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This is a collection of names from around the world which was initially intended to help provide character names for live role-players. It includes short historical backgrounds, male and female first names or personal names, and surnames or family names, from many countries and periods. The author is not an expert in onomastics or history so would like to apologise if any mistakes have been made. All names included are from genuine sources to the best of her knowledge, but this is not an academic study and should not be relied upon by re-enactment societies which require specific dates and instances of occurrence for the names they use.
Webmaster's Note: This onomastikon was compiled by Kate Monk. I have cleaned up the HTML and set the page colours to match with the rest of my site, but have otherwise left Ms. Monk's work unaltered. It is not the intent of this site to interfere with the copyright or authorship of Ms. Monk's onomastikon in any way, or to claim that anyone other than Ms. Monk compiled the information presented herein.
Introduction | Background, aims and intentions |
Sources | Booklist and acknowledgements |
America | North American Indians/Native Americans
South American States, Inca, Maya, Aztec |
Ancient World | The East, Egypt, Greece, Rome |
Africa | Ancient, Northern, Eastern, Central, Western, Southern, Islands |
Celtic | Old Celtic, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, Isle of Man |
England-Saxon | Dithematic and Monothematic Names, Bynames, Religion, Rulers |
England-Medieval | Medieval, Norman, Biblical, Celtic, Greek, Latin, Norse, Saxon, Rarities, Surnames, Early Modern, Puritans, Rulers |
England-First Names | Variant Spellings, Modern Coinages, Surname Adaptations, Themes, Foreign Borrowings, Saints' Days, African-Americans, Linknames, Literary Inventions |
England-Surnames | Bynames, Localities, Patronymics, Matronymics, Old English, Trades, Top 50 |
England-Colonies | Countries and States, Mayflower, West Indies, Pitcairn Island |
Europe-Medieval | Byzantium, Goths, Huns, Franks, Song of Roland, Lombards, Germanic, Romany |
Europe-Western | Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Basque |
Europe-Eastern | Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Greece, Former Yugoslavia |
Europe-Scandinavia | Old Norse, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Faroe Islands |
Former Soviet Union | Russia, Republics, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldavia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Baltic States |
India | Hindu Names, Hindu Gods, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Sri Lanka, Maldives |
Middle East | Arab/Muslim - History, Rulers, Names, Male, Female
East - Iran, Turkey, Kurds, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan Jewish/Israeli - Biblical, Yiddish, Modern, Various, Surnames |
Orient | China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan
Himalayas - Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal Indochina - Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia, Laos South-East Asia - Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines |
Pacific | Polynesia - Polynesian Names, Fiji, French Polynesia/Tahiti, Samoa,
Tonga, Cook Islands, Maori, Hawai'i, Easter Island, Australia
Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia, Guam/Northern Marianas, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Belau Melanesia - Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Papua New Guinea |
As 'real' authors tend to put in a dedication I thought I'd better have one too -
This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.
Copies may be made for personal use only.
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