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Old English names please....

56 replies

FriggFRIGG · 03/12/2012 12:29

I don't mean William or Mary,
I'd like to hear some old English names,like Ethelbert or Elfleda...

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FriggFRIGG · 03/12/2012 12:31

Hmm,I like Aldith...

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nellyjelly · 03/12/2012 12:36

Alfred.
Egbert.
Alfreda
Cuthbert
Oswald
Oswin
Mildred
Stanford

FriggFRIGG · 03/12/2012 12:37

Ooooh lovely!
Thanks

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StellaNova · 03/12/2012 12:40

Aethelstan
Alfege
Matilda
Edith
Aetheric

StellaNova · 03/12/2012 12:42

Or what about some knights/ ladies of the round table - Bors, Bedevere, Guinevere, Linnet, Gawain, Gareth, Agravain, Gaheris, Galahad....

BoreOfWhabylon · 03/12/2012 12:45

Frig? Xmas Grin

'Tis Old English name of Anglo-Saxon goddess and where the word Friday (Frigedaeg) comes from.

badtime · 03/12/2012 12:53

I think there is a rule that on these threads someone has to suggest Sexburga.

www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5826

(St Sexburga's dad was called Anna!)

BlueChampagne · 03/12/2012 13:30

Emma
Godiva
Hereward
Beowulf

FairyArmadillo · 03/12/2012 13:34

I remember a thread about Leofric a couple of years ago. I loved Leofric.

Nivet · 03/12/2012 13:34

My SIL is called Gytha which apparently is Old English and means war, it suits her Grin

More here

OpheliasWeepingWillow · 03/12/2012 13:36

Bede
Baldrick
Fenmore

goralka · 03/12/2012 13:38

Ethelburger

Fifis25StottieCakes · 03/12/2012 15:10

Ethne, some sites say English and others dont

Fifis25StottieCakes · 03/12/2012 15:11

crispin

FireOverBabylon · 03/12/2012 15:16

Edmund.

Are you intending to use any of these, or just write a novel set in Saxon England? Grin

MolotovCocktail · 03/12/2012 15:30

Wilona.

Its an Old English girls name as means 'desired, wanted.'

I absolutely love it and think it's beautiful Xmas Smile

EldritchCleavage · 03/12/2012 15:38

Ulric
Wolfric
Wulfstan
Cedric
Alban
Humphrey
Hugh
Hild/Hilda
Guy
Harold
Godfrey
Godwin
Giles
Gerard
Geoffrey
Winifred/Freda
Botolph
Benet/Bennett/Benedict
Basil
Jocelin/Joscelyne
Kenelm
Meriel
Oswyn/Oswald

FriggFRIGG · 03/12/2012 16:43

Thanks guys,some of these are fantastic... some I will be ignoring

Really like Ethne,Meriel,Ulric,Alban,Aetheric,Alfrieda,Mildred,Gaheris,Oswin...

Frig/Frigga,is obviously a fantastic name,but I fear the world is not quite ready for it yet Wink

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FriggFRIGG · 03/12/2012 16:44

Ooooh love Jocelin/Joscelyne

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StellaNova · 03/12/2012 18:15

I know a Meriel, she is very beautiful and so is the name.

There's an Aetheric Road in the town I was born which is why I know it!

mybootsaremuddy · 03/12/2012 19:57

Alden (DS4s Middle name)
Alric
Addison
Blake
Bliss
Blythe
Braxton
Darwin
Dexter
Emerson
Emmett
Flint
Kipp
Lincoln
Quinton
Rudyard
Warren

FriggFRIGG · 03/12/2012 20:52

Ooooh I love lots of those!

Adding

Alden
Blythe
Darwin
Emmett
Kip
Quinton
Rudyard

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FriggFRIGG · 03/12/2012 20:57

Girls;

Aldith
Ethne
Meriel
Blythe
Alfreida
Mildred

Boys;

Ulric
Alban
Aetheric
Gaheris
Oswin
Alden
Darwin
Emmett
Kip
Quinton
Rudyard

Have I got those right?!

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FriggFRIGG · 03/12/2012 21:00

Oops,forgot Jocelin/Joscelyne...girls,obv's Grin

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goralka · 03/12/2012 21:04

not that obvs though, I have known both male and female Jocelyn...not sure how the boy spelt his tho'