Looking to go back to the Middle Ages to name your newborn son? But you don’t want to go with the names everyone knows. Try these ten names!
After doing a list of Ten Girls’ Names from Medieval London, we decided that the boys could not be left out, so we checked through the records of the City of London for the 13th and 14th centuries, and found some very different names. Nearly every male in medieval London seemed to be called Richard, William, John or Robert – just finding a Peter or a Walter seemed to be a relief. However, there are a few names that stood out – in some cases they might be names from Anglo-Norman times or are from men who came from overseas to live in London. In one case, the person got his name because of a clerk’s error.
See also Girls’ Names from Medieval London (not the usual ones!)
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