Derives from English and means beaver field or beaver stream.

Female names of the middle ages. Here are a few of the medieval women who ruled -- in their own right in a few cases as regents for male relatives in other cases and sometimes by wielding power and influence through their husbands sons brothers and grandsons. Aela is also a somewhat popular birth name. 5 more Alison.

Also derives from Italian and means sunrise. Derives from Greek and means chaste. By the 12th century Sadb Cacht Mor Gormlaith and Orlaith were the most common female names.

Some less common names from the same period include Adelina Clarice and Gundred. Womens names pose a few problems. Common in medieval times and revived.

The famous Middle Ages Women included Joan of Arc Katherine Swynford Margery Kempe Anna Comnena Heloise Hildegard of Bingen Christine de Pizan Julian of Norwich Jane Shore Alice Perrers and Lady Godiva. Names of great leaders or heroes Constantine Alexander etc seem to have also been used for males though not as frequently as saints names. Looking for a baby name with a historical twist.

Derives from English and means noble. Abbesses noblewomen even simple peasant women holding their own property and voting in assemblies on their own behalf. Women habitually and often held positions of interest and power in the Middle Ages across Europe.

Hugeburc is the earliest named English woman writer of a full-length literary narrativeat least whose name has survived. Female Middle Ages Names. The names Joan Joanna Christiana Hawisa and Agnes are other popular female monikers from the Middle Ages.