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Old English boy and girl names please!

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scruffpom · 08/12/2017 20:59

We have one dc who has a very old English name and are now expecting dc#2. Please help us with old names that you can think of. Thanks in advance

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Marv1nGay3 · 08/12/2017 21:22

Cyril, Cecil, Stanley, Arnold, Edwin, Aubrey
Doris, Ethel, Daphne, Agnes, Beryl, Bertha

AssassinatedBeauty · 08/12/2017 21:12

Alfred, Stanley, Albert, Arthur, Ernest.

Vera, Ivy, Maud, Peggy, Phyllis

Ethelswith · 08/12/2017 21:10

Sorry - cross posted - ignore that as you want 20th century, probably post-war names

Try Paul, Ian, Neil, Dean, Simon

Pamela, Deborah, Donna, Michelle, Sandra

QueenOfTheAndals · 08/12/2017 21:08

Hassled, I hope he wasn't asleep

JeremyCorbynsBeard · 08/12/2017 21:08

Some names from my family tree c 1890s:

Mahala (girl)
Alomas (boy)
Elvina (girl)
Madonna. Yes, really!
Obadiah (boy)
Silvanius (boy)

QueenOfTheAndals · 08/12/2017 21:08

Sorry, posted before seeing your clarification!

Hassled · 08/12/2017 21:08

I met a young Hereward recently and thought what a good name it was.

AssassinatedBeauty · 08/12/2017 21:08

I really like Hrothgar, is that weird of me?

QueenOfTheAndals · 08/12/2017 21:07

Aethelraed and Aethelflaed
Eadgifu and Eadwig
Aethelfryth and Aethelthryth

Honestly not making any of those up.

Ethelswith · 08/12/2017 21:07

Aethelstan, Ceolwulf, Hrothgar

Saexwyn, Leofgifu and (my fave, of course) Ethelswith

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scruffpom · 08/12/2017 21:06

Sorry! To clarify I mean from a few generations ago! Thanks

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semideponent · 08/12/2017 21:05

Frideswide

semideponent · 08/12/2017 21:05

Caedmon
Cuthbert
Anselm
Edward
Ethelred
Bede
Roger
John
Harold
Arthur
William
Matilda
Julian (Juliana)
Margaret
Margery
Alice
Elizabeth
Marion
Eleanor
Mary
Anne

IndianaMoleWoman · 08/12/2017 21:05

Ethelred.

LittleLights · 08/12/2017 21:04

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AssassinatedBeauty · 08/12/2017 21:04

When you say very old English name, do you mean names from a few generations ago or do you mean Old English as in Anglo-Saxon names from the Middle Ages?

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