Medieval Spanish Names from the Monastery of Sahagun
The Names, First Group

by Antonio Miguel Santos de Borja (Tony Borning) boring@typhoon.coedu.usf.edu)

© 2000 by Tony Boring; all rights reserved. Last modified 15 May 2000


The Names

The First Group, 917-935 (documents 17-66)

Masculine Names

The first group of names, dating from 917 to 935 contained 573 male citations divided among 27 different given names. The single most common name was Recessvindo with 32 citations (5.58% of the total), twice the number of citations for any other name. The second most common name was Ranemiro, with 16 citations (2.79% of the total). 16 more names appear more than 1% of the time (Alfonso, Frunimius, Ordonius, Teodemiro, Fortes, Obecco, Piniolo, Sanzo, Vicentius, Ermegildus, Fredenando, Diaco, Donino, Garsea, Petro, and Venancio). Another 82 names appear more than once, leaving 179 unique names in the list. Of the 279 names, 104 each are of Germanic and Latin origins (37.28% each), 27 Arabic (9.68%), 6 Christian (2.15%), 5 Greek (1.79%), 5 Hebrew (1.79%), and 4 Basque (1.43%). 21 were of unidentifiable origin. The average number of citations per name is 2.05.

The vast majority of the names in this list were constructed of a given name alone (92.92%). The second most common pattern was a given name plus a patronymic accounting for 6.26% of the cases. The remaining 5 names were given names plus toponymic by-names.

Name#
Recessvindo32
Ranemiro16
Alfonso13
Frunimius12
Ordonius10
Teodemiro10
Fortes8
Obecco8
Piniolo8
Sanzo8
Vicentius8
Ermegildus7
Fredenando7
Diaco6
Donino6
Garsea6
Petro6
Venancio6
Abolfeta5
Iohannes5
Sisecuto5
Vermudo5
Braolio4
Cisila4
Dulcidio4
Felix4
Froila4
Gundesalbus4
Iuliano4
Monnio4
Taion4
Teodulfus4
Amphilocius3
Christoforo3
Ciprianus3
Ferro3
Flazino3
Godemundo3
Godesteo3
Iustus3
Lecinius3
Magino3
Maurellus3
Maxitus3
Menicius3
Orbanus3
Pepino3
Recamundus3
Reccemirus3
Sesinandus3
Sisebuto3
Stephano3
Teodislu3
Abderraman2
Abdias2
Abzuleman2
Adica2
Alvaro2
Aldroiti2
Andemio2
Andreas2
Antonio2
Argemirus2
Artemio2
Bellito2
Cesario2
Donnel2
Egas2
Eugenio2
Eugenio2
Fafila2
Framila2
Galindo2
Garvisso2
Gomiz2
Gontino2
Iderales2
Liberio2
Lupi2
Mahemutus2
Martinus2
Maximus2
Nina2
Nunnus2
Olemundus2
Pater2
Quirico2
Rademundus2
Ranemundus2
Rodrico2
Sabaricus2
Sendino2
Sereno2
Severo2
Sigerico2
Sisverto2
Tello2
Vistia2
Vistremiro2
Xemeno2
Zalama2
Abaiub1
Abeyza1
Abizellus1
Aboharon1
Abolus1
Abonazeos1
Abozam1
Abundantius1
Adaiuti1
Adileubo1
Adoarius1
Adulfus1
Agane1
Agilo1
Aiaz1
Ailare1
Alario1
Albeto1
Albinus1
Alderetus1
Aliember1
Almundar1
Aluin1
Altulfo1
Amar1
Ambrino1
Ambroz1
Anastasium1
Ansuri1
Apidius1
Aragildus1
Aragonti1
Aresindus1
Argibaio1
Argifredus1
Argimundus1
Argiso1
Ariulfus1
Armentarius1
Arvidio1
Aspidius1
Assur1
Atanaricus1
Atanasius1
Athaulfus1
Ato1
Attericus1
Auriolus1
Azrec1
Bacarius1
Balla1
Ballello1
Beatus1
Benatus1
Bera1
Bolimirus1
Bonimirus1
Bonon1
Cereial1
Cililia1
Citi1
Conantius1
Cosendinus1
Cricorium1
David1
Deodato1
Deodavi1
Dominico1
Donno1
Egica1
Egila1
Eiza1
Eizac1
Elca1
Eldo1
Elpidius1
Ermildi1
Ervigius1
Evare1
Felzano1
Filoria1
Florentino1
Floridio1
Foracasas1
Fornarius1
Fortunio1
Fridulfo1
Gebuldus1
Gemel1
Genadius1
Gilfredus1
Gisellus1
Gismundus1
Gisvadus1
Gomesindo1
Gontrigus1
Gotremiro1
Grigorio1
Guamirus1
Guttier1
Hazan1
Hazzeb1
Heliseus1
Hildosindum1
Iaceo1
Iaquinto1
Imila1
Iosuae1
Isciame1
Iscipio1
Iubandus1
Iubla1
Iulius1
Lecianus1
Leodibicus1
Lubla1
Lunes1
Magito1
Mairaus1
Manulfus1
Materno1
Matteus1
Maurane1
Mauratelle1
Maurban1
Mauronta1
Mayrelli1
Meliki1
Menendus1
Meniddus1
Mentius1
Monioni1
Muza1
Oranius1
Pascuale1
Pastor1
Pelagius1
Pepi1
Pilotti1
Presentio1
Probus1
Pruenze1
Quenta1
Rademiro1
Ramiro1
Rattero1
Reccaredus1
Rexindo1
Romanus1
Rudemundus1
Sabiano1
Sando1
Sarracinus1
Sebastiano1
Senda1
Serenianus1
Seroaldus1
Sesmiro1
Sonna1
Suarius1
Tagel1
Teodinus1
Teton1
Todredus1
Valdeo1
Valerio1
Velasconi1
Vigila1
Violentus1
Virmundus1
Visandus1
Zacarias1
Zaid1
Zaite1
Zaiton1
Zanitu1
Zarinus1
Zezzon1
Zonius1

Feminine Names

The feminine names comprising 34 citations were divided between 20 different names. The two most common were Scemena and Gelvira, with 7 (20.59%) and 6 (17.65%) citations respectively. 12 of the names were of Germanic origin, 7 of Latin origin, and the Christian María completes the 20. The average number of citations per name is 1.7.

Name#
Scemena7
Gelvira6
Maria2
Sesildi2
Teoda2
Auria1
Aurofilo1
Bennadda1
Ermesinda1
Fradegundia1
Gontilli1
Gontina1
Gota1
Gotecia1
Graciosa1
Gundisalba1
Iuliana1
Placia1
Sendina1
Servanda1


The Study
The Names, First Group
The Names, Second Group
The Names, Third Group
The Historical Influences
Works Consulted


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