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Help[Opinions] Funkyish, weird old English names
There is this group of names I don't really know how to describe (hence my oh-so-descriptive title) that I wouldn't actually use for anything, yet really appeal to me somehow... do you like any? Can you recommend any that are similar?
Elmo ("helmet")
Swithin ("strong")
Giles ("little goat", ha ha)
Ninian (unknown)
Seren / Steren ("star")
Nerys ("lady")
Martin (after the bird)
Fox ("fox")
Finn ("white, fair")
Sparrow ("sparrow")
Finnian ("little white one")
Maybe they could work into a band name or something... there is St. Elmo's Fire ; )
Elmo ("helmet")
Swithin ("strong")
Giles ("little goat", ha ha)
Ninian (unknown)
Seren / Steren ("star")
Nerys ("lady")
Martin (after the bird)
Fox ("fox")
Finn ("white, fair")
Sparrow ("sparrow")
Finnian ("little white one")
Maybe they could work into a band name or something... there is St. Elmo's Fire ; )
This message was edited 4/20/2008, 3:16 AM
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Out of your names, I like:
Giles
Seren
Martin
Finn
Finnian
Suggestions:
Acacia
Aldous
Algar
Alvar
Annis
Ansel
Baldric
Balfour
Barnaby
Betony
Brock
Casimir
Clive
Crispin
Demelza (this is a GP of mine)
Durward
Ebba
Edric
Elfreda
Elric
Esmond
Everard
Faron
Galen
Gareth
Godric
Greer
Griffin
Hazel
Horace
Jarvis
Jera
Jocosa
Jolyon
Juniper
Kestrel
Laird
Mansel
Margery
Marigold
Marlin
Mason
Mavis
Maynard
Mercia
Myron
Myrtle
Napier
Nigel
Ogden
Opal
Ormerod
Osmond
Giles
Seren
Martin
Finn
Finnian
Suggestions:
Acacia
Aldous
Algar
Alvar
Annis
Ansel
Baldric
Balfour
Barnaby
Betony
Brock
Casimir
Clive
Crispin
Demelza (this is a GP of mine)
Durward
Ebba
Edric
Elfreda
Elric
Esmond
Everard
Faron
Galen
Gareth
Godric
Greer
Griffin
Hazel
Horace
Jarvis
Jera
Jocosa
Jolyon
Juniper
Kestrel
Laird
Mansel
Margery
Marigold
Marlin
Mason
Mavis
Maynard
Mercia
Myron
Myrtle
Napier
Nigel
Ogden
Opal
Ormerod
Osmond
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I quite like Swithin, name of a famous English bishop and saint. Swithin was a character in John Galsworthy's "Forsyte Saga".
I know an Aldyth. It's apparently Anglo-Saxon though not in this data base.
There's an Aussie actress called Sigrid. I think it's Old English as well as Norse.
Examples of surnames from Old English personal names include Alvar (elf army) - Alvar Liddell was a famous English newsreader; Aylwin (noble friend), Darwin (dear friend); Gladwin (glad friend); Wilmer (will famous); Wyman (war protection).
I know an Aldyth. It's apparently Anglo-Saxon though not in this data base.
There's an Aussie actress called Sigrid. I think it's Old English as well as Norse.
Examples of surnames from Old English personal names include Alvar (elf army) - Alvar Liddell was a famous English newsreader; Aylwin (noble friend), Darwin (dear friend); Gladwin (glad friend); Wilmer (will famous); Wyman (war protection).
This message was edited 4/20/2008, 6:39 AM
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I love Seren and Finn.
I've been doing a course on Anglo-Saxon England and some I liked were
Eadwine (same as Edwin but my lecturer pronounced it ee-AD-win which I love) (m)
Aethelberht (Ethelbert (m)
Wilfrid (m)
Aelflaed / Elflaed (f)
Ermengild (f)
Leoba (f)
And also from my course on early Scotland...
Naiton (m)
Adomnan (m) ADOM-nan or if you're a true Gael, more like ATHOM-nan with a hard th.
Fergus (m)
Ailpin (m)
Lulach (m)
Colm (m)
Derilei (f)
Also how about
Nuala (f) NOO-la
Mavis (f)
(I also like the Scots word for Lark, laverock (LAV-rock) which might work as your band name but not a given name)
Rowan (m or f)
Gowan (it's the Scottish word for daisy)
Struan (m) (STROO-an) see user submitted names
Jolyon (m)
Like any?
I've been doing a course on Anglo-Saxon England and some I liked were
Eadwine (same as Edwin but my lecturer pronounced it ee-AD-win which I love) (m)
Aethelberht (Ethelbert (m)
Wilfrid (m)
Aelflaed / Elflaed (f)
Ermengild (f)
Leoba (f)
And also from my course on early Scotland...
Naiton (m)
Adomnan (m) ADOM-nan or if you're a true Gael, more like ATHOM-nan with a hard th.
Fergus (m)
Ailpin (m)
Lulach (m)
Colm (m)
Derilei (f)
Also how about
Nuala (f) NOO-la
Mavis (f)
(I also like the Scots word for Lark, laverock (LAV-rock) which might work as your band name but not a given name)
Rowan (m or f)
Gowan (it's the Scottish word for daisy)
Struan (m) (STROO-an) see user submitted names
Jolyon (m)
Like any?
This message was edited 4/20/2008, 9:52 AM
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Ooh, those are cool! I like Gowan, Rowan, and Eadwine best.
Sorry for the late reply...
Sorry for the late reply...
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