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Re: Funkyish, weird old English names
I love Seren and Finn.
I've been doing a course on Anglo-Saxon England and some I liked wereEadwine (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?

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Ooh, those are cool! I like Gowan, Rowan, and Eadwine best.Sorry for the late reply...
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