What are some common medieval names?

Question:What are some names that were popular during the medieval time period in Europe?

For girls and boys?

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For girls and boys?

Marcus? No. Nor any of the girls' names. Try very classic and boring. William, Richard, Ralph, John, Steven, Henry, Arthur, Nicholas, Robert, Thomas, Edward, Gilbert, Garret, Guy, Simon. For girls Eleanor, Agnes, Elizabeth, Catherine, Margaret, Isabel, Mary, Alice, Joan, Jean, Maud.

For some odd ones, Lucrecia, Gunselme, Godeheut, Godechild, Hawise, Amice, Theoparcia, Warin, Tristam/Tristan, Isolde/Yseult, Emoine, Mecelin, Petronilla, Idonea, Hester, Beatrix, Christian (boy or girl), Leybourne, Maryon, Fulk, Marmaduke, Sybilla, Lamellen, Ludulplius, Walkelin, Asceline, Gunceline, Alianore, Doun, Aline.

This enough?

Boy
Cecil
Perceval
Cedric
Arthur
Henry

Girl
Gweniver
Gwendyln
Eleanor
Henrietta
Marie
Mary
Margaret
Isabelle

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, William, Charles, Peter...

The medieval names in Europe were heavily influenced by scripture.

Medieval names depend on the time and place about which you want to know.

Marcus is a Latin name. as Marco it was common in Italy, as Marc it is pretty common in France. Mark, the English version of the name did not become popular until the 17th century. George is a very common German name (usually as Georg) and Giorgio is fairly common in Italian. Although St. George is one of the patron saints of England, his name really didn't become popular in England until later.

Natasha is a diminutive (pet name) for the Russian name Natalia. It was not used in Western Europe unitl Tolstoy's novel War and Peace made it popular in the late 19th century. Neither Aminta nor Manina are names with which I am familiar. They certainly were not English names of the medieval era.

There is some good information about medieval names at the Acadamy of St. Gabriel website.

Try the Medieval name generator.
http://nine.frenchboys.net/medieval.php