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In the sixteenth century, as well as many centuries during the medieval and renaissance time periods, a select few names would become popular and remain the common given names of the time.

During the reign of Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603), some of the most common names were:

Female:

Elizabeth

Mary

Margaret

Johane

Anne

Kathryn

Jane

Sarah

Alice

Dorothy

Male:

John

Thomas

William

Richard

Robert

George

Edward

Nicholas

James

Henry

All of these names were spelled in a variety of ways since there were no established standards of spelling at the time. Elizabeth, for example, can be seen in old manuscripts and registries spelled Elisabeth, Elisabet, Elsabeth, Elizabyth, and so on.

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