Æthelflæd

Gender Feminine
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1][2]

Meaning & History

Variant of Æðelflæd.

Related Names

Rootsæðele + flæd
Other Languages & CulturesElfleda(English) Ethelfleda(Medieval English)
Same SpellingÆðelflæd

Categories

beauty, history, medieval, nobility, princesses, queens, queens regnant, royalty, women's history

Sources & References

  1. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
  2. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 34.
Entry updated February 4, 2020