Last site update: January 23, 2003
By Era:
Masculine Names, 6th to 11th Centuries
(updated May 17, 2002)
France and Germany, 10th to 13th Centuries
(updated May 17, 2002)
Women's Names in 13th to 15th Century Navarre (added January 13)
Glossary for titles and bynames
Sources for the Study of Medieval Jewish Names: An Annotated Bibliography (updated January 23, 2003)
I would like to thank my colleagues in the Academy of S. Gabriel for their help in untangling name origins and pinning down locations.
Please do not reproduce these articles without permission. If you have any questions email jstamp@netvision.net.il. (I am unable to help with genealogical research. I am also unable determine whether your surname indicates Jewish ancestry. Please do not send questions of this type.)