English names

When did traditional English first names take the form they have now? Were names like Matthew, Sarah, Albert, Ruth the same as now in the year 1000AD? Or earlier than that? Or not till the St James Bible? Thank you.
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English names  ·  Carolyn Deverson  ·  5/3/2001, 4:13 AM
Carolyn Deverson : convey "re-do" snarl! (n/t)  ·  Pavlos  ·  5/3/2001, 7:50 AM
....Novel 'n' scary re-do (n/t)  ·  Pavlos  ·  5/3/2001, 7:53 AM
The Anagram Oracle hath spoken! :) n/t  ·  Nanaea  ·  5/3/2001, 4:56 PM