Names from the 1200s?

Question

I am currently on the search for names for my character. She is born in 1248, but google isn't turning up any results on names from then.

Any help would be nice.

Answer 1

Here you are..a list of genuine 13th century names.

http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names...

Answer 2

Surnames did not begin to appear, in Europe, until the 13th.and 14th. centuries, Christian names followed by the name of a place, trade or calling were used, in general, prior to that. Many female Christian names at the times were of biblical characters, Mary or Maria, Ruth, others were perhaps after a Queen, Princess or noble personage of the time.

So you are looking for, probably, a surname in a period when few existed.

Answer 3

no  dont know

Answer 4

http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/welsh...

A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names

This guide will show you how to construct a "typical" name of this period. It gives you the common structures and elements, but not an exhaustive list of all the possibilities.

Name Structures:

The most typical overall structure for names is a given name followed by a single byname -- either a patronym (about half the time), a descriptive nickname (about a quarter of the time), an occupation (about one-tenth of the time), or a place-name (only one percent of the time).

Women have an additional type of popular byname -- being identified as the wife of their husband (using Latin uxor in this document) -- which is similar in concept to a patronym. Women are also far less likely to have an occupational nickname or one based on a place-name. However for the most part women use the same descriptive nicknames that men do (with the notable absense of moel meaning bald!).

http://homepages.newnet.co.uk/dance/webp... :

      13th century--10 most popular women's names in order:

1. Alice

2.Matilda

3. Joan/ Joanna

4. Agnes

5. Emma

6. Isabella

7. Margery

8. Christiana

9. Rohesia (only one not seen today)

10. Juliana

There are however a number of less common 13th century names which are now unknown, such as Albreda, Basilia, Celestria, Estrilda, Galiena, Gundreda, Gunilda, Gunnora, Hawisa, Helewisa, Idorea and Wymarc.

http://www.themiddleages.net/people/name...

Women's Names (*denotes most common names)

Ada

Adelina

Agnes*

Albreda

Aldith

Aldusa

Alice*

Alina

Amanda

Amice/Amicia*

Amiria

Anabel

Annora

Ascilia

Avelina

Avoca

Avice

Beatrice

Basilea

Bela

Berta

Celestria

Christian(a)*

Cicely/Cecilia*

Clarice

Constance

Dionisia/Denise

Edith

Ellen/Eleanor

Elizabeth

Emma

Estrilda

Isabel*

Eva

Felicia

Fina

Goda

Golda

Grecia

Gundrea

Gundred

Gunnora

Haunild

Hawisa*

Helen/Elena

Helewise

Hilda

Ida

Idonea

Isolda

Joan(na)*

Julian(a)*

Katherine

Leticia/Lettice  

Liecia

Linota

Lora/Laura

Lucia Mabel/Amabilia

Malota

Margaret

Margery*

Marsilia

Mary

Matilda/Maud

Mazelina

Millicent

Muriel

Nesta

Nicola(a)

Philippa

Parnel/Petronilla

Primeveire

Richenda

Richolda

Roesia

Sabina

Sabelina

Sarah

Susanna

Sybil(la)*

Wymarc

Answer 5

Suzanne's link is good for English names. The same site has given names for other countries from a slighty later period: Germany