Name popular in medieval Europe because.

Female names of the middle ages. Female Middle Ages Names. Edelle Adelle Adella Adalie Adalia. 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.

Women Prime Ministers and Presidents. Womens status was somewhat elevated in the High and Late Middle Ages when the cult of the Virgin Mary combined with the romantic literature of courtly love altered the cultural perception of women but even so women were still considered inferior to men. Women in the Middle Ages were frequently characterized as second-class citizens by the Church and the patriarchal aristocracy.

Popular boys and girls names from the Middle Ages. Common in medieval times and revived. Derives from Gaelic and means Scotland.

Some less common names from the same period include Adelina Clarice and Gundred. Names of great leaders or heroes Constantine Alexander etc seem to have also been used for males though not as frequently as saints names. We asked Dr Chetwood to choose what might feature in a baby naming book from the medieval period 11th century.

Walter De Bolbec. Hugeburc is the earliest named English woman writer of a full-length literary narrativeat least whose name has survived. When the names were rendered into Latin in charters often they were changed to make them fit the language.

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. In the later middle ages Mor was the most common followed by Sadb and Gormlaith Finnguala the borrowed name Siban Derbforgaill Ben Mide. Womens names pose a few problems.