Old English names for a boy - thoughts?

[Lindalove]

We are trying to find some lovely old, proper old, English and Anglo-Saxon names for our baby boy due in April next year. Its worth saying we live in a part of London which is very literary and practically every child has an interesting name... I think the trick is finding something interesting and classy though. And not too weird, but weird is a subjective thing....

Anyway thoughts welcome on the following:

Caedmon (after the old english poet. Pronounced Cade-mon or Cad-mon, I prefer the former)

Hereward (after Hereward The Wake the famous warrior.... pronounced Herr-er-ward)

Leofric (I doubt this will make it through but I love it, just don't care for 'Leo' as it will I am sure be shortened to)

Machen (pronouced Make-in, not actually Anglo-Saxon, but named after Arthur Machen the author).

Farley

Harold, Alfred, Edwin, Edgar. All good old Anglo Saxon names - but not so uncommon as to look pretentious.

I really like Dickon. It will always be Secret Garden to me.

Edmund, Arthur or Caedmon would all work in most areas of the country. The more unusual names might not, and bear in mind that you/he might move to a different area later in life. Though Leofric does have a certain ring to it

Ine
Aelfric
Anna
Ulfric
Uhtred
William

Take any ending you like and match it to a beginning you like.

chants 'Fric! 'Fric! 'Fric!
(Come to think of it, isn't Freek or Frik a Germanic-y name anyway?)

I love Alban, although I'm not sure if it's Orl-ban or Al-ban. Which? I like both.

Not convinced by Machen with a Mc surname.

Caedmon is lovely, it looks beautiful written down, and Cade is fab.

Another vote for Alban, on my imaginary (unconceived) DS name list. I'd say 'Oll' for the first syllable.

Persse? (not sure how you say it, like Pierce I think).

Alban is great.

Reminds me of Dr Alban of 'It's My Life' fame.

Harold "Harold is an Old English name[citation needed], from here "army" and weald "rule", meaning "heroic leader", same as the title herald. Diminutives of Harold are Harry and Hal."

Theobald "Theobald is a Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements theo- "people" and bald "bold". The name arrived in England with the Normans."

Theodoric "Theodoric is a widespread Germanic given name. First attested in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths"

Alban reminds me too much of St Albans a town close to london!

I know someone called Wolfgang. Wolfie = nn

I think it is a great name.