Personal Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the Later Byzantine Era - Masculine Given Names
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The list below is a compilation of given names used by members of the
aristocracy from the 10th century through the end of the byzantine
era. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but rather those names which
have been gleaned from the three listed sources. As more sources are incorporated,
the list will expand.
The sources, listed in the right column, are:
- DP - Demetrios Polemis, The Doukai
- DN - Donald M. Nicol, Studies in Late Byzantine Prosopography...
- ODB - Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
| Name | Date | Source | Name | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandros | 1322 | DP | Alexios | 11th century | DP |
| Andreas | 1401 | DP | Andronikos | 908 | DP |
| Bardas | 1018 | DP | Bartolomaios (monastic) | ODB | |
| Basil | ODB | Basileios | 1166 | DP | |
| Christophoros | 980 | DP | Demetrios | 1244 | DP |
| Dionysios (monastic) | ODB | Gabriel (monastic) | 1348 | DP, ODB | |
| Gerasimos (monastic) | ODB | Georgios | 1342, 4th century | DP, ODB | |
| Gregoras | 913 | DP | Iakobos (monastic) | ODB | |
| Ioannes | 1088 | DP | Ionnikios (monastic) | ODB | |
| Isaakios | 1310 | DP | Isaias (monastic) | ODB | |
| Konstantinos | 913 | DP | Leo | ODB | |
| Leon | 1115 | DP | Leontios (monastic) | ODB | |
| Makarios (monastic) | ODB | Manuel | 1215 | DP | |
| Markos (Italian?) | 1317 | DP | Meletios (monastic) | ODB | |
| Michael | 913 | DP | Nikodemos (monastic) | (11th century) | ODB |
| Nikolaos | 917 | DP | Nikophoros | (10th century) | DP |
| Niphon (monastic) | ODB | Paulus | ODB | ||
| Pantoleon | 1388 | DP | Petros | 1349 | DP |
| Philippos | 1400 | DP | Romanos | ODB | |
| Sabas (monastic) | ODB | Stephanos | 913 | DP | |
| Theodoulos | ODB | Theodoros | 1215 | DP | |
| Theophylaktos | 1360 | DN | Thomas | 1290 | DP |