Into the Records: A Catalogue of Names

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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