Female Names: Medieval

Looking for a name that evokes the beauty, strength, and mystery of the medieval era? This list explores a diverse collection of female names popular in medieval times, with their rich and varied meanings. Whether you're seeking a name for a character in your historical fiction novel, a name for your child inspired by the past, or simply want to learn about the fascinating etymology behind these names, this list has something for you.
1. **Adela**: noble, strong, of noble kind, a noble type
2. **Agnes**: pure, holy, chaste, sacred, lamb
3. **Alice**: noble, of noble kind, a noble type, bright
4. **Amabel**: lovable, amiable, charming
5. **Amice**: friend, loved one
6. **Anne**: grace, favor, mercy
7. **Beatrice**: she who brings happiness, blessed, blissful
8. **Bertha**: bright, famous, illustrious
9. **Blanche**: white, fair, pure
10. **Bridget**: strong, powerful, exalted, noble
11. **Catherine**: pure, chaste, unstained
12. **Cecily**: blind, strong, powerful, exalted, noble
13. **Clarissa**: bright, clear, famous, illustrious
14. **Constance**: constant, faithful, steadfast
15. **Dorothea**: gift of God
16. **Eleanor**: light, shining, bright
17. **Elizabeth**: my God is abundance, my God is oath
18. **Emma**: universal, whole, all-encompassing, strong, powerful
19. **Esmeralda**: emerald, green jewel
20. **Ethel**: noble, prosperous, noble kind, well-born
21. **Eustacia**: beautiful, lovely, gracious
22. **Felicity**: happiness, good fortune
23. **Florence**: flourishing, blooming
24. **Frances**: free, French
25. **Gwendolyn**: white wave, fair ring, white circle, blessed, holy, sacred
26. **Helen**: light, torch, shining one, a shining light
27. **Isabella**: devoted to God, my God is an oath
28. **Jane**: God is gracious
29. **Joan**: God is gracious
30. **Judith**: praised, praised by God
31. **Juliana**: youthful, downy, youthful, downy-bearded, from the family of Julius
32. **Katherine**: pure, chaste, unstained
33. **Laura**: laurel, bay tree
34. **Margaret**: pearl, a pearl
35. **Mary**: bitter, rebellious, sea of bitterness, bitter water
36. **Matilda**: mighty in battle, powerful in war, strong in battle
37. **Maud**: mighty in battle, powerful in war, strong in battle
38. **Melisande**: honey, honey-sweet, beautiful, gracious, lovely
39. **Mirabel**: marvelous, wonderful, amazing
40. **Muriel**: shining sea, shining light, bright sea
41. **Natalie**: born on Christmas Day, born on the day of the Nativity
42. **Olivia**: olive tree, olive branch, peace, harmony
43. **Penelope**: weaver, skilled in weaving
44. **Philippa**: lover of horses, friend of horses
45. **Priscilla**: ancient, old
46. **Rachel**: ewe, ewe lamb
47. **Rosalind**: beautiful rose, lovely rose
48. **Rose**: rose, a rose
49. **Ruth**: friend, companion
50. **Sophia**: wisdom, knowledge