Appendix:Latin forms of English given names
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Latin was the main written language of Europe throughout the Middle Ages, despite the fact that most people used some other language in their daily life. Records surviving from this era remain of interest to many but some, such as church registers, remain untranslated, therefore a knowledge of the Latin form of common English names remains invaluable for genealogists.
Many Latin names appear almost identical to their English equivalent (often simply ending with -us for masculine names, or -a for feminine names) but others are quite different and impossible to guess. Below is a list of Latin names that do not closely resemble their English equivalents.
List of Latin forms of names and their English equivalents[edit]
Names beginning with "I" or "J", followed by a vowel, may be spelled with either letter.
Some names have the same form in English/Latin.
| Adelmarus | Elmer |
| Adrianus | Adrian |
| Ægidius | Giles |
| Æmilia | Emily |
| Æmilius | Emile |
| Alanus | Alan |
| Albanus | Alban |
| Albertus | Albert |
| Albinus | Albin |
| Alcuinus | Alcuin |
| Alexander | Alex (male) |
| Alexius | Alexis (male), Alex (male), Alexei |
| Alfredus | Alfred |
| Alfridus | Alfred |
| Alicia | Alice |
| Aloysius | Aloys |
| Alphonsus | Alphonse or Alphonso |
| Aluinus | Alvin or Elvin |
| Amabilia | Mabel |
| Amata | Amy or Aimee |
| Ambrosius | Ambrose or Emrys |
| Americus | Emery or Emeric |
| Anatolius | Anatole |
| Andreas | Andrew or André |
| Anna | Ann, Anne or Hannah |
| Ansgarus | Oscar |
| Anselmus | Anselm |
| Antonius | Anthony |
| Archibaldus | Archibald |
| Arduinus | Hardwin |
| Armandus | Herman, Armand |
| Arnaldus | Arnold |
| Arnoldus | Arnold |
| Arnulfus | Arnulf |
| Arthurus, Arturus | Arthur |
| Artorius | Arthur |
| Báca | Pearl |
| Baldovinus | Baldwin |
| Barnabas | Barnaby |
| Bartholomæus | Bartholomew, Bart |
| Basilius | Basil |
| Beatrix | Beatrice |
| Benedictus | Benedict |
| Beniaminus | Benjamin |
| Bernardus | Bernard |
| Berylia | Beryl |
| Blanca | Blanche or Bianca |
| Blasius | Blase or Blaise |
| Brendanus | Brendan; sometimes used for Brandon though the name is actually unrelated and only sounds phonetically similar |
| Brianus | Brian |
| Brigitta | Bridget, Brigitte (French) |
| Cæcilia | Cecilia, Cicely, Sheila (Celtic) |
| Cæcilius | Cecil |
| Caritas | Charity |
| Carola | Carol, Carole, Charlotte (French) |
| Carolus | Charles, Carl |
| Casimirus | Casimir |
| Catharina | Catherine, Katherine, Katrina |
| Christina | Christine |
| Christianus | Christian |
| Christophorus | Christopher |
| Clara | Clare, Claire (French) |
| Claudia | Claudette, Claudia |
| Claudius | Claude |
| Clemens | Clement |
| Clementina | Clementine |
| Cœlestina | Celeste |
| Coemgenus | Kevin |
| Colandus | Colin |
| Colomanus | Coleman |
| Conradus | Conrad, Kurt |
| Constans | Constant |
| Constantia | Constance |
| Constantinus | Constantine |
| Crispinus | Crispin |
| Cunegundis, Cunegunda | Cunegunda |
| Cyrillus | Cyril |
| Dantes | Dante |
| David | Dave |
| Dionysia | Denise |
| Dionysius | Dennis, Dion |
| Dominicus | Dominic, Dominick |
| Donaldus, Donivaldus, Dubnovaldus | Donald |
| Dorothea | Dorothy |
| Edmundus | Edmund, Edmond |
| Eduardus | Edward, Edouard (French) |
| Eleonora | Eleanor, Elinor |
| Elias | Elijah, Elliot |
| Elisabeth | Elizabeth, Elisabeth |
| Eloisa | Heloise |
| Erica | Heather |
| Ericus | Eric |
| Ernestus | Ernest |
| Eugenius | Eugene or Owen |
| Eva | Eve |
| Everardus | Everett |
| Fabianus | Fabian |
| Felicia | Felicia |
| Felicitas | Felicity |
| Ferdinandus | Ferdinand |
| Fides | Faith |
| Florentia | Florence |
| Florianus | Florian |
| Francisca | Frances, Fran, Françoise (French) |
| Franciscus | Francis, Frank, François (French), Franz (German) |
| Fridericus | Frederick, Fred |
| Galeata | Kennedy |
| Galfridus | Geoffrey or Jeffrey (variant of Gaufridus and Goffridus) |
| Gasparus | Jasper, Casper |
| Gaudentia | Joy, Joyce |
| Gaufridus | Geoffrey or Jeffrey (variant of Gaufridus and Goffridus) |
| Georgius | George |
| Geraldus | Gerald |
| Gerardus | Gerard |
| Gertrudis | Gertrude |
| Gervasius | Jarvis, Gervase |
| Gilbertus | Wilbert, Wilbur, Gilbert |
| Gloria | Glorie |
| Godefridus | Gottfried |
| Godfredus | Godfried |
| Godfridus | Godfrey |
| Goffridus | Geoffrey or Jeffrey (variant of Galfridus and Gaufridus) |
| Gratia | Grace |
| Gregorius | Gregory |
| Gulielmus, Guglielmus, Willelmus, Wilelmus, Uiliemus | William, Guillaume (French), Wilhelm (German) |
| Gustavus | Gustave, Gustav |
| Hacuinus | Hacon, Hagan |
| Hadrianus | Adrian |
| Harmonia | Harmony |
| Haraldus, Haroldus | Harold |
| Harrius | Harry |
| Hedvigis | Hedwig |
| Helena | Helen, Eileen |
| Henricus | Henry, Harry |
| Henrica | Henrietta, Harriet |
| Herbertus, Heribertus | Herbert |
| Hermanus | Herman |
| Hieronymus | Jerome |
| Hilaria | Hilary, Hillary |
| Hilarius | Hilary, Hillary |
| Homerus | Homer |
| Honoria | Honor |
| Horatius | Horace, Horatio |
| Houardus, Hovardus | Howard |
| Hubertus | Hubert |
| Hugo | Hugh |
| Humbertus | Humbert |
| Hyacintha | Hyacinth, Jacinth |
| Iason | Jason |
| Ignatius | Ignatius, Ignace, Inigo (Spanish) |
| Iolantha | Yolanda |
| Iosephina | Josephine |
| Iosephus | Joseph |
| Isaacus | Isaac |
| Isai | Jesse |
| Isidorus | Isidore |
| Jacoba | Jacqueline, Jackie |
| Jacobus | Jacob, James, Jack, Jacques (French) |
| Jacomus | James |
| Jeremias | Jeremy |
| Jesaias | Isaiah |
| Johanna, Joanna | Joan, Jane, Janet (English), Jeanne (French), Jean (Scots), Siobhan, Sinead (Irish) |
| Johannes, Joannes | John, Jack (English), Jean (French), Johann, Hans (German), Ivan (Russian), Sean (Irish), Ian (Welsh) |
| Jonas | Jonah |
| Jordanus | Jordan |
| Josue, Josua | Joshua |
| Julia | Gillian, Jill, Julianna, Julie |
| Julius | Jules, Julian |
| Justina | Justine |
| Justinus | Justin |
| Ladislaus | Vladislav |
| Laurentius | Laurence, Lawrence |
| Leo | Leon |
| Leonardus | Leonard |
| Leopoldus | Leopold |
| Lilia | Lily |
| Livius | Livy, Liv |
| Lútherius | Luther |
| Lucas, Lucius | Luke |
| Lucia | Lucy, Lucille (French) |
| Ludovica | Louisa, Louise (French) |
| Ludovicus | Lewis, Louis, Clovis, Ludwig (German) |
| Magdalena | Magdalen, Madeleine (French) |
| Marcellus | Marcel |
| Marcus | Mark |
| Margaríta | Margaret |
| Maria | Mary, Marie (French) |
| Marianna | Marian, Marianne |
| Martinus | Martin |
| Mathilda | Matilda, Maude |
| Matthaeus | Matthew, Mathieu (French) |
| Mauritius | Maurice, Morris |
| Maximus | Maxime |
| Maximilianus | Maximilian |
| Melvinus | Melvin |
| Michael, Michaelis | Michael, Mike |
| Milcolumbus | Malcolm |
| Natalia | Natalie |
| Natalis | Noel |
| Nicola | Nicole |
| Nicolaus | Nicholas |
| Norbertus | Norbert |
| Olaus | Olaf |
| Oliverius | Oliver |
| Onuphrius | Humphrey |
| Pancratius | Pancras |
| Paschalis | Pascal |
| Patricius | Patrick (English), Patrice (French), Padraig (Gaelic) |
| Paula | Paulette |
| Paulus | Paul |
| Petrus | Peter, Pierre (French) |
| Philippus | Philip, Phillip |
| Principia | Kennedy |
| Prudentia | Prudence |
| Quintinus | Quentin |
| Radius | Kiran |
| Raimundus | Raymond |
| Renata | Renee, Renée |
| Renatus | Rene |
| Ricardus | Richard |
| Robertinus | Robin (male) |
| Robertus | Robert |
| Rochus | Rocky |
| Rodericus | Roderick, Rory |
| Rogerius | Roger, Rodger |
| Rolandus | Roland, Orlando |
| Romanus | Roman |
| Ronaldus | Ronald |
| Rosa | Rose |
| Rubina | Ruby |
| Rudolphus | Rudolph, Ralph |
| Rupertus | Rupert |
| Salomo | Solomon |
| Sara | Sarah |
| Saulus | Saul |
| Sebastianus | Sebastian |
| Sergius | Serge |
| Servatius | Servatius |
| Shervinus | Sherwin |
| Sidonius | Sidney |
| Simona | Simone |
| Simonis | Simon |
| Spes | Hope |
| Stanislaus | Stanley, Stanislav |
| Stephania | Stephanie |
| Stephanus | Stephen, Steven, Etienne (French) |
| Suenius | Swain, Sven (Scandinavian) |
| Susanna | Susan, Suzanne (French) |
| Sybilla | Sybil |
| Tancredus | Tancred |
| Terentius | Terence |
| Theobaldus | Theobald |
| Theodoricus | Derek, Dietrich (German) |
| Theodorus | Theodore, Tudor |
| Theresia | Theresa, Teresa, Therese (French) |
| Thomas | Tom |
| Timotheus | Timothy |
| Tobias | Toby, Tobiah |
| Torrens | Trent |
| Tullius | Tully |
| Tristanus | Tristan |
| Ualterius, Gualterius | Walter |
| Uardus | Ward |
| Uarinus | Warren |
| Uarnerus | Warner |
| Ulricus | Ulric, Ulrich |
| Valentinus | Valentine |
| Vergilius | Vergil |
| Veritas | Verity, Truth |
| Victor | Victor, Nico, Nicholas |
| Victoria | Victory, Nicole |
| Vincentius | Vincent |
| Viola | Violet |
| Virgilius | Virgil |
| Vitus | Guy |
| Viviana | Vivian, Vivienne (French) |
| Vivianus | Vivian |
| Xavierius | Xavier |
| Zacharias | Zachary |