#16th century

• Aubigne — A proper surname of French origin; it refers specifically to Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552–1630), a French poet, Huguenot soldier, and historian from the era of the Wars of Religion. His masterpiece, 'Les Tragiques', is a monumental epic and satirical poem of baroque nature describing the persecutions suffered by Protestants.
• Azarie — A Romanian masculine given name of Hebrew origin (Azaryah), bearing the sacred meaning of 'whom God has helped' or 'divine support'. In Romanian history and culture, the name evokes the personality of the Moldavian monk and chronicler Azarie (16th century), disciple of Macarie, known for his chronicle written in Old Church Slavonic by order of Petru Șchiopul, a work that structurally analyzes the political events in Moldavia between 1551 and 1574 with an extremely refined rhetorical style.