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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Pagan m. Latin paganus 'rustic, rural'.

England
Latin
1185x1186 Pagani (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 8, Paganus (nom) ibid. p. 10; 1189 Paen (nom) GASurv p. 78, Paganus (nom) ibid. p. 109; 1222 Paganus (nom) StPaulDom p. 54, pagani (gen) ibid. p. 24; 1299 Pagani (gen) ComWil-vol1 p. 3; 1300 Paganus (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 238
France
Latin
1101x1129 Pagano (abl) CartStPC XXII, Paganus (nom) ibid. XVI; 1107 Pagano (abl) ibid. XVII, Paganus (nom) ibid. V; a1114 Pagani (gen) ibid. XXXI; 1115 Paganus (nom) CartNDJosaphat V; 1115x1149 Paganus (nom) CartStPC X; 1120 Paganus (nom) CartNDJosaphat VIII; 1122x1139 Paganus (nom) CartYonne1 CXXXIII; 1124 Pagani (gen) CartNDJosaphat XIII; 1126 Paganus (nom) CartStPC VII; 1135 Paganus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7; 1138x62 Paganus (nom) ibid. 58; 1147 Pagani (gen) ibid. 19, Pagano (dat) ibid. 14, Paganus (nom) ibid. 14; 1147x62 Paganus (nom) ibid. 51; c1156 Pagani (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XXXII, Paganus (nom) ibid. XXXII; 1163 Pagani (gen) clairvaux-12thc 99, Pagano (abl) ibid. 104; 1163–64 Paganus (nom) ibid. 106; 1164 Paganus (nom) ibid. 120; c1175–1180 Pagani (gen) ChartCaen2 p. 63; 1179 Pagani (gen) clairvaux-12thc 170, Paganus (nom) ibid. 177; 1180 Pagani (gen) RotScaNor p. 25, Pagano (abl) ibid. p. 8
Old French
1313 Pagan Paris1313 p. 78
Middle French
1392 Paien MemBret-II col. 600, Payen ibid. col. 597; 1415[1469x1471] Payen Waurin p. 226
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Paen (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 25, Pagani (gen) ibid. III, p. 3, Pain (gen) ibid. III, p. 5
Italy
Latin
1164 Paganum (acc) SDE3 I, Paganus (nom) ibid. I; 1265x1339 Pagani (gen) BBC-Berg 135; 1281 Paganus (nom) ibid. p. XLIII; 1282 Paganus (nom) ibid. p. XLVII; 1287 Paganus (nom) ibid. p. XLIV; 1298 Pagani (gen) ibid. p. XLV; 1300 Paganus (nom) ActDipVeneto-I-1 p. 51; 1326 Pagani (gen) Friuli-14thC no. 438, Paganus (nom) ibid. no. 437; 1327 Pagani (gen) ibid. no. 449; 1527 Pagani (gen) Rome1527 p. 89
1198 Paganellus (nom) ChStBo1 V; 1285 Paganelli (gen) Perugia1285 p. 159, Paganutii (gen) ibid. p. 159
Scotland
Latin
c1120 Pagano (abl) ESC XXXV; 1124 Paganus (nom) ibid. L
Switzerland
Latin
1141 Paganus (nom) CartHaut 3; 1161 Paganus (nom) ibid. 10; 1220 Paganus (nom) ibid. 36; 1236 Paganus (nom) ibid. 41
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Pagan". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Pagan.