France

desctree

Middle French: France
French: France (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: Fraunce, France
English: France (see there for further descendants)
Scots: Fraunce
→ Breton: Frañs

desc

Norman: France, Fraunce (continental Normandy)

Picard: France

Walloon: France


Christian

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Christian m (nominative singular Christians)

a male given name, equivalent to English Christian


Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of modern France)


Charles

English: Charles

French: Charles


Rome

desctree

French: Rome
→ Guianese Creole: Ròm
→ Haitian Creole: Wòm
→ Persian: رم (rom)
→ Lao: ໂຣມ (rōm)

Norman: Rome

Picard: Rome

Walloon: Rome

Rome (a city, the capital of the Papacy; ancient capital of the Roman Empire)


Nicholas

Middle English: Nicholas

From Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).


pere

Bourguignon: peire

Middle French: pere
French: père
→ Dutch: pere
→ English: père
Norman: père, pére, péthe

Walloon: pere

From earlier pedre, from Latin pater, patrem.

(Christianity, may be capitalized) Father (God)


Robert

Of Germanic origin, equivalent to Frankish *hrōþi (“fame”) + *berht (“bright”).

a male given name, a Germanic (Old Frankish) borrowing


Oliver

a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver


Marie

French: Marie (see there for further descendants)

⇒ French: Manon (diminutive)
→ Dutch: Manon

⇒ French: Marise (diminutive)

→ Dutch: Marijse

Norman: Marie

Walloon: Mareye

→ Middle English: Mary

English: Mary (see there for further descendants)

Scots: Mairy

⇒ Middle English: Moll, Molle (lambdacism)

English: Molly, Mollie
→ Irish: Mallaidh
→ Swedish: Molly

⇒ English: Polly

Scots: Mailie

⇒ Old French: Marion (diminutive)
Middle French: Marion
French: Marion
→ Danish: Marion
→ German: Marion
→ Norwegian: Marion
→ Swedish: Marion
→ English: Marion, Marian

a female given name, equivalent to English Mary


Herbert

→ Middle English: Herbert

English: Herbert, Hebbard
→? Cebuano: Herbert

Middle French: Herbert

→ Czech: Herbert

→ Faroese: Herbert

French: Herbert

q

also from Old High German <small>[Term?]</small>

→ German: Herbert (also from Old High German [Term?])

→ Swedish: Herbert

From Frankish *Hari-bercht. See Saint Herbert.


Adan

French: Adam

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אדם (adam)


Creator

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Creator m (nominative singular Creators)

French: Créateur

Norman: Créateu


Dex

nominative singular of Deu; alternative form of Deus


Dieu

Dieu m (nominative singular Diex or Dieus)

Diex (nominative singular)
Dieus (nominative singular)


Marc

a male given name, equivalent to English Mark


Martin

From Latin Mārtīnus (“of or like Mars” or “little Mars”), Mārs, Mārtis + -īnus (diminutive suffix).

der

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Martin


Pere

le Pere (canonical masculine)
Pere (nominative singular)


Pol

French: Paul
Haitian Creole: Pòl

Walloon: På

a male given name, equivalent to English Paul


Guillaume

head

Guillaume m (nominative singular Guillaumes)


Deu

Deus (nominative singular)
Dex (nominative singular)

desctree

Middle French: Dieu
French: Dieu (see there for further descendants)

Norman:

Cotentinais: Dùu

Guernésiais: Dju, Gyu

Jèrriais: Dgieu

Sercquiais: Dji

Picard: Diu

Walloon: Diu, Dié


Henri

French: Henri

Norman: Henri

→ Old English: Heanrig

Middle English: Henry, Herry, Harry

English: Henry, Harry, Hank

→ Irish: Anraí

From Latin Henrīcus, from Frankish *Haimarīk or Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks. Compare Old Norse Heimríkr and Old High German Heimrih (whence German Emmerich and Italian Enrico).


Londres

Middle French: Londres
French: Londres (see there for further descendants)

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: Londres
Galician: Londres
Portuguese: Londres

Probably derived from Old English Lunden.

London (the capital city of the modern United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Dovre

Dover (a town and port in modern Kent, in southeast England)


Tristan

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Tristan m (nominative singular Tristans)

a male given name, equivalent to English Tristan


Albanie

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Albania (a historical region in Southeast Europe, home of the Albanians)


Egypte

desctree

Middle French: Egypte
French: Égypte, Egypte, Ægypte (archaic)
Antillean Creole: Ejip, Éjip
Haitian Creole: Ejip
Bourbonnais Creole:
Réunion Creole French: Ézip
→ Breton: Egipt
→ Jarai: čar Êjĭp
→ Khmer: អេហ្ស៊ីប (ʼeeziip)
→ Lao: ເອຢິບ (ʼē yip)
→ Lingala: Ejipte
→ Malagasy: Ejipta
→ Romanian: Egipt
→ Tamil: ఈజిప్టు

Norman: Êgypte

→ Middle English: Egipt
English: Egypt, Ægypt (archaic), Ægipt, Aegipt, Egipt, Egipte (obsolete)
→ Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac)
→ Chinese: 埃及 (Āijí)
→ Korean: 애굽 (Aegup)
→ Vietnamese: Ai Cập
→ Cornish: Ejyp
→ Gujarati: ઇજિપ્ત (ijipt)
→ Hindi: इजिप्ट (ijipṭ), इजिप्त (ijipt)
→ Iban: Ejip
→ Japanese: エジプト (Ejiputo)
→ Kannada: ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್ (ījipṭ)
→ Korean: 이집트 (Ijipteu)
→ Malayalam: ഈജിപ്റ്റ് (ījipṟṟ)
→ Maori: Īhipa
→ Marathi: इजिप्त (ijipta)
→ Navajo: Ííjip
→ Nepali: इजिप्ट (ijipṭa)
→ Odia: ଇଜିପ୍ଟ (ijipṭa)
→ Paiwan: Idjiputu
→ Thai: อียิปต์ (ii-yìp)

From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos).

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Gascoigne

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Gascoigne f (nominative singular Gascoigne)

English: Gascony, Gascoigne

desctree

Middle French: Gascoigne
French: Gascogne
→ Swedish: Gascogne

Norman: Gascongne

From Medieval Latin Gasconia, from Vulgar Latin Wasconia, from Latin Vasconia, from Vascones + -ia, from Ancient Greek Οὐασκώνων (Ouaskṓnōn).

Du buen cheval né de Gascoigne, [f]ait l'espie le roi descendre.

From his good horse from Gascony, he saw the king coming down.


Marion

Middle French: Marion
French: Marion
→ Danish: Marion
→ German: Marion
→ Norwegian: Marion
→ Swedish: Marion

→ English: Marion, Marian


Leonard

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Leonard m (nominative singular Leonards)

a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard


Irlande

Nen ot sa per desqu'a Nicole / ne tresqu'en Yrlande de la.

c. 1180, Marie de France, “Yonec”, in Lais of Marie de France:

There was none who was like her as far as Lincoln / Nor from there to Ireland.


Alain

From Old Breton Alan, of disputed origin. See Alan.


Cecile

French: Cécile

desctree

→ Irish: Síle
→ English: Sheila
→ Fingallian: Shela

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Cecilia or Cecile


Raoul

a male given name, equivalent to English Ralph


Hubert

a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert


Gales

Middle French: Galles

French: pays de Galles (see there for further descendants)


Artur

a male given name, equivalent to English Arthur


Lancelot

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Lancelot m (nominative singular Lanceloz)

Middle French: Lancelot

From Frankish *Lanzo, hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), and diminutive Old French endings -el and -ot.
Cognate with Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).


Jherusalem

French: Jérusalem

Jerusalem (a city in Levant; the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of modern Israel; the claimed capital city of modern Palestine)


Carles

nominative of Carlon; alternative form of Charles


Ewart

a male given name, equivalent to English Edward


Pasque

French: Pâques f pl

From Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing”)), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic [script needed] (pasḥa), from Hebrew פסחא (pasḥa).

UN jor de Pasque, au tans novel.

c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:


Tumas

Middle French: Thomas m

desctree

French: Thomas m
→ Vietnamese: Tô-ma, Tôma, Thô-ma

a male given name, equivalent to English Thomas


Rogier

→ English: Roger


Bretaigne

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Bretaigne f (nominative singular Bretaigne)

what is now known as Britain or the United Kingdom

Brittany (a peninsula and historical province in northwest France)


Petite Bretaigne

Petite Bretaigne f (nominative singular Petite Bretaigne)


Abevile

French: Abbeville

A Abevile ot un bouchier,
Que si voison orent molt chier.

12th or 13th century, author unknown, Le Bouchier D'Abevile:

In Abbeville there was a butcher,
Held in high esteem by his neighbors.


Amiens

English: Amiens

Middle French: Amiens

From the Roman praenomen Ambianum, from Latin Ambiani (“Celtic tribe in northern Gaul”), possibly from Gaulish ambe (“river”), from Proto-Celtic *abū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).

der

Amiens (the capital city of the modern Somme department, in the modern region of Hauts-de-France, France)


deable

desctree

Middle French: diable, Diable (proper noun), dyable
French: diable, yiable (Canada)
Haitian Creole: dyab
→ English: diable, diablo
Chinook Jargon: le diaub
Norman: dgiâbl'ye (Jersey), diablle (France)

Walloon: diale

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).


Jehan

French: Jean

Norman: Jean

desctree

→ Irish: Seán, Seaán, Seaghán (superseded)
→ English: Sean, Shaun, Shawn, Shon, Shane

→ Middle English: John
English: John
Scots: John
Yola: Jone, Joan, Joane

→ Welsh: Siôn

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *Jeanes, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”). The initial -e- stem is a problematic/unusual change from Latin -o- in its morphological environment. The expected regular form leads to the alternative form Johan, which would have become the non-existent Modern French **Joan.

der

a male given name, equivalent to English John


Espaigne

head

Espaigne f (nominative singular Espaigne)

desctree

French: Espagne
⇒ Haitian Creole: Espay
→ Khmer: អេស្ប៉ាញ (ʼeespaañ)
→ Lao: ເອັສປາຍ (ʼet pāi)

Norman: Espangne

→ Middle English: Spayne, Speyne, Spaigne, Spayn, Spaine
English: Spain (see there for further descendants)
Scots: Spaingie

→ Middle Irish: Espáin, Espán
Irish: An Spáinn
Manx: Yn Spaainey
Scottish Gaelic: An Spàinn

Iberia, the Iberian Peninsula; modern day Spain and Portugal


Franceis

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Franceis m (nominative singular Franceis)

a male given name, equivalent to English Francis


Rollant

a male given name, equivalent to English Roland


Engletere

Engletere f (nominative singular Engletere)

French: Angleterre


Carles li magnes

Charlemagne (emperor of France in the Middle Ages)


Grant Bretaigne

Grant Bretaigne f (nominative singular Grant Bretaigne)


Gualter

Gualter m (nominative singular Gualters)

a male given name, equivalent to English Walter


Escoce

Middle French: Escosse
French: Écosse

From Latin Scōtia, probably a borrowing.

Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England)


Gefrei

a male given name, equivalent to English Geoffrey or Jeffery


Karles

nominative of Karlon; alternative form of Charles


Alemaigne

Alemaigne f (nominative singular Alemaigne)

Middle French: Allemaigne

French: Allemagne

Germania, Germany (a medieval region in Central Europe, roughly corresponding to modern Germany)


Sirie

(historical) Syria (an ancient region in the Levant in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern country of Syria)

(historical) Syria (an ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE)


Affrique

Affrique f (nominative singular Affrique)

French: Afrique

Norman: Afrique


Ostriche

Ostriche f (nominative singular Ostriche)

French: Autriche


Cornoailles

Cornoailles f (nominative singular Cornoailles)

French: Cornouailles


Grece

→ English: Greece

French: Grèce

Norman: Grêce

Greece (an ancient region in Southeast Europe, home of the Greeks)


Gauvain

Gauvain m (nominative singular Gauvains)

Borrowed from Old Welsh [Term?]. See English Gawain.


Yvain

Borrowed from Old Welsh [Term?] Owain (“born of yew”).


Cantorbire

Canterbury (a cathedral city in modern Kent, England)


Alixandre

Alixandre m (nominative singular Alixandre)

desctree

French: Alexandre
→ Breton: Aleksandr, Alesant

Norman: Alexandre

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander


roy Artur

head

roy Artur m (nominative singular roys Artus)


roi Artur

roi Artur m (nominative singular rois Artus)


Benedeit

Benedeit m (nominative singular Benedeiz)

a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict


Alys

From Old High German Adalheidis, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz (“character”).

a female given name, equivalent to English Alice


Nicolete

Nicolete f (nominative singular Nicolete)

a female given name, equivalent to English Nicolette or French Nicolette


Paradis

English: Paradise

French: Paradis

Norman: Paradis


Guiot

French: Guyot


Peire

French: Pierre


Jhesucrist

Jhesucrist m (nominative singular Jhesucriz)

Or prions donques Jhesucrist

c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la complainte Maître Guillaume de Saint Amour:


Criator

Criator m (nominative singular Criators)


Anjou

From Angevin, from Medieval Latin Andegavinus, from Latin Andegavum, from Andecavi.


Fraunce

France (a historical kingdom in Western Europe, corresponding to modern France)


Bretaigne la Menur

Bretaigne la Menur f (nominative singular Bretaigne la Menur)

Bretaigne la Menur (nominative singular)

Brittany (a peninsula and historical province in northwest France)


fiz Marie

fiz Marie m (nominative singular fiz Marie)


Karlon

(12th century or Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of Charlon


abisme

→ Middle English: abime

English: abysm

French: abîme

From Vulgar Latin *abyssimus, a superlative of Latin abyssus (“bottomless pit”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos).


Perceval

Perceval m (nominative singular Percevax)

→ English: Percival


Camaalot

Camaalot m (nominative singular Camaaloz)

→ English: Camelot

Middle French: Camalot

French: Camelot

First used by Chrétien de Troyes in medieval French romances, possibly descended from Medieval Latin Camulodunum, the Roman settlement that predated Colchester.


Escriture

Escriture f (nominative singular Escriture)


Brandan

Brandan m (nominative singular Brandans)

a male given name, equivalent to English Brendan


Gregoire

Gregoire m (nominative singular Gregoires)

French: Grégoire

English: Gregoire


Rolant

a male given name, equivalent to English Roland


Michiel

Michiel m (nominative singular Michiels)


Lundres

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of Londres (London)


Normendie

Normendie f (nominative singular Normendie)

French: Normandie

→ German: Normandie

→ Irish: Normainn

desctree

→ Old English: Normandiġ
Middle English: Normandye
English: Normandy


Danemarche

head

Danemarche m (nominative singular Danemarches)


Willame

Willame m (nominative singular Willames)

desctree

French: Guillaume
Japanese: ギヨーム (Giyōmu)

Norman: Gllâome

⇒ Middle English: William, Willame
> English: William (inherited) (see there for further descendants)
Scots: Weelum, Willum
> Yola: Wyllhaume, Willyaam, Wilyame (inherited)
⇒ Middle Irish: Uilliam
> Irish: Uilliam (inherited)
> Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam (inherited)

→ Welsh: Gwilym


Willalme

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Willalme m (nominative singular Willalmes)


Willeme

Willeme m (nominative singular Willemes)


Guillame

Guillame m (nominative singular Guillames)


Estiene

Estiene m (nominative singular Estienes)

Middle French: Estienne m

French: Étienne m

Walloon: Stiene

→ Middle English: Stevene, Steven

English: Steven, Stephen

→ Irish: Stiabhna, Stiana


Peitiers

Peitiers m (nominative singular Peitiers)

Middle French: Poictiers

French: Poitiers

→ English: Poitiers

Poitevin-Saintongeais: Poetàe

From Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.


Guillalme

Guillalme m (nominative singular Guillalmes)


Loeis

a male given name, equivalent to English Louis or Lewis


Richart

a male given name, equivalent to English Richard


Bernart

a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard


Osmont

→ English: Osmond (partially)

From Old Norse Ásmundr, from áss (“a god”) + mund (“protection, hand”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Osmond


Thiebaut

Thiebaut m (nominative singular Thiebauz)


Galtier

Galtier m (nominative singular Galtiers)

a male given name, equivalent to English Walter


Lohier

a male given name, equivalent to English Lothar


Giffrei

Giffrei m (nominative singular Giffreis)

Giffrei Martel fu curios

a male given name, equivalent to English Geoffrey


Cunstance

Cunstance f (nominative singular Cunstance)

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Constance


Karlemaigne

Karlemaigne m (nominative singular Karlemaignes)


Gersui

Possibly from Latin Caesarea, the Roman name for the island, or from an Old Norse name compound of Geirs (“Geirr's”) and ey (“island”).


Walkelin

Walkelin m (nominative singular Walkelins)


Gilebert

Gilebert m (nominative singular Gileberz)


Raol

Of Germanic origin, from Frankish *Rādawulf.


Reinald

Reinald m (nominative singular Reinalds)

Gallicized Germanic name, through Frankish from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz.


Mahelt

a female given name, equivalent to English Matilda


Ele

a female given name, equivalent to English Adele


Phelipe

Phelipe m (nominative singular Phelipes)

a male given name, equivalent to English Philip


Westmostier

From Middle English west + mostier (“minster”), a partial calque of Middle English Westmestre.

pcal

(Anglo-Norman) Westminster (a borough of London)


Apostoile

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Apostoile m (nominative singular Apostoiles)


Northonblonde

Borrowed from Middle English Northumberlond.


Heraut

a male given name, equivalent to English Harold


Engleterre

Engleterre f (nominative singular Engleterre)

desctree

Middle French: Angleterre
> French: Angleterre (inherited)
Italian: Inghilterra
→ Arabic: إِنْجِلْتِرَا (ʔinjiltirā)
→ Maltese: Ingilterra
→ Ottoman Turkish: انكلتره
> Turkish: İngiltere (inherited)
→ Azerbaijani: İngiltərə

> Norman: Angliétèrre (inherited)


Roem

French: Rouen

→ Old English: Roðem

→ Middle English: Rone (late)

→ Medieval Hebrew: רודם

→ Old Norse: Rúða

From earlier *Rodem, *Rodom, inherited from Latin Rotomagus, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (“wheel”) + *magos (“field”).


Glocestre

Borrowed from Middle English Glowchestre.


Cornuaille

Middle French: Cornuaille
French: Cornouaille, Cornouailles

Norman: Cornouaille

→ Middle English: Cornwayle, Cornewaile, Cornwail, Cornwaile, Cornwaille, Cornwale, Cornwayl, Cornweyle (in part)
English: Cornwall

→ Italian: Cornovaglia

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: Cornoalha
Galician: Cornoalla
Portuguese: Cornualha

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin Cornugallēnsis, of Celtic/Brythonic origin. More at Cornouaille.


Gerart

French: Gérard

→ English: Gerard

→ Irish: Gearóid


Normaundie

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Normaundie f (nominative singular Normaundie)


Westmynster

Borrowed from Middle English Westmestre.


paraclit

paraclit m (nominative singular paracliz)

→ English: paraclete

Late Latin paraclet, from Latin paracletus (“advocate, defender, helper, protector, conforter”), from Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos, “called to help, helper”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + καλέω (kaléō, “I call”).


Cistials

[...] et ere moines de l ordre de Cistials.

ca. 1210, Villehardouin, La Conquête de Constantinople, 1961 ed., Paris: Les Belles Lettres, chap. VII, par. 206

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


Costantinople

ca. 1210, Villehardouin, La Conquête de Constantinople, 1961 ed., Paris: Les Belles Lettres, chap. VII, par. 207

Ensi s'en rentra l'empereres en Costantinople el palais de Blaquerne.

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

Constantinople (the ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire, in modern Turkey; modern Istanbul)


Tristran

head

Tristran m (nominative singular Tristrans)


alchoran

alchoran m (nominative singular alchorans)


Jasque

French: Jacques

a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob


Parais

en cel regne de Parais

13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 2, column 2, line 16:


Seint Espirit

Seint Espirit m (nominative singular Seinz Espiriz)

seint Esperit

capitalization of seint varies among scholars


Suht-Wales

Coined in the late 12th century by Marie de France, borrowed from Middle English Suþ Wales.


Charlon

See Charles, as all descendants are from the nominative.

From Latin Carolum, accusative singular of Carolus (whence the nominative Charles).


Charlun

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of Charlon


Aymon

Old French rendition of the Germanic name Haimo, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home”). Variants include Hamo, Heimo, Hamon, Haim, Haimon, etc.


Guion

English: Guion

French: Guion

Middle French: Guion

Middle French: Guyon

French: Guyon

Of Germanic origin, from the name *Wido; see Guy.


Hugon

From a Frankish name *hugi (“heart, mind”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, understanding”). Compare Old High German Hugi and hugu "soul, mind, thought."


diavle

(9th century) Alternative form of diable

diaule

since 'u' and 'v' are represented by a single character, there's no way to tell diavle and diaule apart


Treisporz

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Treisporz m (nominative singular Treisporz)


Chanpaigne

French: Champagne

English: Champagne

Champagne (a region and historical province of France)


Amee

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Amy


Hames

Hayton of Corycus, La Flor des estoires de la terre d'Orient


Aymer

Of Germanic origin, probably from a derivative of Frankish *haim, similar to the Spanish name Aimar.

(Anglo-Norman) a male given name of Anglo-Norman usage


Sarragoce

French: Saragosse

→ Middle English: [Term?]

English: Saragossa

Borrowed from Navarro-Aragonese Saragoça, from Mozarabic, from Latin Caesaraugusta.


Sarraguce

Fors Sarraguce, ki est en une muntaigne.

c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland, line 6:

Except for Saragossa which is on a mountain.


Orkenie

From Latin Orcadēs and Old Norse Orkneyjar.


Gislebert

head

Gislebert m (nominative singular Gisleberts)

From Proto-Germanic *Gīslaberhtaz, from *gīslaz (“pledge”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), from Proto-Celtic *Gēstloberxtos.

compound

a male given name, equivalent to English Gilbert