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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Ancel m. Old German Ansila, from Old High German ansi 'a god'.

Often confused with Anselm.

England
Latin
◑ 1222 ancelini (gen) StPaulDom p. 31
Early Modern English
● 1569 Awnsell OrpingtonKe p. 3
France
Latin
● 1093 Ansello (abl) CartStPC VI; 1135 Ansellus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7; 1147 Ansello (abl) ibid. 18; 1156 Anselli (gen) CartYonne1 CCCLXXXIII, Ansellus (nom) ibid. CCCLXXXIII; 1163 Anselli (gen) clairvaux-12thc 103, Ansellus (nom) ibid. 103; 1261 Ansellum (acc) ArrestReg-volI II, St. Martin
◑ c1170 Ancelini (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXIV; 1260 Anselinus (nom) ArrestReg-volI XXI, Ascension; 1378 Anceleti (gen) hanquetvol1 858
Old French
● 1296 Anciau paris1296 p. 30; 1313 Anseau Paris1313 p. 30
Middle French
● 1392 Anceau MemBret-II col. 598
◑ 1423 Ancelet favier 147
Italy
Latin
● 1278 Ançellus (nom) BBC-Berg p. XLII; 1282 Anzellus (nom) ibid. p. XLVII; 1285 Ançellus (nom) ibid. p. XLIII
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Ancel". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Ancel.