Anglo saxon names

[Kitten3]

Hello all, am just canvassing for people's thoughts on two names we had considered for baby boy.

Aethelred? Aethelwulf? Alfred?

Well that's three names, but I'm not keen on them. However, I have to say that Aethelred is a name that pops in to my head occasionally & I always wonder if I've dreamed it so I'm glad to hear it's real!

FWIW, I think all three sound daft. Your son will end up getting called Ethel or Fred. Still, it's your call.

Not all 3 names! One of the other.

Ooh, hadn't considered the abbreviation to Ethel....that's a no then.

Alfred is fine, I think the others have passed their time. How about Edward? That is a good Anglo-Saxon name that has not dated.

How about Wilfred? I like Wilf!

what about Arthur? that is a fine name for a boy.

The first two are fabulous names but no they've had their time and no one could live with them

Edmund
Harold
Oswald
Athelstan
Edgar
Ranulf

Can't say any of them really do it for me, though!

Hereward?

Harold? Alaric? Edgar? Edwin?

Alfred isn't to my taste, but is a name most people will be familiar with.

The other two are extremely dated. But it's almost certain they'd never be one of two or more in a class.

First two name suggested by OP are non runners. Alfred is fine, borderline fashionable.

Edward, Edgar, Edmund, Arthur, Harold all perfectly practical

Alfred is fine but the other two are beyond awful - the poor child will spend his life explaining how to spell and pronounce his name and questioning why his parents inflicted him with it.

I know a Caedmon which I think is rather splendid.

First thing that popped into my head when I read the first two was Ethel I'm afraid

Alfred is an "old man" name but they're fashionable at the moment. He could be Alfie or Fred(die) which are both nice.

The other two names are AWFUL.

When I think of Aethelred I immediately think of 'Aethelred the Unready' - the nickname historians have given to King Aethelred. Un readiness isn't a brilliant quality.

Wulfric?

Of course post Brexit we will only be able to have Anglo Saxon names........

Aleric is a good name but he may get called Ric.

Aart, Leofric like (lee-off-ric rather than Leo-fric)
Osbeorne (Osborn)

That's what I was thinking, Desolate.

Although really the Anglo Saxons were EU migrants who came here under free movement rules.

Perhaps old British Celtic names is the way to go?

Thanks for your input people! I think we are thinking either Edmund or Edward. The original two appealed at the time- but some of the points above are very valid, so may give them a wide berth and save it for cat/fish names!

I like both Edmund and Edward, maybe a slight preference for Edmund because it's more unusual. Both are good characters in Jane Austen novels