Medieval Girl Name Generator

Authentic medieval names for girls and women

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Generate medieval girl names drawn from real records: Anglo-Norman names like Hawise and Petronilla, Old English names like Eadgyth, and French, German, Italian, Norse, Welsh and Irish names of the Middle Ages, many paired with period bynames.

About medieval girl names

Medieval girl names are not the Tudor names most people picture. Before about 1500, the commonest English names for girls were Alice, Agnes, Matilda (usually written Maud), Joan, Margery, Cecily, Isabel and Emma, followed by a long tail of names that have since vanished: Hawise, Petronilla, Amice, Avice, Idonea, Lettice, Rohese, Wymarc, Sibyl and Clemence. Most arrived with the Normans; the older Anglo-Saxon names such as Eadgyth, Ælfgifu, Godgifu and Wulfwynn survived among peasant families for a century or two after 1066 before fading out.

On the Continent the pool differs by region. French records give Aliénor, Mahaut, Ermengarde, Isabeau and Jehanne; German ones Adelheid, Kunigunde, Mechthild and Hildegard; Italian ones Fiammetta, Ginevra, Costanza and Piccarda; Spanish ones Urraca, Sancha and Berenguela; Scandinavian ones Gunnhild, Thorhild and Ragnhild; Welsh and Irish ones Gwenllian, Angharad, Gormlaith and Derbforgaill. Women rarely had fixed surnames: they were recorded as the daughter or wife of someone, by where they lived (atte Well, de Lacy), by trade (Webster, Brewster) or by a nickname (le Blake, la Rousse).

The list below pairs given names with bynames in that style, keeps original medieval spellings, and includes bare given names for when you only need the first name.

How to choose medieval girl names

  • For an ordinary English girl between 1100 and 1400, pick from the top names (Alice, Agnes, Maud, Joan, Margery, Cecily) and save rarities like Orabilis or Amphelisa for a character who is meant to stand out.
  • Match the byname to social class: de plus a place name (de Lacy, de Vere) reads as gentry or nobility, while atte Mill, Webster or Fitzwalter reads as townsfolk, craftspeople or lesser landholders.
  • Use the period spelling on the page (Hawise, Alys, Margery, Petronilla) rather than a modern form if you want the name to feel dated; readers register Maud and Matilda as very different eras.
  • Anglo-Saxon names with Æ, ð or th clusters (Æthelflæd, Ealdgyth) suit pre-Conquest settings and early Norman peasants; after about 1200 they would mark a character as old-fashioned.
  • If the name is for a baby rather than a character, check how the short form sounds: Hawise, Avice and Idonea are lovely on paper but Lettice, Wymarc and Custance invite teasing.

Frequently asked questions

What were the most common medieval girl names?

In England between roughly 1200 and 1500 the leaders were Alice, Agnes, Matilda (Maud), Joan, Margery, Cecily, Isabel, Emma, Elizabeth and Katherine. Before the Conquest, names like Eadgyth (Edith), Ælfgifu, Godgifu and Wulfwynn dominated. In France the equivalents were Jehanne, Marguerite, Marie, Alis, Isabel and Agnès; in Germany, Adelheid, Mechthild, Gertrud and Kunigunde.

Did medieval girls have last names?

Usually not in the modern hereditary sense. A woman in a court roll or tax list would be written as Alice daughter of William, Maud atte Well (by the well), Cecily Webster (a weaver), or Hawise de Lacy (of the Lacy family or the place Lassy). Noblewomen used their father's or husband's family name; hereditary surnames only became normal for everyone in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Are these names accurate for the whole Middle Ages?

They span roughly 800 to 1500 and several countries, so not every name fits every setting. Anglo-Saxon and Norse names belong to the early Middle Ages, Anglo-Norman names like Hawise and Petronilla to about 1100 to 1350, and names like Tiffany, Dowsabel and Fiammetta to the later medieval period. The intro and tips note which names suit which era.

Can I use these as modern baby names?

Many medieval names are back in use: Matilda, Eleanor, Beatrix, Cecily, Isolde, Rosamund, Margery and Clemence all work today. Others like Hawise, Idonea, Amice and Sibyl are rare but pronounceable. Anglo-Saxon names with Æ (Æthelflæd) and Irish or Welsh names with unfamiliar spellings (Derbforgaill, Gwenllian) will need constant explanation, so consider an anglicised form.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 81 names

  • Adaliz
  • Adela of Normandy
  • Adèle de Blois
  • Adelgund Hochmut
  • Adelheid
  • Adelheid von Burgund
  • Adelinde Wetzlar
  • Adelise de Warenne
  • Aelina Grimbald
  • Aelis
  • Agace Turnepenny
  • Agatha Trussell
  • Agnes Berry
  • Agnès de Méranie
  • Agnes Fowler
  • Agnes of Essex
  • Agnes Randolph
  • Agnes von Staufen
  • Agnesot
  • Aífe ni Diarmait
  • Alaïs de Saint-Gilles
  • Albreda Bigot
  • Alda Beaufort
  • Aldith Whitehead
  • Alditha Godwinsdohtor
  • Aldonza Martínez
  • Aldusa Dunstable

A, continued

  • Alessandra Strozzi
  • Ælfgifu
  • Ælfgifu Ashdown
  • Alfrun Cotes
  • Ælfthryth Wantage
  • Alfwen Dryland
  • Alianora
  • Alianora de Bohun
  • Alice de Lacy
  • Aliénor
  • Aliénor de Poitiers
  • Alisia da Montefeltro
  • Alisoun
  • Alix de Thouars
  • Alys Tanner
  • Alyson Gerveys
  • Amabel
  • Amabel Redmayne
  • Amelina
  • Ameline
  • Ameline la Tisserande
  • Amice
  • Amice Underhill
  • Amicia Pecche
  • Amiot Bigod
  • Amphelisa Aldington
  • Anastasie

A, continued

  • Angharad ferch Owain
  • Anna Yaroslavna
  • Anneys Cokkes
  • Annora
  • Annora Walsingham
  • Antonia Pulci
  • Ascelina
  • Asgerd Bjornsdottir
  • Astrid Svendsdottir
  • Æthelburh of Kent
  • Æthelflæd
  • Æthelflæd of Mercia
  • Æthelthryth of Ely
  • Aud Thorkelsdottir
  • Aude de Roncevaux
  • Audrey Coppinger
  • Audrye
  • Avelina
  • Avelina Tyrell
  • Aveline de Forz
  • Avelyn Leyrer
  • Aveza
  • Avice
  • Avice Thatcher
  • Avis Gillot
  • Azalaïs
  • Azalaïs de Porcairagues

B: 22 names

  • Basilia
  • Basilia de Clare
  • Béatrice de Savoie
  • Beatrice de Say
  • Beatrice la Rousse
  • Beatrix Malory
  • Beatriz de Suabia
  • Bele Brokes
  • Benedicta
  • Benedicta Ferrers
  • Beorhtflæd Ashby
  • Berenguela de Castilla
  • Bergljot Ketilsdottir
  • Bertrade
  • Bertrade de Montfort
  • Blanche Mowbray
  • Blancheflor
  • Botilda Wymark
  • Bozena Krivoklat
  • Brangwayne
  • Brunhild Eschenbach
  • Burghild Atherstone

C: 26 names

  • Caitilín ni Chonchúir
  • Cateline
  • Cecilia Holand
  • Cecilia of Normandy
  • Cecilia Pirou
  • Cecily Brewster
  • Christiana Hollins
  • Christina MacRuari
  • Clarice la Barbere
  • Clemence
  • Clémence de Hongrie
  • Clemence de Vere
  • Colette la Chandelière
  • Collette Plumer
  • Constança de Portugal
  • Constance de Bretagne
  • Constance Holland
  • Contessina de' Bardi
  • Costanza d'Altavilla
  • Cristiane Waryn
  • Cunegund of Luxembourg
  • Custance
  • Custance Littlefoot
  • Cwenhild
  • Cwenhild Barrow
  • Cyneburg of Castor

D: 18 names

  • Damisona
  • Dearbháil ni Raghallaigh
  • Denise de Montchesney
  • Denise le Blake
  • Denyse Paumier
  • Derbforgaill ni Ruairc
  • Desiderata Bythewater
  • Devorguilla of Galloway
  • Dianora Tolomei
  • Dionisia
  • Dionisia Chandler
  • Dobrava of Bohemia
  • Dobrawa Mieszkówna
  • Dobroslava Jaroslavna
  • Dowsabel Hunte
  • Drahomíra of Stodor
  • Dulce de Barcelona
  • Dulcia Godard

E: 50 names

  • Eadburh of Wessex
  • Eadgifu Oakham
  • Eadgyth
  • Eadgyth Eadwinesdohtor
  • Ealasaid nic Dhòmhnaill
  • Ealdgyth Swanneck
  • Eanflæd of Deira
  • Edusa Blakemore
  • Efa ferch Madog
  • Eglentyne
  • Eirene Palaiologina
  • Ela Longespee
  • Ela of Salisbury
  • Elen ferch Llywelyn
  • Elena Hurlebat
  • Elewisa Halke
  • Elisabeth von Thüringen
  • Elisota
  • Elisota Draper
  • Elizabeth Clere
  • Elizabeth Ferrers
  • Elvira Fernández
  • Elviva Peverel
  • Elysaunt
  • Emeline

E, continued

  • Emeline Spinner
  • Emelot Fraunceys
  • Emme Turnour
  • Emmota Bigge
  • Engeltrud
  • Engeltrud Rabenau
  • Enguerrande
  • Erembourc
  • Ermengarde
  • Ermengarde de Narbonne
  • Ermessenda de Carcassona
  • Erzsébet Kotromanić
  • Estefanía de Foix
  • Estrid Svendsdatter
  • Estrild
  • Estrild Coupere
  • Estrildis Merton
  • Eudeline
  • Eudokia Makrembolitissa
  • Euphemia de Ross
  • Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa
  • Eustacia
  • Eustacia de Ros
  • Everilda Scrope
  • Evpraksia Vsevolodovna

F: 7 names

  • Felicia de Warenne
  • Felicie Dubois
  • Fiammetta Rosselli
  • Fionnghuala ni Domhnaill
  • Flandrine
  • Florence Kempe
  • Frideswide Upton

G: 26 names

  • Garsende
  • Garsende de Sabran
  • Gentile Orsini
  • Gertruda Rycheza
  • Gillian atte Brook
  • Ginevra degli Albizzi
  • Gisela von Schwaben
  • Gisla
  • Goda Aelfricsdohtor
  • Godeleva
  • Godeleva Smith
  • Godgifu
  • Godgifu of Coventry
  • Goditha Wrenne
  • Godlena Sterre
  • Godrun Attebrigge
  • Gormlaith ingen Murchada
  • Gudrun Osvifsdottir
  • Guillemette Lefèvre
  • Guiote
  • Gundred de Warenne
  • Gunnhild Haraldsdottir
  • Gunnild Ashby
  • Gunnora Cheseman
  • Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd
  • Gwladus Ddu

H: 19 names

  • Hadwig Altdorfer
  • Halldora Gudmundsdottir
  • Hallgerd Hoskuldsdottir
  • Hawise
  • Hawise de Quincy
  • Hawise of Kendal
  • Hawisia Wyke
  • Hedwig von Andechs
  • Helena Lekapene
  • Helewise
  • Helewise de Percy
  • Héloïse
  • Hereswith
  • Hereswith Brackley
  • Hersende
  • Hersende de Champagne
  • Hersent
  • Hildegard
  • Hodierna Stokes

I: 24 names

  • Ibbota Skinner
  • Ida de Tosny
  • Idonea
  • Idonea Webster
  • Idonia Lumley
  • Idony Weatherhead
  • Ilona Árpád
  • Imma von Worms
  • Ingibjorg Olafsdottir
  • Irmgard
  • Irmgard von Süchteln
  • Irmtraud Gerner
  • Isabeau
  • Isabel de Clare
  • Isabel le Despenser
  • Isabel Plumpton
  • Isabella de Fortibus
  • Isabiau
  • Isemay Threadneedle
  • Ismania Lovekyn
  • Ismay Tilney
  • Isobel of Mar
  • Isolda Fairfax
  • Isotta degli Atti

J: 15 names

  • Jacquette de Luxembourg
  • Jakemina Frere
  • Jeanne de Penthièvre
  • Jehannette
  • Jenefer Trelawny
  • Jimena Díaz
  • Joan de Geneville
  • Joan Seward
  • Johanna Hill
  • Jonet Lokwood
  • Jorunn Skaldmaer
  • Jourdaine
  • Judith of Flanders
  • Judith von Bayern
  • Juliana atte Mill

K: 6 names

  • Kale Pakouriane
  • Katalin Garai
  • Kateryn Glovere
  • Kunigund Strasser
  • Kunigunde
  • Kunigunde von Luxemburg

L: 23 names

  • Lapa Piagenti
  • Lasairfhíona ni Conchobair
  • Laurette de Saint-Valery
  • Lecia Pinnock
  • Leofgifu
  • Leofgifu of Ely
  • Leofrun Lyndon
  • Leofwynn Whitacre
  • Leonor de Guzmán
  • Letia Dobbes
  • Leticia Moryce
  • Lettice
  • Lettice Baxter
  • Lisabetta Gualandi
  • Liutgard
  • Liutgard von Sachsen
  • Lorencia
  • Loretta de Braose
  • Loveday Trevanion
  • Lovota Snelling
  • Lucia de Meulan
  • Lucy Tailboys
  • Luveday Hennyng

M: 50 names

  • Mabel de Bellême
  • Mabilia Copland
  • Macée
  • Mafalda de Saboia
  • Magdalen
  • Magdalen Audley
  • Mahaut
  • Mahaut de Brabant
  • Mairead nic Ruairidh
  • Mald Heriot
  • Małgorzata Sandomierska
  • Malota Sergeaunt
  • Marared ferch Madog
  • Margaret de Quincy
  • Margaretta Clopton
  • Margery Wainwright
  • Margherita Bandini
  • Margit Árpádházi
  • Margrete Valdemarsdatter
  • Marguerite de Provence
  • Marguerite la Boulangère
  • Maria Argyropoulina
  • Marina Olgerdovna
  • Marion Crowmer
  • Marion la Fournière

M, continued

  • Mariota
  • Mariota Sutherland
  • Marjory Bakester
  • Marsali nic Leòid
  • Mathilde de Flandre
  • Mathilde von Ringelheim
  • Matilda Fitzwalter
  • Maud atte Well
  • Maud de Braose
  • Maud Francis
  • Mayor Guillén
  • Maysant Ledger
  • Mazelina Cocke
  • Mechthild
  • Mélisande
  • Melyor Bosvargus
  • Mencía López de Haro
  • Mildthryth of Thanet
  • Milisent
  • Milisent Talbot
  • Mirabel Holtby
  • Mór Muman
  • Morwenna Tregothnan
  • Muriel of Strathearn
  • Muriel Stapleton

N: 5 names

  • Nannina Rucellai
  • Nest ferch Rhys
  • Nichola Palfreyman
  • Nicholaa de la Haye
  • Nicolette

O: 11 names

  • Oda von Meissen
  • Odile de Bourgogne
  • Orabilis
  • Orabilis de Mowbray
  • Oretta Malaspina
  • Oriel Wodecock
  • Oriolda
  • Osanna
  • Osanna Cressy
  • Osthryth Barton
  • Ottilie Falkenstein

P: 13 names

  • Pavia Osgood
  • Pernelle
  • Perrenelle
  • Perrette
  • Petronilla
  • Petronilla Fletcher
  • Philippa Harcourt
  • Philippine de Luxembourg
  • Philippote
  • Piccarda Donati
  • Piroska of Hungary
  • Preciosa Wodehous
  • Predslava Vladimirovna

R: 18 names

  • Ragnhild Sigurdsdottir
  • Raimonde de Toulouse
  • Raouline
  • Reglinde
  • Reglinde Brenner
  • Ricciarda Cybo
  • Richardis
  • Richardis von Stade
  • Richenda
  • Richenda of Lincoln
  • Rikissa von Wettin
  • Rogneda of Polotsk
  • Roheis
  • Rohese
  • Rohese de Lacy
  • Rohesia de Verdun
  • Rohesia Giffard
  • Rose Whitlock

S: 28 names

  • Sabina Fuller
  • Sabine de Vaux
  • Sadb inghean Conchobair
  • Saethryth Fenn
  • Saewynn
  • Saewynn Fenby
  • Sancha de Aragón
  • Sapientia Oxlade
  • Sarra Goldsmith
  • Scholastica
  • Scholastica Morley
  • Sedille
  • Selvaggia Vergiolesi
  • Senana ferch Caradog
  • Sewenna Bussel
  • Sibbe Parchemyner
  • Sibila de Fortià
  • Sibyl
  • Sibyl Longacre
  • Sibylle de Hainaut
  • Simonne la Lavandière
  • Solveig Hallvardsdottir
  • Svatava of Poland
  • Swanburg Lindauer
  • Swanhild
  • Swanhild Thornton
  • Swietoslawa Piast
  • Sybilla of Conversano

T: 22 names

  • Tamsin Tregenna
  • Tangwystl Goch
  • Teresa de León
  • Tessa Bardi
  • Thekla Skleraina
  • Theodrada Bruckner
  • Theophania
  • Theophania Mercer
  • Theophano Martinakia
  • Thiephaine
  • Thiephaine Raguenel
  • Thomasina
  • Thomasina Gower
  • Thomasine Bonaventure
  • Thordis Sursdottir
  • Thorgerd Thorsteinsdottir
  • Thorhild Eiriksdottir
  • Tiburge
  • Tiburge d'Orange
  • Tiffany Grene
  • Tiphaine
  • Toda Aznárez

U: 3 names

  • Una ni Bhriain
  • Unn Ketilsdottir
  • Urraca de Zamora

V: 3 names

  • Valgerd Ornolfsdottir
  • Vasilisa Mikulishna
  • Violante de Hungría

W: 18 names

  • Walburga
  • Walburga Amsler
  • Wenna
  • Wenna Carew
  • Wenna Penrose
  • Wilburg Hagenau
  • Wilmot Carew
  • Wulfeva Nutbeam
  • Wulfrun of Wolverhampton
  • Wulfthryth Selsey
  • Wulfwynn
  • Wulfwynn of Tamworth
  • Wulviva Coteler
  • Wymarc
  • Wymarc Grey
  • Wymarca Langley
  • Wynflæd
  • Wynflæd Hartwell

X: 1 name

  • Xene Kantakouzene

Y: 10 names

  • Ydeneye Colle
  • Yefrosinia of Polotsk
  • Ymagine
  • Yolande
  • Yolande d'Aragon
  • Ysabeau
  • Ysabel de Lusignan
  • Ysolt
  • Ysolt Tremayne
  • Ysoude

Z: 1 name

  • Zsófia Szécsi