#medieval names

[writerscourt]

[moonlit-floruit]

Names with ^this vibe

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Renata - Renia - Leontine - Isolde - Sabine - Tiberia - Odierne - Eleanor - Alinor - Galiene - Lysse - Thecla - Jane - Catherine - Anna - Gwenllian - Mary -Cassandra - Constance - Balsinde - Rhiannon -Tamar - Adrehilde - Belhonor - Euphrosyne - Arsinde - Catalina - Joan - Pauline - Helisende -Tomyris - Victoire - Caeria - Peronelle - Razia - Helvise - Aelis - Peronelle - Daine

[namenerdsunite]

Medieval Feminine Names (and their meanings/origins)

- Arabella: “yielding to prayer”; Scottish

- Constance: “steadfastness”; English/Latin

- Eostre: “dawn”; Old English

- Florence: “blossoming”; Latin

- Gwenllian: “white, blessed”; Welsh

- Idalia: “sun, hardworking”; Spanish or Germanic

feminine names that were around during medieval times :)

[polytopeparty]

"aragorn son of arathorn" what is going on here?

"brothers boromir and faramir" are we so for real?

next you're gonna tell me about legolas and his cousin pegolas.

[relevant-catnik]

For a while now it has been an issue that members of the College of St Monica who are non-binary or otherwise questioning have had trouble l

This is a cool resource, especially for folks looking for historical names.

[3ternal-sl33p]

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[arianaspetals]

Hello!! I really love all your wonderful name help and their meanings!! Can I please ask for some feminine medieval names with meanings, please? Thank you so much!!

of course, love! i appreciate the request. below the cut are 45 feminine medieval names. i've included their meanings as requested along with the geographic areas they were popular in. this was really fun to research! let me know if you need more.

abelina ( france ) - fem. of abbo, meaning father. abigail ( england ) - her father's joy adela ( england, france, italy ) - noble, nobility basile ( england, france ) - fem. of basil, meaning king belladonna ( italy ) - beautiful, charming,pleasant calomaria ( italy ) - beautiful carissima ( italy ) - most dear, beloved; costly, precious, valued castellana ( france, Italy, spain ) - of or pertaining to a castle, castellan cyrila ( switzerland ) - fem. of cyril, meaning lordly. delicate ( italy ) - luxurious,sumptuous; polite,elegant; delicate, dainty, pretty electa ( france ) - fem. of electo, meaning elected, chosen, selected elia ( engalnd, france ) - fem. of elias, meaning yahweh is god emmeline ( england, france ) - vigor, bravery feliciana ( italy ) - fem. of felician, meaning more happy; more blessed, lucky, fortunate; more fertile gilia ( england, france, ireland, italy, scotland ) - fem. of gilo, meaning merry, excited; beautiful; lush, lustful inga ( sweden ) - of uncertain origin but perhaps identical with the god name ing or yngvi, also of uncertain origin iva ( brabant, england, france ) - fem. of ivo which is of unknown origin leona ( italy, switzerland ) - lion loveday ( england ) - the meaning is in the name itself, loved day luciana ( england, france ) - fem. of lucius, meaning light marcella ( italy ) - fem. of marcel, meaning belonging to mars, young warrior maxima ( france ) - greatest, largest; chief mira ( italy ) - wonderful, strange, remarkable, amazing naomi ( france ) - my pleasantness novella ( italy ) - young, tender olivera ( france, scotland ) - fem. of oliver, meaning olive or olive tree otta ( czech republic, england, france, germany, italy, switzerland ) - wealth, riches pacific ( italy ) - peaceful paradisa ( italy ) - paradise petita ( france ) - small reina ( france ) - counsel, might rosceline ( france ) - fame sabine ( england, france, hungary, italy ) - woman of the sabine people sapphira ( england ) - precious stone, gem sigga ( france, italy ) - victory or dagger theodelinda ( france, germany, the netherlands ) - gentle, sweet, mild thora ( sweden ) - fem. of thor, the name of the god of thunder valeriana ( france ) - fem. of valerian,meaning strong and healthy ventura ( italy ) - fortune villana ( france ) - rural, farmer winifred ( england ) - holy, blessed reconciliation, or joy and peace yael ( spain ) - listed as a unisex name meaning mountain goat yolanda ( france, hungary, italy, spain ) - violet, flower zenobia ( italy ) - fem. of zenobius, a given name derived from ancient greek zeus zoete ( england, germany ) - sweet

[giuliettaluce]

I'm creating an OC for my Romeo and Juliet retelling and I'm picking names (closely medieval Italian names) and so far I found these. Which one sounds a better name or her?

Maria Grazia

Tomiris

Diofelice

Aloisia

Ghisolabella

Cordia

Ademara

Amadea

Lionora

(None!) Give me one in the comments!

Voting ended onDec 13, 2023