What are common girl names for the medieval times?

Answer 1

Adela arabella Beatrix Chritstiana Emeline Isabel Juliana Margaret Mirabelle Helena Guinevere Isolde Maerwynn Muriel Winifred Godiva Jocelyn Christabel Paige Tristana Ysabel(original form of isabel) Kateline Katherine Latisha Lauda Morgan Bliss Ava Aalina Adelina Admiranda Amira Atheline Clarell Eleanora Gracia Kenerra Leticia Malina Judith Bertila Edith Irene Yolande Sofia Leonor Annora Atheleisia Durilda Kienna Marilda Osanna Thora Adelaide Addison Isafell Ishraq Fathima

Answer 2

These names accounted for about 60% of the female population in the 13th/14th centuries. For more, try this site.

http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateMonk/England-Medieval/index.htm

Agnes Alice Avice Beatrice Cecily Emma Isabella Joan Juliana Margery Matilda Rohesia

Answer 3

In England, before the Norman Conquest, female names were all traditional Old English and therefore Germanic names, such as Aelfleda, Gundrada, Godgifu (Godiva), Aelflaed, Ethelind, Fridiswid, Gytha, Leofgyth, Liuba, Cyneburh, Ebba.

The Normans brought their own Norman-French names in 1066 and these gradually replaced traditional English names. A few examples of Norman-French female names are:

Matilda, Alice, Joan, Agnes, Emma, Isabel, Margery, Margaret, Rohesia, Sara, Johanna, Juliana, Cecily, Avice, Beatrice, Constance, Idonea, Amice, Sabina, Mabel, Felicia, Marie or Maria.

By the 13th century traditional English names were almost extinct, with most English people adopting these foreign names.

Matilda was by far the most commonly-used female name in England in the medieval period, with the remaining Norman-French examples given above being used about equally.

Answer 4

Faye, Hazel, Heloise, Kinley, Lillith, Mildred, Norma, Payton, Raven, Rhoslyn, Stanburh, Tenanye, Velma, Wesley, Zenith