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We used the modern spelling but like the name because of its meaning Elf Counsel as well as its trad Englishness. Also really like that he can choose a nn from it.

Any ideas for his little brother?

Taliesin.

I love this name.

history here

I think it would go well with Alfred and the nn Tal or Tally is super gorgeous.

George? Good royal names

Æthelwulf. Wolfie for short.

Thank you, I love Taliesin & AEthelwulf (I should so work out how to do the AE thing if I'm gonna continue down this path). There's already a cousin George.

I cheated with the Æ thing. I copy and pasted it from google

Harald

AEthelstan
AEthelbert
Havelock
Tristam
Troilus
Arthur
Merlin (I know one!)
Gawain

Aethelstan (stan and alf)

Aelfric
Beornwine
Caedmon
Caedwalla
Coelred
Coelric
Coelwulf
Cuthbert
Cynric
Eadric
Edwin
Edgert
Egbert
Gefmund
Ingwold
Oeric
Osric
Oswald

All good solid Saxon names.

I'd probably not go for Titwald or Wuffa thouhg

There's a Saxon name table pddarkages.pbworks.com/w/page/15205921/Saxon%20Name%20Tablehere so you can break them all down and see what they mean

Thanks so much everyone. We both like Tristan (rather than Tristram) but always thought it didn't have a nn & that put us off (we like nns) - could we get away with Stan? (squoosh we do call Alfred Alf).

ImpYCelyn, Titwald's hilarious! (Actually, I think I'd prefer it to Oswald - Moseley is too strong an association I think.)

I agree re Moseley.

I know a Tristan, he goes by Triss.