by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn
(Heather Rose Jones,
contact@heatherrosejones.com)
© 2001 Heather Rose Jones, all rights reserved
These names are from parish register entries from the town of Croissic in south-eastern Brittany from the years 1384 to ca. 1600, although the vast majority are from the 16th century.
| Date Breakdown: | |
| 14th c. | 13 |
| 1st half 15th c. | 8 |
| 2nd half 15th c. | 80 |
| 1st half 16th c. | 400 |
| 2nd half 16th c. | 141 |
The selection criterion for the article was names with toponymic-origin bynames/surnames. Assuming that this type of byname is distributed randomly with respect to given names (a reasonable, if not certain, assumption), in addition to supplying specific examples of given names in use, this list should give a sense of relative popularity. The original article has an entry for each different spelling for each different individual, and supplies a full list of citations for each entry. To simplify things slightly, when multiple citations are given for a particular person-spelling, I've only given the last. (My statistical work on this sort of multiple-mention source suggests that this sort of listing remains accurate for measuring the relative popularity of names, even when multiple mentions are not controlled for.)
There is no gender information given for the entries except in rare instances when a relationship to a parent is also mentioned. I've made tentative gender identifications based on the grammatical form of the names, but French isn't one of my strong areas, so input is welcome. Question marks indicate names for which I am unsure of my choice. Linguistically Breton names are cross-referenced to the forms found in the 9-12th century Redon cartularies when available.
| ?Agnes? F? | ||
| Agace | 1489 | |
| Agaysse | 1575 | |
| Agnes F | ||
| Agnes | 1509 | |
| Agnez | 1555 | |
| Alain M | ||
| Alain | 1458, 1516, 1527 | |
| Allain | 1557, 1561, 1561 | |
| Alanette F? | ||
| Alanecte | 1511 | |
| Alanete | 1526 | |
| Alannette | 1535 | |
| Allenete | 1550 | |
| Aliette F? | ||
| Aliecte | 1512, 1516 | |
| Aliete | 1508, 1551, 1551 | |
| Aliette | 1509, 1512, 1567, | |
| Alliette | 1535, 1561, 1591 | |
| Allyecte | 1551 | |
| Andre M | ||
| Andre | 1510, 1535, 1536 | |
| Anne F | ||
| Anna | 1519, 1531 | |
| Anne | 1535, 1543, 1549 | |
| Anthoine M | ||
| Anthoine | 1478 | |
| Anthonine M?F? | ||
| Anthonine | 1539, 1541, 1549 | |
| Armelle? F? (Redon has m. Armel, Armael, Armail) | ||
| Armelle | 1592 | |
| Arthur M | ||
| Artur | 1552 | |
| Beatrice F | ||
| Beat(r)ize | 1511 | |
| Beatrice | 1512 | |
| Benabic? M? | ||
| Benabic | 1452 | |
| Bernard M | ||
| Bernard | 1536, 1556, 1559 | |
| Bertho M?F? | ||
| Bertho | 1385, 1418 | |
| Bertran M | ||
| Bertran | 1562 | |
| Charles M | ||
| Charles | 1612 | |
| Christien M | ||
| Christien | 1509 | |
| Christopher M | ||
| Christpofle | 1560, 1562, 1566 | |
| Claude M | ||
| Claude | 1539, 1583 | |
| Claudes | 1578 | |
| Claudre | 1595 | |
| Glaudre | 1585 (note: same individual as several of the above) | |
| Clement M | ||
| Clemens | 1536 | |
| Clement | 1538 | |
| Daniel ([Denic] appears to be a Breton diminutive form, [-ig] is a common modern Breton diminutive ending) M | ||
| Denic ou Deniel | 1395 | |
| Dennis M | ||
| Denis | 1494, 1509, 1549 | |
| Denys | 1508, 1511, 1523 | |
| Estienne M | ||
| Estienne | 1495, 1539 | |
| Francois M | ||
| Francois | 1531, 1547, 1549, 1551, 1557 | |
| Fransoues | 1596 | |
| Francoise F? | ||
| Francoise | 1547, 1601 | |
| Francoysse | 1510, 1597 | |
| Gaultier M | ||
| Gaultier | 1484 | |
| Geoffrey M | ||
| Gefroy | 1516 | |
| Georges M | ||
| Georges | 1549 | |
| Gervaise M | ||
| Geruaise | 1512 | |
| Giles M | ||
| Gilles | 1557, 1583 | |
| Guenguen? M?F? (no parallel in Redon) | ||
| Guenguen | 1550 | |
| Guillaume M | ||
| Guillaume | 1392, 1444, 1469, 1477, 1478, 1493, 1493, 1510, 1510, 1512, 1515, 1516, 1516, 1516, 1519, 1520, 1520, 1521, 1521, 1522, 1530, 1531, 1533, 1540, 1544, 1546, 1547, 1551, 1557, 1557, 1561, 1561, 1564, 1564, 1568, 1584 | |
| Gullaume | 1479 | |
| Guillemot M | ||
| Guillemot | 1470, 1547 | |
| Guillo M? | ||
| Guillo | 1385, 1422, 1452, 1452, 1452, 1461, 1469, 1486, 1495 | |
| Guillouic (Breton diminutive?) M | ||
| Guillouic | 1509 | |
| Guillemette F? | ||
| Guillemecte | 1509, 1509, 1511, 1512, 1535, 1536 | |
| Guillemete | 1526, 1528 | |
| Guillemette | 1510, 1516, 1517, 1519, 1524, 1526, 1527, 1527, 1529, 1529, 1537, 1544, 1548, 1550, 1557 | |
| Guiomarc'h M (Redon has this as [Guihomarc]) | ||
| Guiomarch | 1397 | |
| Guyomarch | 1479 | |
| Guion (this could, in theory, either be an oblique form of French [Guy], or Breton [Guion], the latter may appear as [Guigon] in Redon) M? | ||
| Guyone | 1532, 1542, 1544, 1549 | |
| Guionne? | ||
| Guyonne | 1516, 1557 | |
| Guenole M | ||
| Guinolle | 1586 | |
| Guynole | 1586 | |
| Henri M | ||
| Hanri | 1547 | |
| Henri | 1469, 1510, 1513, 1516 | |
| Henry | 1480, 1481 | |
| Herve M | ||
| Herue | 1385, 1452, 1509, 1511, 1512, 1514, 1516, 1546, 1557, 1597 | |
| Herui | 1550 | |
| Herve | 1571, 1579 | |
| Hery? M? | ||
| Hery | 1515 | |
| Hivern? (the editor gives this a question mark -- I assume this means that either he's uncertain of the reading or that the name is unfamiliar to him) M?F? | ||
| Hivern ? | 1536 | |
| Hugo M | ||
| Hugo | 1532, 1539 | |
| Huon M | ||
| Huon | 1536, 1542, 1543 | |
| Isabelle F | ||
| Isabele | 1531 | |
| Izabelle | 1529, 1529 | |
| Y(s)abelle | 1548 | |
| Ysabeau | 1537 | |
| Ysabelle | 1509, 1521 | |
| Yssabelle | 1515 | |
| Yzabelle | 1527, 1527, 1528, 1541, 1544, 1550 | |
| Ives M | ||
| Yues | 1565, 1596 | |
| Ivon M | ||
| Yuon | 1494, 1508, 1511, 1512, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1520, 1522, 1529, 1539, 1556, 1557, 1559, 1596, 1597, 1610 | |
| Ivone F? | ||
| Yuone | 1560 | |
| Jacob M | ||
| Jacob | 1508, 1515, 1520, 1522 | |
| Jocob | 1511 | |
| Jacques M | ||
| Jacques | 1509, 1513, 1520, 1521, 1536, 1538, 1539, 1540, 1545, 1548 | |
| Jaques | 1515 | |
| Jacquette F | ||
| Jacquete | 1550, 1595 | |
| Jacquette | 1516, 1539 | |
| Jacquine M?F? | ||
| Jacquine | 1593 | |
| Jamet M | ||
| Jamet | 1511 | |
| Jamette F | ||
| Jamet(te) | 1511 | |
| Jamete | 1510 | |
| Jamette | 1494 | |
| Johann(a/es)? - Eon M | ||
| Eon | 1452, 1452, 1478, 1481 | |
| Johann(a/es)? - Eonne F? | ||
| Eonne | 1509 | |
| Johann(a/es)? - Eonnette F? | ||
| Eonnecte | 1538 | |
| Eonnete | 1549, 1550 | |
| Johann(a/es) - Jahan M | ||
| Iahan | 1385, 1385 | |
| Jahan | 1515 | |
| Johann(a/es) - Jan M | ||
| Jan | 1602, 1 620 | |
| Johann(a/es) - Janne F? | ||
| Janne | 1595 | |
| Johann(a/es) - Jean M | ||
| Jean | 1588, 1591 | |
| Johann(a/es) - Jeanne F | ||
| Jeanne | 1613 | |
| Johann(a/es) - Jehan M | ||
| Jehan | 1412, 1436, 1452, 1460, 1461, 1470, 1473, 1475, 1475, 1476, 1477, 1477, 1480, 1493, 1494, 1494, 1494, 1508, 1509, 1509, 1509, 1509, 1511, 1512, 1512, 1512, 1513, 1513, 1513, 1513, 1515, 1515, 1515, 1515, 1515, 1515, 1515, 1516, 1516, 1516, 1516, 1516, 1516, 1517, 1518, 1519, 1519, 1519, 1519, 1520, 1521, 1525, 1527, 1529, 1529, 1529, 1530, 1530, 1533, 1535, 1536, 1536, 1536, 1536, 1537, 1537, 1538, 1539, 1540, 1540, 1540, 1540, 1543, 1543, 1544, 1544, 1546, 1546, 1546, 1546, 1547, 1548, 1548, 1548, 1550, 1550, 1550, 1551, 1551, 1551, 1551, 1551, 1552, 1552, 1552, 1555, 1556, 1556, 1557, 1558, 1560, 1561, 1561, 1561, 1563 | |
| Johann(a/es) - Jehanne F | ||
| Jehane | 1551 | |
| Jehanne | 1478, 1493, 1510, 1510, 1510, 1510, 1511, 1511, 1511, 1512, 1512, 1513, 1516, 1520, 1524, 1524, 1525, 1526, 1526, 1526, 1528, 1537, 1537, 1539, 1543, 1544, 1550, 1552, 1552, 1553, 1555, 1555, 1557, 1557, 1559, 1561 | |
| Johann(a/es) - Johannes M | ||
| Johannes | 1544, 1552, 1539 | |
| Johann(a/es) - Jouhan M | ||
| Jouhan | 1394, 1479 | |
| Jordan M | ||
| Jordan | 1380 | |
| Julian M | ||
| Julian | 1541, 1544, 1550 | |
| Julien | 1468 | |
| Julianne F | ||
| Juliane | 1515, 1537, 1543, 1555, 1556 | |
| Julianne | 1530, 1559, 1584 | |
| Juliene | 1555 | |
| Julienne | 1509, 1510 | |
| Julliane | 1557 | |
| Jullienne | 1421, 1586 | |
| Katherine F | ||
| Kateline | 1570 | |
| Katerine | 1522 | |
| Katharine | 1537 | |
| Katherine | 1516, 1519, 1520, 1522, 1528, 1530, 1536, 1537, 1551, 1561, 1564, 1570, 1580 | |
| Laurent M | ||
| Laurent | 1548, 1550 | |
| Lorens | 1519 | |
| Lorete | 1550 | |
| Louis M | ||
| Louis | 1535, 1537, 1537 | |
| Louys | 1537 | |
| Loys | 1452 | |
| Louise F? | ||
| Louise | 1512 | |
| Louyse | 1559 | |
| Magdalene F | ||
| Magdalene | 1527 | |
| Mateline? F? (Morlet - Picarde notes a masc. [Matelin]) | ||
| Mateline | 1522 | |
| Mahe? M?F? | ||
| Mahe | 1478, 1514, 1523 | |
| Margarite F | ||
| Margarite | 1512, 1515, 1515, 1519, 1519, 1519, 1538 | |
| Marguarite | 1530 | |
| Marguaritte | 1529 | |
| Marguerite | 1509 | |
| Marc M | ||
| Marc | 1478, 1527, 1528, 1537, 1539 | |
| Marquise? (in context, it appears to be used as a given name, rather than a title) M?F? | ||
| Marquise | 1511 | |
| Martin M | ||
| Martin | 1526, 1528, 1537, 1538, 1539 | |
| Marie F | ||
| Maria | 1553 | |
| Marie | 1480, 1509, 1509, 1511, 1521, 1525, 1526, 1527, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1529, 1536, 1536, 1537, 1545, 1551, 1556, 1556, 1597, 1597 | |
| Marye | 1585, 1586 | |
| Mathurin M | ||
| Mathurin | 1612 | |
| Mathieu M | ||
| Mathieux | 1557 | |
| Maurice M | ||
| Maurice | 1385, 1527, 1530, 1540, 1541 | |
| Morice | 1467, 1519, 1583 | |
| Michael M | ||
| Michel | 1509 | |
| Mychael | 1512 | |
| Mychel | 1559 | |
| Nicholas M | ||
| Nicholas | 1385, 1460, 1461, 1510, 1520, 1521 | |
| Nicolas | 1459, 1480, 1534, 1555 | |
| Nicollas | 1469, 1469, 1470, 1493 | |
| Nycolas | 1522, 1561 | |
| Nonne? F? | ||
| Nonne | 1565 | |
| Olivier M | ||
| Oliuier | 1478, 1484, 1494, 1510, 1510, 1511, 1513, 1548, 1552 | |
| Olliuier | 1520, 1578 | |
| Peter - Perrine F? | ||
| Perine | 1597 | |
| Perrine | 1511, 1542, 1543, 1547, 1550, 1557, 1568, 1573 | |
| Peter - Perrot M | ||
| Perrot | 1444 | |
| Peter - Petrus M | ||
| Petrus | 1545, 1553 | |
| Peter - Pierre M | ||
| Pierre | 1526, 1534, 1536, 1539, 1541, 1543, 1543, 1543, 1551, 1552, 1557, 1597 | |
| Pierres | 1385, 1480, 1480, 1494, 1513, 1516, 1516, 1519, 1520, 1521, 1522, 1540, 1574 | |
| Phelippe M | ||
| Phelipes | 1513 | |
| Phelippe | 1543 | |
| Philipes | 1508 | |
| Philippe | 1535, 1536 | |
| Raoul M | ||
| Raoul | 1480, 1509, 1523, 1526, 1529, 1531, 1536 | |
| Raoulet | 1478 | |
| Rio? M? (Redon lists a handful of masculine [Rio]s, most with relatives with Germanic names) | ||
| Rio | 1478 | |
| Robert M | ||
| Robert | 1493, 1509, 1512, 1513 | |
| Roland M | ||
| Roland | 1526 | |
| Rolland | 1495 | |
| Samson M | ||
| Sanson | 1540 | |
| Sebastian M | ||
| Bastian | 1516 | |
| Susanne F | ||
| Susanne | 1512 | |
| Tanguy M (in Redon as [tangi]) | ||
| Tanguy | 1579 | |
| Thomas M | ||
| Thomas | 1461, 1509, 1560 | |
| Thommas | 1582 | |
| Thomine F? | ||
| Thomine | 1528 | |
| Tephaine F | ||
| Teffaine | 1478 | |
| Tephaine | 1511, 1516 | |
| Theffaine | 1494 | |
| Theophaine | 1539 | |
| Thephaine | 1539, 1556 | |
| Tudual M (in Redon as [Tuduual], [Tutuual]) | ||
| Tudual | 1516 | |
| Vincent M | ||
| Vicenne | 1508 | |
| Vincenne | 1563 | |
| Vincent | 1528, 1535, 1549, 1585 | |
Buron, Gildas. "Le peuplement et la population du pays guérandais à la fin du Moyen Âge et au début des temps modernes: l'apport de l'onomastique." Onomastique et Histoire, Onomastique Littéraire. Ed. Pierre-Henri Billy and Jacques Chaurand. Publications de l'Université de Provence, 1998.