Russian Names

Grammar of Period Russian Names, by Paul Wickenden of Thanet

An excellent discussion of how name elements were put together in period. This is part of the introduction to Paul's dictionary, the next item.

A Dictionary of Period Russian Names, by Paul Wickenden of Thanet (2nd edition)

A compilation of period names gleaned from a host of sources, organized to show variant forms, diminutives, and patronymics, and accompanied by an excellent description of how to put names together. The author has published a 3rd edition in print, but has no plans to publish it on the web.

"A Chicken Is Not A Bird": Feminine Personal Names in Medieval Russia, by Paul Wickenden of Thanet

A discussion of women's bynames.

Locative Bynames in Medieval Russia, by Paul Wickenden of Thanet

Occupational Bynames in Medieval Russia, by Paul Wickenden of Thanet

Sorted by type of occupation.

Russian Personal Names: Name Frequency in the Novgorod Birch-Bark Letters, by Predslava Vydrina

An analysis of names from a collection of documents spanning the 11th to 15th centuries, incuding tables of masculine and feminine given names and bynames. There are pictures of a couple of the original letters here and here on the website of the Novgorod State United Museum.

Zoological Bynames in Medieval Russia, by Paul Wickenden of Thanet

Bynames based on the names of animals.

Russian Ornithological Bynames, by Paul Wickenden of Thanet

A discussion of medieval Russian bynames based on the names of birds.

Botanical Bynames in Medieval Russia, by Paul Wickenden of Thanet

Bynames based on plant names.

Polish Names

Polish Given Names in Nazwiska Polaków, by Walraven van Nijmegen and Arval Benicoeur

An index of late-period masculine and feminine given names taken from a dictionary of Polish surnames. Note that the spellings are not necessarily period ones and in some cases are simply the standard modern forms. The appearance of a name in this article proves only that some form of it was used in late-period Poland.

Polish Feminine Names, 1600-1650, by Aryanhwy merch Catmael

A short list of given names collected from dated examples in a dictionary of surnames.

Czech and Slovak Names

Common Czech Names of the 15th and 16th Centuries, by Walraven van Nijmegen

A list of common men's and women's given names.

German Names from Kosice, 1300-1500, by Guntram von Wolkenstein and Anya Mstyslavyaya

A collection of names from the register of offices of a prison in Slovakia. The article contains surnames as well as given names. The given names are Latinized; most of the surnames are not. Most of the names are German; a few are Slavic. Master Talan has provided notes on the surnames in the articles. Also posted by the SCA Shire of Adamastor.

Croatian

Early Croatian Given Names, by Walraven van Nijmegen

Lists of men's and women's names, with some advice on forming complete names.

Heads of State of Croatia List (originally elsewhere)

We aren't sure if the spellings can be trusted, but given our limited resources on this culture, this list seemed worth including.

Lithuanian Names

Lithuanian Names, by Willam R. Schmalstieg

An article in the scholarly journal Lituanus. The author is a scholar of Old Prussian. This article is an outline of the development of naming customs in Lithuania, written for a general audience. It contains a number of dated examples. Also at this website is an article analyzing Three Lithuanian City Names.

Feminine Names from the Gediminid Line of Lithuania, by Walraven van Nijmegen

Analyzes the names of women from a fourteenth-century ruling dynasty.

Latvian Names

Medieval Latvian Given Names, by Aryanhwy merch Catmael

A list of some given names (the author has only covered the letters A to M so far). Many spellings are modernized; medieval Latvian didn't include many of the special characters used in the article.

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