idkwhoalt's Personal Name List

Æbbe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Abba,Ebba
Old English form of Ebba 2.
Ædric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Adric,Edric
Variant of Eadric.
Ælfflæd
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Elflad,Elfled
Old English name composed of the elements ælf "elf" and flæd, possibly meaning "beauty".
Ælfgar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2][3]
Personal remark: Elfgar,Elfger,Elgar
Old English form of Algar.
Ælfnoð
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Elfnod,Alfnod
Derived from the Old English element ælf "elf" combined with noð "boldness, daring".
Ælfræd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Alfred,Elfred,Alfrad
Old English form of Alfred.
Ælfric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Elfric,Elfrich,Alfric
Derived from the Old English elements ælf "elf" and ric "ruler, king" (making it a cognate of Alberich). This was the name of a 10th-century archbishop of Canterbury, sometimes considered a saint.
Ælfrun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Elfrun,Alfrun
Derived from the Old English elements ælf "elf" and run "secret, mystery". It is a cognate of the Old Norse name Alfrún.
Ælfþryð
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Elfrid,Alfrid,Eldrid
Old English form of Elfreda.
Ælfwig
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Elfwig,Alfwig,Elfwick
Derived from the Old English elements ælf "elf" and wig "war, battle".
Ælfwine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Elfwin,Elvin,Alfwin,Alvin
Derived from the Old English elements ælf "elf" and wine "friend". This name was not commonly used after the Norman Conquest.
Ælfwynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Elfwyn,Elfwin
Derived from the Old English elements ælf "elf" and wynn "joy". This name was borne by a daughter of Æðelflæd who ruled Mercia briefly in the 10th century.
Ælle
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: AL-leh(Old English)
Personal remark: Alle,Elle,Ell,All
Possibly derived from Old English æl- "all, complete". It was borne by several Anglo-Saxon kings, including the legendary first king of the South Saxons.
Æsc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Asc,Ash,Ask
Means "ash tree" in Old English. This was the nickname of a 5th-century king of Kent, whose birth name was Oeric.
Æscwulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Ascwolf,Ashwolf,Askwolf
Derived from the Old English elements æsc "ash tree" (poetically "spear" or "boat") and wulf "wolf".
Æðelfrið
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Adafrid,Adrid,Edafrid,Edrid
Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and friþ "peace". The name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest.
Æðelmær
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Adamar,Admar,Admer,Edmar
Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and mære "famous". A famous bearer was the 11th-century English monk Æðelmær of Malmesbury who attempted to fly with a gliding apparatus (breaking his legs in the process).
Æðelræd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Pronounced: A-dhehl-rehd(Old English) ATH-əl-rehd(English)
Personal remark: Adared,Adred,Edred
Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and ræd "counsel, advice". This was the name of two Saxon kings of England including Æðelræd II "the Unready" whose realm was overrun by the Danes in the early 11th century. The name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest.
Æþelræd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Pronounced: A-dhehl-rehd(Old English) ATH-əl-rehd(English)
Personal remark: Adared,Avared,Adred,Avred,Evred
Variant of Æðelræd.
Æðelric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Adaric,Adric,Edric,Alric,Elric
Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and ric "ruler, king". This was the name of several early Anglo-Saxon kings.
Æðelþryð
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Adafrid,Edafrid,Adavid,Alfrid,Elfrid
Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and þryþ "strength".
Æðelwulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Pronounced: A-dhehl-woolf
Personal remark: Adawolf,Edawolf,Alwolf,
Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and wulf "wolf" (making it a cognate of Adolf). This name was borne by a 9th-century king of Wessex.
Ailred
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman
Personal remark: Ailred,Alred
Variant of Ælred.
Alfled
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Alfled,Afled,Alved
Variant of Ælfflæd.
Ashwynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Modern)
Personal remark: Ashwyn,Ashwynn,Ashwin,Ashwinn
Modern form of the Old English name Æscwynn, formed of the elements æsc "ash tree" and wynn "joy, rapture, pleasure".
Bada
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Bada
Old English name probably derived from beadu meaning "battle".
Becca
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Becca,Becka
Means "pick-axe" in Old English. The surname Beckham derives from this name.
Beorhthun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Berthun,Borthun,Bertun,Berth
Derived from the Old English elements beorht "bright" and hun "bear cub". Compare Hunbeorht.
Beorhtric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Bertric,Bortric
Derived from the Old English elements beorht "bright" and ric "ruler, king".
Beornmund
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Bornmond,Bernmond
Derived from the Old English elements beorn "warrior, man" and mund "protection".
Beornræd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Bornred,Bernred,Bornrad,Bernrad
Derived from the Old English elements beorn "warrior, man" and ræd "counsel, advice".
Biscop
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Biscop
Means "bishop" in Old English. In Tom Holland's Dominion (p. 190 in chap. 7) he writes: 'Jarrow's founder, an Anglian lord named Biscop Baducing, ... name had been latinised, to Benedict ...'
Blæcstan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Blackstan,Bleckstan
Means "black stone" in Old English, from blæc "black" and stan 1 "stone".
Blæcwulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Blackwolf,Bleckwolf
Derived from Old English blæc "black" and wulf "wolf". This is the source of the place name Blakesley (see Blakesley).
Bosa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Bosa
Of unknown meaning.

Shows up in history as the name of a Saxon Earl, who gave his name to local towns.

Bryni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Bryni,Briny
Derived from Old English bryne "fire, flame, burning".
Byrhtferð
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Byrtferd,Birtferd,Brytferd,Britferd
Form of Byrhtferth. Byrhtferð (c. 970 – c. 1020) was an English priest and monk. He invented an older version of the alphabet in 1011.
Cadda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Cadda,Cada
Variant of Cedd or Ceadda.
Ceadda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Ceadda,Ceda,Cadda,Cedda
Old English form of Chad.
Cedd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical)
Personal remark: Cedd,Ced
Possibly related to Old Celtic katus "battle". St. Cedd of Lastingham was Bishop of Essex in the seventh century.
Cenric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Cenric,Cenrick,Cen
Derived from Old English cene "bold" and ric "ruler, king".
Ceol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: chehol(Old English) chey-ole(Old English)
Personal remark: Ceol,Col,Keol
Derived from the Old English element ceol "keel (of a ship)". Ceol (also known as Ceola or Ceolric) was King of Wessex from 592 to 597.
Ceola
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Ceola,Cola,Keola,Kola
Variant of Ceol.
Ceolric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Ceolric,Ceolrick,Coric,Corick
Derived from the Old English elements ceol "keel" and ric "power, rule".
Ceolwulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: CHEHOL-woolf(Old English)
Personal remark: Ceolwolf,Colwolf,Keolwolf
Derived from the Old English elements ceol "keel (of a ship)" and wulf "wolf".
Cerdic
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Cerdic,Cerdick
Earlier form of Cedric, possibly of Brythonic origin.
Cissa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, History
Personal remark: Cissa,Cisa,Ciss,Kiss
Meaning unknown. One source theorizes that the name might possibly be derived from Old English cisse meaning "gravelly place" or from Old English cís meaning "fastidious". Even Old Norse kyssa meaning "to kiss" was suggested by this source, but this seems unlikely, given that this name is Anglo-Saxon in origin.

Known bearers of this name include Cissa of Sussex (son of the 5th-century South Saxon king Ælle of Sussex) and the 8th-century saint Cissa of Crowland.

Cola
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Cola,Col,Kola
Old English byname meaning "charcoal", originally given to a person with dark features.
Cutheard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Cutherd,Cuthard,Cotherd,Cothard
Means "famously brave", derived from Old English cuþ "known, familiar" and heard "brave, hardy".

A known bearer of this name was the 10th-century bishop Cutheard of Lindisfarne.

Cuthmann
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Cuthman,Cuthmann
Variant of Cuthman
Cuthred
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, History
Personal remark: Cuthred,Cutherd
Means "famous counsel", derived from Old English cuþ "known, familiar" and ræd "counsel, advice".

Known bearers of this name include king Cuthred of Wessex (8th century AD) and king Cuthred of Kent (early 9th century AD).

Cwenþryð
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Cwenfrid,Cwenfrida,Cwenrida
From the Old English elements cwen "woman, wife" and þryþ "strength".
Cynefrið
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Cynfrid,Cinfrid,Cyndrid
Means "royal peace" from Old English cyne "royal" and friþ "peace".
Cynegyð
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Cyngid,Cingid,Cingyd
Derived from Old English cyne "royal" and guð "battle", making it a cognate of Cunigund. This name was borne by a wife of King Wihtred of Kent (c. 670-725) as well as a wife of King Coenwulf of Mercia (died 821).
Cynemær
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Cynmar,Cynmer,Cinmar,Cimmer
Derived from Old English cyne "royal" and mære "famous".
Cyneric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Cynric,Cynrick,Cinric
Derived from Old English cyne "royal" and ric "ruler, king".
Cyneswið
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Cynswid,Cinswid,Cynswith
From Old English cyne "royal" and swiþ "strong". Saint Cyneswide was a younger sister of Saint Cyneburga.
Cynric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Cynric,Cynrick,Cinric
Old English younger form of Cyneric and Ceneric.
Deorwine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Derwin,Dorwin
Derived from the Old English elements deore "dear" and wine "friend".
Deorwynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Derwyn,Derwynn,Dorwyn,Dorwynn
Derived from the Old English elements deore "dear" and wynn "joy".
Draca
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Draca,Draco,Drack
Old English byname (and, less frequently, given name) meaning "snake" or "dragon", derived from Latin draco "snake, monster" (see Draco), applied to someone with a fierce or fiery temperament.
Dudda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Dudda,Duda,Dudd,Dud
Old English byname possibly meaning "round".
Dunstan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: DUN-stən(English)
Personal remark: Dunstan,Dunnstan
From the Old English elements dunn "dark" and stan "stone". This name was borne by a 10th-century saint, the archbishop of Canterbury. It was occasionally used in the Middle Ages, though it died out after the 16th century. It was revived by the Tractarian movement in the 19th century.
Eada
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Eada,Ead
From Old English ead "wealth, fortune" or, by poetic extension, "prosperity, happiness".
Eadhun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: AD-khoon(Old English) AD-hoon(Old English)
Personal remark: Eadhun,Edhun,Adhun,Edun,Adun
Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and hun "bear cub". This name was borne by a 9th-century bishop of Winchester.
Eadmær
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: AAHD-mar(Old English)
Personal remark: Edmar,Edmer,Admer,Admar
Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and mære "famous". Cognate to Othmar.
Eadmund
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Pronounced: AD-moond
Personal remark: Edmond,Admond
Old English form of Edmund.
Eadræd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: AAHD-rad(Old English)
Personal remark: Edred,Adred,Dred,Drad
Means "rich counsel" from the Old English elements ead "wealth, prosperity, happiness" and ræd "advice, counsel, wisdom". It is a cognate of Otrad. This was the name of a 10th-century English king.
Eadric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Pronounced: AD-reek
Personal remark: Eadric,Eadrick,Edric,Adric
Old English form of Edric.
Eadwald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Edwald,Adwald
Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and weald "powerful, mighty". This was the name of an 8th-century king of East Anglia.
Eadwig
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Eadwig,Edwig,Adwig,Edwick,Adwick
Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and wig "war". This was the name of a Saxon king of England in the 10th century. The name fell out of use after the Norman Conquest.
Eadwine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Edwin,Adwin
Old English form of Edwin.
Eadwulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Pronounced: AD-woolf
Personal remark: Edwolf,Adwolf
Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and wulf "wolf". This name fell out of use after the Norman Conquest.
Ealdgyð
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Eldgid,Eldig,Aldgid,Aldig
Derived from the Old English elements eald "old" and guð "battle" (a cognate of Old German Aldegund).
Ealhswiþ
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Elswith,Alswith,Elswid,Alswid
Derived from the Old English element ealh "temple" combined with swiþ "strong". This was the name of the 9th-century wife of Alfred the Great.
Eardwulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Erdwolf,Ardwolf
Derived from the Old English element eard "land" combined with wulf "wolf".
Eastorhild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Personal remark: Estorhild,Astorhild,Asterhild,Esterhild
Possible Old English cognate of Austrahild, allegedly derived from the name of the fertility goddess Eostre (also compare Ostara) combined with Old English hild "battle".
Ecgberht
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Ecbert,Egbert
Old English form of Egbert.
Edmer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Personal remark: Edmer
Variant of Eadmær. The English historian Edmer or Eadmer (c. 1060-c. 1126) was a friend, disciple and biographer of Saint Anselm of Canterbury.
Engelgyð
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Personal remark: Engel,Engle,Engyd
Possible Old English name formed of the Germanic element angil, from the name of the Germanic tribe of the Angles, and Old English guð "battle". This is a hypothetical early form of a name recorded in 1198 in the spelling Engelieth.
Friðuric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: FREE-thoo-reek(Old English) FREE-dhoo-reek(Old English)
Personal remark: Friduric,Fridurick,Friderick
Old English cognate of Friduric.
Friðuswiþ
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Friduswith,Fridswith,Fridus
Old English form of Frideswide.
Froda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Froda,Frod
Old English cognate of Fróði.
Godiva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Pronounced: gə-DIE-və(English)
Personal remark: Godiva,Godeva
Latinized form of the Old English name Godgifu meaning "gift of god", from the elements god and giefu "gift". Lady Godiva was an 11th-century English noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry to protest the high taxes imposed by her husband upon the townspeople.
Godric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Pronounced: GAHD-rik(English)
Personal remark: Godric,Godrick,Godick
Means "god's ruler", derived from Old English god combined with ric "ruler, king". This name died out a few centuries after the Norman Conquest.
Godwine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Godwin
Means "friend of god", derived from Old English god combined with wine "friend". This was the name of the powerful 11th-century Earl of Wessex, the father of King Harold II of England.
Golda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English, Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Golda,Gold
Both an Old English byname derived from gold "gold" and a short form of various compound names beginning with the Old English element gold, such as Goldstan or Goldwine. This name persisted into the Middle Ages.
Golding
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English, Anglo-Saxon, Romani (Archaic)
Personal remark: Golding,Gold
Late Old English personal name meaning "son of Golda" or "son of Golde", derived from Golda (or the feminine form Golde) and the Old English patronymic suffix -ing.
Goldiva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Medieval English
Personal remark: Goldiva,Goldeva
Latinized form of *Goldgifu, an unrecorded Old English name meaning "gold gift" from the elements gold and giefu "gift".
Grim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, Old Danish, Old Swedish, Swedish, Norwegian
Personal remark: Grim
Medieval form of Grímr meaning "mask, helmet", which remained popular in Anglo-Scandinavian areas well into the 12th century. This was used as another name for the Norse god Odin. Alternatively, as an Old Danish and Old Swedish name derived from Old Norse grimmr "cruel, grim", often used as a part of a name such as Tyrgrim or Grimulf.
Guthlac
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Guthlac,Gudlac,Guvlac
Old English cognate of Guðleikr. This was the name of a popular Christian saint, Guthlac of Crowland (674-715), a Mercian hermit and wonderworker.
Heard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Heard,Herd
Short form of various Old English names containing the element heard meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
Hereca
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Hereca,Hereka
Herefrið
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: KHEH-reh-freeth(Old English) HEH-reh-freeth(Old English)
Personal remark: Harfrid,Herfrid
Derived from the Old English elements here "army" and friþ "peace".
Hersent
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French, Medieval English
Personal remark: Hersent,Heresenth
Old French form of a Germanic name derived from the elements heri meaning "host, army" and Old Saxon swith, Gothic swinþs meaning "strong".
Hilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Spanish, Hungarian, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Germanic [1]
Pronounced: HIL-də(English) HIL-da(German, Dutch) EEL-da(Spanish) HEEL-daw(Hungarian)
Personal remark: Hilda,Hild
Originally a short form of names containing the Old Frankish element hildi, Old High German hilt, Old English hild meaning "battle" (Proto-Germanic *hildiz). The short form was used for both Old English and continental Germanic names. Saint Hilda (or Hild) of Whitby was a 7th-century English saint and abbess. The name became rare in England during the later Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century.
Hildræd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Hildred,Hildrad
Older form of Hildred.
Hroðulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Rodulf,Rudolf,Rudalf,Rodalf,Hodulf
From Old English hroð "fame, glory" and wulf "wolf", making it a cognate of Hrodulf (see Rudolf). This name appears in Beowulf belonging to the nephew of Hroðgar.
Hrothulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Rothulf,Rutholf,Rudolf,Ruthalf,Rothalf
Variant of Hroðulf.
Icel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Icel,Isel,Ickel,Icle
Icel of Mercia was a 6th-century Anglish king in Britain.
Ingeld
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Pronounced: EEN-geld(Old English) EENG-geld(Old English)
Personal remark: Ingeld,Ingold
Possibly derived from the Old English intensive prefix in- and geld "payment, tribute" (from geldą). This was the name of a legendary prince of the Heathobards who appears in Anglo-Saxon tales, including the 8th-century epic poem Beowulf.
Leodmær
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Ledmar,Lodmar
Derived from the Old English elements lēod "man" and mære "famous".
Leofcwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: LeoCwen,Lecwen,Locwen
Derived from the Old English elements leof "dear, beloved" and cwen "woman, wife; queen".
Leofe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Leof
Derived from Old English leof meaning "dear, beloved". It is a feminine equivalent of Leofa.
Leofric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Leofric,Lerick,Lorick
Derived from the Old English element leof "dear, beloved" combined with ric "ruler, king".
Leofrun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: LEHOF-roon(Old English) LEHOV-roon(Old English)
Personal remark: Leofrun,Leorun,Lerun,Lorun
From the Old English elements leof "dear, beloved" and run "secret, mystery".
Leofstan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Leofstan,Leostan,Lestan,Lostan
Derived from the Old English element leof "dear, beloved" combined with stan "stone".
Leviva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Personal remark: Leviva,LeViva,Levida,LeVida
Latinized form of Leofgifu.
Mærhild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse (?)
Pronounced: MAR-kheeld(Old English)
Personal remark: Marhild,Marhid,Merhild,Merhid
It either means "famous battle" or "maid's battle". This is because the first syllable either comes from the Anglo-Saxon element mære meaning "famous", or it comes from the Ancient Scandinavian element mær meaning "maid"; it's more likely that this name means "famous battle", for there is another Ancient Scandinavian element that this name could derive from that also means "famous" (mærr). The second element undisputedly comes from the name element hild, which means "battle".
Mærwine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Marwin,Merwin
Derived from the Old English elements mære "famous" and wine "friend".
Merwenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Merwenna,Merwyna,Merwyn
Modern form of Merewyn.
Mildgyð
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Milgyd,Mild,Myld
Old English name derived from the elements milde "gentle" and guð "battle". This was the name of a 7th-century saint, the sister of Saint Mildred.
Mildþryð
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Mildrid,Milfrid
Old English form of Mildred.
Mūl
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: mool(Old English)
Personal remark: Mul,Mule
It's been postulated that it derives from the Latin mulus meaning "mule", a word which is known to have entered the Old English vocabulary; presumably, it was a nickname that became habitual.

Mūl was an Anglo-Saxon ruler of the Kingdom of Kent in England.

Nothelm
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: NOTH-khelm(Old English) NOTH-helm(Old English)
Personal remark: Nothelm,Nothem
Probably derived from Old English noð "boldness, daring" and helm "helmet, protection".
Oeric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Germanized)
Personal remark: Oeric,Oric,Orick
Probably derived from Old English os "god". This was the given name of a 5th-century king of Kent, more commonly known as Oisc (see Æsc). He ruled for twenty-four years, from 488 to 516 AD. He may have been the son or the grandson of Hengest, who led the initial Anglo-Saxon conquest and settlement of Kent.

According to Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Oisc's given name was Orric. Bede indicates that he was the son of Hengest and travelled to Britain with him, with the permission of the British king Vortigern. He was the father of Octa, who succeeded him. His descendants called themselves 'Oiscingas' after him.

Offa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Pronounced: O-fə(English)
Personal remark: Offa,Olfa
Old English name of uncertain meaning; possibly derived from the Germanic stem *ub‑ meaning "malevolent, unfriendly" (compare Old Norse Ubbi), or possibly a diminutive of names such as Osfrith or of names containing the Old English element wulf "wolf". A famous bearer was King Offa of Mercia (8th century).
Ordric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: ORD-reek(Old English)
Personal remark: Ordric,Ordrick
Derived from the Old English elements ord "point (of a weapon)" (compare Old German ort) and ric "ruler, king". Ordric was a monk at Abingdon who was elected Abbot of Abingdon in 1052 AD and died in 1066.
Osbald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Osbald
Derived from Old English os "god" and beald "bold, brave". This name was borne by an 8th-century king of Northumbria.
Osbeorht
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Osbert,Osbort
Old English form of Osbert.
Osbeorn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Osbern,Osborn
Old English form of Osborn.
Osgar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Osgar
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and gar "spear". It is a cognate of Ansgar.
Oslac
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Oslac,Oslack,Osac,Osack
Derived from Old English os "god" and lac "play, sport; offering, sacrifice" (from laikaz). Cognate to Old Norse Áslæikr.
Osmær
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Osmar,Osmer
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and mære "famous", making it a cognate to Ansmar.
Osmar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, English (Rare), German (Rare), Estonian (Archaic)
Personal remark: Osmar
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a variant of Ansmar and a variant of Osmær. The name was brought to modern-day Germany around 800 AD by English missionaries.
Osmund
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Osmund,Osmond
Old English form of Osmond.
Oswig
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Oswig,Oswick
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and wig "war, battle".
Oswine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Oswin,Oswen
Old English form of Oswin.
Pæga
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Paga,Pega,Peaga
Old English name of unknown meaning.
Penda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History, Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Penda
Old English name of unknown origin. Penda was a 7th-century king of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the English Midlands.
Peotla
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Peotla,Peot
Anglo-Saxon monothematic name. See Pelham.
Pœcc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Pock,Peck,Pox,Pex
Meaning unknown. The surname (and later given name) Paxton derives from this name.
Pœga
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Poga,Pega
Old English name of unknown meaning. It relates to the name Peyton.
Radford
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAD-fərd
Personal remark: Radford
Transferred use of the surname Radford.
Rædgyð
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Regid,Ragid
Old English cognate of Radgund.
Rædwald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: RAD-wahld(Old English)
Personal remark: Redwald,Radwald
Derived from the Old English elements ræd "counsel" and weald "rule". It was borne by a king of East Anglia.
Rícmæg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Ricmag,Ricmeg,Richag
Uncertain meaning. The first element may be from Old English rice "power, rule", and the second may be from mægden "maiden" or from mæg meaning "kinsman, relative" or "power, might" from Old Germanic mageną (compare Isemay, Sedemai, Idmæg). It occurs in medieval documents as Richemaya.
Sæfaru
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Personal remark: Safaru,Saferu
Derived from the Old English elements "sea, ocean" and faru "journey", making it an Old English cognate of Sǽfari.
Sæhild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Sahild,Sahid
Derived from the Old English elements "sea, lake" and hild "battle".
Sǣþrȳð
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Sadrid,Sedrid,Safrid
Derived from Old English "sea" and þryþ "strength, power, force".
Sæwine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Sawin,Sewin
Derived from the Old English elements "sea" and wine "friend".
Sæwulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: SA-woolf(Old English)
Personal remark: Sawolf,Sewold,Seawolf
Derived from the Old English elements "sea" and wulf "wolf".
Sæwynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Sawyn,Sawynn,Sawin
Derived from Old English "sea" and wynn "joy, delight".
Swiðhun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Swidon,Swithon,Swiden
Old English form of Swithin.
Tostig
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: TAHSTIG(Old English)
Personal remark: Tostig
Taken from Tostig Godwinson (1029-1066)
Uhtræd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Utred,Utread,Utrad
Derived from the Old English elements uhta "pre-dawn" and ræd "counsel".
Uhtric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Personal remark: Utric,Utrick
Derived from the Old English elements uhta "pre-dawn" and ric "ruler, king" [1].
Wærmund
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Warmond,Wermond
From Old English wær "aware, cautious" and mund "protection", making it a (partial) cognate of Veremund. This was the name of a legendary ancestor of the Mercians according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle [3].
Wassa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Wassa,Wadsa,Wadsick
Meaning uncertain. It may be a short form of a longer name such as Wāðsige, composed of the elements wāð "hunt" and sige "victory".
Watt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, Medieval English
Personal remark: Watt
Meaning uncertain. Possibly related to Old English hwatu "omen, divination", itself derived from Old Germanic *hwatō "incitement, motivation", or to wadan "to go, advance, travel". Watt or Wattus was a king in present-day Sussex in southern England, who ruled possibly around 692 to 700 CE.

Unrelated, this was also a variant of Wat, used as a medieval short form of Walter.

Wemba
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Rare)
Personal remark: Wemba,Wamba
Byname derived from Old English wamb meaning "belly".
Wifrun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Wifrun
Derived from the Old English elements wif "woman, wife" and run "whisper, secret, runic letter".
Wigberht
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1], Germanic [2]
Personal remark: Wigbert,Wickbert
Derived from the Old English elements wig "battle" and beorht "bright". This is also a continental Germanic equivalent, derived from the Old German elements wig and beraht. The name was borne by an 8th-century English saint who did missionary work in Frisia and Germany.
Wiglaf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, German (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: weeg-laf(Old English) WEEY-lahf(Old English) VEEG-laf(German)
Personal remark: Wiglaf,Wicklaf,Wiglav,Wicklav
From Old English wig "battle, war" and laf "remains, remainder" (see laibō).

In the epic poem Beowulf, Wiglaf son of Weohstan (weoh, with guttural H, is a variant pronunciation of wig) is a loyal thane and distant relative who succeeds Beowulf as king of the Geats.

Wiglaf was also the name of a king of Mercia in the early 9th Century. His son was Wigmund, and his grandson Wigstan.

A modern bearer of the name is the German satirist Wiglaf Droste.

Wigmund
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Wigmond,Wickmond
Old English form of Wymond.
Wigstan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Wigstan,Wickstan
Old English form of Wystan.
Wilburg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Wilburg,Willburg
Derived from the Old English elements willa "will, desire" and burg "fortress".
Wilburh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Wilbur,Wilburg,Willbur,Wilber
Variant of Wilburg.
Wilfrið
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Wilfrid,Willfrid
Old English form of Wilfred.
Wilmǣr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: Wilmar,Wilmer,Willmar,Willmer
From the Old English elements willa "will, desire" and mære "famous".
Wine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Wine,Win
Derived from Old English wine "friend".
Wintra
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic), Anglo-Saxon, African American, English
Personal remark: Wintra,Winter
Old English byname meaning "winter", originally given to a person with a frosty or gloomy temperament.
May also be used as an elaboration if Winter.
Wiro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical), Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: WEE-ro(Dutch)
Personal remark: Wiro,Wero
Meaning uncertain. According to one Dutch source, the name might possibly be related to the Old English verb werian meaning "to defend, to protect". Also compare Old English wer meaning "man, husband" as well as "hero, warrior".

This name was most notably borne by saint Wiro of Roermond (8th century AD), who was also known as Wera or Wiro of Utrecht. He was an Anglo-Saxon (though some say Irish) missionary who preached in what is now the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.

Wudlac
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Wudlac,Wudlack,Woodlac,Woodlack
Derived from the Old English elements wudu "wood" and lac "play, sport; gift, offering" (from laikaz).
Wuffa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: WOOF-fah(Old English)
Personal remark: Wuffa,Uffa,Wuff
Diminutive form of the Old English name element wulf "wolf". This was the name of an early king of East Anglia, as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon genealogies.
Wulfmær
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Wolfmar,Wolfmer
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and mære "famous".
Wulfnoð
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Wolfnod
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and noð "boldness, daring" [3]. This name became rare after the Norman Conquest.
Wulfric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Wolfric,Wolfrick
Old English name meaning "wolf ruler", from the elements wulf "wolf" and ric "ruler, king".
Wulfrun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Wolfrun,Wolfren
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and run "secret lore, rune". This was the name of a 10th-century English noblewoman who founded the city of Wolverhampton.
Wulfstan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Pronounced: WOOLF-stahn
Personal remark: Wolfstan
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and stan "stone".
Wulfwynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Wolfwyn,Wolfwynn,Wolfwin,Wolfwinn
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and wynn "joy".
Wynnflæd
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: Wynfled,Wynnfled,Winfled,Winnfled
Derived from the Old English elements wynn "joy" and flæd, possibly meaning "beauty".
Wynniva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Personal remark: Wynniva,Winniva,Winiva
Latinized form of the Old English name Wynngifu.
Ymar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: Ymar,Ymer,Imar,Imer
Possibly an Old English name in which the second element is mære "famous". Saint Ymar was a 9th-century Benedictine monk at Reculver Abbey in Kent, England, who was killed by marauding Danes. Alternatively, may be a relation to Ímar.
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