French Names from Two Thirteenth Century Chronicles

Masculine Given Names

by Arval Benicoeur (Josh Mittleman)
mittle@panix.com

© 1997 by Joshua D. Mittleman; all rights reserved.


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Masculine Given Names

The nine most common names account for 53% of the citations.

Jean 37
Guillaume, Guillemin 23
Hugues 21
Gautier 19
Pierre 19
Henri 16
Geoffroy, Geoffroi 14
Guy 13
Robert 10
Baudouin 7
Gilles 6
Philippe 6
Renaud 6
Thibaut 6
Eudes 5
Eustache 5
Étienne 4
Louis 4 (all of them kings of France)
Nicolas, Nicole 4
Raoul 4
Simon 4
Vilain 4
Anseau 3
Dreux, Dreuz 3
Érard 3
Gervais 3
Jacques 3
Mathieu 3
Renier 3
Thierry 3
Aimery, Aimon 2
Bernard 2
Charles 2
Enguerrand 2
Hervé 2
Josserand 2
Olivier 2
Yves 2
Achard 1
Alard 1
Alenard 1
Alfonse 1
Ami 1
André 1
Archimbaud 1
Arnoul 1
Artaud 1
Aubert 1
Barthélemy 1
Bègue 1
Bohémond, Bohemond 1
Boniface 1
Clarembaud 1
Conon 1
Dragonet 1
Évrard 1
Ferry 1
Foucaud 1
Foulques 1
François 1
Frédéric 1
Garnier 1
Gerard 1
Gobert 1
Guignes 1
Imbert 1
Jocelin, Josselin 1
Macaire 1
Manassier 1
Marcel 1
Milon 1
Névelon 1
Ogier 1
Orry 1
Othon 1
Païen, Payïen 1
Plonquet 1
Ponce 1
Raymond 1
Richard 1
Roger 1
Rotrou 1


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