Old English names please....

[FriggFRIGG]

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

Hmm,I like Aldith...

Alfred.
Egbert.
Alfreda
Cuthbert
Oswald
Oswin
Mildred
Stanford

Ooooh lovely!

Aethelstan
Alfege
Matilda
Edith
Aetheric

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

Frig?

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

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!)

Emma
Godiva
Hereward
Beowulf

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

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

More here

Bede
Baldrick
Fenmore

Ethelburger

Ethne, some sites say English and others dont

crispin

Edmund.

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

Wilona.

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

I absolutely love it and think it's beautiful

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

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

Ooooh love Jocelin/Joscelyne

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!

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

Ooooh I love lots of those!

Adding

Alden
Blythe
Darwin
Emmett
Kip
Quinton
Rudyard

Girls;

Aldith
Ethne
Meriel
Blythe
Alfreida
Mildred

Boys;

Ulric
Alban
Aetheric
Gaheris
Oswin
Alden
Darwin
Emmett
Kip
Quinton
Rudyard

Have I got those right?!

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

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