- Zoe Franznick
Into the Records: A Catalogue of Names
Updated: 5 days ago
Need a real medieval name to use for your character? Here's a collection of names pulled straight from the Middle Ages, some of which are familiar and some of which aren't.
Chinese Names
“Gold Flower”
Pi-sha-men
Yeh-hu
Kwan-tsz’-tsai
Râhula
Kanishka
English Names
Bernad
Dawkin
Gib
Hud
Perkin
Randolf the Reeve
Tompkin
Tyb
Gill
Daw (short for David)
Coll (short for Nicholas)
Gill (short for Gilbert)
Mak
French Names
Bisclavert
Icelandic Names
Aud the Deep-Minded
Artholfin Skull-cleaver
Bjarni Butterbox
Bjorn Ironside
Garth
Haraldur Backbone
Ketil Flat-nose
Tiodel
Thorvald
Thorbjorg the Ship-breasted
Thorbjorn Oxen-might
Thorsteinn Staff-struck
Sigrid
Sturr the Killer
Ulfur the Crow
Irish Names
Ailil (pronounced AHL-lil)
Ailbe (pronounced AL-vee)
Conchubur (pronounced con-cuh-VIR)
Conall
Medb (pronounced MAEV)

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