 They are mentioned as "Abrincatuos" by Pliny (1st c. AD), as "Abrincatouoi" (’Aβρινκάτουοι) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), and as "Abrincatis" (or "Abrincateni") in the "Notitia Dignitatum" (5th c. AD).The city of Avranches, attested as "civitas" "Abrincatum" in the 6th c. CE ('civitas of the Abrincatui', "Abrincae" ca.550, "de Avrenchis" in 1055–1066), and the region of Avranchin, are named after the Gallic tribe.