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Original poster

Boys names ! OLD ENGLISH

85 replies

RLou3 · 01/04/2022 18:30

Hi all,

Wondered if anyone could please help. Struggling so much with picking a boys name! I like really unusual but DH does not! So compromising on a name that is heard of but not common! Any ideas... please post xxxx

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RLou3 · 02/04/2022 10:48

Lol.. yes I meant traditional English. Sorry

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Futuroute · 02/04/2022 10:47

OP, 'Old English' means Anglo-Saxon, hence all the suggestions for Hrothgar and Æthelred.

That has to be a classic 'only on Mumsnet' sentence Grin

Thesefeetaremadeforwalking · 02/04/2022 10:27

Cedric

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 02/04/2022 10:26

OP, 'Old English' means Anglo-Saxon, hence all the suggestions for Hrothgar and Æthelred.

Did you mean 'traditional English'?

Original poster
RLou3 · 02/04/2022 09:50

What do you all think of Ernest?! I think I like that!! Xxx

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Justjoinedforthis · 02/04/2022 07:45

Garth

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RLou3 · 02/04/2022 07:36

Thank you for all suggestions! Must say - majority of these are an absolute no go! I really like Arthur but think too common! Ah this is so hard!!!!!! Love Theodore but also too common ! Xx

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MenaiMna · 01/04/2022 20:55

Adelbert, Aelfric, Athelstan and that's just the "A"s I considered. Then I had a girl...

SpiderSnout · 01/04/2022 20:23

Griffith

Qwill · 01/04/2022 20:14

Peter. Lovely name, barely used anymore!

Obelisk · 01/04/2022 20:06

Hrothgar

Luredbyapomegranate · 01/04/2022 20:01

Guy
Blaise
Rafe
John
Miles
Giles
Rufus
Francis
Alberic
Dominic
Nicholas
Barnabas
Josiah
Isambard
Harold
Ernest
Arnold
Wilfred
Walter
Edwin
Edmund
Peter
Julian
Lucien
Julius
Justin
Alistair
Angus
Kester
Digby
Diggory
Silas
Seth
Saul
Jerome
Jonathan
Zachariah
Jeremiah

ladygindiva · 01/04/2022 19:58

I have a friend with a baby boy called Offa. After the initial surprise wore off I actually like it a lot, apparently its a very old name.

seasunshine22 · 01/04/2022 19:56

Stanley

RosesAndHellebores · 01/04/2022 19:55

Emrys
Geraint
Padraig
Osric

Els1e · 01/04/2022 19:55

Jude

raspberrymuffin · 01/04/2022 19:54

All getting a big Viking here for an Old English thread. Cnut?

LolaStrange · 01/04/2022 19:51

Some really nice suggestions here. I especially liked Edgar.

mellongoose · 01/04/2022 19:49

Enys

ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 01/04/2022 19:44

Isambard
Rudyard
Sholto
Ebenezer
Godfrey
Hugh
Inigo

StubbleTurnips · 01/04/2022 19:44

Gwillam

PuppyPowerTool · 01/04/2022 19:42

Beric

Afrodizzyak · 01/04/2022 19:40

Choose a name you like, he's your son.Most of these names are awful.

Hohofortherobbers · 01/04/2022 19:37

Not English I know, but Douglas is a fantastic old fashioned name due a revival I think

PollyPutTheKettleOnKettleOn · 01/04/2022 19:36

Watt