Diccionario de nombres
48 nombres con significado y origen verificados
BARNABY
Medieval English form of BARNABAS.
BALDRIC
Derived from the Germanic elements bald "bold, brave" and ric "power, rule". The Normans introduced this name to Britain...
CHRISTOBEL
Variant of CHRISTABEL.
CRISPIAN
Medieval variant of CRISPIN.
DEDERICK
Older form of DEREK.
DROGO
Norman name, possibly derived from Gothic dragen "to carry" or Saxon drog "ghost". Alternatively, it could be from the S...
DREDA
Short form of ETHELDREDA.
DULCIBELLA
From Latin dulcis "sweet" and bella "beautiful". The usual medieval spelling of this name was Dowsabel, and the Latinize...
EFFIE (1)
Diminutive of EUPHEMIA.
EMMELINE
From an Old French form of the Germanic name Amelina, originally a diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the eleme...
ELFLEDA
Middle English form of the Old English name Æðelflæd which means "noble beauty" from the elements æðel "noble" and flæd ...
ELIHU
Means "my God is he" in Hebrew. This was the name of several characters in the Old Testament including one of the friend...
EPPIE
Diminutive of EUPHEMIA or HEPHZIBAH.
ERMINTRUDE
English form of ERMENDRUD. It was occasionally used until the 19th century.
ETHELRED
Middle English form of ÆÐELRÆD. The name was very rare after the Norman conquest, but it was revived briefly in the 19th...
EUPHEMIA
Means "to use words of good omen" from Greek () "good" and φημι (phemi) "to speak, to declare". Saint Euphemia was an e...
ETHELINDA
Middle English form of the Old English name Æðelind, derived from the elements æðel "noble" and lindi "snake". The name ...
FULK
From the Germanic name Fulco, a short form of various names beginning with the element fulc "people". The Normans brough...
FULKE
Variant of FULK.
GITHA
Variant of GYTHA.
GYTHA
From Gyða, an Old Norse diminutive of GUÐRÍÐR. It was borne by a Danish noblewoman who married the English lord Godwin o...
HAMNET
Diminutive of HAMO. This was the name of a son of Shakespeare who died in childhood. His death may have provided the ins...
IDONEA
Medieval English name, probably a Latinized form of IÐUNN. The spelling may have been influenced by Latin idonea "suitab...
IDONY
Medieval English vernacular form of IDONEA.
JEPTHA
Variant of JEPHTHAH.
JEP
Medieval diminutive of GEOFFREY.
LETTICE
Medieval form of LETITIA.
MELICENT
Older form of MILLICENT.
MERIEL
Variant of MURIEL.
MOSS
Medieval form of MOSES.
NIGELLUS
Latin form of NIGEL.
PANCRAS
Medieval English form of PANCRATIUS. The relics of the 4th-century saint Pancratius were sent to England by Pope Gregory...
PARNEL
Contracted form of PETRONEL. In the later Middle Ages it became a slang term for a promiscuous woman, and the name subse...
PERNEL
Variant of PARNEL.
PERONEL
Contracted form of PETRONEL.
PHILANDER
From the Greek name Φιλανδρος (Philandros) meaning "friend of man" from Greek φιλος (philos) "friend" and ανηρ (aner) "m...
PERMELIA
Meaning unknown, possibly an early American alteration of PAMELA.
PETRONEL
Medieval English form of PETRONILLA.
PLEASANCE
From the medieval name Plaisance which meant "pleasant" in Old French.
RAYNER
From the Germanic name Raganhar, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and hari "army". The Normans brought this name ...
SIDONY
Feminine form of SIDONIUS. This name was in use in the Middle Ages, when it became associated with the word sindon (of G...
SYLVANUS
Variant of SILVANUS.
TACEY
Derived from Latin tace meaning "be silent". It was in use from the 16th century, though it died out two centuries later...
TETTY
Diminutive of ELIZABETH.
TEMPERANCE
From the English word meaning "moderation" or "restraint". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in t...
THANKFUL
From the English word thankful. This was one of the many virtue names used by the Puritans in the 17th century.
TOLLY
Diminutive of BARTHOLOMEW.
VERITY
From the English word meaning "verity, truth". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th cent...