15th-Century German Women's Names

by Brian Scott (Talan Gwynek)

This is a list, by frequency, of the women's names from the 15th century cited in Arnsburger Personennamen by Roland Mulch. (1) Spelling variants are not included in this list.

NameCites
Katherine8
Gude5
Elsebeth3
Meckil3
Agnes2
Anne2
Bechte2
Else2
Fye2
Gele2
Irmele2
Lype2
Ayla1
Albrade1
Apollonia1
Bytzel1
Clare1
Cristyne1
Demuth1
Emeludt1
Eue1
Gerburg1
Gy{sz}el1
Grede1
Gredechin1
Hette1
Kungund1
Contzel1
Liepmayt1
Lyse1
Margarete1
Niesenn1
Syele1

The full citation is

Arnsburger Personennamen: Untersuchungen zum Namenmaterial aus Arnsburger Urkunden vom 13. - 16. Jahrhundert. Darmstadt & Marburg: Hessischen Historischen Kommission Darmstadt and the Historischen Kommission für Hessen, 1974.