Frankish Names

The Franks were a Germanic group who ruled part of the old Roman Empire.

Frankish Female Names

Baldechildis (1)
Bauto (1)
Bertrada (1)
Chlotsuintha (1)
Clothildis, Clotildis (1)
Nantechildis (1)

Frankish Male Names

Arbogast - Frankish king c 477 (1)
Carloman (1)
Charibert - The name of two kings (1)
Childebert - The name of three kings (1)
Chilperic - The name of two Frankish kings. One (ruled 561 - 584) was an innovative, Romanised king who tried to impose the tax system of the late Roman Empire (1)
Chlodomer - Ruled 511 to 524 (1)
Chlotar - The name of four kings (1)
Clovis - The name of two kings (1)
Dagobert - The name of three Frankish rulers (1)
Drogo (1)
Fredegar (1)
Guntramm (1)
Lothar (1)
Odo (Eudes) (1)
Pippin - The name of many individuals (1)
Richomer - Frankish king, c 383 (1)
Sigibert - The name of three kings (1)
Theudebert - Ruled 533 to 548 (1)
Theuderic (1)

Sources:

(1) Early Medieval Europe, 300 - 1000, Roger Collins, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999.


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