Medieval Naming Guides: Other Asian Cultures
Names from Other Asian Cultures
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- Central Asian
- We discuss Turkish names
elsewhere.
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Khazarian Names
- Part of a website devoted to
the culture of Jewish Khazaria.
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Personal Names in Warres Betweene the Turkes and the
Persians, by Ursula Georges
- A short list of names taken from a 16th century English
translation of an Italian history, including some Georgian names.
- Indian Names
- The Indian sub-continent was home to many widely varying cultures and
languages, and we have very little material on any of them. These
articles are just our first attempts to provide some help in choosing
an appropriate name.
- Some Sources for
pre-1600 Indian Names, by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn
- A short list of sources that we believe contain useful information.
- Women's Names from 16th
Century Inscriptions at Tirupati (India), by Tangwystyl verch
Morgant Glasvryn
- A small collection of women's names from one part of India.
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Medieval Tamil Names, by Ursula Georges
- A small collection of names from 9th-14th century southern India.
- Female Chola Names, by Irayari Vairavi
- Names from inscriptions dating from the Chola Kingdom. The Cholas ruled a large part of South India (modern Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh) until the 14th century. Most of the names are Tamil or Tamilized Sanskrit.
- An Analysis of South Indian Female Names found in Donors, Devotees and Daughters of God, by Irayari Vairavi
- A collection of Tamil names from pre-14th C South Indian inscriptions.
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Some Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Mughal Women's Names,
by Ursula Georges
- A few names, mostly of royalty.
- Chinese Names
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Period Chinese Names, by Yin Mei Li
- A fine introductory discussion of pre-17th century Chinese names
and naming customs with a list of feminine given names. The
sections on masculine names and surnames are not ready yet.
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- Academy of Saint Gabriel
report 2346
- A general discussion of Han naming practices and lists of common
family names and masculine given names.
- Academy of Saint Gabriel reports
2342 and
2527.
- Each includes some feminine given names.
- Japanese Names
- Japanese
Formal Masculine Given Names, by Solveig Þrondardottir
- A list excerpted from her pamphlet Name Construction in
Mediaeval Japan. There are short lists of Japanese names elements,
extracted from the same source, as well as some general discussion of
naming practices in pre-1600 Japan, in these reports from the Academy
of Saint Gabriel:
- 3001:
A sizeable list of 14th-16th century women's given names.
- 2009:
A small list of 14th century men's nanori
- 2019:
Selections of men's given names from the 14th-16th century.
- 1330:
Some family names and men's nanori from the 12th-16th centuries.
The Medieval Names Archive is published by
Ursula Georges. It was historically published by the Academy of Saint Gabriel.
Copyright on individual articles belongs to their authors.
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