Some 16th Century Parisian Male French Names

Some 16th Century Parisian Male French Names

By Chrestienne la pescheresse (Mathilde Poussin)

Introduction

The names collected here are all from the "Arrests & proces verbaulx d'execution d'iceux, contre Jehan Tanquerel, Maistres Artus Désiré, François de Rosieres, & autres" that can be found and accessed on Google books[1]

These legal documents are an interesting reading about the operation of Royal Justice in France at the time. Another interesting aspect is typographical. This text has no "j" and where you would expect to see it used, you find "i" instead. So there is no Jean/Jehan but Iean/Iehan, Iacques instead of Jacques, Ioseph instead of Joseph. There are also some u/v substitutions.

These names are dated 1583 and 1561. The pool of names is not very big, and across the text several names are mentioned several times. The sorted data take that into account, counting the same person only once to determine the frequency of name elements, while noting the spelling variants.

 

Given Names sorted by frequency

For the same person, the spelling of the name could vary within the text. The variants below were in each case for the same person (as indicated by the last name) whose name appeared several times in the text.

Given name   Variant (same person)   Number of persons
IeanIehan13
Iacques9
Pierre8
NicolasNicole, Nicolle6
Guillaume4
Charles3
François3
Antoine2
Artus1
Audebert1
BarthelemiBerthelemy1
Christofle1
Claude1
Denys1
Estienne1
Firmin1
George1
Gerard1
Gilles1
Hubert1
Ioseph1
Lazare1
Marin1
Maximilian1
Noel1
Olivier1
Philippes1
Theodore1
Thomas1

 

Given Names sorted alphabetically

For the same person, the spelling of the name could vary within the text. The variants below were in each case for the same person (as indicated by the last name) whose name appeared several times in the text.

Given name   Variant (same person)   Number of persons
Antoine2
Artus1
Audebert1
BarthelemiBerthelemy1
Charles3
Christofle1
Claude1
Denys1
Estienne1
Firmin1
François3
George1
Gerard1
Gilles1
Guillaume4
Hubert1
Iacques9
IeanIehan13
Ioseph1
Lazare1
Marin1
Maximilian1
NicolasNicole, Nicolle6
Noel1
Olivier1
Philippes1
Pierre8
Theodore1
Thomas1

 

Bynames sorted alphabetically

For the same person, the spelling of the byname could vary within the text. The variants below were in each case for the same person (as indicated by the last name) whose name appeared several times. Only one family name, Camus, appeared for two different people. This is why this list is sorted alphabetically only and not by frequency.

The clearly recognizable constructions of the bynames derive from what is frequently seen in the source of French bynames: locative (all the de + place name, or contracted like Daval, Daumont or unmarked like Paris), patronymic (ex: Allain, Thierry), occupational (ex: Boucher, Vigneron).

Name   Variant (same person)   Year   Occurrences
AleaumeAlleaume15611
Allain15611
Ballesdens15611
Barat15611
Basot15611
Benedicti15611
Bennart15611
Berruyer15611
Bouchelu15611
Boucher15611
Bouraine15611
Bourdin15611
Broichet15611
Camus15612
Carreau15611
CaynCaïn15611
Chausse15611
Chrestien15611
Corneul15611
Cosson15611
Cousin15611
Dampmartin15611
Daumont15831
Daval15611
de Bailly15611
de Birague15831
de Bourbon15831
de Chiverny15831
de Dormans15611
de Guise15831
de la Chapelle aux Ursins15831
de la Guesle15831
de Lansac15831
de Lassus15611
de Lenoncourt15831
de Lorraine15831
de Lyon15831
de Malicorne15831
de Mayenne15831
de Pectu15611
de Poretus15611
de Quitte-beuf15611
de Rambouillet15831
de RosiereDe Rosieres, de Roziere15831
de Ruffec15831
de Schomberg15831
de Thou1561, 15831
de Varade15611
de Vaudemont15831
de Villequier15831
des Chasteliers15831
Desiré15611
d'Espesse15831
Des-prez15611
du Guet15831
du Mesnil15611
Everard15611
Falaize15611
Faulcon15831
Faye15611
Fournier15611
Gaillard15611
Gauthier15611
Gemelli15611
Godier15611
Goux15611
Groult15611
Guilland15611
Guychenot15611
Idoine15611
la Guesle15831
le Febure15611
le Hongre15611
le Maistre15611
Maceré15611
Maheur15611
Maillard15611
Moreau15611
Muldrac15611
Nicolas15611
Paillet15611
Paris15611
Pelletier15611
Peron15611
Pugnance15611
Rouzee15611
Tanquerel15611
Thierry15611
Viel15611
Vigneron15611
Violet15611

 

 

Raw data

Given name   Name   Year   Page
IehanTanquerelTitle
ArtusDesiréTitle
Françoisde RosiereTitle
Christoflede Thou15611
Charlesde Dormans15611
BarthelemiFaye15611
NicolleMaillard15611
IeanAlleaume15611
IeanPelletier15611
IeanAllain15611
IacquesCayn15611
NoelPaillet15611
IeanTanquerel15611
ClaudeBerruyer15613
NicoleMaillard15613
IeanDaval15613
IeanBenedicti15613
Guillaumede Pectu15613
IeanAleaume15613
IacquesChrestien15613
IeanPelletier15613
Gerarddu Mesnil15613
HubertGuychenot15613
IacquesCosson15613
GuillaumeDes-prez15613
IeanMoreau15613
DenysCamus15613
TheodoreRouzee15613
PhilippesMaheur15613
FrançoisDampmartin15613
PierreBouraine15613
Iacquesle Febure15613
Ieande Poretus15614
IacquesCaïn15614
NicolasIdoine15614
LazareBroichet15614
GuillaumeChausse15614
AntoineBouchelu15614
PierreVigneron15614
NicolasCousin15614
Charlesle Maistre15614
NicolasPugnance15614
Olivierde Quitte-beuf15614
IeanParis15614
EstienneCorneul15614
GuillaumeGaillard15614
IeanFalaize15614
IacquesMuldrac15614
PierreFournier15614
GeorgePeron15614
AudebertMaceré15614
MarinEverard15614
IosephBasot15614
Iacquesle Hongre15614
Antoinede Bailly15614
IeanNicolas15614
PierreBoucher15614
IacquesViolet15614
NicolasBennart15614
PierreGemelli15614
ThomasGroult15614
MaximilianGuilland15614
FirminBallesdens15614
NicolasGauthier15614
PierreThierry15614
PierreViel15614
IeanGodier15614
Iacquesde Lassus15614
FrançoisCarreau15614
GillesBourdin15614
IeanTanquerel15615
Tanquerel15618
de Thou15618
de Dormans15618
Berruyer156110
de Dormans156110
Tanquerel156110
Christoflede Thou156111
Charlesde Dormans156111
GillesBourdin156111
IeanCamus156111
IeanTanquerel156111
NicolleMaillard156111
IacquesCayn156111
Barat156114
PierreGoux156114
IeanTanquerel156114
IeanTanquerel156115
Paul156116
NicolasMaillard156117
Berruyer156117
Christoflede Thou156118
Charlesde Dormans156118
BerthelemyFaye156118
Iacquesde Varade156118
Berruyer156118
ArtusDesiré156119
de Bourbon158321
Charlesde Bourbon158321
de Vaudemont158321
de Guise158321
de Mayenne158321
de Chiverny158321
Daumont158321
de Lansac158321
de Lenoncourt158321
de la Chapelle aux Ursins158321
de Malicorne158321
de Villequier158321
la Guesle158321
de Thou158321
de Rambouillet158321
de Schomberg158321
de Lyon158321
Charlesde Birague158321
des Chasteliers158321
Faulcon158321
de Ruffec158321
d'Espesse158321
Françoisde Roziere158321
du Guet158322
de Chiverny158323
de Chiverny158324
de Lorraine158324
de la Guesle158324
De Rosieres158326

 


 

[1] http://books.google.com/books?id=o1cVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false