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Old English boy and girl names please!

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scruffpom · 08/12/2017 20:59

We have one dc who has a very old English name and are now expecting dc#2. Please help us with old names that you can think of. Thanks in advance Smile

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AssassinatedBeauty · 08/12/2017 21:04

When you say very old English name, do you mean names from a few generations ago or do you mean Old English as in Anglo-Saxon names from the Middle Ages?

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IndianaMoleWoman · 08/12/2017 21:05

Ethelred.

semideponent · 08/12/2017 21:05

Caedmon
Cuthbert
Anselm
Edward
Ethelred
Bede
Roger
John
Harold
Arthur
William
Matilda
Julian (Juliana)
Margaret
Margery
Alice
Elizabeth
Marion
Eleanor
Mary
Anne

semideponent · 08/12/2017 21:05

Frideswide

scruffpom · 08/12/2017 21:06

Sorry! To clarify I mean from a few generations ago! Thanks

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Ethelswith · 08/12/2017 21:07

Aethelstan, Ceolwulf, Hrothgar

Saexwyn, Leofgifu and (my fave, of course) Ethelswith

QueenOfTheAndals · 08/12/2017 21:07

Aethelraed and Aethelflaed
Eadgifu and Eadwig
Aethelfryth and Aethelthryth

Honestly not making any of those up.

AssassinatedBeauty · 08/12/2017 21:08

I really like Hrothgar, is that weird of me?

Hassled · 08/12/2017 21:08

I met a young Hereward recently and thought what a good name it was.

QueenOfTheAndals · 08/12/2017 21:08

Sorry, posted before seeing your clarification!

JeremyCorbynsBeard · 08/12/2017 21:08

Some names from my family tree c 1890s:

Mahala (girl)
Alomas (boy)
Elvina (girl)
Madonna. Yes, really!
Obadiah (boy)
Silvanius (boy)

QueenOfTheAndals · 08/12/2017 21:08

Hassled, I hope he wasn't asleep Grin

Ethelswith · 08/12/2017 21:10

Sorry - cross posted - ignore that as you want 20th century, probably post-war names

Try Paul, Ian, Neil, Dean, Simon

Pamela, Deborah, Donna, Michelle, Sandra

AssassinatedBeauty · 08/12/2017 21:12

Alfred, Stanley, Albert, Arthur, Ernest.

Vera, Ivy, Maud, Peggy, Phyllis

Marv1nGay3 · 08/12/2017 21:22

Cyril, Cecil, Stanley, Arnold, Edwin, Aubrey
Doris, Ethel, Daphne, Agnes, Beryl, Bertha

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Melfish · 08/12/2017 21:26

Aethelflaed Sandra sounds quite good!

ScreamingValenta · 08/12/2017 21:27

Another vote for Aethelfryth Grin

LifeOfRiley63 · 08/12/2017 21:29

Love this thread!

OublietteBravo · 08/12/2017 21:33

I like Wilfred, Edwin, Ivo or Niall for a boy.

For a girl, maybe Judith, Caroline, Anne or Cecily.

SparklyUnicornTractors · 08/12/2017 21:35

I was loving the Anglo Saxon name lists! Three to four gens back:

Joan
Jean
Lucy
Elizabeth
Margaret
Anne
Sylvia

Jeremy
Malcolm
Donald
Richard
Arthur
Nicholas

RedHairing · 08/12/2017 21:36

Olive
Kenneth

ifigoup · 08/12/2017 21:37

Jessamine
Thomasina
Annis
Linnet
Edith

Roger
Jehan
Tobias
Toseland
Percival

expatinscotland · 08/12/2017 21:41

Osbert
Cedric
Baldrick
Aethelstan

Mildred
Hilda
Agnes
Edith
Ethel

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