.net The assessment roll of the 1379 Poll Tax for Howdenshire Hundred in Yorkshire East Riding includes the forenames of approximately 1794 women and 1665 men. 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH MEN'S NAMES These two tables in this article contain the given names from The Agincourt Honor Roll, web-published by Family Chronicle, a magazine for amateur genealogists.Such sources are often not useful for Society name research, since their goals differ from ours, but this particular list appears to be pretty good. CHOOSING A SOCIETY NAME: HINTS FOR NEWCOMERS Choosing a Society Name: Hints for Newcomers. Everyone is encouraged to have a name, but you don't want to rush a decision that you may regret later. It might be helpful to choose a given name within your first six months or so and try it on for size. You may later decide on a different culture or find that the name just doesn't suit you. SPANISH NAMES FROM THE LATE 15TH CENTURY Household accounts give a wealth of information about the lives of people in the past. These records of expenditures allow us to deduce a great deal about life: what goods were produced in the household and which were purchased, how many workers a family employed, and even the colors and kinds of fabric used in clothing. NAME FREQUENCY IN THE NOVGOROD BIRCH-BARK LETTERS The terms "Christian" and "Old-Russian," as pertaining to names used in Russia in period, require a comment. Even though the religion of a person (or persona) has no bearing on the registration of a name with the College of Arms, or with its documentation to period, it has much to do with understanding the naming practices of Russians in medieval Russia (and therefore with persona development). THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

FAIRE NAMES FOR ENGLISH FOLK: SURNAMES Faire Names for English Folk: Late Sixteenth Century English Names by Chris Laning (SCA: Christian de Holacombe, claning@igc.org) (or at Renaissance Pleasure Faire: Mistress Christian Ashley) MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: ITALIAN Italian Names Italy acquired a standard language only in the 19th century. Even today, very distinct dialects of Italian remain in

common use.

13TH & 14TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAMES 13th & 14th Century Scottish Names by Symon Freser of Lovat (Bryan J. Maloney, bjm10@cornell.edu) Revised 18 Dec 2000 by Arval Benicoeur, with direction from the Academy of Saint Gabriel. Introduction NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH MEN'S NAMES These two tables in this article contain the given names from The Agincourt Honor Roll, web-published by Family Chronicle, a magazine for amateur genealogists.Such sources are often not useful for Society name research, since their goals differ from ours, but this particular list appears to be pretty good. 13TH & 14TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAMES: SURNAMES Macgoulchane Makartane Makdowall Makfulchiane Makgullane Makmartane Maknab Maknakill Maknauchtan Makyne-Drosser : Editor's Note: These Scots renderings of Gaelic bynames are all used in this text as chiefly titles, not as simple patronymics. THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

FAIRE NAMES FOR ENGLISH FOLK: SURNAMES Faire Names for English Folk: Late Sixteenth Century English Names by Chris Laning (SCA: Christian de Holacombe, claning@igc.org) (or at Renaissance Pleasure Faire: Mistress Christian Ashley) MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: ITALIAN Italian Names Italy acquired a standard language only in the 19th century. Even today, very distinct dialects of Italian remain in

common use.

13TH & 14TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAMES 13th & 14th Century Scottish Names by Symon Freser of Lovat (Bryan J. Maloney, bjm10@cornell.edu) Revised 18 Dec 2000 by Arval Benicoeur, with direction from the Academy of Saint Gabriel. Introduction NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH MEN'S NAMES These two tables in this article contain the given names from The Agincourt Honor Roll, web-published by Family Chronicle, a magazine for amateur genealogists.Such sources are often not useful for Society name research, since their goals differ from ours, but this particular list appears to be pretty good. 13TH & 14TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAMES: SURNAMES Macgoulchane Makartane Makdowall Makfulchiane Makgullane Makmartane Maknab Maknakill Maknauchtan Makyne-Drosser : Editor's Note: These Scots renderings of Gaelic bynames are all used in this text as chiefly titles, not as simple patronymics. MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: ENGLISH Three articles in this collection are especially popular, so they're listed here for convenience. Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames, by Talan Gwynek This dictionary, by P. H. Reaney, contains thousands of dated examples of full names. MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: GREEK AND ARMENIAN Greek and Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names; Medieval Greek Names; Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names. A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names This website presents the work of an academic research project at Oxford University, an index of all known ancient Greek personal names from sources up to approximately the 6th century. MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: JEWISH Jewish Names. Jewish naming practices were not the same everywhere in the medieval and renaissance western world, but there are some common

practices.

13TH & 14TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAMES: SURNAMES Macgoulchane Makartane Makdowall Makfulchiane Makgullane Makmartane Maknab Maknakill Maknauchtan Makyne-Drosser : Editor's Note: These Scots renderings of Gaelic bynames are all used in this text as chiefly titles, not as simple patronymics. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN'S NAMES Italian Renaissance Women's Names by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (Jo Lori Drake) Below is a list of Italian feminine names from Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, part of the list compiled by Lady Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale. 13TH & 14TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAMES: GIVEN NAMES Total of 111 names. Ed. There was originally one example of Gaudifer on the list, but further research showed that this name was not historical. It was the name of a character in a romance, mentioned in an aside by the author. MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: FRANKISH AND FRENCH French Names France today is a unified country with a common language. That was not true in our period: It was a collection of dialects, some quite similar, some quite different. SPANISH NAMES FROM THE LATE 15TH CENTURY: OTHER SURNAMES Other Surnames. This is a list of "other" surnames from Isabel's account books (late 15th c. Spain). (These are surnames which are not obviously patronymic or locative surnames.) ANDALUSIAN NAMES: ARABS IN SPAIN Arabic names are relatively similar across the Arabic-speaking world. However some regional variation can be seen. This article examines names of Andalusian people taken from biographical dictionaries (a popular genre in the medieval Arab-speaking world). SPANISH NAMES FROM THE LATE 15TH CENTURY Household accounts give a wealth of information about the lives of people in the past. These records of expenditures allow us to deduce a great deal about life: what goods were produced in the household and which were purchased, how many workers a family employed, and even the colors and kinds of fabric used in clothing. THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: ENGLISH Three articles in this collection are especially popular, so they're listed here for convenience. Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames, by Talan Gwynek This dictionary, by P. H. Reaney, contains thousands of dated examples of full names. NAMES FOUND IN THE TRAVELS OF IBN JUBAYR In around 1120 CE there was founded a movement in what is now called Morocco, seeking to "reform" Islam in a rather puritan and simplistic

fashion.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: GREEK AND ARMENIAN Greek and Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names; Medieval Greek Names; Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names. A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names This website presents the work of an academic research project at Oxford University, an index of all known ancient Greek personal names from sources up to approximately the 6th century. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN'S NAMES Italian Renaissance Women's Names by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (Jo Lori Drake) Below is a list of Italian feminine names from Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, part of the list compiled by Lady Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale. PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday CONSTRUCTING 13TH CENTURY WELSH NAMES Name Structures The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time). NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: ENGLISH Three articles in this collection are especially popular, so they're listed here for convenience. Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames, by Talan Gwynek This dictionary, by P. H. Reaney, contains thousands of dated examples of full names. NAMES FOUND IN THE TRAVELS OF IBN JUBAYR In around 1120 CE there was founded a movement in what is now called Morocco, seeking to "reform" Islam in a rather puritan and simplistic

fashion.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: GREEK AND ARMENIAN Greek and Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names; Medieval Greek Names; Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names. A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names This website presents the work of an academic research project at Oxford University, an index of all known ancient Greek personal names from sources up to approximately the 6th century. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN'S NAMES Italian Renaissance Women's Names by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (Jo Lori Drake) Below is a list of Italian feminine names from Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, part of the list compiled by Lady Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale. PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday CONSTRUCTING 13TH CENTURY WELSH NAMES Name Structures The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time). NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: SCOTTISH Scottish Names Scotland has a complex cultural and linguistic history. In the 9th century, the area that is now Scotland had almost half a dozen different overlapping cultures speaking as MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: JEWISH Jewish Names. Jewish naming practices were not the same everywhere in the medieval and renaissance western world, but there are some common

practices.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: WELSH, CORNISH, AND BRETON Welsh, Cornish, and Breton Names. Welsh Names The First Thousand Years of British Names, by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn A very detailed survey of names in Roman Britain and names in Wales from the Old Welsh

Period.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: OTHER ASIAN CULTURES Names from Other Asian Cultures. Central Asian We discuss Turkish names elsewhere.. Khazarian Names Part of a website devoted to the culture of Jewish Khazaria.. Personal Names in Warres Betweene the Turkes and the Persians, by Ursula Georges A short list of names taken from a 16th century English translation of an Italian history, including some Georgian names. A CONSIDERATION OF PICTISH NAMES: INTRODUCTION A Consideration of Pictish Names (Being prompted by a request for advice on a 1st century Pictish name) by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn copyright 1996 Heather MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: ITALIAN Italian Names Italy acquired a standard language only in the 19th century. Even today, very distinct dialects of Italian remain in

common use.

FAIRE NAMES FOR ENGLISH FOLK: GIVEN NAMES Women's given names The top five to ten women's given names are somewhat more variable from decade to decade, and not quite so dominant. It takes nine names rather than five to account for 70% of all women studied, and Elizabeth, the most common women's name, is SPANISH NAMES FROM THE LATE 15TH CENTURY Household accounts give a wealth of information about the lives of people in the past. These records of expenditures allow us to deduce a great deal about life: what goods were produced in the household and which were purchased, how many workers a family employed, and even the colors and kinds of fabric used in clothing. 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH MEN'S NAMES These two tables in this article contain the given names from The Agincourt Honor Roll, web-published by Family Chronicle, a magazine for amateur genealogists.Such sources are often not useful for Society name research, since their goals differ from ours, but this particular list appears to be pretty good. 16TH-17TH CENTURY HESSIAN GIVEN NAMES AND SURNAMES References. Rigler, Jean Gurney, Mathias Kerschner (1822-1893) and his wife Lovina A. Wannemacher (1821-1891): Their Ancestors and Descendants From Germany to THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: ENGLISH Three articles in this collection are especially popular, so they're listed here for convenience. Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames, by Talan Gwynek This dictionary, by P. H. Reaney, contains thousands of dated examples of full names. NAMES FOUND IN THE TRAVELS OF IBN JUBAYR In around 1120 CE there was founded a movement in what is now called Morocco, seeking to "reform" Islam in a rather puritan and simplistic

fashion.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: GREEK AND ARMENIAN Greek and Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names; Medieval Greek Names; Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names. A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names This website presents the work of an academic research project at Oxford University, an index of all known ancient Greek personal names from sources up to approximately the 6th century. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN'S NAMES Italian Renaissance Women's Names by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (Jo Lori Drake) Below is a list of Italian feminine names from Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, part of the list compiled by Lady Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale. PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday CONSTRUCTING 13TH CENTURY WELSH NAMES Name Structures The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time). NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIELFAMILY ARMSHERALDSACADEMY CHARTERLONGER DISCLAIMERACADEMY VACATIONS The Academy of Saint Gabriel. The Academy is a group of volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval

Heraldry Archive.

MEDIEVAL HERALDRY ARCHIVE: ENGLISH This is a 15th-century treatise on heraldry, written in Latin. Some of the arms in it are actual medieval arms, others are examples which exist only in theoretical treatises. A French blazon for each coat of arms is provided. Insignia Anglica, English insignia from the middle

of the 16th C.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: ENGLISH Three articles in this collection are especially popular, so they're listed here for convenience. Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames, by Talan Gwynek This dictionary, by P. H. Reaney, contains thousands of dated examples of full names. NAMES FOUND IN THE TRAVELS OF IBN JUBAYR In around 1120 CE there was founded a movement in what is now called Morocco, seeking to "reform" Islam in a rather puritan and simplistic

fashion.

NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY PICARDY Introduction The names in this article appear in extracts from the records of Jacques Truyart, tax receiver for the city of Senlis, in the southern part of modern Picardy, about 30 miles northeast of

Paris.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: GREEK AND ARMENIAN Greek and Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names; Medieval Greek Names; Armenian Names. Classical Greek Names. A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names This website presents the work of an academic research project at Oxford University, an index of all known ancient Greek personal names from sources up to approximately the 6th century. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WOMEN'S NAMES Italian Renaissance Women's Names by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (Jo Lori Drake) Below is a list of Italian feminine names from Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, part of the list compiled by Lady Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale. PERSONAL NAMES IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK Personal Names in the Domesday Book by Constanza of Thamesreach (Genny Grim) © 2013 Genny Grim; all rights reserved last updated 27Jul13 Introduction. The Domesday CONSTRUCTING 13TH CENTURY WELSH NAMES Name Structures The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time). NAMES FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY VENICE Names of Venetian Women Recorded Between 1600 and 1650 (and the first date each name was recorded if available) MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: SCOTTISH Scottish Names Scotland has a complex cultural and linguistic history. In the 9th century, the area that is now Scotland had almost half a dozen different overlapping cultures speaking as MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: JEWISH Jewish Names. Jewish naming practices were not the same everywhere in the medieval and renaissance western world, but there are some common

practices.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: WELSH, CORNISH, AND BRETON Welsh, Cornish, and Breton Names. Welsh Names The First Thousand Years of British Names, by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn A very detailed survey of names in Roman Britain and names in Wales from the Old Welsh

Period.

MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: OTHER ASIAN CULTURES Names from Other Asian Cultures. Central Asian We discuss Turkish names elsewhere.. Khazarian Names Part of a website devoted to the culture of Jewish Khazaria.. Personal Names in Warres Betweene the Turkes and the Persians, by Ursula Georges A short list of names taken from a 16th century English translation of an Italian history, including some Georgian names. A CONSIDERATION OF PICTISH NAMES: INTRODUCTION A Consideration of Pictish Names (Being prompted by a request for advice on a 1st century Pictish name) by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn copyright 1996 Heather MEDIEVAL NAMING GUIDES: ITALIAN Italian Names Italy acquired a standard language only in the 19th century. Even today, very distinct dialects of Italian remain in

common use.

FAIRE NAMES FOR ENGLISH FOLK: GIVEN NAMES Women's given names The top five to ten women's given names are somewhat more variable from decade to decade, and not quite so dominant. It takes nine names rather than five to account for 70% of all women studied, and Elizabeth, the most common women's name, is SPANISH NAMES FROM THE LATE 15TH CENTURY Household accounts give a wealth of information about the lives of people in the past. These records of expenditures allow us to deduce a great deal about life: what goods were produced in the household and which were purchased, how many workers a family employed, and even the colors and kinds of fabric used in clothing. 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH MEN'S NAMES These two tables in this article contain the given names from The Agincourt Honor Roll, web-published by Family Chronicle, a magazine for amateur genealogists.Such sources are often not useful for Society name research, since their goals differ from ours, but this particular list appears to be pretty good. 16TH-17TH CENTURY HESSIAN GIVEN NAMES AND SURNAMES References. Rigler, Jean Gurney, Mathias Kerschner (1822-1893) and his wife Lovina A. Wannemacher (1821-1891): Their Ancestors and Descendants From Germany to The Academy of Saint Gabriel THE ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL WE'VE RETIRED FROM WRITING PERSONAL RESEARCH

REPORTS.

The Academy is a group of around 50 volunteers who research medieval names and armory. Our primary purpose is to assist members of medieval re-enactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism to find historically accurate medieval names and coats of arms. To this end, we maintain the Medieval Names Archive and Medieval Heraldry Archive . Between 1996 and 2009, we also wrote individual email reports on name and armory questions. For more information, read the Academy Charter .

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WE ARE NOT OFFICIAL SCA HERALDS. We use different (and generally STRICTER) criteria than the SCA when we look at names and armory. EVEN IF WE SAY THAT AN IDEA ISN'T HISTORICAL, YOU MIGHT STILL BE ABLE TO REGISTER IT WITH THE SCA. For more information, check out our longer

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If you submit your name or arms in the SCA, you can include Academy reports in lieu of photocopies of the sources that we've cited. Send the entire letter (including headers). This has been approved by the current Laurel Sovereign of Arms . As a courtesy to the heralds who receive the letter, please highlight our references to the specific form of the name that you are submitting. Also, be aware that our opinions are not binding, and we cannot guarantee that your name will be passed by the College of Arms.

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