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...

[FriggFRIGG]

Hmm,I like Aldith...

[nellyjelly]

Alfred.
Egbert.
Alfreda
Cuthbert
Oswald
Oswin
Mildred
Stanford

[FriggFRIGG]

Ooooh lovely!

[StellaNova]

Aethelstan
Alfege
Matilda
Edith
Aetheric

[StellaNova]

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

[BoreOfWhabylon]

Frig?

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

[badtime]

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!)

[BlueChampagne]

Emma
Godiva
Hereward
Beowulf

[FairyArmadillo]

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

[Nivet]

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

More here

[OpheliasWeepingWillow]

Bede
Baldrick
Fenmore

[goralka]

Ethelburger

[Fifis25StottieCakes]

Ethne, some sites say English and others dont

[Fifis25StottieCakes]

crispin

[FireOverBabylon]

Edmund.

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

[MolotovCocktail]

Wilona.

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

I absolutely love it and think it's beautiful

[EldritchCleavage]

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

[FriggFRIGG]

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

[FriggFRIGG]

Ooooh love Jocelin/Joscelyne

[StellaNova]

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!

[mybootsaremuddy]

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

[FriggFRIGG]

Ooooh I love lots of those!

Adding

Alden
Blythe
Darwin
Emmett
Kip
Quinton
Rudyard

[FriggFRIGG]

Girls;

Aldith
Ethne
Meriel
Blythe
Alfreida
Mildred


Boys;

Ulric
Alban
Aetheric
Gaheris
Oswin
Alden
Darwin
Emmett
Kip
Quinton
Rudyard



Have I got those right?!

[FriggFRIGG]

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

[goralka]

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