15th-Century German Women's Names
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15th-Century German Women's Names

by Brian Scott (Talan Gwynek)

This is a list, by frequency, of the women's names from the 15th century cited in Arnsburger Personennamen by Roland Mulch. (1) Spelling variants are not included in this list.

Name Cites Name Cites
Katherine8 Cristyne 1
Gude5 Demuth 1
Elsebeth3 Emeludt 1
Meckil3 Eue 1
Agnes2 Gerburg 1
Anne2 Gy{sz}el 1
Bechte2 Grede 1
Else2 Gredechin 1
Fye2 Hette 1
Gele2 Kungund 1
Irmele2 Contzel 1
Lype2 Liepmayt 1
Ayla1 Lyse 1
Albrade1 Margarete 1
Apollonia1 Niesenn 1
Bytzel1 Syele 1
Clare1    

The full citation is:

Arnsburger Personennamen: Untersuchungen zum Namenmaterial aus Arnsburger Urkunden vom 13. - 16. Jahrhundert. Darmstadt & Marburg: Hessischen Historischen Kommission Darmstadt and the Historischen Kommission für Hessen, 1974.