Medieval French Names

Aalis f Medieval French
Old French form of Alice.

Aimery m Medieval French
Old French form of Aimeric.

Amé m Medieval French
Old French form of Aimé.

Amée f Medieval French
Old French form of Aimée.

Amelia f English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Medieval French
Variant of Amalia, though it is sometimes confused with Emilia, which has a different origin. The name became popular in England after the German House of Hanover came to the British throne in the 18th century — it was borne by daughters of both George II and George III. The author Henry Fielding used it for the title character in his novel Amelia (1751). Another famous bearer was Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), the first woman to make a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean.... [more]

Amis m Medieval English, Medieval French
Medieval name, a masculine form of Amice. It appears in the medieval French poem Amis and Amiles, about two friends who make sacrifices for one another.

Auberi m Medieval French
Old French form of Aubrey.

Aymeri m Medieval French
Old French form of Aimeric. This is the name of a hero in medieval French romance, Aymeri de Narbonne.

Cateline f Medieval French
Medieval French form of Katherine.

Enguerran m Medieval French
Old French form of Engilram (see Ingram). This was the name of several medieval French nobles from Picardy.

Estienne m Medieval French
Medieval French form of Stephen.

Eudes m Medieval French
Old French form of Odo.

Garnier m Medieval French
Medieval French form of Werner.

Geoffroi m Medieval French
Medieval French form of Geoffrey.

Gidie m Medieval French
Medieval French form of Aegidius (see Giles).

Gosse m Medieval French
Old French form of Gozzo.

Guarin m Medieval French
Norman French form of Warin.

Guiscard m Medieval French
Norman French form of the Norman name Wischard, from Old Norse vizkr "wise" and the Old French pejorative suffix -ard (from Old Frankish hard "hard, firm, brave, hardy"). This was the byname of Robert Guiscard, an 11th-century Norman conqueror of Sicily.

Isabeau f Medieval French, French (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
Medieval French variant of Isabel. A famous bearer of this name was Isabeau of Bavaria (1385-1422), wife of the French king Charles VI.

Jehan m Medieval French
Old French form of Iohannes (see John).

Jehanne f Medieval French
Old French feminine form of Iohannes (see John).

Johanne f French, Danish, Norwegian, Medieval French
French, Danish and Norwegian form of Iohanna (see Joanna).

Josse m French (Rare), Medieval French
French form of Iudocus (see Joyce).

Mahaut f Medieval French
Medieval French form of Mathilde.

Melisende f Medieval French
Old French form of Millicent.

Onfroi m Medieval French
Norman French form of Humphrey.

Piers m English (British), Medieval French
Medieval form of Peter. This is the name of the main character in the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman by William Langland.

Rolant m Medieval French, Carolingian Cycle
Old French form of Roland.

Rollant m Medieval French, Carolingian Cycle
Old French form of Roland. This form is used in the oldest surviving text of La Chanson de Roland.

Roul m Medieval French, Medieval English
Norman French form of Rolf.

Vauquelin m Medieval French
Old French form of the Norman name Walchelin, derived from Old Frankish walh or Old High German walah meaning "foreigner, Celt, Roman" (Proto-Germanic *walhaz).