Frequency of Masculine Given Names
in the
Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock
(Gloucestershire, England: 1538-1600/1)
by
Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (Kathleen M. O'Brien)
Notes:
The Header Names below are the most common spellings of each name found in the Registers during the period 1538-1600/01. For names that tied for a "most common spelling", I chose the one that is more recognizable to the modern eye. A full listing of spellings for each name is included in Masculine Given Names (sorted alphabetically).
In a couple of cases, one spelling was used both as a masculine and a feminine given name. In some cases, I was unable to determine whether the spelling in question referred to a man or a woman (usually in a burial record). In counting those cases, I have listed the number of entries for which I've been able to confirm the gender, followed in parenthesis by the maximum number possible (the confirmed number plus the number of entries for whom gender was indeterminate). For an example, see John and Franses listed below.
© 1998-1999 Kathleen M. O'Brien, All rights reserved.
Version 1.3, updated 22 October 1999
Masculine Given Names in Descending Order of Frequency
(frequency includes all variant spellings)
| Header Name: |
Modern Equivalent(s): |
No. of Entries that include forms of this name: |
| John | John | 822 (829) |
| Thomas | Thomas | 696 |
| Rychard | Richard | 487 |
| Wyllyam | William | 455 |
| Edmond | Edmond, Edmund | 140 |
| Guy | Guy | 110 |
| Henry | Henry | 80 |
| Robart | Robert | 68 |
| Edward | Edward | 65 |
| James | James | 56 |
| Roger | Roger | 53 |
| Hunfray | Humphry, Humphrey | 45 |
| Franses | Francis | 27 (28) |
| Hewe | Hugh | 24 |
| Walter | Walter | 23 |
| Gyles | Giles | 22 |
| Gorge | George | 21 |
| Christofer | Christopher | 20 |
| Peter | Peter | 17 |
| Philipe | Phillip | 17 |
| Nycolas | Nicholas | 15 |
| Flores | (none) | 11 |
| Leonard | Leonard | 11 |
| David | David | 9 |
| Rafe | Ralph | 8 |
| Maklyn | Malcolm | 6 |
| Antony | Anthony | 5 |
| Randell | Randal | 4 |
| Clemence | Clement | 3 |
These names appear twice in the text (modern spellings are in parentheses):
Daniell (Daniel), Elyxander (Alexander), Foke (Fulk), Lewes (Lewis, Louis), Morishe (Maurice), Rowland (Roland, Rowland), Samuell (Samuel), Valantine
Valantine)
These names appear once in the text (modern spellings are in parentheses):
Abraham (Abraham), Ambros (Ambrose), Chareles (Charles), Denis (Denis, Dennis), Gryffett (Griffith), Jefferes (Geoffrey, Jeffrey), Jerry (Jerry), Josephe (Joseph), Justus (Justus), Myghell (Michael), Mylys (Miles), Samson (Samson, Sampson), Simond (Simon), Tymothy (Timothy), Yevane (Evan)
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