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Latin Names as found in RC Church Registers.

 

When people search a register or database, they will be searching for example, for the first name William rather than the Latin equivalent Gulielmus, etc.


Note that Latin names were not used in every-day speech. They were only used in the formal written form usually in Church Registers.

The every day speech form (spoken in the table below) was essentially the same as we use it today. The Dorothea Doherty of old didnt shout "Bartolomaeus... get in here for your dinner!"

Latin                     Spoken                  Notes

Adamus                 Adam

Adria                     Audrey

Adria                     Adrian                   Shortened form. also Hadrian

Adrianus                Adrian                   also Hadrian

Aegidius                Giles                      male form

Aemilius                Emlyn                    Welsh form

Aeneas                   Angus                    Scottish form

Agneta                   Agnes

Alannus                 Alan                       sometimes Alannus

Alicia                     Alice

Alianora                 Eleanor

Alitia                      Alice

Aloysius                Lewis                    (Irish only)

Aloysius               Llewelyn                (Welsh)

Amabilia               Mabel

Ambrosius             Ambrose

Ambrosius             Emrys                    (Welsh form)

Amia                      Amy

Amica                    Ames                     (no longer in use)

Andreas                 Andrew

Anna                      Ann

Antonius               Anthony

Arcturus               Arthur

Arturus                  Arthur

Audria                   Audrey

Avicia                    Avice

Barnabas                Barnabas

Barnabus                Barnaby

Bartolomaeus         Bartholomew

Beatrix                   Betteris   (note not Beatrice, which is 19C)

Benedictus             Bennet

Benedictus             Benedictcan be either

Beniaminus            Benjamin               (i = j)

Brigitta                  Bridget   Irish is Bridie, Biddie ,Breige

Caecilia                  Cecily also Cisley, Cicil. (Not Cecilia 19C)

Caelia                     Celia                      Irish Sheila, Sile

Caritas                   Charity

Carolus                  Carol

Catalina                 Catherine

Catherina               Katherine               Welsh Caitlin

Cecilia                    Cecily                    (Not Cecilia 19C)

Christiana              Christian                also written Xtiana in Latin.

                                                             (Christina is modern late 19C)

Christopherus        Christopher            also written Xtopherus or Xtopher

Clemens                 Clement                 male

Clementia              Clemency               female

Coelia                    Celia

Constantia             Constance              female

Constans               Constantmale

Constantius            Constantmale

Cornelius               Cornelius

Crispianus              Crispian                 also written Xpianus

Christoverus          Christoper              also written Xtoverus

Cutbartus               Cuthbert

Cudburdus             Cuthbert

Cuthbertus             Cuthbert

Danielis                 Daniel

Davidus                 David

Diana                     Diana

Dionysia               Denise                    female. strictly really Denis

Dionysius               Dennis                   male. strictly really Denis

Dorothea                Dorothy

Dulcia                    Dowse                   not Dulcie, which is late 1800s

Edmondus             Edmund

Edrus                       Edward                  abbreviation of Edwardus

Edwardus              Edward

Egidia                    Giles                      female

Egidius                  Giles                      male

Elena                      Ellen

Eleanora               Eleanor                   can also be Ellen

Elinora                   Eleanor                  can also be Ellen

Eliza.                      Elizabeth               (abbr. form)

Elizabeta                Elizabeth

Emma                    Emme                    also Em, but not Emma which was revived 1800s

Emmota                 Emmott                  "little Emme"

Ethelreda               Audrey

Eugenius               Eugene                 also Owen {Irish}in Wales, Owen; in Scotland, Ewen

Eusebius               Eusaby

Eustachius             Eustace

Eva                        Eve

Ezekius                  Hezekiah

Ezekielis                Ezekiel

Felicia                    Phillis

Felix                       Felix                       male

Ferdinandus           Ferdinando            not Ferdinand, but similar name

Fida                       Faith

Fedilia                    Troth

Florens                   Florence                 male

Franciscus              Francis                   male

Francisca                Frances                  female (although sometimes used mistakenly as male }

Fridericus               Frederick               sometimes spelled Federicus

Gaufridus              Geoffrey                    may mean Godfrey

Gartruda                Gertrude

Gasparus                 Jasper

Gatharuda              Gertrude

Georgius                George

Giraldus                 Gerald

Girardus               Gerald

Gorgius                  George

Gratia                     Grace

Griselda                  Grizzel                  revived 1800s

Gualcherius            Walter

Gualterius              Walter

Guido                    Guy

Guinevra               Winifred                 in Wales: Gwyneth, Scotland : Jennifer

Guglielmus            William

Gulielmus              William

Guillelminus          Willemin

Guillemota             Wilmot                   female. common in England not in Ireland

Hadrianus              Adrian

Hannor                   Hannah

Hannoria                Hannah

Helena                   Helen                     but also Ellen, Elinor

Hericus                  Harry                     also Henry?

Henricus               Henry

Hierimia(s)             Jeremiah

Hieronimus            Jerome                   (also Jeremy,)

Homfridus             Humphrey

Honfridus              Humphrey

Honoria                  Honor

Hugo                     Hugh

I                           I = J so see J e.g. Iohannes = Johannes

Ioannes                  John

Isabella                   Isabel

Isaakus                   Izaak

Ishachus               Izaac

Jabus                        James                     abbr. of Jacobus = James

Jacobus                  James

Jacoba                    James

Jana                        Jane                        Wales form: Sian

Janetta                   Janet

Jeremia                   Jeremiah(Jeremy)

Jerominus               Jerome

Jno.                        John                       abbr. of Johannes

Joanna                    Joan

Johanna                  Joan                       Wales: Sian

Joannes                  John

Johannes               John                       Wales: Evan/ Euan

Johes                       John

Josephus               Joseph

Josias                     Josiah

Josua                      Joshua

Judia                      Judy

Juditta                    Judith

Juliana                    Gillian                    (Jill)

Julianus                   Julian                     male

 

Katalina                 Katherine

Katharina               Katherine

 

Laura                     Lore                       (not Laura, which is 19C)

Laurentius              Lawrence

Lennardus              Leonard

Leonardus              Leonard

Leolinus                  Llewelyn               [Lewis}Wales {Louis Scotland}

Lucas                     Luke

Lucias                    Luke

Lucia                      Lucy

Ludovicus              Louis         (not Ludovic which is late 1800s)

Marcus                   Mark

Maria                     Mary

Marianna                Mary Ann

Marina                   Marina

Martinus                Martin

Matilda                  Maud        (not Matilda as modern use)

Mattheus              Matthew

Matthias                 Matthew

Matthia                  Martha

Martha                   Martha

Mauritius               Maurice

Micaelis                 Michael

Mycaelis               Michael

Misericordia           Mercy

Nicholas                Nicholas

Nicholaus               Nicholas

Octavius                Octavius                (an eighth son)

Offylus                  Theophilus

Oliverus                  Oliver

Ollaferus                Oliver

Omfridus

Umfridus               Humphrey

Onfridus               Humphrey

Onoria                    Honor

Patentia                  Patience

Patricus                   Patrick

Peregrinus              Peregrine

Petronella               Parnel                     female

Petrus                     Peter

Philippa                 Philipa                    female

Philipus                  Philip                      male

Phillida                  Phillis                     female

Phillipus                  Philip                     male

Phineas                  Phineas

Placentia                Pleasant

Radolphus             Ralph

Radulphus             Ralph

Ranulphus              Ranulf

Randulphus           Randolph               but Randal

Reginaldus             Reynell                  Reginald from1800s

Ric.                        Richard                  abbreviation

Ricardus                Richard

Richdus                    Richard                  abbreviation

Richardus              Richard

Ricus                      Rhys  /Rees                    in Wales

Ricus.                       Richard                  abbreviation of Richardus.

Robertus  

Roberto                  Robert

Rogerus                 Roger

Rosa                       Rose

Rosamunda            Rosamund

Rosamundi            Rosamund

Scientia                  Sense                      female

Septimus               Septimus             (seventh son)

Sextus                    Sextus                    (sixth son)

Sibylla                    Sibyl

Spes                       Hope

Stephanus              Stephen

Sylvanus               Sylvanus

Terentius               Terrence

Thoma                    Thomas

Thomas                  Thomas

Tomas                    Thomas

Thomasina             Tamsin                   female. (sometimes Tomsin in use)

Timotheus              Timothy

Tobias                    Toby

Umfridus               Humphrey

Ursula                    Ursula                   

Wido                      Guy                        (see Guido)

Willielmus              William                  (illiterate written form of Gulielmus)

Wilmota                 Wilmot                   female.

Xpianus                 Crispian                 note that it was very common indeed

Xpofer                   Christopher            to write \"Christ\" as \"X\" (a cross)

Xtianus                  Christian                Xmas is not a modern abbreviation.

Xtopher                 Christopher            It was usually written that way.

Xtopherus              Christopher

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