Given Names in Swiss Records (1525-1850)

A
Male Names


 * Abraham
 * Achill
 * Adam
 * Adrian, Adrion
 * Aegidus
 * Alban
 * Albert
 * Albrecht
 * Aldrich
 * Alexander
 * Ambrosius
 * Anders
 * Andolf
 * Andreas, Andres
 * Arbogast
 * Aurel

Female Names


 * Adelheid, Adelheit
 * Afra
 * Agatha
 * Albana
 * Alfonsine
 * Amadea
 * Angela
 * Anna, Anneli
 * Anna Barbara
 * Anna Elisabeth
 * Anna Magdalena
 * Anna Margaretha
 * Anna Maria
 * Anna Susanna
 * Anslema
 * Appolonia
 * Adriadne
 * Armgard

B
Male Names


 * Balthasar
 * Bäni
 * Bartholomeus
 * Barthlime
 * Bartli
 * Basil
 * Baschi, Baschion
 * Basti, Bastion
 * Batt
 * Beat
 * Beda
 * Benedict, Bendicht
 * Bodwin
 * Bonaventur, Bonaventura
 * Brandolf
 * Bruno
 * Brutus
 * Burkhardt, Burkhard
 * Burki

Female Names


 * Babel, Babeli
 * Blbani
 * Baldwina
 * Barbara
 * Barbel, Barbeli
 * Beatrix
 * Benigna
 * Bertha
 * Bethli
 * Blanda
 * Blanka

C
Male Names


 * Cajetan
 * Camillas
 * Canisius
 * Caspar, Casperli
 * Christen, Christian
 * Christoffel, Christopher
 * Chunradt
 * Ciprian
 * Claus
 * Clemens, Clemenz
 * Clephas
 * Clewy
 * Clöwy
 * Coelestin
 * Conrad, Conrat
 * Cornel
 * Crispian
 * Cuonrat
 * Cyrill

Female Names


 * Catharina
 * Cathri, Cathrina
 * Chrischona
 * Christina
 * Clarissa
 * Cleophea, Cleopha
 * Coelestine
 * Cordula
 * Corina
 * Crescentia, Crezentia

D
Male Names


 * Damion
 * Daniel
 * Dankmar
 * Darius
 * David
 * Dedeon
 * Desiderius
 * Dewes, Dewis
 * Dias, Dies
 * Diogenes
 * Dionisius, Dionys
 * Disli, Dissli, Diβli (derived from Matthias)
 * Donatus
 * Durs

Female Names


 * Daphne
 * Desideria
 * Donatina
 * Dorina
 * Dorma
 * Dorothea

E
Male Names


 * Egidus, Egidy
 * Egolf
 * Elias
 * Eligius

Female Names


 * Edwine
 * Elsa, Elsi, Elsy
 * Elsbeth, Elisabeth, Elsbethli
 * Emmerentiana
 * Engel
 * Ephersyn
 * Ester, Esther
 * Eva

F
Male Names


 * Falstaff
 * Festus
 * Fintan
 * Fortunatus
 * Franz, Franziskus
 * Fridli, Friedli
 * Friedrich
 * Fritz

Female Names


 * Fabiane
 * Fortuna
 * Franziska
 * Fren, Freni
 * Fridoline
 * Froeni
 * Fronegg

G
Male Names


 * Gabriel
 * Galli, Gallus
 * Gangolf
 * Gaudenz
 * Gayus
 * Gebhard
 * Georg, Georgy
 * Germann
 * Gilgian
 * Glado
 * Gorius
 * Gottfried
 * Gottlieb
 * Greg, Gregor, Gregorius
 * Grosshans, Großhans

Female Names


 * Galate
 * Genave, Genophe, Genoveva
 * Generosa
 * Gerhardine
 * Geroldine
 * Gertrud
 * Gerwine
 * Grete, Gretli
 * Guta, Gutha

H
Male Names


 * Harian
 * Hadwin
 * Hamman, Hammon
 * Hans, Hansli, Hänsli
 * Hans Jakob
 * Hans Konrad
 * Hans Rudolf
 * Hans Ulrich
 * Hans Wilhelm
 * Hartmann
 * Heini
 * Heinrich
 * Hektor
 * Helias
 * Hermann
 * Hieronimus
 * Hippolyt
 * Huldreich
 * Huldrych

Female Names


 * Hadwig, Hedwid
 * Hannah
 * Hendrika
 * Henrike
 * Hildegund

I
Female Names


 * Innocentia
 * Iphigenia
 * Iren, Irene
 * Iris

J

 * Jacob, Jakob
 * Jacques
 * Jaggli
 * Jean
 * Jean-Jaques
 * Jenni
 * Innocentius
 * Joar
 * Joachim, Jochem
 * Joder
 * Jodocus
 * Joggli
 * Johannes
 * Johann Jakob
 * Johann Rudolf
 * Johann Ulrich
 * Joos, Jos, Joss
 * Jörg
 * Josabe, Josobe
 * Josef, Joseph
 * Jost
 * Jucundus

K
Male Names


 * Kalixtus
 * Kandid
 * Karl
 * Kaspar
 * Kilian
 * Kleinhans
 * Kolumban
 * Konimus
 * Konrad
 * Kornel
 * Krispin
 * Küni
 * Kunz

Female Names


 * Katharina
 * Kleophea
 * Kolumbine
 * Kordula
 * Kreszentia
 * Krispina
 * Küngold
 * Kunigunde

L
Male Names


 * Laelius
 * Landolt
 * Laurentius
 * Leodegar
 * Leonhard
 * Leonz
 * Liberat
 * Lienhard
 * Longin
 * Lorenz
 * Ludolf
 * Ludwig, Ludi
 * Lucas, Lukas
 * Lutz
 * Lux

Female Names


 * Leontine
 * Lidia
 * Lisabeth, Lisabetha
 * Lisa, Lise
 * Lona
 * Lonna
 * Lora
 * Ludowika
 * Luise, Louise
 * Luzey

M
Male Names


 * Marti, Martin
 * Mathys, Matthys
 * Matthaeus, Mattheus
 * Markus
 * Marx
 * Mauritz
 * Maurus
 * Medardus
 * Meinbert
 * Meinbrecht
 * Meinrad
 * Melcher, Melchior
 * Michael, MIchel
 * Moritz

Female Names


 * Madla, Madle, Madlena
 * Magdalena
 * Marcellina
 * Margaretha, Margaret, Margreth
 * Maria
 * Maria Magdalena
 * Marta, Martha
 * Medea
 * Meinarda
 * Meret
 * Minerva
 * Mira
 * Modesta

N
Male Names


 * Nemesius
 * Nestor
 * Niclaus, Nicolaus
 * Niklaus
 * Norwin
 * Notger
 * Notcker, Notker

Female Names


 * Notburga

O
Male Names


 * Oberon
 * Orest
 * Othli
 * Othmar
 * Ottokar

Female Names


 * Octavia
 * Olivia
 * Olympia
 * Ottilia

P
Male Names


 * Pacifius
 * Paley
 * Pankras
 * Paul, Paulus
 * Pelagius
 * Peter, Petrus
 * Pipin
 * Pirmin
 * Placidus
 * Prisbus
 * Probus

Female Names


 * Paulina
 * Perpetua
 * Philomena
 * Placida
 * Pretiosa
 * Prima
 * Prisca
 * Prosperina

Q
Male Names


 * Quintus
 * Quirin
 * Quirinus

Female Names


 * Quinta
 * Quirina

R
Male Names


 * Remigius
 * Remis
 * Renatus
 * Renward
 * Richard
 * Robert
 * Romnald
 * Rudi, Ruodi, Rudolf

Female Names


 * Regina
 * Regula
 * Reinharda
 * Richarda
 * Romilda
 * Rudolfine

S
Male Names


 * Sales
 * Salomon
 * Samuel
 * Sebastian
 * Selim
 * Severin
 * Sibold
 * Sigfried
 * Sigmund
 * Silvan
 * Silvester, Sylvester
 * Simon, Symon
 * Sixt, Sixtus
 * Steffan, Stephan, Stephanus
 * Stoffel
 * Syfried

Female Names


 * Secunda
 * Selina
 * Seraphine
 * Severa
 * Sibilla
 * Silvia
 * Simona
 * Soldanella
 * Susanna
 * Susette

T
Male Names


 * Theodolf
 * Theodor
 * Theodosius
 * Theodul
 * Thias, Thies, Thys
 * Thoman, Thomas, Thomen
 * Thuerneg
 * Tiburtius
 * Tristan
 * Türli

Female Names


 * Tatjana
 * Thalia
 * Theophila
 * Thusnelda
 * Trina, Trini, Trinli
 * Trudi

U
Male Names


 * Ubald
 * Uhlmann
 * Uli, Uoli, Uorich
 * Ulrich, Ulrych
 * Ulysses
 * Uranus
 * Urech, Urich
 * Urs

Female Names


 * Udine
 * Urania
 * Urbana
 * Ursula, Urseli

V
Male Names


 * Valentin
 * Varus
 * Veit
 * Vester
 * Vincentius
 * Vinzens
 * Vivian
 * Volker

Female Names


 * Valerie
 * Valeska
 * Verena
 * Veronica, Veronika
 * Vincentia
 * Viola
 * Virgilia
 * Vreni
 * Vronegg

W
Male Names


 * Walfried
 * Walo
 * Walter, Walther
 * Werner
 * Wernet
 * Wigbert
 * Wilhelm
 * Wingolf
 * Wiprecht, Wypert
 * Wunnibald

Female Names


 * Walburg
 * Walpurga
 * Wilfriede
 * Wilma

X
Male Names

Xaver

Female Names


 * Xaveria
 * Xaverine

Y
Female Names


 * Yolanda

Z
Male Names


 * Zacharias
 * Zephir

Female Names


 * Zepherine
 * Zilla