DH list - I will be surprised apparently

[TippleMacFreddy]

I suppose it is what I get for marrying a Medieval ( Anglo-Saxon) expert.

I think he is slightly crazy but he has made me promise to put up his list because 'you will be surprised' (this is the list after my cull btw)
So....

Boys

Athelstan
Oslac

Girls

Alswitha /Ealswith
Osburh/ Osburga

Tipple's DH - can I suggest you read this article - it's actually hard to have an unusual name. These are really unusual names, and that requires a 'big' personality to carry off, you don't know in advance that your DC will have big personailties. They might grow to hate all things Medieval because of the name, whereas if you give them a more 'vanilla' name, your passion might be something you share with them in the future.

BBB - Eustace or Percy would be better?

There is a reason those names aren't really used these days. Nobody calls their dc's any of those names do they?!
If he really likes them, then you could find names that sound similar e.g Ealswith - Elsbeth, Athelstan - Stanley?

Tipple's DH please step away from the baby names. They are not good, sorry.

Ooooo Tristam - that's from Morte D'Arthur, if he is into Medieval literature. Of course that opens up a whole load of Lancelot's and Gawain's but...

Please could we see the whole list, pretty please?

A really great old English name is Edgar. means owner of many spears and was the name of one of the first kings I think.

Our DS 30months is Edgar Alexander. People were dubious at first but it is a real grower now everyone likes it. Surely your DH will like it with its ancestry!!

no one EVER mentions it on MN so not remotely popular!!!

As you have all asked (sometimes I wonder why I married him in the first place :p)

Boys

Athelstan
Ethelberht
Offa
Wuffa
Ethelwulf
Bede
Raedwald
Ecgfrith
Oslac

Girls

Alswitha / Ealswith
Gunhilda
Osburh/ Osburga
Ermenilda/Eormenhild
Seaxburh/Sexburh
Cynethryth
Wulfthryth
Ælfgifu/Aelfgifu

( should probably point his specialism is royal families and things)

Wuffa!! That's amazing. :o

It is Athelstan DH really wants somewhere in name - his favourite king of all time. [shakes head in horror]

Oh my.

Sorry, I actively loathe almost every name on that list!

OMG.

Whatever you do, do not let him go and register the name!!

Wuffa - tell him he can have that. When you buy a labrador.

LOL at him thinking you would be surprised at our reaction. Idiot

Why don't you agree to Stan then as a compromise? Athelstan will end up asshole fan.

My DS is named after an obscure 7th century Northumbrian king/saint. (His name translates as God's Friend)

Most years DS's name isnt registered let alone not making the top 100.

My DS has never been teased about his name (he is 13 now). The thing is that it is a name. At an essential level it is recognised as such.

The girls names are harder, AngloSaxon girls names dont translate to the modern English ear so well. IMO rethink the girls names but the boys names are good.

Actually, I really like the idea. I mean, why not? It's great having an unusual name with something behind it. My name is very unusual (I have never met another one) and it is always a talking point. Rightly or wrongly, people assume that you are an interesting person and want to get to know you.

So, I would vote for Oslac for a boy. Not sure about the girls' names, can you ask your DH for some more suggestions?

OP, my DH has wondered whether the female names are actually representative of the actual names which would have been used at the time. They have a heavy gutteral sound, were they corrupted by male scribes? A thought for your DH perhaps.

Am slightly in love with Bede... seriously

What Hassled said in the first reply.
Also what Chippin said at 23:11:27 - THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT

Makes some of the daft names people post on here look almost reasonable!

Oh purrlleease!

Please...pleasepleaseplease...don't give your child such a piss poor bad bad name

There are plenty of Anglo-Saxon names that wouldn't saddle a child for life...choose one of those for the childs sake

If you want to show evyone how clever and individual you are, get a dog and call it Fido, spelled Phydough ( oh how we laughed) or a very very small cat called Quantum (oh how we laughed again). Then call your child something which will not make people point and laugh.

Having chosen an 'old' name for DS I find the negative comments very odd. IME bullying comes from many sources (parents of other children often helpfully start off name based bullying).

I could cope with Bede. And Althelstan is familiar to me, as King Athelstan was the name of our local primary school. But the girls names are definite no-no. Especially Sexburh. What was he thinking? And I agree with chipping to save wuffa for if you buy a dog.

gnome the years of name based bullying I have had was mainly instigated by my peers (very old fashioned and unpopular) and I had a lot from the children but surprisingly I get a lot of compliments from the older generations...depends on the name I suppose is your DS an old fashioned name or a classic name?