Anglish Given Names

The following are English given names which spring from Anglo-Saxon, or Old English. They have not been greatly shaped or otherwise lost thanks to the Danish onslaughts and French overthrow of England.

While there are many living names, like ‘Edward’, many more names have been from their dead matches, like ‘Willem’, which was killed off by its Norman match ‘Williaume’ (‘Guilliaume’'), and many other names, like ‘Ordgar’, which were lost under the Norman yoke.

There are also many church and book names, which have been built with inborn shapes from attested or hypothetical Old English borrowings to sidestep the Norman-swayed shapes they have in English, like ‘Thedder’ instead of ‘Theodore’, and ‘Yesow’ instead of ‘Jesus’. See More Anglish Given Names for more.

The Names
The names are shown in both their mainstream English spelling and their Anglish Spelling. The Anglish spellings are only that — spellings. So, if you are wondering how to say a word or name in its Anglish Spelling, you can look beside it to its English spelling. Learn more with The Anglish Alphabet leaf on The Anglish Wiki.

See the Make Your Own Name deal on this leaf for the meanings of the naming words.

Living: A name that is found within the time of New English, whether having been in unbroken use (such as ‘Edward’), or having been quickened by others in a New English shape, as many were, in the 18th and 19th centuries. (Such as ‘Ethel’.) Lastname: A name that is found as a living name but which has not been in unbroken use as a given name since Old English times. It might be from an Old English name that only lived on as a lastname (such as ‘Alfrich’), or from a word or name that was not a given name in Old English (such as ‘Stanley’). Quickened: A name that is found as an Old English name but which does not have a known shape in New English. Brought back to life (quickened) and shaped by the writers of this leaf (mostly Wordwork) by its likeness to living, New English names and words. (Such as ‘Wolfrich’, from OE ‘Ƿulfriċ’, by likeness to the New English words ‘wolf’, ‘rich’, and known, living names, such as ‘Wolfroun’ and ‘Aldrich’.) Frozen: A name that, by way of a ‘learned borrowing’, often by a well-known writer, has a spelling that's frozen in time from Old English, while being used in New English. (Such as: ‘Beowulf’, which may otherwise have come to us as ‘Beewolf’ if it were still borne in unbroken use.) Unfounded: A name that has kin in other Germanic tongues but which is not found in Old English.

English	Anglish	Kind	Whence	Forebear	Foreword	Afterword	Background Acbald	Acbald	♂	Quickened	Ācbeald	āc	beald Acfrith	Acfriþ	♂	Quickened	Ācfriþ	āc	friþ	While found as the name of a Woodland in Wiltshire, that name is likely instead from OE ‘Ācfryhþ’ meaning: oak-firth (oak-woods). Ackerley	Ackerley	♂	Lastname	-	acer	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Acerlēah’ meaning: acre-lea (ploughed-field). Ackoun	Ackune	♂	Quickened	Āchūn	āc	hūn Acmer	Acmer	♂	Quickened	Ācmǣr	āc	mǣr Acstan	Acstan	♂	Quickened	Ācstān	āc	stān Acton	Actun	♂	Lastname	-	āc	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Āctūn’, meaning: oak-town. Acwolf	Acƿolf	♂	Quickened	Ācƿulf	āc	ƿulf Addis	Addis	♂	Quickened	Ādhyse	ād	hyse	Not tied to the Hebrew name ‘Addis’, which is instead a shape of ‘Adam’. Ailith	Ailiþ	♀	Living	Æþelgȳþ	æġel	gȳþ Aimbald	Aimbald	♂	Quickened	Ǣġenbeald	ǣġen	beald Ainard	Ainard	♂	Quickened	Ǣġenheard	ǣġen	heard Aingar	Aingar	♂	Quickened	Ǣġengār	ǣġen	gār Ainild	Ainild	♀	Living	Ǣġenhild	ǣġen	hild Ainmer	Ainmer	♂	Quickened	Ǣġenmǣr	ǣġen	mǣr Ainnar	Ainnar	♂	Quickened	Ǣġenhere	ǣġen	here Ainsley	Ainsley	⚥	Lastname	-	ǣġen, ān	setl + lēah	Also found as: Ansley. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-names ‘Ǣġenlēah’ or ‘Ānsetllēah’. Ainsworth	Ainsƿorþ	♂	Lastname	-	ǣġen	ƿorþ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ǣġenƿorþ’, meaning: own/lonely-stead. Ainwolf	Ainƿolf	♂	Quickened	Ǣġenƿulf	ǣġen	ƿulf Albald	Albald	♂	Quickened	Ealdbeald	eald	beald Albeard	Albeard	♂	Quickened	Ealdabeard	eald	beard	From an Old English nickname meaning: old-beard. Albert	Albert	♂	Quickened	Ealdbeorht	eald	beorht	Not tied to the Norman name ‘Albert’; for that, see: Ethelbert. Albury	Albury	♀	Quickened	Ealdburg	eald	burg Alchard	Alceard	♂	Quickened	Ealhheard	ealh	heard Alchelm	Alcelm	♂	Quickened	Ealhhelm	ealh	helm Alcher	Alcer	♂	Living	Ealhhere	ealh	here Alchurl	Alcerl	♂	Quickened	Ealdċeorl	eald	ċeorl Aldar	Aldar	♂	Quickened	Ealdhere	eald	here Aldath	Aldaþ	♂	Quickened	Ealdhǣþ	eald	hǣþ Aldelm	Adelm	♂	Quickened	Ealdhelm	eald	helm	Borne by the hallow, and in the 1818 tale written of him by Ripley. Aldith	Aldiþ	♀	Quickened	Ealdgȳþ	eald	gȳþ Aldman	Aldman	♂	Quickened	Ealdmann	eald	mann	Also found as the lastname ‘Oldman’. Aldoun	Aldune	♂	Quickened	Ealdhūn	eald	hūn Aldred	Aldred	♂	Living	Ealdrǣd	eald	rǣd Aldrich	Aldric	♂	Lastname	Ealdrīċ	eald	rīċ	Also found as the lastname, ‘Aldridge’. Kin with the Latin name ‘Alaricus’, which was borrowed from Proto-Germanic. Aldrin	Aldrin	♂	Lastname	-	alor	-	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Aloren’, meaning: alder-tree. Borne by the American astronaut and second man to ever walk on the moon, Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin (born 1930). Aldsey	Aldsey	♂	Quickened	Ealdsiġe	eald	siġe Aldswith	Aldsƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Ealdsƿīþ	eald	sƿīþ Aldway	Aldƿay	♂	Quickened	Ealdƿīġ	eald	ƿīġ Aldwel	Aldƿel	♂	Quickened	Ealdƿealh	eald	ƿealh Aldwin	Aldƿin	♂	Lastname	Ealdƿine	eald	ƿine	Also found as the lastname, ‘Alden’. Aldwolf	Aldƿolf	♂	Quickened	Ealdƿulf	eald	ƿulf	Borne by one of the forebears of the Wuffings, the kings of, son of Ethelrich, father of Alvald (Ælfƿeald), and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Alf	Alf	♂	Living	Alf	ælf	-	A shortening of ‘Alfred’. Alfbert	Alfbert	♂	Quickened	Alfbeorht	ælf	beorht Alfgood	Alfgood	♀	Quickened	Ælfgōd	ælf	gōd Alfie	Alffy	♂	Living	Alfa	ælf	-	A shortening of ‘Alfred’. Alfled	Alfled	♀	Living	Ælfflǣd	ælf	flǣd Alfmer	Alfmer	♂	Quickened	Ælfmǣr	ælf	mǣr Alfnoth	Alfnoþ	♂	Quickened	Ælfnōþ	ælf	nōþ Alfred	Alfred	♂	Living	Ælfrǣd	ælf	rǣd	Spread by ‘Alfred the Great’ (849—889), king of Wessex, who freed the English from the Danish onslaught of England. Under Norman French lordship, the name was spoken in a way that yielded the name ‘Avery’. Alfrich	Alfric	♂	Lastname	Ælfrīċ	ælf	rīċ	Aldridge is another offshoot, which has been blended with Ethelrich (from OE Æþelrīċ) and Aldrich (from OE Ealdlrīċ). Borne by many, such as the great writer and holyman of Eynsham (955—1010), and also by the Hallow of Abingdon (d. 1005). Kin with the Norman name ‘Aubrey’. Alfrith	Alfriþ	♂	Quickened	Ælfrīþ, Ealdfriþ	ælf , eald	friþ Alfswith	Alfsƿiþ	⚥	Living	Ælfsƿīþ	ælf	sƿīþ Alger	Alger	♂	Living	Ælfgār, Ealdgār	ælf , eald	gār	Like many names that sweltered with the Norman overthrow, this Old English name was brought back in the 1800s. Not tied to the land of Algeria. Alkbert	Alkbert	♂	Quickened	Ealhbeorht	ealh	beorht Alkbury	Alkbury	♀	Quickened	Ealhburg	ealh	burg Alkmund	Alkmund	♂	Living	Ealhmund	ealh	mūnd	Borne by a 700s Hallow of Derby and, and a 700s Hallow of Hexham, Northumberland. Alkoun	Alkune	♂	Quickened	Ealhhūn	ealh	hūn Alkred	Alkred	♂	Quickened	Ealhrǣd	ealh	rǣd Alkrich	Alkric	♂	Quickened	Ealhrīċ	ealh	rīċ Alkswith	Alksƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Ealhsƿīþ	ealh	sƿīþ	Borne by the wife of Alfred the Great. Not tied to the Hebrew name ‘Elizabeth’. Alkward	Alkƿard	♂	Quickened	Ealhƿeard	ealh	ƿeard	Not tied to the Anglo-Norse word ‘awkward’. Alkwer	Alkƿer	♀	Quickened	Ealhƿaru	ealh	ƿaru Alkwin	Alkƿin	♂	Quickened	Ealhƿine	ealh	ƿine	Borne by the great writer, teacher and Hallow of York (735—804), after whom Alcuin College was named. The Latin spelling is ‘Alcuin’, or ‘Alcuinus’. See also: Alwin. Alleaf	Alleaf	♂	Quickened	Ælflēof	ælf	lēof Alrich	Alric	♂	Quickened	Ælriċ	æl	rīċ	Kin with the Norman name ‘Alaric’. Alsey	Alsey	♂	Quickened	Ælfsiġe	ælf	siġe Alston	Alstan	♂	Lastname	Ælfstān, Æþelstān , Ealdstān , Ealstān	ælf , æþel , eald , ealh	stān	Living name from the English Lastname ‘Alston,’ which could come from sundry OE forenames, such as ‘Ælfstān’ (elf-stone), ‘Æþelstān’ (atheling-stone), ‘Ealdstān’ (old-stone) or ‘Ealstān’ (holy-stone). Althane	Aldþane	♂	Quickened	Ealdþeġn	eald	þeġn Althrith	Alþriþ	♀	Quickened	Ælfþrȳþ, Ealdþrȳþ , Ealhþrȳþ	ælf, eald, ealh	þrȳþ	Names that would have blended together over time, owed to their likeness when spoken. Can also be spelled: Elthrith (Anglish Spelling: Elþriþ). Alton	Altun	♂	Lastname	Ealdtūn	eald	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ealdtūn’, meaning: old-town. Alvald	Alfald	♂	Quickened	Ælfƿeald	ælf	ƿeald	Borne by one of the Wuffings, the kings of in the 700s, son of Ethelrich, father of Alvald (Ælfƿeald), and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Also borne by a 700s King of Sussex, and by 700s and 800s kings of. Alvar	Alfar	♂	Living	Ælfhere	ælf	here Alvard	Alfard	♂	Quickened	Ælfġeard, Ælfheard , Ælfƿeard	ælf	ġeard , heard , ƿeard	A blend of a few Old English names that would likely have blended into one another over time. Alvat	Alfat	♂	Quickened	Ælfġēat	ælf	ġēat Alvelm	Alfelm	♂	Quickened	Ælfhelm	ælf	helm Alver	Alfer	♀	Quickened	Ælfƿaru	ælf	ƿaru	Also found as ‘Alvara’ in the English lastname. Alvey	Alfey	♂	Quickened	Ælfhēah	ælf	hēah Alvey	Alfey	♂	Lastname	Ælfƿīġ	ælf	ƿīġ	Sweltered as a living name, but lives on as a lastname. Alvild	Alfild	♀	Quickened	Ælfhild	ælf	hild Alvin	Alfin	⚥	Living	Ælfƿine, Ælfƿynn	ælf	ƿine, ƿynn	Borne by a widely-known cartoon chipmunk in America in the 1960s. While not known as a woman’s name today, it could be once more. The shade sweltered and became ‘Alvina’ in English, with the Latinate -a ending. Alving	Alfing	⚥	Quickened	Ælfing	ælf	ing Alvith	Alfiþ	♀	Quickened	Ælfgȳþ	ælf	gȳþ Alvive	Alfife	♀	Quickened	Ælfġifu	ælf	ġifu	Shortened in some Lastnames as ‘Alvey’. Alvolf	Alfolf	♂	Quickened	Ælfƿulf	ælf	ƿulf Alvoun	Alfune	♂	Quickened	Ælfhūn	ælf	hūn Alwald	Aldƿald	♂	Quickened	Ealdƿeald	eald	ƿeald Alwin	Alƿin	♂	Lastname	Ealhƿine	ealh	ƿine	Alwin has been shaped by a blending together of likewise names, such as ‘Alden’ (from OE Ealdƿine), ‘Alvin’ (from OE Ælfƿine), and ‘Athelwin’ (from OE Æþelƿine). Borne by the great writer, teacher and Hallow of York (735—804), after whom Alcuin College was named. See also: Alkwin. Amalbald	Amalbald	♂	Quickened	Amalbeald	amal	beald Amalbert	Amalbert	♂	Quickened	Amalbeorht	amal	beorht Amalfrith	Amalfriþ	♂	Quickened	Amalfriþ	amal	friþ Amalgar	Amalgar	♂	Quickened	Amalgār	amal	gār Amallar	Amallar	♂	Quickened	Amalhere	amal	here Amallard	Amallard	♂	Quickened	Amalheard	amal	heard Amalrich	Amalric	♂	Quickened	Amalrīċ	amal	rīċ Amalthrith	Amalþriþ	♀	Quickened	Amalþrȳþ	amal	þrȳþ Ambald	Ambald	♂	Quickened	Andbeald	and	beald Ambert	Ambert	♂	Quickened	Anbeorht, Andbeorht	an , and	beorht	Not tied to the Norman name ‘Amber’. Anand	Anand	♂	Quickened	Anand	an	and	Not tied to the Hindi name ‘Anand’, which is instead from Sanskrit ‘Ānanda’. Ancoal	Ancoal	♂	Quickened	Andcōl	and	cōl Anderbert	Anderbert	♂	Quickened	Anderbeorht	ander	beorht Anderbode	Anderbode	♂	Quickened	Anderboda	ander	bod Anfrith	Anfriþ	♂	Quickened	Andfriþ	and	friþ Anlof	Anloff	♂	Quickened	Anlāf	an	lāf	Kin with the Norse name, ‘Olaf’. Made of withersome words: ‘an’ and ’lof’, meaning: ‘forebear-afterbear’. Anmer	Anmer	♂	Quickened	Andemar	and	mǣr Annar	Annar	♂	Quickened	Andhere	and	here Announ	Annune	♂	Quickened	Andhūn	and	hūn Anrich	Anric	♂	Unfounded	*Ānrīċ	ān	rīċ	Not found in OE. Would be kin with ‘Eric’, which comes from the Norse name ‘Erik’. Also kin with the Latin name ‘Ericus’, which was borrowed from Proto-Germanic. Anshoe	Anscoe	♂	Quickened	Andṡċoh	and	ṡċoh Anwolf	Anƿolf	♂	Quickened	Andƿulf	and	ƿulf Anyembert	Angembert	♂	Quickened	Anġenbeorht	anġen	beorht Anyenlof	Angenloff	♂	Quickened	Anġenlāf	anġen	lāf Anyenthew	Angenþeƿ	♂	Quickened	Anġenþēoƿ	anġen	þēoƿ Anyenthrith	Angenþriþ	♀	Quickened	Anġenþrȳþ	anġen	þrȳþ Anyenwit	Angenƿit	♂	Quickened	Anġenƿit	anġen	ƿit	Forebear to the kings of Bernicia, said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Anyenyat	Angenget	♂	Quickened	Anġenġēat	anġen	ġēat	Borne by one of the forebears of the Iclings, kings of, also kown as ‘Angelþēoƿ’ (see also: Englethew), son of Offa of Angel, and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Armstrong	Armstrong	♂	Lastname	-	earm	strang	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname that began as a nickname for a man with a strong arm. Borne by the American astronaut and first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong (1930–2012). Ash	Asc	⚥	Living	Æṡċ	æṡċ	-	Either as a standalone name from the everyday English words for the tree, or for the outcome of fire, or as a shortening of names like Ashley and Ashton, which are named for the ash-tree. Norse folklore holds that the first was made by the gods blowing life into dead body of an Ash tree, along with woman from an Elm. Ashar	Ascar	♂	Quickened	Æṡċhere	æṡċ	here	Not tied to the Hebrew name ‘Asher’. Only tied to the lastname Asher by sharing the alike foreword, ‘ash’, as in, someone who works with ashes. Ashard	Ascard	♂	Quickened	Æṡċheard	æṡċ	heard Ashbert	Ascbert	♂	Quickened	Æṡċbeorht	æṡċ	beorht Ashbury	Ascbury	⚥	Lastname	-	æṡċ	burg	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Æṡċburg’. Ashden	Ascden	⚥	Lastname	-	æṡċ	denu, dūn, tūn	Not a given name in OE. Could be from any of the following OE stow-names: ‘Æṡċdenu’ (meaning: ash-tree dene) ‘Æṡċdūn’ (meaning: ash-tree downs), or ‘Æṡċtūn’ (meaning: ash-tree town). Ashey	Ascey	♂	Quickened	Æṡċhēah	æṡċ	hēah Ashford	Ascford	♂	Lastname	-	æṡċ	ford	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Æṡċford’. Ashfrith	Ascfriþ	♂	Quickened	Æṡċfriþ	æṡċ	friþ Ashley	Ascley	⚥	Lastname	-	æṡċ	lēah	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Æṡċlēah’. Like many Lastnames, it was once borne mostly for, but it has shifted towards a woman’s name. Ashlock	Asclock	♂	Quickened	Æṡċlāc	æṡċ	lāc Ashman	Ascman	♂	Quickened	Æṡċmann	æṡċ	mann Ashmer	Ascmer	♂	Quickened	Æṡċmǣr	æṡċ	mǣr Ashmund	Ascmund	♂	Quickened	Æṡċmūnd	æṡċ	mūnd Ashred	Ascred	♂	Quickened	Æṡċrǣd	æṡċ	rǣd Ashton	Asctun	♂	Lastname	-	æṡċ	tūn	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Æṡċtūn’, meaning: ash-tree-town. Ashwald	Ascƿald	♂	Quickened	Æṡċƿeald	æṡċ	ƿeald Ashway	Ascƿay	♂	Quickened	Æṡċƿīġ	æṡċ	ƿīġ Ashwin	Ascƿin	⚥	Lastname	Æṡċƿine ♂, Æṡċƿynn ♀	æṡċ	ƿine , ƿynn	Not tied to the Hindi name ‘Ashwin’, which is instead from Sanskrit ‘Aśvin’. Ashwolf	Ascƿolf	♂	Quickened	Æṡċƿulf	æṡċ	ƿulf Ashwood	Ascƿood	♂	Lastname	-	æṡċ	ƿudu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Æṡċƿudu’. Aspen	Aspen	♂	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the name of the, or from the name of the ski town in Colorado. Aston	Astun	♂	Lastname	-	ēast	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ēasttūn’, meaning: east-town. Atheling	Aþeling	♂	Quickened	-	æþel	ing	Not a given name in OE. From the OE word for a of high birth. Akin to the English given name, ‘Prince’. Athelingen	Aþelingen	♀	Quickened	-	æþel	ing	Not a given name in OE. From the OE word for a woman of high birth. Akin to the English given name, ‘Princess’. Athelstan	Aþelstan	♂	Frozen	Æþelstān	æþel	stān	See: Ethelstan. Atley	Atley	♂	Lastname	-	æt	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ætlēah’. Atwater	Atƿater	♂	Lastname	-	æt	ƿæter	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ætƿæter’. Atwell	Atƿell	♂	Lastname	-	æt	ƿille	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ætƿille’. Atwood	Atƿood	♂	Lastname	-	æt	ƿudu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ætƿudu’. Atworth	Atƿorþ	♂	Lastname	-	æt	ƿorþ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ætƿorþ’. Awald	Aƿald	♂	Unfounded	*Āƿaƿeald	āƿa	ƿeald	Not found in OE. Would be kin with ‘Ewald’, which comes from the mainland name ‘Ewawald’. Badfrith	Badfriþ	♂	Quickened	Beadufriþ	beadu	friþ Badhard	Badhard	♂	Quickened	Beaduheard	beadu	heard Badhelm	Badhelm	♂	Quickened	Beaduhelm	beadu	helm Badhild	Badhild	♀	Living	Beaduhild	beadu	hild	Kin with the German name ‘Bathilda’. Badhoun	Badhune	♂	Quickened	Beaduhūn	beadu	hūn Badith	Badiþ	♀	Quickened	Beadugȳþ	beadu	gȳþ Badnoth	Badnoþ	♂	Quickened	Beadunōþ	beadu	nōþ Badred	Badred	♂	Quickened	Beadurǣd	beadu	rǣd Badrich	Badric	♂	Quickened	Beadurīċ	beadu	rīċ Badswith	Badsƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Beadusƿīþ	beadu	sƿīþ Badthane	Badþane	♂	Quickened	Beaduþeġn	beadu	þeġn Badwald	Badƿald	♂	Quickened	Beaduƿeald	beadu	ƿeald Badway	Badƿay	♂	Quickened	Beaduƿīġ	beadu	ƿīġ Badwin	Badƿin	⚥	Quickened	Beaduƿine ♂, Beaduƿynn ♀	beadu	ƿine , ƿynn Badwolf	Badƿolf	♂	Quickened	Beaduƿulf	beadu	ƿulf Badyils	Badgils	♂	Quickened	Beaduġīls	beadu	ġīls Bag	Bag	⚥	Quickened	Bēaga	bēag	-	A shortening of names beginning with ‘Bag-’. Not tied to the word for a sack, which comes from Norse. Baggard	Baghard	♂	Quickened	Bēagheard	bēag	heard Baggelm	Baghelm	♂	Quickened	Bēaghelm	bēag	helm Baggild	Baghild	♀	Quickened	Bēaghild	bēag	hild Bagmund	Bagmund	♂	Quickened	Bēagmūnd	bēag	mūnd Bagnoth	Bagnoþ	♂	Quickened	Bēagnōþ	bēag	nōþ Bagred	Bagred	♂	Quickened	Bēagrǣd	bēag	rǣd Bagstan	Bagstan	♂	Quickened	Bēagstān	bēag	stān Bagswith	Bagsƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Bēagsƿīþ	bēag	sƿīþ Bagwin	Bagƿin	⚥	Quickened	Bēagƿine ♂, Bēagƿynn ♀	bēag	ƿine , ƿynn Bagwolf	Bagƿolf	♂	Quickened	Bēagƿulf	bēag	ƿulf Bald	Bald	♂	Quickened	Bealdā	beald	-	Also found as an English lastname. Baldar	Baldar	♂	Quickened	Bealdhere	beald	here Baldard	Baldard	♂	Quickened	Bealdheard	beald	heard Balday	Balday	♂	Quickened	Bealddæġ	beald	dæġ	The name of an English god, known in Old Norse as ‘Baldr’, meaning ‘the bald one’. Baldfrith	Baldfriþ	⚥	Quickened	Bealdfriþ ♂	beald	friþ Baldgar	Baldgar	♂	Quickened	Bealdgār	beald	gār Baldhath	Baldhaþ	♂	Quickened	Bealdhǣþ	beald	hǣþ Baldhelm	Baldhelm	♂	Quickened	Bealdhelm	beald	helm Baldhild	Baldhild	♀	Living	Bealdhild	beald	hild Baldhoun	Baldhune	♂	Quickened	Bealdhūn	beald	hūn Baldith	Baldiþ	♀	Quickened	Bealdgȳþ	beald	gȳþ	Shortened in some Lastnames as ‘Baldey’. Baldive	Baldife	♀	Quickened	Bealdġifu	beald	ġifu	Shortened in some Lastnames as ‘Baldey’. Baldmer	Baldmer	♂	Quickened	Bealdmǣr	beald	mǣr Baldred	Baldred	♂	Quickened	Bealdrǣd	beald	rǣd	Borne by the last King of Kent, in the 800s, before being thrown out by King Egbert of Wessex and his son Ethelwolf. Baldrich	Baldric	♂	Quickened	Bealdrīċ	beald	rīċ	Kin with the Norman name 'Baldric', spelt alike in Anglish Spelling. The Old English name looks to have sweltered. Baldway	Baldƿay	♂	Quickened	Bealdƿīġ	beald	ƿīġ Baldwin	Baldƿin	♂	Living	Bealdƿine	beald	ƿine	The Old English name may have sweltered, but it would have ended up like the name ‘Baldwin’, which was brought by the Normans. Baldwolf	Baldƿolf	♂	Quickened	Bealdƿulf	beald	ƿulf Balthrith	Balþriþ	♀	Quickened	Bealdþrȳþ	beald	þrȳþ Bancroft	Bancroft	♂	Lastname	-	bēan	croft	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Bēancroft’. Borne by American historian and ethnologist, Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832–1918). Bannard	Bannard	♂	Quickened	Bēanheard	bēan	heard Banstan	Banstan	♂	Quickened	Bēanstān	bēan	stān Barden	Barden	♂	Lastname	-	bær	denu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Bærdenu’. Barney	Barney	♂	Lastname	-	bær, bera 	īeġ	As an Anglish name, from the town in Norfolk. The lore of the name is not known, coming either from ‘Berasīeġ’ (meaning: Bear's island), ‘Bærenīeġ’ (meaning: barley-island) or ‘Bærærnīeġ’ (meaning: barn-island). Borne by the  in the show ‘Barney & Friends’ by Sheryl Leach (1952 onwards). Barrington	Barringtun	♂	Lastname	-	beorn	ing + tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Beorningastūn’, meaning: the town of the folk of Beorna. Barton	Bartun	♂	Lastname	-	bær	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Bærtūn’. Baxter	Baxter	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Meaning ‘baker’. From a a lastname that began as a shape of the word ‘baker’. (As in, a spinster is a spinner.) Bear	Bear	♂	Living	Bera	bera	-	A name since at least Old English times, named for the great brown being. The word itself springs from an old shape of the word ‘brown’, so as to not speak the true name of the being that was so feared, and keep from bringing it near. Beck	Beck	♂	Lastname	Bæċa	bæċ	-	Either from the English lastname ‘Beck’, or as a shortening of English lastnames such as ‘Beckham,’ from ON bekkr (beck, brook), kin with OE bæċ (beach). Bede	Bede	♂	Living	Bēda	bēd	-	Living name from OE bēd: To ask, bid, beseech, or a worshipping bead. Spread by the and writer Bede (672–735). Bee	Bee	♂	Quickened	Bēoƿ	-	-	The god of barley and earth-tilling. From OE ‘Bēow’, another word for barley. Also known in English folklore as ‘John Barleycorn’. Beewolf	Beeƿolf	♂	Quickened	Bēoƿulf	bēo	ƿulf	Brought into New English from Old English by J. R. R. Tolkien in his wending of Beowulf, ‘Sellic Spell’, as the name Beewolf. See also: Beowulf. Bentley	Bentley	♂	Lastname	-	bent	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Bentlēah’. Spread by English -maker Bentley Motors, started in 1919. Benton	Bentun	♂	Lastname	-	bent	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Benttūn’. Beowulf	Beoƿulf	♂	Frozen	Bēoƿulf	bēo	ƿulf	Frozen spelling borrowed straight from the Old English folk tale of alike name. See also: Beewolf. Beresford	Beresford	♂	Lastname	-	beofor	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Beoforsford’. Berkeley	Berkeley	♂	Lastname	-	birċe	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Berclēah’. Spread by the Berkeley kindred of Gloucestershire, and later by the San Fransisco bough of the University of California. Kin with Barclay, a name brought by the Normans. Bern	Bern	♂	Quickened	Beorn	beorn	-	May be kin with the Norse name ‘Björn’. The words for ‘bear’ and ‘man’ blended together in Old English names, since the OE word beorn (meaning: man) took the same shape as the Frankish word beorn (meaning: bear). Bernard	Bernard	♂	Living	Beornheard	beorn	heard	A blend of the Old English name Beornhard and Norman name Bernard. The word beorn, as found in OE bindnames, may have a meaning of a man/child, and may not come from alike spring as ‘beorn’, as found in Mainland Europe, meaning ‘bear’. Berndred	Berndred	♀	Living	Beornþrȳþ	beorn	þrȳþ	Can also be spelled: Bernthrith (Anglish Spelling: Bernþriþ). Bernfled	Bernfled	♀	Quickened	Beornflǣd	beorn	flǣd Bernfrith	Bernfriþ	♂	Quickened	Beornfriþ	beorn	friþ Berngar	Berngar	♂	Quickened	Beorngār	beorn	gār Bernheath	Bernheaþ	♂	Quickened	Beornhǣþ	beorn	hǣþ Bernhelm	Bernhelm	♂	Quickened	Beornhelm	beorn	helm Bernhey	Bernhey	♂	Quickened	Beornhēah	beorn	hēah Bernich	Bernic	♂	Quickened	Beorniċ	beorn	iċ Bernie	Berny 	♂	Living	Beorna	beorn	-	A shortening of names that start with ‘Bern’, such as ‘Bernard’. Borne by American Bernie Sanders (1941 onwards). Bernith	Berniþ	♀	Quickened	Beorngȳþ	beorn	gȳþ Bernlof	Bernloff	♂	Quickened	Beornlāf	beorn	lāf Bernmod	Bernmod	♂	Quickened	Beornmōd	beorn	mōd Bernmund	Bernmund	♂	Quickened	Beornmūnd	beorn	mūnd Bernred	Bernred	♂	Quickened	Beornrǣd	beorn	rǣd	Borne by a 700s King of. Bernrich	Bernric	♂	Quickened	Beornrīċ	beorn	rīċ Bernsey	Bernsey	♂	Quickened	Beornsiġe	beorn	siġe Bernstan	Bernstan	♂	Quickened	Beornstān	beorn	stān Bernwald	Bernƿald	♂	Quickened	Beornƿeald	beorn	ƿeald Bernway	Bernƿay	♂	Quickened	Beornƿīġ	beorn	ƿīġ Bernwin	Bernƿin	⚥	Quickened	Beornƿine ♂, Beornƿynn ♀	beorn	ƿine , ƿynn Bernwolf	Bernƿolf	♂	Quickened	Beornƿulf	beorn	ƿulf	Borne by an 800s King of. Bert	Bert	♂	Living	Beorhta	beorht	-	A shortening of names starting or ending with ‘bert’. Most often ‘Bert’ a shortening of the Norman name ‘Albert’ (kin with the inborn name Ethelbert). Bertar	Bertar	♂	Quickened	Beorhthere	beorht	here	See also: Harbert. Bertelm	Berelm	♂	Quickened	Beorhthelm	beorht	helm Bertey	Berey	♂	Quickened	Beorhthēah	beorht	ġifu, hēah	See also: Heybert. Bertferth	Berferþ	♂	Quickened	Beorhtferhþ	beorht	ferhþ Bertfrith	Berftfriþ	♂	Quickened	Beorhtfriþ	beorht	friþ	See also: Frithbert. Berthank	Berþank	♂	Quickened	Beorhtþanc	beorht	þanc Bertive	Bertife	♀	Quickened	Beorhtġifu	beorht	ġifu	Also found shortened as the lastname ‘Bertey’. Bertlof	Bertloff	♂	Quickened	Beorhtlāf	beorht	lāf Bertmer	Bertmer	♂	Quickened	Beorhtmǣr	beorht	mǣr Bertmund	Bertmund	♂	Quickened	Beorhtmūnd	beorht	mūnd Bertnoth	Bertnoþ	♂	Quickened	Beorhtnoþ	beorht	nōþ	See also: Nothbert. Berton	Bertun	♂	Quickened	Beorhttūn	beorht	tūn	See also: Tumbert. Bertoun	Bertune	♂	Quickened	Beorhthūn	beorht	hūn	See also: Humbert. Bertrand	Bertrand	♂	Unfounded	*Beorhtrand	beorht	rand	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the living name of the same shape, which came to England with the Normans. Bertred	Bertred	♂	Quickened	Beorhtrǣd	beorht	rǣd Bertrich	Bertric	♂	Quickened	Beorhtrīċ	beorht	rīċ	Borne by a 700s King of Wessex. Bertsey	Bertsey	♂	Quickened	Beorhtsiġe	beorht	siġe	See also: Sibbert. Bertstan	Bertstan	♂	Quickened	Beorhtstān	beorht	stān Bertwald	Bertƿald	♂	Quickened	Beorhtƿeald	beorht	ƿeald Bertway	Bertƿay	♂	Quickened	Beorhtƿīġ	beorht	ƿīġ	See also: Wybert. Bertwer	Bertƿer	♀	Quickened	Beorhtƿaru	beorht	ƿaru	See also: Warbert. Bertwin	Bertƿin	⚥	Quickened	Beorhtƿine ♂, Beorhtƿynn ♀	beorht	ƿine , ƿynn	See also: Wimbert. Bertwolf	Bertƿolf	♂	Quickened	Beorhtƿulf	beorht	ƿulf	Borne by an 800s King of. See also: Wolfbert. Bertyils	Bertgils	♂	Quickened	Beorhtġils	beorht	ġīsel	See also: Yiselbert. Beverley	Beferley	⚥	Lastname	-	beofor	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Beoforlēah’. Borne as a ’s name in the 1800s. Made well-known as a woman’s name following the George Barr McCutcheon book, Beverly of Graustark (1904). Billard	Billard	♂	Quickened	Billheard	bill	heard	Kin with the Latin name ‘Belisarius’, which was borrowed from Proto-Germanic. Billfrith	Billfriþ	♂	Quickened	Billfriþ	bill	friþ Billnoth	Billnoþ	♂	Quickened	Billnōþ	bill	nōþ Birch	Birc	♂	Living	-	berċ	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word for the tree. Kin with the German name ‘Birke’, and the Norse name ‘Björk’. Birchall	Birchall	♂	Lastname	-	berċ	heall	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Berċheall’. Blackburn	Blackburn	♂	Lastname	-	blæc	burne	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Blæcburna’. Blackstone	Blackstone	♂	Lastname	-	blæc	stān	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Blæcstān’. Blackwell	Blackƿell	♂	Lastname	-	blæc	ƿille	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Blæcƿille’. Blagden	Blagden	♂	Lastname	-	blæc	denu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Blæcdenu’. Blake	Blake	⚥	Lastname	Blæc	blæc	- Blakeley	Blakeley	⚥	Lastname	-	blæc	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Blæclēah’. Blakeney	Blakeney	⚥	Lastname	-	blæc	nēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Blæclnēah’. Blessing	Blessing	♀	Living	-	bletsian	-	Not a given name in OE. A puritanical Christian name, from the everyday English word. Bliss	Bliss	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word. See also: Blythe. Blithar	Bliþar	♂	Quickened	Blīþhere	blīþ	here Blithrith	Bliþriþ	♀	Quickened	Blīþþrȳþ	blīþ	þrȳþ Blossom	Blossom	♀	Living	-	-	-	Began as a given name in the 1800s. Blythe	Blyþe	♀	Living	-	blīþ	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word. See also: Bliss. Bond	Bond	♂	Lastname	Bonda	-	-	From the lastname ‘Bond’. Also found as a standalone given name in Old English. Borne by the main player in the books and films of the alike name, by the English writer Iam Fleming (1908–1964). Booker	Booker	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	From the lastname ‘Booker’, an work-name for someone who made books. Boot	Boot	♀	Quickened	Bōte	bōt	-	As found in the saying ‘to boot’. Not tied to the word for the footwear, which comes from French. Borden	Borden	♂	Lastname	-	bār	denu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Bārdenu’. Boston	Bostun	⚥	Lastname	-	-	tūn	Not a given name in OE. Most often named after the American town of Boston, Massachusetts. The town in Massachusetts was named after the town in Linconshire, which was named after Botwulf of Thorney. See also: Botwolf. Botwin	Botƿin	♂	Quickened	Bōtƿine	bōt	ƿine Botwolf	Botƿolf	♂	Quickened	Bōtƿulf	bōt	ƿulf	Borne by the hallowed Botwulf of Thorney (600s), after whom the Linconshire town of Boston was named. See also: Boston. Brad	Brad	♂	Lastname	Brāda	brād	-	A shortening of lastnames such as Bradley. Bradburn	Bradburn	♂	Lastname	-	brād	burne	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Brādburna’. Bradford	Bradford	♂	Lastname	-	brād	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Brādford’. Bradley	Bradley	♂	Lastname	-	brād	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Brādlēah’. Brand	Brand	♂	Quickened	Branda	brand	- Brandon	Brandun	♂	Lastname	-	brōm	denu, dūn	Not tied to the name ‘Brendon’. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-names ‘Brōmdenu’ and/or ‘Brōmdūn’, where latter half could be from either OE denu (a den, dale) or dūn (a down, hill). Branson	Brandsun	♂	Lastname	Brandassunu	brand	sunu Branton	Brantun	♂	Lastname	-	brōm	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Brōmtūn’, meaning broom/brushwood town. Braxton	Braxtun	♂	Lastname	-	-	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Braccastūn’, meaning Bracca’s town. Brenton	Brentun	♂	Lastname	-	bryne	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Brynestūn’. Breyswith	Breysƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Breġosƿīþ	breġu	sƿīþ Breywald	Breyƿald	♂	Quickened	Breġoƿeald	breġu	ƿeald Breywin	Breyƿin	♂	Quickened	Breġoƿine	breġu	ƿine Breywolf	Breyƿolf	♂	Quickened	Breġoƿulf	breġu	ƿulf Briar	Briar	♀	Living	-	brær	-	Not a given name in OE. First became a name in the 1900s. Bridgeley	Bricgley	♂	Lastname	-	bryċġ	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Bryċġlēah’, meaning: bridge-lea (field). Brigham	Brigham	♂	Lastname	-	bryċġ	hām	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Bryċġhām’. Borne by Brigham Young (1801–1877), a leading Morman and starter of Salt Lake City. Brighton	Brigtun	♂	Lastname	-	bryċġ	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Bryċġtūn’, meaning: bridge-town. Brinley	Brinley	♂	Lastname	Brynlēah	bryne	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Brynlēah’, meaning: burnt-lea (field). Brinnar	Brinnar	♂	Quickened	Brynhere	bryne	here Brinning	Brinning	♂	Quickened	Bryning	bryne	ing Brinwald	Brinƿald	♂	Quickened	Brynƿeald	bryne	ƿeald Bristol	Bristol	♂	Lastname	-	bryċġ	stoƿ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Bryċġstoƿ’. Brock	Brock	♂	Lastname	Brocca	brocc	- Brockley	Brockley	♂	Lastname	-	brōc	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Brōclēah’. Brockton	Brocktun	♂	Lastname	-	brōc	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Brōctūn’. Bromley	Bromley	♂	Lastname	-	brōm	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Brōmlēah’. Bromwell	Bromƿell	♂	Lastname	-	brōm	ƿille	Also found as: Bramwell (Anglish Spelling: Bramƿell). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Brōmƿille’. Bronson	Bronsun	♂	Lastname	Brūnsunu	brūn	sunu Brooke	Brooke	⚥	Lastname	-	brōc	-	Also found as: Brooks. Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From an OE stow-name for someone who lived near a brook (a stream). Brunard	Brunard	♂	Quickened	Brūnheard	brūn	heard Brunstan	Brunstan	♂	Quickened	Brūnstān	brūn	stān Buck	Buck	♂	Living	Bucca	bucc	-	Mainly found as a name in the USA. Kin with the name ‘Butch’, which comes by way of Anglo-Norman ‘boucher’, meaning: one who slaughters bucks. Buckley	Buckley	♂	Lastname	Buccalēah	bucc	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Buccalēah’, meaning: Bucca’s lea. Burhard	Burhard	♂	Quickened	Burgheard	burg	heard Burhelm	Burhelm	♂	Quickened	Burghelm	burg	helm Burhild	Burhild	♀	Quickened	Burghild	burg	hild	See also: Hildbury. Buried	Beried	⚥	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. A puritanical Christian name, from the everyday English word. Burnelm	Bernelm	♂	Quickened	Byrnhelm	byrne	helm Burnferth	Bernferþ	♂	Quickened	Byrnferþ	byrne	ferhþ Burnfled	Bernfled	♀	Quickened	Byrneflǣd	byrne	flǣd Burnild	Bernild	♀	Quickened	Byrnhild	byrne	hild	Kin with the German name ‘Brünhild’, from Old Norse ‘Brynhildr’ of the Volsung Saga and Brunhilda of the Nibelung Saga; both of whom are likely set upon the life of the 600s Frankish Queen. Burnoth	Burnoþ	♂	Quickened	Burgnōþ	burg	nōþ Burred	Burred	♂	Quickened	Burgrǣd	burg	rǣd	Borne by an 800s King of. Burrich	Burric	♂	Quickened	Burgrīċ	burg	rīċ Bursey	Bursey	♂	Quickened	Burgsiġe	burg	siġe	See also: Sibbery. Burstan	Burstan	♂	Quickened	Burgstān	burg	stān Burt	Burt	♂	Lastname	-	burg	tūn	Not a given name in OE. A shortening of the lastname ‘Burton’. Burton	Burtun	♂	Lastname	-	burg	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Burgtūn’. Borne by American filmmaker, Tim Burton (1958 onwards). Burwald	Burƿald	♂	Quickened	Burgƿeald	burg	ƿeald Burwin	Burƿin	⚥	Quickened	Burgƿine ♂, Burgƿynn ♀	burg	ƿine , ƿynn Burwolf	Burƿolf	♂	Quickened	Burgƿulf	burg	ƿulf Buxton	Buxtun	♂	Lastname	-	bēag	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname for someone who came from the town of alike name in Derbyshire, so named for the stones by the spring that would shift about (bow) when touched. From OE ‘Bēagastūn’. Byron	Byron	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. Named after Lord Byron (1784–1824), whose name comes from the Old English saying, ‘æt þǣm bȳrum’ (at the [cow] byres (sheds)). Cade	Cade	♂	Lastname	Cada	-	-	From the lastname ‘Cade’, which comes from the Old English name ‘Cada’, meaning: lumpy, or swollen. Caldwell	Caldƿell	♂	Lastname	-	cald	ƿille	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Caldƿille’. Calvert	Calfert	♂	Lastname	-	cealf	hierde	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cealfhierde’. Casser	Casser	♂	Quickened	Casere	-	-	Borne by one of the forebears of the Wuffings, kings of, said to be the son of the god Woden, and father to Titman (Tytiman). Chad	Cead	♂	Living	Ċeadda	ċead	-	Either straight from the Old English name, or as a shortening of Chad- names like ‘Chadwick’, or from the everday bearing of the name in today's English as a word for a man who is strong and leading. Chadbald	Ceadbald	♂	Quickened	Ċeadbeald	ċead	beald Chadbed	Ceadbed	♀	Quickened	Ċeadbead	ċead	beadu Chadley	Ceadley	♂	Lastname	-	ċead	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ċeaddaslēah’, meaning: Chad’s lea (field). Chadwel	Ceadƿel	♂	Quickened	Ċeadƿealh	ċead	ƿealh Chadwick	Ceadƿick	♂	Lastname	-	ċead	ƿiċ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ċeaddasƿic’, meaning: Chad’s wick (homestead). Chapman	Ceapman	♂	Lastname	Ċēapmann	ċēap	mann	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname that began as an work-name for a chap-man (a dealer). Chelbald	Cealbald	♂	Quickened	Ċēolbeald	ċēol	beald Chelbury	Cealbury	♀	Quickened	Ċēolburg	ċēol	burg Chelfled	Cealfled	♀	Quickened	Ċēolflǣd	ċēol	flǣd Chelfrith	Cealfriþ	♂	Quickened	Ċēolfriþ	ċēol	friþ Chellar	Ceallar	♂	Quickened	Ċēolhere	ċēol	here Chellard	Ceallard	♂	Quickened	Ċēolheard	ċēol	heard Chellelm	Ceallelm	♂	Quickened	Ċēolhelm	ċēol	helm Chelley	Cealley	♂	Quickened	Ċēolhēah	ċēol	hēah Chelnoth	Cealnoþ	♂	Quickened	Ċēolnōþ	ċēol	nōþ Chelred	Cealred	♂	Quickened	Ċēolrǣd	ċēol	rǣd	Borne by a 700s King of. Chelrich	Cealric	♂	Quickened	Ċēolrīċ	ċēol	rīċ Chelsea	Cealsea	⚥	Lastname	-	ċealc, ċeol	sǣ	Also found as: Chelsey (Anglish Spelling: Cealsey). Not a given name in OE. A blend of the words for chalk (OE ‘Ċealcsǣ’), and keel (OE ‘Ċēolsǣ’), the latter of which also yields Kelsey, with a 'hard k', likely from Norse inflow. Chelsey	Cealsey	♂	Quickened	Ċēolsiġe	ċēol	siġe	For the living name with the alike spelling, see: Chelsea. Chelstan	Cealstan	♂	Quickened	Ċeolstān	ċēol	stān Chelswith	Cealsƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Ċēolsƿīþ	ċēol	sƿīþ Chelthrith	Cealþriþ	♀	Quickened	Ċēolþrȳþ	ċēol	þrȳþ Chelwald	Cealƿald	♂	Quickened	Ċēolƿeald	ċēol	ƿeald Chelway	Cealƿay	♂	Quickened	Ċēolƿīġ	ċēol	ƿīġ Chelwin	Cealƿin	⚥	Quickened	Ċēolƿine ♂, Ċēolƿynn ♀	ċēol	ƿine , ƿynn Chelwolf	Cealƿolf	♂	Quickened	Ċēolƿulf	ċēol	ƿulf	Borne by a 500s King of Wessex, by a 700s King of and by an 800s King of. Chillie	Cilly	♀	Quickened	Ċille	ċille	- Churchill	Circhill	♂	Lastname	-	ċirce	hyll	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ċirċehyll’. Borne by the English leader and writer, Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965). Churl	Cerl	♂	Quickened	Ċeorl	ċeorl	-	Borne by a King of in the 600s. The name Ċeorl was seldom borne in Old English times, and seems to have sweltered as an English name. Most likely all living names with Charl- / Charles are from the later French borrowings. Kin with the mainland names ‘Carl’, ‘Carol’, ‘Charles’, and ‘Karl’. Churlie	Cerly	⚥	Unfounded	*Ċeorla ♂, *Ċeorlo ♀	ċeorl	-	Not found in OE. A nickname of 'Churl', made by likeness to, and kin with the names ‘Carly’ (from German and Norse 'Carl') and ‘Charlie’ (from French 'Charles'). Churlman	Cerlman	♂	Unfounded	*Ċeorlmann	ċeorl	mann	Not found in OE. Would be kin to the Frankish name ‘Carloman’, and the German name ‘Karlmann’. Churlton	Cerltun	♂	Unfounded	-	ċeorl	tūn	Not a given name in OE. The inborn shape of the Anglo-Norse name 'Carlton' from the stow-name meaning 'Carl's town'; and the Anglo-French name ‘Charlton’, from the stow-name meaning 'Charles' town', as borne by the American film-star Charlton Heston (1923–2008). Clay	Clay	♂	Lastname	-	clǣġ	-	Not a given name in OE. Either a shortening of the English stow-name Clayton, or from the OE stow-name ‘Clæġ’, which comes from the everyday word for earthen clay. Clayland	Clayland	♂	Lastname	-	clǣġ	land	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Clæġland’. Clayton	Claytun	♂	Lastname	-	clǣġ	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Clæġtūn’. Cleve	Clefe	♂	Lastname	-	cliff	-	Not a given name in OE. A shortening of the lastname ‘Cleveland’. See also: Cliff, Clive. Cleveland	Clefeland	♂	Lastname	-	cliff	land	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Clifland’. Borne by the 22nd and 24th American leader, Grover Cleveland (1837–1908). Cliff	Cliff	♂	Lastname	-	cliff	-	Not a given name in OE. A shortening of the lastnames Clifford and Clifton. See also: Cleve, Clive. Clifford	Clifford	♂	Lastname	-	cliff	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Clifford’. Borne by ‘The Big Red Dog’ in the books of the alike name by Norman Bridwell (1928–2014). Clifton	Cliftun	♂	Lastname	-	cliff	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cliftūn’. Clint	Clint	♂	Lastname	-	glim	-	Not a given name in OE. A shortening of the lastname ‘Clinton’. Borne by American film star, Clint Eastwood (born 1930). Clinton	Clintun	♂	Lastname	-	glim	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From a stow-name of a town on the Water Glyme, from OE ‘Glimtūn’. The former half of the name is from a Welsh word meaning, and likely kin with, the English word 'glimmering'. Borne by American leader, Bill Clinton (born 1946). Clive	Clife	♂	Lastname	-	cliff	-	Not a given name in OE. From an OE stow-name for someone who lived by a cliff. See also: Cliff, Cleve. Clover	Clofer	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word for the, which comes from OE ‘clāfre’. Coaser	Coaser	♂	Quickened	Cāsaer	-	-	Kin with the German name ‘Kaiser’, and in the end, from Latin ‘Caesar’, which came to mean ‘emperor’. Colburn	Colburn	♂	Lastname	-	cōl	burne	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cōlburne’. Colden	Colden	♂	Lastname	-	cōl	denu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cōldenu’. Cole	Cole	♂	Lastname	Cōla	cōl	-	From the lastname ‘Cole’, sometimes comes from the Old English nickname for someone with dark, or ‘coal’ like skin. Not an Anglish name when a shortening of ‘Nicholas’. Coleridge	Colericg	♂	Lastname	-	cōl	hryċġ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cōlhryċġ’. Borne by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834). Colgate	Colgate	♂	Lastname	-	cōl	ġēat [2]	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cōlġēat’. Borne by Englishman William Colgate (1783–1857), who made the Colgate toothpaste business. Without Norse sway, the ‘g’ would have softened into English ‘Colyate’ (Anglish Spelling: Colgeate). Colt	Colt	♂	Lastname	Colta	-	-	Either from the English lastname ‘Colt’, from the Old English word for a young horse; or as a shortening of the English lastname ‘Colton’. Borne by American gun-maker, Samuel Colt (1814–1862). Colton	Coltun	♂	Lastname	-	cōl	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cōltūn’. Conwel	Conƿel	♂	Quickened	Cēneƿealh	cēne	ƿealh Cranford	Cranford	♂	Lastname	-	cran	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cranford’. Cranley	Cranley	♂	Lastname	-	cran	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cranlēah’. Cranston	Cranstun	♂	Lastname	-	cran	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Crantūn’. Crawford	Craƿford	♂	Lastname	-	crāƿe	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Crāweford’. Crofton	Croftun	♂	Lastname	-	croft	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Crofttūn’. Cromwell	Cromƿell	♂	Lastname	-	crumb	ƿille	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Crumbƿille’. Borne by Lord Protector of the United Kingdom, Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658). Crow	Croƿ	⚥	Living	Craƿa	craƿa	-	From the everyday word for the bird. Cuthard	Cuþard	♂	Quickened	Cūþheard	cūþ	heard Cuthbald	Cuþbald	♂	Quickened	Cūþbeald	cūþ	beald Cuthbert	Cuþbert	♂	Living	Cūþbeorht	cūþ	beorht	Borne by a 500s Hallow of Lindisfarne, whose fame kept the name alive in England even after the Norman overthrow. It is also a widespread lastname. Cuthbury	Cuþbury	♀	Quickened	Cūþburg	cūþ	burg Cuthmund	Cuþmund	♂	Quickened	Cūþmūnd	cūþ	mūnd Cuthred	Cuþred	♂	Quickened	Cūþrǣd	cūþ	rǣd Cuthrich	Cuþric	♂	Quickened	Cūþrīċ	cūþ	rīċ Cuthswith	Cuþsƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Cūþsƿīþ	cūþ	sƿīþ Cuthwin	Cade	♂	Quickened	Cūþƿine	cūþ	ƿine Cuthwolf	Cuþƿolf	♂	Quickened	Cūþƿulf	cūþ	ƿulf Cuthyils	Cuþyils	♂	Quickened	Cūþġils	cūþ	ġīsel Daisy	Daisy	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. The given name comes from the name of the flower, which comes from OE ‘dæġeseġe’ (day’s eye). Dale	Dale	⚥	Lastname	-	dæl	-	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Dæl’, meaning: a dale/dell, a hollow. Dalton	Daltun	♂	Lastname	-	dæl	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Dæltūn’, meaning: dale-town. Dalwin	Dalƿin	♂	Quickened	Dealƿine	deal	ƿine Dane	Dane	♂	Lastname	Dena	denu	-	While sometimes misread to mean ‘Danish’, the given name ‘Dane’ comes from the English stow-name ‘Dene’ / ‘Dean’, meaning: a dale, a hollow. See also: Dean. Darton	Dartun	♂	Lastname	-	dēor	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Dēortūn’. Darwin	Darƿin	♂	Lastname	-	dēore	ƿine	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Dēoreƿine’. Borne by Charles Darwin (1809–1882), writer of On The Origin of Species. Dawn	Daƿn	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the word meaning the start of a new day, from OE ‘daging’, meaning: becoming day (word-for-word: daying). Daybert	Daybert	♂	Quickened	Dæġbeorht	dæġ	beorht Dayelm	Dayelm	♂	Quickened	Dæġhelm	dæġ	helm Dayey	Dayey	♂	Quickened	Dæġhēah	dæġ	hēah Daymund	Daymund	♂	Quickened	Dæġmūnd	dæġ	mūnd Dayren	Dayren	♂	Quickened	Dæġhræfn	dæġ	hræfn Dayrich	Dayric	♂	Quickened	Dæġrīċ	dæġ	rīċ Dayton	Daytun	♂	Lastname	-	dæġ	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Dæġtūn’. Dean	Dean	♂	Lastname	-	dene	-	Also found as: ‘Dene’. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Dene’. Not tied to the churchly stead of Dean, which is instead through French, from Latin 'decanus', meaning: a leader of ten men. Not known to be a standalone name in Old English times. See also: Dane. Dell	Dell	⚥	Lastname	-	dæl	-	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Dæl’. Dembert	Dembert	♂	Quickened	Denebeorht	dene	beorht Denfrith	Denfriþ	♂	Quickened	Denefriþ	dene	friþ Denham	Denham	♂	Lastname	-	denu	hām	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Denuhām’. Denley	Denley	♂	Lastname	-	denu	lēah	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Denulēah’. Denmod	Denmod	♂	Quickened	Denemōd	dene	mōd Dennard	Dennard	♂	Quickened	Deneheard	dene	heard Denton	Dentun	♂	Lastname	-	denu	tūn	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Denutūn’. Denver	Denfer	♂	Lastname	-	dene	fær	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Denefær’. Denwald	Denƿald	♂	Quickened	Deneƿeald	dene	ƿeald Denwolf	Denƿolf	♂	Quickened	Deneƿulf	dene	ƿulf Denyils	Dengils	♂	Quickened	Deneġils	dene	ġīsel Derbert	Derbert	♂	Quickened	Dēorbeorht	dēor	beorht Derland	Derland	♂	Lastname	-	dēor	land	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Dēorland’. Dermod	Dermod	♂	Quickened	Dēormōd	dēor	mōd Dermund	Dermund	♂	Quickened	Dēormūnd	dēor	mūnd Dernoth	Dernoþ	♂	Quickened	Dēornōþ	dēor	nōþ Derswith	Dersƿiþ	♂	Quickened	Dēorsƿīþ	dēor	sƿīþ Derwald	Derƿald	♂	Quickened	Dēorƿeald	dēor	ƿeald Derwolf	Derƿolf	♂	Quickened	Dēorƿulf	dēor	ƿulf Dexter	Dexter	⚥	Lastname	-	-	-	Now a name, which comes from a work-name, it first meant a  cloth dyer, OE ‘Dēaġstre’. (A dye-ster, in the likewise way as a spinster is a  cloth-spinner.) It’s not tied to the Latin word of alike spelling, which instead means right-handed. Dolbode	Dolbode	♂	Unfounded	*Dālbod	dāl	bod	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Norman name ‘Talbot’. Dove	Dufe	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word for the bird, which comes from Old English ‘dūfe’, mostly found in compound words. Drake	Drake	♂	Lastname	Draca	-	- Drayton	Draytun	♂	Lastname	-	dræġ	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Dræġtūn’. Dritnoth	Dritnoþ	♂	Quickened	Dryhtnōþ	dryht	nōþ Drittelm	Drittelm	♂	Quickened	Dryhthelm	dryht	helm Dritwald	Dritƿald	♂	Quickened	Dryhtƿeald	dryht	ƿeald Dryden	Dryden	♂	Lastname	-	drȳġe	denu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Drȳġedenu’. Dudley	Dudley	♂	Lastname	-	-	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Duddaslēah’, meaning: Dudda’s lea (field). Dunnar	Dunnar	♂	Quickened	Dunnhere	dunn	here Dunstan	Dunstan	♂	Lastname	-	dūn	stān	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Dūnstān’. Dunton	Duntun	♂	Lastname	-	dūn	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Dūntūn’. Dunwald	Dunƿald	♂	Quickened	Dunnƿeald	dunn	ƿeald Durward	Durƿard	♂	Lastname	-	dūru	ƿeard	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Dūruƿeard’. Dutch	Duc	♂	Living	-	þeod	-	A mostly American nickname, for someone from Greater Germany, either Germany itself, or outlying lands like The Netherlands. From the shared Germanic word meaning ‘of the folk’, which became ‘Deutsch(e)’ in today's German, found in the name ‘Deutschland’, and which was found in Old English as þeod(isce). See also: Thed- names. Earl	Earl	♂	Living	*Eorla	eorl	-	From the title of Earl. Not known as a standalone name in Old English, but it was found in compound names. Mostly found as an American given name today. Earnest	Earnest	♂	Living	-	-	-	Also found as: Ernest. Not a given name in OE. Either from the everyday word, from OE ‘eornost’, or from the German name ‘Ernst’. Borne by American writer, Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), and found in Oscar Wilde’s tale, ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ (1895). Eastar	Eastar	♂	Quickened	Ēasthere	ēast	here Easter	Easter	♀	Living	Ēaster	ēaster	-	A latter-day name, for the now Christianised spring festival, formerly known as a heathen goddess and spring festival. It was found in bind-names but not as a standalone given name in Old English times. Easterbald	Easterbald	♂	Quickened	Ēasterbeald	ēaster	beald Easterhild	Easterhild	♂	Quickened	Ēasterhild	ēaster	hild Easterwin	Easterƿin	⚥	Quickened	Ēasterƿine ♂, Ēasterƿynn ♀	ēaster	ƿine , ƿynn Easterwolf	Easterƿolf	♂	Quickened	Ēasterƿolf	ēaster	ƿulf Eastmer	Eastmer	♂	Quickened	Ēastmǣr	ēast	mǣr Eastmund	Eastmund	♂	Quickened	Ēastūnd	ēast	mūnd Easton	Eastun	♂	Lastname	-	ēast	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ēasttūn’. Eastred	Eastred	♂	Quickened	Ēastrǣd	ēast	rǣd Eastwolf	Eastƿolf	♂	Quickened	Ēastƿulf	ēast	ƿulf Ed	Ed	♂	Living	Ēadda	ēad	-	A shortening of names like ‘Edward’ and ‘Edgar’. Edbald	Edbald	♂	Quickened	Ēadbeald	ēad	beald	Borne by a 600s King of Kent. Edbert	Edbert	♂	Living	Ēadbert	ēad	beorht	Borne by a 700s King of and by a 700s King of Kent. Edbury	Edbury	♀	Quickened	Ēadburg	ēad	burg	Also found as the Lastname ‘Ebba’. Eddar	Eddar	♂	Quickened	Ēadhere	ēad	here Eddelm	Eddelm	♂	Quickened	Ēadhelm	ēad	helm Eddey	Eddey	♂	Quickened	Ēadhēah	ēad	hēah Eddie	Eddy	♂	Living	Ēadda	ēad	-	Also found as: Eddy. A shortening of names like ‘Edward’, ‘Edgar’. As a lastname, from the Middle English name ‘Edwy’, from Old English ‘Ēadƿīġ’ (See: Edway). As a shortening of the names ‘Edith’ and ‘Edive’, see: Edie. Kin with the mainland names Otis (Norman) and Otto (German). Edfled	Edfled	♀	Quickened	Ēadflǣd	ēad	flǣd Edfrith	Edfriþ	♂	Quickened	Ēadfriþ	ēad	friþ Edgar	Edgar	♂	Living	Ēadgār	ēad	gār	Also found as, ‘Adair’, from earlier, ‘Edyear’. Borne by the King of the English (959-975). Edgerl	Ecgerl	♂	Quickened	Ēadċeorl	ēad	ċeorl Edie	Edy	♀	Living	*Ēaddo	ēad	-	A shortening of the names ‘Edith’ and ‘Edive’. Not known to be a standalone name in OE. See also: Eddie. Edild	Edild	♀	Quickened	Ēadhild	ēad	hild Edils	Edils	♂	Quickened	Ēadġils	ēad	ġils Edith	Ediþ	♀	Living	Ēadgȳþ	ēad	gȳþ Edive	Edife	♀	Quickened	Ēadġifu	ēad	ġifu	Also shortened in Lastnames as ‘Edey’ and ‘Eady’. Edleaf	Edleaf	♀	Quickened	Ēadlēofu	ēad	lēof Edlof	Edloff	♂	Quickened	Ēadlāf	ēad	lāf Edmar	Edmar	♂	Living	Ēadmere	ēad	mere Edmer	Edmer	♂	Quickened	Ēadmǣr	ēad	mǣr Edmund	Edmund	♂	Living	Ēadmūnd	ēad	mūnd Ednoth	Ednoþ	♂	Quickened	Ēadnōþ	ēad	nōþ Edoun	Edune	♂	Quickened	Ēadhūn	ēad	hūn	Also sometimes spelled as the name ‘Eden’. Edred	Edred	♂	Living	Ēadrǣd	ēad	rǣd	Borne by the King of the English (959–975). Edrich	Edric	♂	Living	Ēadrīċ	ēad	rīċ	Borne by a 600s King of Kent. Edsey	Edsey	♂	Quickened	Ēadsiġe	ēad	siġe Edstan	Edstan	♂	Quickened	Ēadstān	ēad	stān Edswith	Edsƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Ēadsƿīþ	ēad	sƿīþ Edwaker	Edƿaker	♂	Quickened	Ēadƿacer	ēad	ƿacu	Kin with the German and Czech name ‘Otakar’, and the Latin name ‘Odoacer’. Edwald	Edƿald	♂	Quickened	Ēadƿeald	ēad	ƿeald Edward	Edƿard	♂	Living	Ēadƿeard	ēad	ƿeard	One of mighty few Old English names to have not only lived through the Norman overthrow of England, but to have shone with ongoing bearing by Englishman of all iks, even the kings, since Old English times. Edway	Edƿay	♂	Quickened	Ēadƿīġ	ēad	ƿīġ	Borne by the King of the English (959–975). See also: Eddie. Edwin	Edƿin	⚥	Living	Ēadƿine, Ēadƿynn	ēad	ƿine , ƿynn	While not known as a woman’s name today, it could be once more. The shape sweltered and became ‘Edwina’ in English, with the Latinate -a ending. Edwolf	Edƿolf	♂	Quickened	Ēadƿulf	ēad	ƿulf Edyard	Edgeard	♂	Quickened	Ēadġeard	ēad	ġeard Egbald	Egbald	♂	Quickened	Eċġbeald	eċġ	beald Egbert	Egbert	♂	Living	Eċġbeorht	eċġ	beorht	Borne by a player in the 2000s American webstrip ‘Homestuck’. Egbury	Egbury	♀	Quickened	Eċġburg	eċġ	burg Egfrith	Egfriþ	♂	Quickened	Eċġfriþ	eċġ	friþ	Borne by the short-lived King of in the 700s, son of King Offa (see: Wolf) and of Queen Kinthrith. Eggard	Eggard	♂	Quickened	Eċġheard	eċġ	heard Eggelm	Eggelm	♂	Quickened	Eċġhelm	eċġ	helm Eggoun	Eggune	♂	Quickened	Eċġhūn	eċġ	hūn Eglof	Egloff	♂	Quickened	Eċġlāf	eċġ	lāf Egmund	Egmund	♂	Quickened	Eċġmūnd	eċġ	mūnd Egnoth	Egnoþ	♂	Quickened	Eċġnōþ	eċġ	nōþ Egred	Egred	♂	Quickened	Eċġrǣd	eċġ	rǣd Egrich	Egric	♂	Quickened	Eċġrīċ	eċġ	rīċ Egstan	Egstan	♂	Quickened	Eċġstān	eċġ	stān Egthew	Egþeƿ	♂	Quickened	Eċġþēoƿ	eċġ	þēoƿ	Father of Beowulf in the tale of Beowulf. Egwald	Egƿald	♂	Quickened	Eċġƿeald	eċġ	ƿeald Egwel	Egƿel	♂	Quickened	Eċġƿealh	eċġ	ƿealh Egwin	Egƿin	♂	Quickened	Eċġƿine	eċġ	ƿine Egwolf	Egƿolf	♂	Quickened	Eċġƿulf	eċġ	ƿulf Eldon	Eldun	♂	Lastname	-	Ella	dūn	Also found as: ‘Elsdon’ (Anglish Spelling: Elsdun). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ellasdūn’, meaning: Ella’s down (hill). Elmer	Elmer	♂	Lastname	Æþelmǣr	æþel	mǣr	See also: Ethelmer. Elton	Eltun	♂	Lastname	-	Ella	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ellastūn’. Borne by songwriter Elton John (1947 onwards), who was born as Reginald Dwight, and who named himself after his former band-mate, Elton Dean (1945–2006). Elwood	Elƿood	♂	Lastname	-	Ella	ƿudu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ellasƿudu’. Embald	Embald	♂	Quickened	Ēanbeald	ēan	beald Embert	Embert	♂	Quickened	Ēanbeorht	ēan	beorht Emer	Emer	♂	Quickened	Ēomǣr	eoh	mǣr	Borne by one of the forebears of the Iclings, kings of, son of Angelthew/Angenyet, father of Ichel, and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Emod	Emod	♂	Quickened	Ēomōd	eoh	mōd Emund	Emund	♂	Quickened	Ēomūnd	eoh	mūnd Enfled	Enfled	♀	Quickened	Ēanflǣd	ēan	flǣd Enfrith	Enfriþ	♂	Quickened	Ēanfriþ	ēan	friþ Englebald	Engelbald	♂	Quickened	Engelbeald	engel	beald Englebert	Engelbert	♂	Quickened	Engelbeorht	engel	beorht Englegar	Engelgar	♂	Quickened	Engelgār	engel	gār Englemer	Engelmer	♂	Quickened	Engelmǣr	engel	mǣr Englemod	Engelmod	♂	Quickened	Engelmōd	engel	mōd Englemund	Engelmund	♂	Quickened	Engelmūnd	engel	mūnd Engleren	Engelren	♂	Quickened	Engelhrafn	engel	hræfn	Kin with the Norman name ‘Ingram’. Englerich	Engelric	♂	Quickened	Engelrīċ	engel	rīċ Engleswith	Engelsƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Engelsƿīþ	engel	sƿīþ Englethew	Engelþeƿ	♂	Quickened	Engelþēoƿ	engel	þēoƿ Engllar	Engellar	♂	Quickened	Engelhere	engel	here Engllard	Engelhard	♂	Quickened	Engelheard	engel	heard Engllelm	Engelhelm	♂	Quickened	Engelhelm	engel	helm Enith	Eniþ	♀	Quickened	Ēangȳþ	ēan	gȳþ Enmund	Enmund	♂	Quickened	Ēanmūnd	ēan	mūnd Ennar	Ennar	♂	Quickened	Ēanhere	ēan	here Enred	Enred	♂	Quickened	Ēanrǣd	ēan	rǣd Enstan	Enstan	♂	Quickened	Ēanstān	ēan	stān Enswith	Ensƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Ēansƿīþ	ēan	sƿīþ Enwald	Enƿald	♂	Quickened	Ēanƿeald	ēan	ƿeald Enwin	Enƿin	♂	Quickened	Ēanƿine	ēan	ƿine Eny	Eny	♂	Quickened	Eni	? -	Borne by one of the forebears of the Wuffings, the kings of, son of Titel (Tytila), father of Ethelrich, and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Enyard	Engeard	♂	Quickened	Ēanġeard	ēan	ġeard Enyisel	Engisel	♂	Quickened	Ēanġīsel	ēan	ġīls, ġīsel Erendel	Erendel	♂	Quickened	Earendel	earendel	-	The star, known in Old Norse folklore as ‘Aurvandill’, and borne by J. R. R. Tolkien for the name of ‘Eärendil the Mariner’ in The Silmarillion. Erkenbald	Erkenbald	♂	Quickened	Eorconbeald	eorcon	beald	Can also be spelled ‘Arkenbald’. Kin with the name ‘Archibald’, which was brought by the Normans, whose ‘ch’ spelling was shaped by likeness to the Greek word ‘archos’. Erkenbert	Erkenbert	♂	Quickened	Eorconbeorht	eorcon	beorht Erkenwald	Ekrenƿald	♂	Quickened	Eorconƿeald	eorcon	ƿeald Erkenyat	Erkengeat	♀	Quickened	Eorconġēat	eorcon	ġēat	Can also be spelled ‘Arkenyat’ (Anglish Spelling: Arkengeat), by likeness of J. R. R. Tolkien's of OE ‘eorconstān’ (meaning: great/dear-stone) to ‘Arkenstone’ for The Hobbit. Ermenbury	Ermenbury	♀	Quickened	Eormenburg	eormen	burg Ermenhild	Ermenhild	♀	Quickened	Eormenhild	eormen	hild Ermenlof	Ermenloff	♂	Quickened	Eormenlāf	eormen	lāf Ermenred	Ermenred	♂	Quickened	Eormenrǣd	eormen	rǣd Ermenrich	Ermenric	♂	Quickened	Eormenrīċ	eormen	rīċ	Likely to be kin with the German name ‘Emmerich’. Ermenthrith	Ermenþriþ	♀	Quickened	Eormenþrȳþ	eormen	þrȳþ Ermenyard	Ermengeard	♀	Quickened	Eormenġeard	eormen	ġeard	Kin with the German name ‘Irmgard’, and the Norman name ‘Ermengarde’. Ernwald	Ernƿald	♂	Quickened	Earnƿeald	earn	ƿeald	Kin with the name ‘Arnold’, which was brought by the Normans. Ernway	Ernƿay	♂	Quickened	Earnƿīġ	earn	ƿīġ Ernwin	Ernƿin	♂	Quickened	Earnƿine	earn	ƿine Ernwolf	Ernƿolf	♂	Quickened	Earnƿulf	earn	ƿulf Erpwald	Erpƿald	♂	Quickened	Eorpƿeald	eorp	ƿeald Erpwin	Erpƿin	♂	Quickened	Eorpƿine	eorp	ƿine Esmund	Esmund	♂	Lastname	-	ēast	mūnd	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ēastmūnd’. Most often spelled 'Esmond', which is a Norman spelling of the latter word. Estrild	Estrild	♀	Living	Ēasthild	ēaster	hild	Written by Geoffrey of Monmouth to be the name of a Germanic who was stolen by the Briton leader, Humber the Hun, known in the tale by the name ‘Estrildis’. Ethel	Eþel	♀	Living	Æþel	æþel	-	The name sweltered but came back in the 1800s. Kin with the Norman name Adele. Ethelbald	Eþelbald	♂	Quickened	Æþelbeald	æþel	beald	Borne by a 700s King of and by an 800s King of Wessex. Ethelbert	Eþelbert	♂	Living	Æþelbeorht	æþel	beorht	A short-lived name brought back in the 1800s. Borne by many kings from the 500s to 800s, and outstanding Americans of the 1800s, such as Ethelbert Watts (1846–1919). Kin with the Norman name Albert. Ethelbrand	Eþelbrand	♂	Quickened	Æþelbrand	æþel	brand Ethelbury	Eþelbury	♀	Quickened	Æþelburg	æþel	burg Ethelfand	Eþelfand	♂	Quickened	Æþelfand	æþel	fand Ethelfled	Eþelfled	♀	Quickened	Æþelflǣd	æþel	flǣd	Borne by the daughter of Alfred the Great and Lady of in the 800s. Ethelfouse	Eþelfuse	♂	Unfounded	*Æþelfūs	æþel	fūs	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Norman name ‘Alphonse’, and the Spanish name ‘Alfonso’. Ethelfrith	Eþelfriþ	♂	Quickened	Æþelfriþ	æþel	friþ	Borne by a 500s King of Bernicia. Ethelgar	Eþelgar	♂	Quickened	Æþelgār	æþel	gār Ethelith	Eþeliþ	♀	Quickened	Æþelgȳþ	æþel	gȳþ Ethelive	Eþelife	♀	Quickened	Æþelġifu	æþel	ġifu Ethellad	Eþellad	♀	Unfounded	*Æþelhād	æþel	hād	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Norman name ‘Adelaide’, the French name ‘Alice’, and the German name ‘Adelheid’. Ethellar	Eþellar	♂	Quickened	Æþelhere	æþel	here	Borne by a 600s King of. Ethellard	Eþellard	♂	Quickened	Æþelheard, Æþeġeard	æþel	heard , ġeard	A blend of two Old English names that would likely have blended into one another over time. Borne by a 700s King of Wessex. Ethelleaf	Eþelleaf	♀	Quickened	Æþellēof	æþel	lēof Ethellelm	Eþellelm	♂	Quickened	Æþelhelm	æþel	helm Ethelley	Eþelley	♂	Quickened	Æþelhēah	æþel	hēah Ethellild	Eþellild	♀	Quickened	Æþelhild	æþel	hild Ethelloun	Eþellune	♂	Quickened	Æþelhūn	æþel	hūn Ethellove	Eþelluf	♀	Quickened	Æþelluf	æþel	lufu Ethelman	Eþelman	♂	Quickened	Æþelmann	æþel	mann Ethelmer	Eþelmer	♂	Quickened	Æþelmǣr	æþel	mǣr	Kin with Elmer, which is a shortening, from alike Old English name. See also: Elmer. Ethelmod	Eþelmod	♂	Quickened	Æþelmōd	æþel	mōd Ethelmund	Eþelmund	♂	Quickened	Æþelmūnd	æþel	mūnd Ethelnoth	Eþelnoþ	♂	Quickened	Æþelnōþ	æþel	nōþ Ethelred	Eþelred	♂	Living	Æþelrǣd	æþel	rǣd	Borne by a 600s King of, by 700s and 800s Kings of , by an 800s King of , by an 800s King of Kent, by an 800s King of Wessex, and the King of the English (959–975). Ethelrich	Eþelric	♂	Quickened	Æþelrīċ	æþel	rīċ	Borne by one of the forebears of the Wuffings, the kings of, son of Eny (Eni), father of Aldwulf, and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Also borne by a King of Bernicia and by a 500s King of Deira. Ethelsey	Eþelsey	♂	Quickened	Æþelsiġe	æþel	siġe	For the living name with alike spelling, see: Chelsea. Ethelstan	Eþelstan	♂	Quickened	Æþelstān	æþel	stān	Borne by the King of the Anglo-Saxons (924–927) and the King of the English (927–939). The name sweltered following the Norman overthrow. Brought back with the spelling of ‘Athelstan’ (see: Athelstan) in Sir Walter Scott's (1771–1832) book, Ivanhoe. Ethelswith	Eþelsƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Æþelsƿīþ	æþel	sƿīþ	Borne by a Queen of in the 800s. Ethelthrith	Eþelþriþ	♀	Quickened	Æþelþrȳþ	æþel	þrȳþ	Borne by the and Queen of  and The Fens in the 600s. Kin with the Norman name ‘Audrey’. Ethelwaker	Eþelƿaker	♂	Quickened	Æþelƿacer	æþel	ƿacu Ethelwald	Eþelƿald	♂	Quickened	Æþelƿeald	æþel	ƿeald	Borne by a 600s King of, by a 600s King of Deira and by a 700s King of. Ethelward	Eþelƿard	♂	Quickened	Æþelƿeard	æþel	ƿeard	Borne by an 800s King of. Ethelway	Eþelƿay	♂	Quickened	Æþelƿīġ	æþel	ƿīġ Ethelwel	Eþelƿel	♂	Quickened	Æþelƿealh	æþel	ƿealh	Borne by a 600s King of Sussex. Ethelwer	Eþelƿer	♂	Quickened	Æþelƿaru	æþel	ƿaru Ethelwin	Eþelƿin	⚥	Quickened	Æþelƿine ♂, Æþelƿynn ♀	æþel	ƿine , ƿynn	Borne by an English of the 600s and another of the 1000s. Ethelwolf	Eþelƿolf	♂	Living	Æþelƿulf	æþel	ƿulf	Borne by an 800s King of Kent and by an 800s King of Wessex. Kin with the German name ‘Adolf’ and its Latinised English shape, ‘Adolph’. Ethelyard	Eþelgeard	♀	Quickened	Æþelġeard	æþel	ġeard	Kin with the German name ‘Edelgard’. Ethelyat	Eþelgeat	♂	Quickened	Æþelġēat	æþel	ġēat Ever	Efer	♂	Quickened	Eofer	eofer	- Everar	Eferar	♂	Quickened	Eoferhere	eofer	here Everard	Eferard	♂	Lastname	Eoferheard	eofer	heard	Also found as the lastname, ‘Everett’ (Anglish Spelling: Eferett). Likely a blend of the Old English ‘Eoferheard’ and Norman ‘Eburhard’, though the OE shape would likely yield alike outcome, even if it had sweltered. Everbald	Eferbald	♂	Quickened	Eoferbeald	eofer	beald Everbern	Eferbern	♂	Quickened	Eoferbeorn	eofer	beorn Everbrod	Eferbrod	♂	Quickened	Eoferbrord	eofer	brord Everday	Eferday	♂	Quickened	Eoferdæġ	eofer	dæġ Everelm	Eferelm	♂	Quickened	Eoferhelm	eofer	helm Everey	Eferey	♂	Quickened	Eoferhēah	eofer	hēah Evergar	Efergar	♂	Quickened	Eofergār	eofer	gār Everley	Eferley	♀	Lastname	-	eofer	lēah	Also found as: Everly (Anglish Spelling: Eferly). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Eoferlēah’. Evermund	Efermund	♂	Quickened	Eofermund	eofer	mūnd Everred	Eferred	♂	Quickened	Eoferrǣd	eofer	rǣd Everthrith	Eferþriþ	♀	Quickened	Eoferþrȳþ	eofer	þrȳþ Everton	Efertun	♂	Lastname	-	eofer	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Eofertūn’. Everwald	Eferƿald	♂	Quickened	Eoferƿeald	eofer	ƿeald Everwich	Eferƿic	♂	Unfounded	-	eofer	ƿiċ	Not a given name in OE. This is the inborn shape of the word that became the town of ‘York’, which itself was shaped by Old Norse, from ‘Iorvik’, and which was ‘Eoferƿiċ’ in OE. Everwin	Eferƿin	♂	Lastname	-	eofer	ƿine	From the OE stow-name ‘Eoferƿine’. Also found shortened in names such as ‘Irwin’ and ‘Erwin’. Everwolf	Eferƿolf	♂	Quickened	Eoferƿulf	eofer	ƿulf Everyisel	Efergisel	♂	Quickened	Eoferġīsel	eofer	ġīsel Eyesar	Egesar	♂	Quickened	Eġeshere	eġes	here Eyesbert	Egesbert	♂	Quickened	Eġesbeorht	eġes	beorht Eyesman	Egesman	♂	Quickened	Eġesmann	eġes	mann Eyesmund	Egesmund	♂	Quickened	Eġesmūnd	eġes	mūnd Eyesnoth	Egesnoþ	♂	Quickened	Eġesnōþ	eġes	nōþ Eyesward	Egesƿard	♂	Quickened	Eġesƿeard	eġes	ƿeard Eyeswel	Egesƿel	♂	Quickened	Eġesƿealh	eġes	ƿealh Eyeswolf	Egesƿolf	♂	Quickened	Eġesƿulf	eġes	ƿulf Fairchild	Faircild	♂	Lastname	-	fæġer	ċild	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname that began as a nickname for a child with fair hair, from OE ‘Fæġerċild’. Fairfax	Fairfax	⚥	Lastname	-	fæġer	fax	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname that began as a nickname for someone with fair hair. From OE Fæġerfax. Farman	Farman	♂	Quickened	Færmann	fær	mann Farnham	Farnham	♂	Lastname	-	fearn	hām	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Fearnhām’. Farnley	Farnley	♂	Lastname	-	fearn	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Fearnlēah’. Farnoth	Farnoþ	♂	Unfounded	*Færnōþ	fær	nōþ	Not found in OE. Would be kin with ‘Ferdinand’, which is a Spanish shape of an older mainland Germanic name. Also kin with the Latin name ‘Ferdinandus’, which was borrowed from Proto-Germanic. Fastwolf	Fastƿolf	♂	Quickened	Fæstƿulf	fæst	ƿulf Fear	Fear	⚥	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. A puritanical Christian name, from the everyday English word. Felbert	Felbert	♂	Unfounded	*Felbeorht	fela	beorht	Not found in OE. Would be kin with ‘Philbert’, a name brought from mainland Europe, and which is spelled by likeness to the Latin ‘philos’, meaning ‘love’. Felton	Feltun	♂	Lastname	-	feld	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Feldtūn’. Felyeld	Felgeld	♂	Quickened	Feoluġeld	feld	ġeld Fenn	Fenn	♂	Lastname	Fenn	fenn	-	Not a given name in OE. Either from the standalone lastname of ‘Fenn’, or as a shortening of the name ‘Fenton’, which also began as a lastname. Fenton	Fentun	♂	Lastname	-	fenn	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Fenntūn’. Fenwick	Fenƿick	♂	Lastname	-	fenn	ƿiċ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Fennƿiċ’. Fern	Fern	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. A name that became widespread in the 1800s, both for boys and girls, and later mostly for girls, named for the. Firth	Firþ	♂	Lastname	Fyrhþ	fyrhþ	-	Borne by English Colin Firth (1960 onwards). It can also come from a shape of the name ‘Frith’, where the ‘r’ swaps its spot with the ‘i’. See also: Frith. Fish	Fisc	⚥	Living	Fiṡċ	fiṡċ	-	From the English lastname, or from the everyday word. Fisher	Fiscer	♂	Living	Fiṡċere	fiṡċ	-	From the English lastname, or from the everyday word. Fishwolf	Fiscƿolf	♂	Quickened	Fiṡċƿulf	fiṡċ	ƿulf Fleetwood	Fleetƿood	♂	Lastname	-	flēot	ƿudu	Not a given name in OE. From the lastname ‘Fleetwood,’ from OE ‘Flēotƿudu’. Spread by the rock band Fleetwood Mac. Flint	Flint	♂	Living	Flint	-	-	From the everyday word ‘flint’, meaning: tough, sturdy, or steadfast. Folkar	Folkar	♂	Quickened	Folchere	folc	here Folkard	Folkard	♂	Quickened	Folcheard	folc	heard Folkbert	Folkbert	♂	Quickened	Folcbeorht	folc	beorht Folkbury	Folkbury	♀	Quickened	Folcburg	folc	burg Folkwald	Folkƿald	♂	Quickened	Folcƿeald	folc	ƿeald Folkwin	Folkƿin	♂	Quickened	Folcƿine	folc	ƿine Ford	Ford	♂	Lastname	-	ford	-	Not a given name in OE. A name that began as a stow-name for someone who lived near the ford of a stream. Frank	Frank	♂	Living	Franca	franc	-	Either to do with the French folk, or from the Old English word meaning 'spear'. See also: French, Frenchie. Freeman	Freeman	♂	Lastname	Frēomann	frēo	mann	Borne by the main player in the American games ‘Half-Life’ and ‘Half-Life 2’. Frelof	Freloff	♂	Quickened	Frēalāf	frēa	lāf French	Frenc	♂	Living	Franca	franc	-	For someone from France, or from the lastname, which likewise was for someone from France. See also: Frank, Frenchie. Frenchie	Frency	⚥	Living	Franca	franc	-	Either from the lastname, ‘French’, or as a nickname for someone from France. See also: Frank, French. Frewer	Freƿer	♀	Quickened	Frēaƿaru	frēa	ƿaru	Also found as the lastname ‘Frewer’, from OE ‘Frēoƿaru’, where the first bit is from frēo (free, highborn). Frewin	Freƿin	⚥	Quickened	Frēaƿine ♂, Frēaƿynn ♀	frēa	ƿine, ƿynn Frewolf	Freƿolf	♂	Quickened	Frēaƿulf	frēa	ƿulf Friday	Friday	⚥	Living	Friġedæġ	frēo	dæġ	A given name since at least Old English times. From the everyday word for the day of the week, named for the god and heavenly body, ‘Fry’ (‘Frigg’ in Old Norse; Interpretatio Roman from ‘Venus’). Given to children born on the day. Frith	Friþ	♀	Living	Friþ	friþ	-	Kin with the name ‘Fred’, a shortening of ‘Frederick’, which is an Anglo-Norman name. It can also come from a shape of the name ‘Firth’, where the ‘r’ swaps its spot with the ‘i’. See also: Firth. Frithbert	Friþbert	♂	Quickened	Friþubeorht	friþ	beorht	See also: Bertfrith. Frithelm	Friþelm	♂	Quickened	Friþuhelm	friþ	helm Frithgar	Friþgar	♂	Quickened	Friþugār	friþ	gār	Kin with the German name ‘Friedger’, and the Norse name ‘Friđgeirr’. Frithith	Friþiþ	♀	Quickened	Friþugȳþ	friþ	gȳþ	See also: Guthfrith. Frithlof	Friþloff	♂	Quickened	Friþulāf	friþ	lāf Frithmund	Friþmund	♂	Quickened	Friþumūnd	friþ	mūnd	Kin with the Norse name ‘Friđmundur’. Frithred	Friþred	♂	Quickened	Friþurǣd	friþ	rǣd	See also: Redfrith. Frithrich	Friþric	♂	Quickened	Friþurīċ	friþ	rīċ	Kin with the Anglo-Norman name ‘Frederick’, and the German name ‘Friedrich’. Frithstan	Friþstan	♂	Quickened	Friþustān	friþ	stān Frithswith	Friþsƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Friþusƿīþ	friþ	sƿīþ	Borne by a hallow. See also: Swithfrith. Frithwald	Friþƿald	♂	Quickened	Friþuƿeald	friþ	ƿeald Frithwin	Friþƿin	♂	Quickened	Friþuƿine	friþ	ƿine	See also: Winfrith. Frithwolf	Friþƿolf	♂	Quickened	Friþuƿulf	friþ	ƿulf Frithyard	Friþgeard	♂	Quickened	Friþuġeard	friþ	ġeard Frithyils	Friþgils	♂	Quickened	Friþuġils	friþ	ġīsel Frodo	Frodo	♂	Living	Frōda	frōd	-	A name spread by J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The -o ending may be a Latin shape of the name; it may otherwise be spelled ‘Frode’. Frost	Frost	♂	Living	-	frost	-	Not known to be a given name in OE. Either from the lastname Frost, often named for the writer Robert Frost, or from the everyday word, for someone born in winter, or for someone with fair or white hair. Fry	Fry	♂	Lastname	-	frēo	-	Not known to be a given name in OE. From the lastname ‘Fry’, which began as a name of standing for a free-man. See also: Freeman. Fulbert	Fulbert	♂	Living	Fulbeorht	full	beorht	Found with alike spelling in both English and French. Fulred	Fulred	♂	Quickened	Fulrǣd	full	rǣd Fulton	Fultun	♂	Lastname	-	fugol	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Fugoltūn’. Gadfrith	Gadfriþ	♂	Quickened	Gādfriþ	gād	friþ Gadrich	Gadric	♂	Quickened	Gādrīċ	gād	rīċ Gangwolf	Gangƿolf	♂	Quickened	Gangƿulf	gang	ƿulf	See also: Wolfgang. Gar	Gar	♂	Quickened	Gara	gār	-	See also: Gary, Gaz. Garfield	Garfeeld	♂	Lastname	-	gār	feld	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Gārfeld’. Spread by American leader James Garfield (1831—1881), and later by the funny-strip ‘Garfield’ by Jim Davis (1945 onwards). Garland	Garland	♂	Lastname	-	gār	land	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Gārland’. Garmund	Garmund	♂	Quickened	Gārmūnd	gār	mūnd Garrard	Garrard	♂	Quickened	Gārheard	gār	heard	Kin with the German name ‘Gerhard’, and the Norman name ‘Gerard’. Garrich	Garric 	♂	Unfounded	*Gǣrrīċ	gār	rīċ	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Latin name ‘Gaisericus’, which was borrowed from Proto-Germanic, borne by the King of the Vandals and Alans in 428–477. Garthrist	Garþrist	♂	Quickened	Gārþrist	gār	þrist Garthrith	Garþriþ	♀	Unfounded	Gārþrȳþ	gār	þrȳþ	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Norse name ‘Gertrude’. See also: Thrithgar. Garwald	Garƿald	♂	Quickened	Gārƿeald	gār	ƿeald	Kin with the Norman name ‘Gerald’. Garwin	Garƿin	♂	Quickened	Gārƿine	gār	ƿine Garwolf	Garƿolf	♂	Quickened	Gārƿulf	gār	ƿulf Gary	Gary	♂	Living	Gara	gār	-	Can also be spelled: Garry. Short for any of the names beginning with ‘Gar’, such as ‘Garfield’. See also: Gar, Gaz. Gaz	Gas	♂	Living	-	gār	-	A nickname for ‘Gary’ or other names beginning with ‘Gar’. See also: Gary. Gladstone	Gladstone	♂	Lastname	-	glæd	stān	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Glædstān’. Gladwin	Gladƿin	♂	Lastname	-	glæd	ƿine	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Glædƿine’. Goddard	Goddard	♂	Lastname	Godheard	god	heard	A blend of the Old English name ‘Godheard’ and Norman name ‘Godard’, which spring from alike Germanic name. Godfrith	Godfriþ	♂	Quickened	Godfriþ	god	friþ	Kin with the mainland names ‘Godfrey’, ‘Geoffrey’/‘Jeffrey’ (both Norman), and ‘Gottfried’ (German). Godive	Godife	♀	Quickened	Godġifu	god	ġifu	A quickened shape of the name ‘Godiva’, which is a Latinised shape from OE ‘Godġifu’. Borne by Lady Godiva in the 1000s. Godroun	Godrune	♀	Quickened	Godrūn	god	rūn	Kin with the Norse name ‘Gudrun’ from the Volsung Saga. Godshalk	Godscalk	♂	Quickened	Gōdṡċealc	ƿulf	ṡċealc Godwin	Godƿin	♂	Living	Godƿine	god	ƿine	Borne by an leading helper to the king in the 1000s, whose son, Harold Godwinson, was later made king and then killed in the Norman overthrow of England. The given name may come from a lastname rather than ongoing bearing since Old English times. Goldar	Goldar	♂	Quickened	Goldhere	gold	here Goldie	Goldy	♀	Living	Golda ♂	gold	- Golding	Golding	♂	Quickened	Golding	gold	ing Goldive	Goldife	♀	Quickened	Goldġifu	gold	ġifu Goldman	Goldman	♂	Quickened	Goldmann	gold	mann Goldrich	Goldric	♂	Quickened	Goldrīċ	gold	rīċ Goldroun	Goldrune	♀	Quickened	Goldrūn	gold	rūn Goldsey	Goldsey	♂	Quickened	Goldsiġe	gold	siġe Goldstan	Goldstan	♂	Quickened	Goldstān	gold	stān Goldwin	Goldƿin	♂	Quickened	Goldƿine	gold	ƿine Goodar	Goodar	♂	Quickened	Gōdhere	gōd	here Goodeve	Goodefe	♀	Lastname	Gōde	gōd	ġifu	Sweltered as a living name, but lives on as a lastname. See also: Goodey. Goodey	Goodey	♀	Quickened	Gōdġifu	gōd	ġifu	A shape of the name ‘Goodeve’. See also: Goodeve. Goodie	Goody	♀	Quickened	Gōde	gōd	- Goodman	Goodman	♂	Lastname	Gōdmann	gōd	mann	Borne by American John Goodman (1952 onwards). Goodway	Goodƿay	♂	Lastname	Gōdƿīġ	gōd	ƿīġ	Sweltered as a given name, but lives on as a lastname. There's also the lastname ‘Waygood’, said by Coats and Others to come from the OE name ‘Ƿīġgōd’. Goodwife	Goodƿife	♀	Quickened	Gōdƿīf	gōd	ƿīf Goodwin	Goodƿin	⚥	Quickened	Gōdƿine ♂, Gōdƿynn ♀	gōd	ƿine, ƿynn Goodwolf	Goodƿolf	♂	Quickened	Gōdƿulf	gōd	ƿulf Gorham	Gorham	♂	Lastname	Gārhām	gār	hām	Not a given name in OE. Gorton	Gortun	♂	Lastname	Gārtūn	gār	tūn	Not a given name in OE. Not tied to the name ‘Gordon’, which comes from either Scottish or Irish, or the French stow-name ‘Gourdon’. Grafton	Graftun	♂	Lastname	-	grāf	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Grāftūn’, meaning: grove-town. Graham	Graham	♂	Lastname	-	grund	hām	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Grundhām’. Borne by Sylvester Graham (1794–1851), an American Presbyterian who gave rise to the flour, bread, and cracker foods bearing his name. Gresham	Gresham	♂	Lastname	-	græs	hām	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Græshām’. Grey	Grey	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Also found as: Gray. Not a given name in OE. From the lastname ‘Grey’, which can come from the everyday word borne as a nickname. Grim	Grim	♂	Quickened	Grim	grim	-	Also found as the lastname ‘Grime’ / ‘Grimes’. Borne in Old English as a nickname for the god Woden, meaning, ‘shrouded, hidden’. Grimbald	Grimbald	♂	Quickened	Grimbeald	grim	beald Grissild	Grishild	♀	Unfounded	*Grīshild	-	hild	An Anglishing of the Latin-swayed name ‘Griselda’, which has unknown springs, but is often said to be from an unwritten Germanic bindname built on the words ‘*grīse’ (Not found in OE. Meaning: grey) and ‘hild’ (meaning: fight; fighter). The name Griselda yields the English name ‘Zelda’, borne by the wife of American writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896—1940), and by the namesake in ‘The Legend of Zelda’ games. Grover	Grofer	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the stow-name for someone who lived in or by a grove. Borne by the 22nd and 24th American leader, Grover Cleveland (1837–1908). Gumbald	Gumbald	♂	Quickened	Gumbeald	guma	beald Gumbert	Gumbert	♂	Quickened	Gumbeorht	guma	beorht Gummar	Gummar	♂	Quickened	Gummǣr	guma	mǣr, mere 	A blend of two Old English names that would likely have blended into one another over time. Gummund	Gummund	♂	Quickened	Gummūnd	guma	mūnd Gumrich	Gumric	♂	Unfounded	*Gumrīċ	guma	rīċ	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the German name ‘Gumarich’, the Norman name ‘Gomery’, and through the foreword ‘guma’, the Spanish name ‘Gómez’. Gumthrith	Gumþriþ	♀	Quickened	Gumþrȳþ	guma	þrȳþ Gumwald	Gumƿald	♂	Quickened	Gumƿeald	guma	ƿeald Guthar	Guþar	♂	Quickened	Gūþhere	gūþ	here	Kin with the German name ‘Günther’, and the Norse name ‘Gunnar’. Guthfrith	Guþfriþ	♂	Quickened	Gūþfriþ	gūþ	friþ	See also: Frithith. Guthlock	Guþlock	♂	Quickened	Gūþlāc	gūþ	lāc	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guthlac_of_Crowland Guthlof	Guþloff	♂	Quickened	Gūþlāf	gūþ	lāf	Kin with the Norse name ‘Gunnleifr’. Guthmund	Guþmund	♂	Quickened	Gūþmūnd	gūþ	mūnd Guthwald	Guþƿald	♂	Quickened	Gūþƿeald	gūþ	ƿeald Guthwin	Guþƿin	♂	Quickened	Gūþƿine	gūþ	ƿine Guthwolf	Guþƿolf	♂	Quickened	Gūþƿulf	gūþ	ƿulf 	Kin with the Norse name ‘Gunnúlfr’, and the Latin name ‘Gundulfus’, which was borrowed from Proto-Germanic. Gytha	Giþa	♀	Frozen	Gūþa ♂, Gūþo ♀	gȳþ	-	A frozen spelling of an Old English name that was brought back in Victorian times with a Latinised -a ending. (In Old English, -a was a ending, the  ending being -o.) It can be quickened as ‘Gouth’ (Anglish Spelling: Guþ). Hadley	Hadley	⚥	Lastname	-	hǣþ	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hǣþlēah’. Hal	Hal	♂	Living	-	-	-	A lambdaism of the shortened name Harry. (When an ‘r’ becomes an ‘l’.) See also: Harry. Hale	Hale	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From a stow-name for someone who lived in a hollow or nook, from the OE word for hole, ‘halh’. Halfdan	Halfdan	♂	Quickened	Healfdene	healf	dene Hall	Hall	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From a stow-name for someone who lived in a shared hall. Halwid	Halƿid	♀	Unfounded	*Hǣlþƿīd	hǣlþ	ƿīd	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Norman name ‘Eloise’. Hamilton	Hamiltun	♂	Lastname	Hameldūn	hamel	dūn	Not a given name in OE. Borne by American Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton (about 1756 to 1804). Hamrich	Hamric	♂	Unfounded	*Hāmrīċ	hām	rīċ	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the German name ‘Heinrich’, the Netherlandish name ‘Hendrik’, and the Norman names ‘Hank’, ‘Harry’ and ‘Henry’. Handmaid	Handmaid	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. A puritanical Christian name, from the everyday English word. Handshoe	Handscoe	♂	Quickened	Hondṡċio	-	-	A name meaning ‘Glove’ from the OE word ‘hondṡċio’ (‘hand-shoe’). Friend of Beowulf in the tale of Beowulf. Harbald	Harbald	♂	Quickened	Herebeald	here	beald Harbert	Harbert	♂	Quickened	Herebeorht	here	beorht	Lives on in the Norman-swayed name ‘Herbert’. See also: Bertar. Harbrand	Harbrand 	♂	Quickened	Herebrand	here	brand Hardbert	Hardbert	♂	Quickened	Heardbeorht	heard	beorht Harding	Harding	♂	Lastname	Hearding	heard	ing	While it was a name in Old English, it lives on today by way of the lastname. Spread by the American leader Warren G. Harding (1865–1923). Hardred	Hardred	♂	Quickened	Heardrǣd	heard	rǣd Hardway	Hardƿay	♂	Lastname	Heardƿīġ	heard	ƿīġ	Sweltered as a given name, but lives on as a lastname. Hardwick	Hardƿick	♂	Lastname	-	heard	ƿiċ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Heardƿiċ’. Hardwin	Hardƿin	♂	Lastname	-	heard	ƿine	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Heardƿine’. See also: Harwin. Harfrith	Harfriþ	♂	Quickened	Herefriþ	here	friþ Harich	Haric	♂	Quickened	Hererīċ	here	rīċ Harith	Hariþ	♀	Quickened	Heregȳþ	here	gȳþ Harland	Harland	♂	Lastname	-	hara	lond	Also found as: Harlan. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Haralond’. Harleaf	Harleaf	♂	Unfounded	*Herelēof	here	lēof	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Norse name ‘Herleifr’. Harley	Harley	⚥	Lastname	-	hara	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Haralēah’. Often named after the motorcycle business Harley-Davidson. Harlow	Harloƿ	⚥	Lastname	-	here	hlǣƿ	Also found as: Arlo, Arlow, Harlowe. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Herehlǣƿ’. Harman	Harman	♂	Quickened	Haramann	here	mann	Lives on as a lastname. Kin with the living mainland name of alike shape, ‘Harman’, as well as the names ‘Harmon’, ‘Hermann’, ‘Herman’, ‘Harmann’, ‘Harmin’, ‘Arman’, ‘Armani’, and ‘Ehrman’. Harmer	Harmer	♂	Quickened	Haramǣr	here	mǣr	Not tied to the word for harm. Harmod	Harmod	♂	Quickened	Haramōd	here	mōd	Folklorish king of the Danes and the Angles in the 100s, and spoken of in the tale of Beowulf. Kin with the Norse name ‘Hærmóđr’. Harold	Harold	♂	Living	Hereƿeald	here	ƿeald	Can also be spelled: Harwald. The -old ending instead of -wald is likely owed to being shaped by its Norse kin, ‘Haraldr’. Sweltered after the Norman overthrow, brought back in the 1800s. See also: Harwald. Harper	Harper	⚥	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From an occupational lastname for a harp-player, from OE ‘hearpa’. Harred	Harred	♂	Quickened	Hererǣd	here	rǣd Harris	Harris	♂	Lastname	-	here	-	A lastname for someone fathered by a ‘Harry’. Straightforwardly: Harry’s. Harrison	Harrisun	♂	Lastname	-	here	son	A lastname for the son of a ‘Harry’. Straightforwardly: Harry’s son. Harry	Harry	♂	Living	-	here	-	While this began in English as a shortening of ‘Henry’, an Anglo-Norman name, it is also a shortening of other Har- names, such as ‘Harold’. Not tied to the word for hair. Harsey	Harsey	♂	Quickened	Heresiġe	here	siġe Harstan	Harstan	♂	Quickened	Herestān	here	stān Harswith	Harsƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Heresƿīþ	here	sƿīþ Hartford	Hardford	♂	Lastname	-	heorot	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Heorotford’. Hartley	Hartley	♂	Lastname	-	heorot	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Heorotlēah’. Hartough	Hartoug	♂	Lastname	-	here	-	Not a given name in OE. From the OE word 'heretoƿa', meaning: (a) general, marshall, or duke. Hartwell	Hartƿell	♂	Lastname	-	heorot	ƿille	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Heorotƿille’. Harwald	Harƿald	♂	Quickened	Hereƿeald	here	ƿeald	See also: Harold, Waldar. Harward	Harƿard	♂	Lastname	Hereƿeard	here	ƿeard	Borne by Hereward the Wake, a man who fought back the 1066 Norman overthrow of England. Also kin with the Norse name ‘Harvard’. See also: Hereward, Wardar. Harwin	Harƿin	♂	Quickened	Hereƿine	here	ƿine	The lastname of alike spelling is said by Coates and Others in The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland to be from the Anglo-Norman name ‘Harduin’ (Hardwin). See also: Hardwin, Winnar. Harwolf	Harƿolf	♂	Quickened	Hereƿulf	here	ƿulf Hathaway	Haþaƿay	⚥	Lastname	-	hǣþ	ƿeġ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hǣþaƿeġ’. Borne by the film Anne Hathaway. Hathbald	Haþbald	♂	Quickened	Heaþubeald	heaþu	beald Hathbert	Haþbert	♂	Quickened	Heaþubeorht	heaþu	beorht Hathfrith	Haþfriþ	♂	Quickened	Heaþufriþ	heaþu	friþ Hathkin	Haþkin	♂	Quickened	Heaþucyn	heaþu	cynn Hathlock	Haþlock	♂	Quickened	Heaþulāc	heaþu	lāc Hathlof	Haþloff	♂	Quickened	Heaþulāf	heaþu	lāf Hathred	Haþred	♂	Quickened	Heaþurǣd	heaþu	rǣd Hathrich	Haþric	♂	Quickened	Heaþurīċ	heaþu	rīċ	The name of a hero in the great poem Widsith. Hathwald	Haþƿald	♂	Quickened	Heaþuƿeald	heaþu	ƿeald Hathway	Haþƿay	♀	Quickened	Heaþuƿīġ	heaþu	ƿīġ	Kin with the German name ‘Hedwig’. Hathwolf	Haþƿolf	♂	Quickened	Heaþuƿulf	heaþu	ƿulf Hawk	Haƿk	♂	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. Either for the everyday word for the bird (from OE ‘hafoc’) or from the lastname, also from alike word. Hayden	Hayden	⚥	Lastname	-	heġ	denu, dūn	Also found as: Haden, Haydon (Anglish Spelling: Haydun). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-names ‘Heġedenu’ or ‘Heġedūn’. The latter bit could be from either OE ‘denu’ (a den, dale) or ‘dūn’ (a down, hill). Tied only by likeness to the glee-writer, Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), whose name comes instead from the Netherlandish word for ‘heathen’. The likeness to the Irish name ‘Aidan’ is also by luck. Hayes	Hayes	⚥	Lastname	-	heġ	-	Sometimes spelled as ‘Haze’. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ġeheġ’, meaning: a yard of hay/grass; a meadow. It began as the name ‘Hay’ and the had the -s put on later, to mark ownership. Hayley	Hayley	⚥	Lastname	-	heġ	lēah	Also found as: Haley. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Heġelēah’. Borne by the English child- Hayley Mills (b. 1946). Hayward	Hayƿard	♂	Lastname	-	heġ	ƿeard	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Heġeƿeard’. Haywood	Hayƿood	♂	Lastname	-	heġ	ƿudu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Heġeƿudu’. Hazel	Hasel	♀	Living	-	-	-	Sometimes shortened to ‘Haze’. Not a given name in OE. Crafted in the 1800s after the name of the, from OE ‘hæsel’. Heath	Heaþ	♂	Living	Hǣþa	hǣþ	-	Borne by the drawer William Heath Robinson (1872–1944), whose name spurred the saying ‘Heath Robinson’ for an overly knotty tool. See also: Heather. Heather	Heaþer	♀	Living	Hǣþe	hǣþ	-	See also: Heath. Heaven	Heafen	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word, ‘heaven’, from OE ‘heofon’. Hedley	Hedley	♂	Lastname	-	heaþ	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hǣþulēah’, meaning: heath-lea (field). Helmod	Helmod	♂	Unfounded	*Helmmōd	helm	mōd	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the German name ‘Helmut’. Helmstan	Helmstan	♂	Quickened	Helmstān	helm	stān Helmwald	Helmƿald	♂	Quickened	Helmƿeald	helm	ƿeald	See also: Waldelm. Helmwolf	Helmƿolf	♂	Quickened	Helmƿulf	helm	ƿulf Helmyils	Helmgils	♂	Quickened	Helmġils	helm	ġīsel Helprich	Helpriċ	♂	Quickened	Helprīċ	help	rīċ	Kin with the Frankish name ‘Chilperic’ (‘Hilperic’), the French name ‘Chilpéric’, and the Latin name ‘Chilpericus’ which was borrowed from Proto-Germanic. Helstan	Helstan	♂	Quickened	Helstān	hel	stān Helwald	Helƿald	♂	Quickened	Helƿeald	hel	ƿeald Hereward	Hereƿard	♂	Frozen	Hereƿeard	here	ƿeard	Borne by Hereward the Wake, a man who fought back the 1066 Norman overthrow of England. Hereward is a frozen spelling of a name that would most likely be spelled ‘Harward’ if it came to us through ongoing bearing. (See words like ‘harbor’, or names like ‘Harold’ and ‘Alvar’.) See also: Harward. Hergar	Hergar	♂	Quickened	Heorugār	heoru	gār Herrend	Herrend	♂	Quickened	Heorrenda	heoru	rand	A from the Battle of the Heodenings. Herrolf	Herrolf	♂	Quickened	Heorulf	heoru	ƿulf Herstan	Herstan	♂	Quickened	Heorustān	heoru	stān Herwald	Herƿald	♂	Quickened	Heoruƿeald	heoru	ƿeald Herward	Herƿard	♂	Quickened	Heoruƿeard	heoru	ƿeard Hestwolf	Hestƿolf	♂	Unfounded	*Hǣstƿulf	hǣst	ƿulf	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the German name ‘Aistulf’, and the Italian name ‘Astolfo’. Heybert	Heybert	♂	Quickened	Hēahbeorht	hēah	beorht	See also: Bertey. Heybury	Heybury	♀	Quickened	Hēahburg	hēah	burg Heyfrith	Heyfriþ	♂	Quickened	Hēahfriþ	hēah	friþ Heymund	Heymund	♂	Quickened	Hēahmūnd	hēah	mūnd	Kin with the Norman name ‘Hammond’. Heynoth	Heynoþ	♂	Quickened	Hēahnōþ	hēah	nōþ Heyred	Heyred	♂	Quickened	Hēahrǣd	hēah	rǣd Heystan	Heystan	♂	Quickened	Hēahstān	hēah	stān Heyward	Heyƿard	♂	Quickened	Hēahƿeard	hēah	ƿeard	Kin with the name ‘Howard’, which is thought to be from a name such as mainland ‘Hugihard’ (kin with Hugh-hard) or Norse ‘Hávarđr’. Heywolf	Heyƿolf	♂	Quickened	Hēahƿulf	hēah	ƿulf	See also: Wolvey. High	Hige	♂	Unfounded	*Hēah	hēah	-	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Norman name ‘Hugh’, meaning: mindful, kindhearted. Hild	Hild	♀	Quickened	Hild	hild	-	Kin with the Norse name ‘Hilda’. Hildbald	Hildbald	♂	Quickened	Hildbeald	hild	beald Hildbert	Hildbert	♂	Quickened	Hildbeorht	hild	beorht	Kin with the Anglo-Norman names ‘Hilbert’ and ‘Ilbert’. Hildbury	Hildbury	♀	Quickened	Hildburg	hild	burg	See also: Burhild. Hildfrith	Hildfriþ	♂	Quickened	Hildfriþ	hild	friþ Hildmer	Hildmer	♂	Quickened	Hildmǣr	hild	mǣr Hildred	Hildred	⚥	Living	Hildrǣd	hild	rǣd	Sweltered following the Norman overthrow and was brought back in the 1800s. Hildrich	Hildric	♂	Quickened	Hildrīċ	hild	rīċ	Seldom, if ever found in Old English times. Written about in the Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum to be borne by an abbot of Monte Cassino, Italy, in the 800s. Looks to have been borne in Proto-Germanic, and borrowed into Latin, but sweltered as a widely-borne Germanic name. Hildwin	Hildƿin	⚥	Quickened	Hildƿine ♂, Hildƿynn ♀	hild	ƿine Hildyard	Hildgeard	⚥	Quickened	Hildġeard	hild	ġeard	Kin with the German name ‘Hildegard’, as borne by Hildegard von Bingen. Hill	Hill	♂	Lastname	-	hyll	-	Not a given name in OE. From a stow-name for someone who lived in or near a hill. Sometimes a shortening of the name ‘Hilton’. See also: Hilton. Hilton	Hiltun	♂	Lastname	-	hyll	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hylltūn’. Borne by Conrad Hilton (1887–1979), starter of Hilton Hotels. Hinx	Hinx	♂	Quickened	Hengest	-	-	Hinx (meaning: a steed, colt), along with his brother ‘Horse’ (OE: Horsa), are said in English lore to have begun the English settling of Albion with a slaughter of the British leaders. Kin with the German name, ‘Horst’. See also: Horse. Hisbert	Hisbert	♂	Quickened	Hysebeorht	hyse	beorht Hisnoth	Hisnoþ	♂	Quickened	Hysenōþ	hyse	nōþ Holden	Holden	♂	Lastname	-	hol	denu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Holdenu’. Borne by the player Holden Caulfield in the J. D. Salinger book ‘Catcher in the Rye’ (1951). Holly	Holly	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word, ‘holly’, from OE ‘holeġn’. Mostly given to girls born about Yuletide. Holmgar	Holmgar	♂	Unfounded	*Holmgār	holm	gār	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Norse name ‘Holger’. The Norse word ‘holm’ meant ‘island’, but the Old English word ‘holm’ spoke to seas and waters on the whole. Holy	Holy	⚥	Quickened	Hāliġ	hāliġ	-	Kin with the Norse name ‘Helga’, and the Russian names ‘Oleg’ and ‘Olga’. Honey	Hunny	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word, ‘honey’, from OE ‘huniġ’. Hoover	Hoofer	⚥	Lastname	*Hōfaru	-	-	Not found in OE. It comes from a straightforward Englishing of the German working-name, ‘Huber’, to English ‘Hoover’, meaning: a hoof-worker. It follows the trend of Germans shifting their names to their English matches upon settling as Americans, like the German name ‘Stein’ becoming the English name ‘Stone’; and ‘Schmidt’ becoming ‘Smith’. ‘Hoover’, however, was not a longstanding English lastname, and is therefore an English name known first to the Americas. Borne by two Americans of high standing: American leader Herbert Hoover (1874–1964); and head of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972). Hope	Hope	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. A puritanical Christian name, from the everyday English word. Horse	Horse	♂	Quickened	Horsa	hors	-	Horse, along with his brother ‘Hinx’ (OE: Hengest; meaning: a steed, colt), are said in English lore to have begun the English settling of Albion with a slaughter of the British leaders. Kin with the German name, ‘Horst’. See also: Hinx. Horselind	Horselind	♀	Unfounded	Horslind	hors	lind	Not a given name in OE. Kin with the name Rosalind. Horton	Hortun	♂	Lastname	-	horh	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Horhtūn’. Borne by the main player in the Dr. Seuss books ‘Horton Hatches the Egg’, and ‘Horton Hears a Who’. Hrothgar	Hroþgar	♂	Frozen	Hrōþgār	hrōþ	gār	A frozen spelling from Old English, brought straight from the great tale, Beowulf. Borne by economic historian Sir Hrothgar John Habakkuk (1915–2002). See also: Rothgar. Hudson	Hudsun	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. Sometimes from a Norman name, for the son of a man named Hugh. As an Anglish name, it is from the OE name, ‘Hūdassunu’, meaning: son of Hūda. Humbert	Humbert	♂	Living	Hūnbeorht	hūn	beorht	Either blended with, or was upset with the Norman name, which also became ‘Humbert’. See also: Bertoun. Hunfrith	Hunfriþ	♂	Quickened	Hūnfriþ	hūn	friþ	Kin with the Norman name ‘Humphrey’. Hunlof	Hunloff	♂	Quickened	Hūnlāf	hūn	lāf Hunnith	Hunniþ	♀	Quickened	Hūngȳþ	hūn	gȳþ Hunnive	Hunnife	♀	Quickened	Hūnġifu	hūn	ġifu Hunred	Hunred	♂	Quickened	Hūnrǣd	hūn	rǣd Hunsey	Hunsey	♂	Quickened	Hūnsiġe	hūn	siġe Hunstan	Hunstan	♂	Quickened	Hūnstān	hūn	stān Hunter	Hunter	⚥	Living	Hunta ♂, Hunto ♀	hunt	- Huntley	Huntley	♂	Lastname	-	hunt	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Huntlēah’. Hunwald	Hunƿald	♂	Quickened	Hūnƿeald	hūn	ƿeald Huxley	Huxley	♂	Lastname	-	-	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Huccaslēah, meaning: Hucca’s lea (field). Often named after Charles Darwin’s supporter, Thomas Huxley (1825–1895). Hybald	Hybald	♂	Quickened	Hyġebeald	hyġe	beald Hybert	Hybert	♂	Quickened	Hyġebeorht	hyġe	beorht	Kin with the Norman name ‘Hubert’. Hylock	Hylock	♂	Quickened	Hyġelāc	hyġe	lāc Hyton	Hytun	♂	Unfounded	-	hyġe	tūn	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Anglo-Norman name ‘Houston’, which would read in OE as ‘Hyġetūn’. Ickle	Ickel	♂	Quickened	Icel	? -	Borne by namesake of the Iclings, kings of, said to be an afterbear of the god Woden, son of Emer and forebear to King Penda Pybbing (600s). Ing	Ing	⚥	Quickened	Ing ♂	Ing	-	Named for the god Lord (Frey) Ingwine. Either borne as a shortening of bindnames, or a name in its own right. The god Ingwine is werely, but the name can be borne as a shortening of wifely names like ‘Inghild’. See also: Ingie. Ingar	Ingar	♂	Quickened	Inghere	Ing	here	Kin with the Norse name ‘Ivar’, and the Russian name ‘Igor’. Ingbald	Ingbald	♂	Quickened	Ingbeald	Ing	beald Ingbert	Ingbert	♂	Quickened	Ingbeorht	Ing	beorht Ingbrand	Ingbrand	♂	Quickened	Ingbrand	Ing	brand Ingbury	Ingbury	♀	Quickened	Ingburg	Ing	burg	Kin with the Norse name ‘Ingeborg’. Ingfrith	Ingfriþ	⚥	Quickened	Ingfriþ	Ing	friþ Inghild	Inghild	♀	Quickened	Inghild	Ing	hild	Kin with the Norse and German names of the same shape, ‘Inghild’. Ingie	Ingy	⚥	Quickened	Inga ♂	Ing	-	Named for the god Lord (Frey) Ingwine. Either borne as a shortening of bindnames, or a name in its own right. The god Ingwine is werely, but the name can be borne as a shortening of wifely names like ‘Inghild’. See also: Ing. Ingmer	Ingmer	♂	Quickened	Ingmǣr	Ing	mǣr	Kin with the Norse name ‘Ingemar’. Ingmund	Ingmund	♂	Quickened	Ingmūnd	Ing	mūnd Ingrith	Ingriþ	⚥	Quickened	Ingriþ	Ing	friþ	Kin with the Norse name ‘Ingrid’. While Ingrid was almost always a woman’s name, the Old English match, ‘Ingriþ’ was only found as a ’s name. Ingthrith	Ingþriþ	♀	Quickened	Ingþrȳþ	Ing	þrȳþ Ingwald	Ingƿald	♂	Quickened	Ingƿeald	Ing	ƿeald Ingwer	Ingƿer	♀	Quickened	Ingƿaru	Ing	ƿaru Ingwin	Ingƿin	⚥	Quickened	Ingƿine ♂, Ingƿynn ♀	Ing	ƿine , ƿynn	Named for the god Lord (Frey) Ingwine (from Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz; aka Norse ‘Yngvi’ and German ‘Ingui’ / ‘Ingwi’), but could also be read as a bind name of Ing (a shortening of the god's name) + the naming words ‘ƿine’ (♂) or ‘ƿynn’ (♀). Ingwolf	Ingƿolf	♂	Quickened	Ingƿulf	Ing	ƿulf Irwin	Irƿin	♂	Lastname	Eoferƿine	eofer	ƿine	Also found as: Erwin (Anglish Spelling: Erƿin). A shortening of the Middle English name ‘Everwin’ that lives on as a Lastname. Isenar	Isenar	♂	Quickened	Īsenhere	īsen	here Isenard	Isenard	♂	Quickened	Īsenheard	īsen	heard Isenbald	Isenbald	♂	Quickened	Īsenbeald	īsen	beald Isenbert	Isenbert	♂	Quickened	Īsenbeorht	īsen	beorht Isenbury	Isenbury	♀	Quickened	Īsenburh	īsen	burh Isengrim	Isengrim	♂	Quickened	Īsengrim	īsen	grim	Kin with the Latin name ‘Ysengrimus’ which was borrowed from Proto-Germanic. Isenhewer	Isenheƿer	♂	Unfounded	*Īsenheaƿa	īsen	heaƿan	Not found in OE. Would be kin with ‘Eisenhauer’, which is a German lastname meaning ‘iron-hewer’, spread in the English-speaking world by the American leader, Dwight ‘Ike’ Eisenhower (1890–1969). Isenmer	Isenmer	♂	Quickened	Īsenmǣr	īsen	mǣr Isenrich	Isenric	♂	Quickened	Īsenrīċ	īsen	rīċ Isenthrith	Isenþriþ	♀	Quickened	Īsenþrȳþ	īsen	þrȳþ Isenward	Isenƿard	♂	Quickened	Īsenƿeard	īsen	ƿeard Isenwolf	Isenƿolf	♂	Quickened	Īsenƿulf	īsen	ƿulf Isenyard	Isengeard	⚥	Quickened	Īsenġeard	īsen	ġeard	Borne by J. R. R. Tolkien as the name for the stronghold ‘Isengard’ (meaning: iron-yard) in his book The Lord of the Rings. Ivy	Ify	♀	Living	-	ifiġ	-	Not known to be a given name in Old English times. From the everyday word for the. Kembert	Kembert	♂	Quickened	Cēnbeorht	cēne	beorht Kembury	Kembury	♀	Quickened	Cēnburg	cēne	burg Kemp	Kemp	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname, from the Middle English nickname for a fighter, or ‘kemp’. Ken	Ken	⚥	Living	-	cēne	-	A shortening of names starting with Ken. Not Anglish when a shortening of the Celtic name ‘Kendall’, and not tied to the Japanese name ‘Ken’. Kendall	Kendall	⚥	Lastname	-	cent	dæl	Also found as: Kendal. Not a given name in OE. From the stow-name for someone who lived in Kendall, Westmoreland, which was named for a dell on the Kent. Not an Anglish name when coming from instead from the Welsh given name ‘Cynddelw’, as in the Welsh of the 1100s. Kenelm	Kenelm	♂	Living	Cēnhelm	cēne	helm Kenfouse	Kenfuse	♂	Quickened	Cēnfūs	cēne	fūs	Borne by a 600s King of Wessex. Kenfrith	Kenfriþ	⚥	Quickened	Cēnfriþ	cēne	friþ Kenlof	Kenloff	♂	Quickened	Cēnlāf	cēne	lāf Kennar	Kennar	♂	Quickened	Cēnhere	cēne	here Kennard	Kennard	♂	Lastname	Cēnheard	cēne	heard, ƿeard Kenred	Kenred	♂	Quickened	Cēnrǣd	cēne	rǣd	Sweltered in the Middle Ages, and was borrowed back from German ‘Konrad’ in the 1800s as the name ‘Conrad’. Borne by a 700s King of and by a 700s King of. Kenswith	Kensƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Cēnsƿīþ	cēne	sƿīþ Kent	Kent	♂	Living	-	-	-	Either a shortening of the name ‘Kenton’, or named straight for the historic English county of Kent, which came from a Brythonic word meaning ‘edge’. Kenthrith	Kenþriþ	♀	Quickened	Cēnþrȳþ	cēne	þrȳþ Kenton	Kentun	♂	Lastname	-	cēne, cyne	tūn	From a lastname that comes from sundry forewords, such as keen, kingly, or the stream Kenn. Kenwald	Kenƿald	♂	Quickened	Cēnƿeald	cēne	ƿeald Kenwel	Kenƿel	♂	Quickened	Cēnƿealh	cēne	ƿealh	Borne by a 600s King of Wessex. Kenwin	Kenƿin	⚥	Quickened	Cēnƿine ♂, Cēnƿynn ♀	cēne	ƿine , ƿynn Kenwolf	Kenƿolf	♂	Quickened	Cēnƿulf	cēne	ƿulf	Borne by a 700s King of. Kenyisel	Kengisel	♂	Quickened	Cēnġīsel	cēne	ġīsel Kim	Kim	⚥	Living	-	cyne	-	Short for ‘Kimberley’. Not tied to the Korean lastname ‘Kim’. Kimbald	Kimbald	♂	Quickened	Cynebeald	cyne	beald Kimber	Kimbur	⚥	Living	Cyneburg	cyne	burg Kimberley	Kimburley	⚥	Living	-	cyne	burg + lēah	Can also be spelled: Kimberly (Anglish Spelling: Kimburly). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cyneburgaslēah’, meaning: Kimber’s lea (field). Kimbert	Kimbert	♂	Quickened	Cynebeorht	cyne	beorht Kimbill	Kimbill	♂	Quickened	Cynebill	cyne	bill Kinfrith	Kinfriþ	⚥	Quickened	Cynefriþ	cyne	friþ King	King	♂	Living	-	cyne	-	Mostly found in the United States, sometimes straight after the word of high standing, and sometimes after Black rights backer, Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968). Kingsley	Kingsley	♂	Lastname	-	cynning	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cynningaslēah’. Kingston	Kingstun	♂	Lastname	-	cynning	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cynningastūn’. Kingswell	Kingsƿell	♂	Lastname	-	cynning	ƿille	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cynningasƿille’. Kinleaf	Kinleaf	♀	Quickened	Cynelēof	cyne	lēof Kinmund	Kinmund	♂	Quickened	Cynemūnd	cyne	mūnd	Kin with the Latin name ‘Cunimundus’, which was borrowed from Proto-Germanic. Kinnard	Kinnard	♂	Quickened	Cyneheard	cyne	heard Kinnild	Kinnild	♀	Quickened	Cynehild	cyne	hild Kinred	Kinred	♂	Quickened	Cynerǣd	cyne	rǣd Kinrich	Kinric	♂	Quickened	Cynerīċ	cyne	rīċ Kinsey	Kinsey	⚥	Lastname	Cynesiġe	cyne	siġe Kinsley	Kinsley	♂	Lastname	-	cyne	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cyneslēah’. Kinstan	Kinstan	♂	Quickened	Cynestān	cyne	stān Kinthane	Kinþane	♂	Quickened	Cyneþeġn	cyne	þeġn Kinthrith	Kinþriþ	♀	Quickened	Cyneþrȳþ	cyne	þrȳþ	Borne by the Queen of in the 700s of the House of Iclings, wife of King Offa (see: Wolf), and mother of King Egfrith. Kinwald	Kinƿald	♂	Quickened	Cyneƿeald	cyne	ƿeald Kinwin	Kinƿin	⚥	Quickened	Cyneƿine ♂, Cyneƿynn ♀	cyne	ƿine, ƿynn Kinwolf	Kinƿolf	♂	Quickened	Cyneƿulf	cyne	ƿulf Kinyils	Kingils	♂	Quickened	Cyneġīls	cyne	ġīsel Knight	Knigt	♂	Lastname	Cniht	cniht	-	From either the lastname or straight from the everyday word. Knightley	Knigtley	♂	Lastname	-	cniht	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cnihtlēah’. Kynaston	Kinastun	♂	Lastname	-	cyne + friþ	 tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cynefriþastūn’, meaning: Kinfrith’s town. Lambald	Lambald	♂	Quickened	Landbeald	land	beald Lambert	Lambert	♂	Lastname	Landbeorht	land	beorht	A name spread by the Normans, but which would have blended with its Old English match. Kin with the French name ‘Lancelot’, as borne by one of the Knights of the Round Table. Landhild	Landhild	♀	Quickened	Landhild	land	hild Landman	Landman	♂	Quickened	Landman	land	mann	A name of standing, from Middle English, for someone who does not own land, but works it. A bower, tiller. Landmer	Landmer	♂	Quickened	Landmǣr	land	mǣr Landoak	Landoak	♂	Quickened	Landāc	land	āc Landon	Landun	♂	Lastname	-	lang	denu, dūn	Also found as: Langdon (Anglish Spelling: Langdun). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-names ‘Langdenu’, ‘Langdūn’. The latter bit could be from either OE denu (a den, dale) or dūn (a down, hill). Landrich	Landric	♂	Quickened	Landrīċ	land	rīċ Landswith	Landsƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Landsƿīþ	land	sƿīþ Landthrith	Landþriþ	♀	Quickened	Landþrȳþ	land	þrȳþ Landwald	Landƿald	♂	Quickened	Landƿeald	land	ƿeald Landward	Landƿard	♂	Quickened	Landƿeard	land	ƿeard Landwin	Landƿin	⚥	Quickened	Landƿine ♂, Landƿynn ♀	land	ƿine, ƿynn Landwolf	Landƿolf	♂	Quickened	Landƿulf	land	ƿulf Lane	Lane	⚥	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname for someone who lived by a Lane. Lanfrank	Lanfrank	♂	Quickened	Landfranc	land	franc Lanfrith	Lanfriþ	⚥	Quickened	Landfriþ	land	friþ Langford	Langford	♂	Lastname	-	lang	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Langford’. Langley	Langley	♂	Lastname	-	lang	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Langlēah’. Langston	Langstun	♂	Lastname	-	lang	stān	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Langstān’. Langworth	Langƿorþ	♂	Lastname	-	lang	ƿorþ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Langƿorþ’. Lark	Lark	⚥	Living	Lāƿerce	-	-	Not a given name in OE. A latterday name, after the sweet-singing, early-rising bird. Layton	Laytun	♂	Lastname	-	lēac	tūn	Also found as: Leighton (Anglish Spelling: Leytun). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Lēactūn’, meaning: leek-town. Leaf	Leaf	⚥	Living	Lēof ♀, Lēofa ♂	lēof	-	A blend of the everyday English word ‘leaf’ of a , and the Old English name ‘lēof’ (beloved), which is kin with the Norse name ‘Lief’/’Leif’, from ‘Leifr’, and which likely backed up the bearing of the word ‘Leaf’ as a name, which was a making of 1960s hippy. Lechild	Lecild	♂	Quickened	Lēofċild	lēof	ċild Ledbald	Ledbald	♂	Quickened	Lēodbeald	lēod	beald	Kin with the German name ‘Leopald’. Leddar	Leddar	♂	Quickened	Lēodhere	lēod	here	Kin with the German name ‘Luther’. Ledfrith	Ledfriþ	⚥	Quickened	Lēodfriþ	lēod	friþ Ledwald	Ledƿald	♂	Quickened	Lēodƿeald	lēod	ƿeald Ledwolf	Ledƿolf	♂	Quickened	Lēodƿulf	lēod	ƿulf Lee	Lee	⚥	Lastname	-	lēah	-	Also found as: Lea. As a woman’s name, often spelled: Leigh. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Lēah’, meaning: lea (field). Borne by the American Confederate Robert E. Lee (1807–1870). Lefled	Lefled	♀	Quickened	Lēofflǣd	lēof	flǣd Lefrich	Lefric	♂	Quickened	Lēofrīċ	lēof	rīċ Lefrith	Lefriþ	⚥	Quickened	Lēoffriþ	lēof	friþ Legar	Legar	♂	Quickened	Lēofgār	lēof	gār Lehard	Lehard	♂	Unfounded	*Lēoheard	lēo	heard	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the German name ‘Leonhart’, and the Norman name ‘Leonard’. Leland	Leland	♂	Lastname	-	lēah	land	Also found as: Leyland. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Lēahland’. Leman	Leman	♂	Living	Lēofmann	lēof	mann	Lives on as a lastname (also found as: ‘Lemmon’ (Anglish Spelling: ‘Lemmun’)), and in the English word ‘leman’, meaning: someone beloved. Lemer	Lemer	♂	Quickened	Lēofmǣr	lēof	mǣr Lenoth	Lenoþ	♂	Quickened	Lēofnōþ	lēof	nōþ Lequen	Lecƿen	♀	Quickened	Lēofcƿēn	lēof	cƿēn Leroun	Lerune	♀	Quickened	Lēofrūn	lēof	rūn Lesey	Lesey	♂	Quickened	Lēofsiġe	lēof	siġe Leson	Lesun	♂	Quickened	Lēofsunu	lēof	sunu Lestan	Lestan	♂	Quickened	Lēofstān	lēof	stān Leving	Lefing	♂	Quickened	Lēofing	lēof	ing Leward	Leƿard	♂	Quickened	Lēofƿeard	lēof	ƿeard Lewer	Leƿer	♀	Quickened	Lēofƿaru	lēof	ƿaru Lewin	Leƿin	♂	Living	Lēofƿine	lēof	ƿine Leyive	Legife	♀	Quickened	Lēofġifu	lēof	ġifu Lily	Lily	♀	Living	-	lilie	-	Can also be spelled: Lilly. Not known to be a given name in Old English times. From the name of the blossom. Linford	Linford	♂	Lastname	-	līn, lind, hlyn	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-names ‘Līnford’, ‘Lindford’, or ‘Hlynford’. Linton	Lintun	♂	Lastname	-	līn, lind	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-names ‘Līntūn’ or ‘Lindtūn’. Livingston	Lifingstun	♂	Lastname	-	lēof	ƿine + tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Lēofƿinestūn’, meaning: Lewin’s town. Lothar	Loþar	♂	Quickened	Hlōþhere	hlōþ	here	Kin with the living mainland name of alike shape, as well as the spelling ‘Lothair’. Love	Luf	♀	Living	Lufu	lufu	-	From the everyday word. Borne as a given name since OE times. A puritanical Christian name. Luddar	Luddar	♂	Quickened	Hlūdhere	hlūd	here Ludlum	Ludlum	♂	Lastname	-	hlūd	lǣƿ + hām	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hlūdhlǣƿhām’, meaning: Ludlow’s home. Ludway	Ludƿay	♂	Unfounded	*Hlūdƿīġ	hlūd	ƿīġ	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the names ‘Alois’, ‘Clovis’, ‘Lewis’, ‘Louis’, ‘Louise’, ‘Ludwig’, and ‘Luigi’. Lyndon	Lindun	♂	Lastname	-	lind	dūn	Also found as: Lindon. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Linddūn’. Mainar	Mainar	♂	Quickened	Mæġenhere	mæġen	here Mainard	Mainard	♂	Lastname	Mæġenheard	mæġen	heard	The last name is likely from the Anglo-Norman ‘Mainard’, though the OE shape, ‘Mæġenheard’, would likely yield alike outcome, even if it had sweltered. Manfrith	Manfriþ	⚥	Quickened	Mannfriþ	mann	friþ	Kin with the German name ‘Manfred’. Manley	Manley	♂	Lastname	-	mann	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Mannlēah’, meaning: men’s lea; lea of the folk. Margrot	Margrot	♀	Unfounded	-	mere	-	Not a given name in OE. An Old English word made by likeness to the name ‘Margaret’, straightforwardly made out of the Old English words ‘mere’, meaning ‘sea’; and ‘grot’, meaning ‘grit, sand, or pearl’. Marley	Marley	♂	Lastname	-	mǣre, miriġe, mearþ	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From a blend of lastnames of sundry springs, ‘Mǣrelēah’, ‘Miriġelēah’, ‘Mearþlēah. Borne by Jamaican singer Bob Marley (1945–1981). Marsh	Marsc	♂	Lastname	-	merṡċ	-	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Merṡċ’, meaning: marsh. Marshalk	Marscalk	♂	Unfounded	-	mere [2]	ṡċealc	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Norman name ‘Marshall’, a word of standing which first meant: ‘horse-carer’. Marston	Marstun	♂	Lastname	-	merṡċ	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Merṡċtūn’. Marway	Marƿay	♂	Unfounded	*Mǣrƿīġ	mǣr	ƿīġ	Not found in OE. Would be kin with ‘Merovech’, king of the Salian Franks in the 400s and starter of the Merovingian House. Marwel	Marƿel	♂	Quickened	Mereƿealh	mere	ƿealh Marwhite	Marhƿite	♂	Quickened	Merehƿīt	mere	hƿīt Marwin	Marƿin	♀	Quickened	Mereƿynn	mere	ƿynn Marwood	Marƿood	♂	Lastname	-	mere	ƿudu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Mereƿudu’. Mathellard	Maþellard	♂	Quickened	Mæþelheard	mæþel	heard Meadow	Meadoƿ	⚥	Living	*Mǣdƿe	-	-	From the everyday English word, from Old English ‘mǣdƿe’. Not known to be a given name in Old English. Melbourne	Melbourne	♂	Lastname	-	mylen	burne	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Mylenburne’. Most often named for the head in the Australian  of Victoria. See also: Milburn. Merrard	Merrard	♂	Quickened	Mǣrheard	mǣr	heard Merry	Merry	⚥	Living	-	miriġe	-	As an Anglish name, from the everyday word. Merryweather	Merryƿeaþer	♂	Lastname	-	miriġe	ƿeþer	From a lastname which first began as a nickname in Middle English, meaning merry, good, or fair weather. Merton	Mertun	♂	Lastname	-	mere	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Meretūn’. Middleton	Middeltun	♂	Lastname	-	middel	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Middeltūn’. Milburn	Milburn	♂	Lastname	-	mylen	burne	See also: Melbourne. Mildith	Mildiþ	♀	Quickened	Mildgȳþ	mild	gȳþ Mildred	Mildred	♀	Living	Mildþrȳþ	mild	þrȳþ	Can also be spelled: Mildrith (Anglish Spelling: Mildriþ). See also: Millie. Milford	Milford	♂	Lastname	-	mylen	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Mylenford’. Millard	Millard	♂	Lastname	-	mylen	ƿeard	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Mylenƿeard’. Borne by American leader, Millard Fillmore (1800–1874) Miller	Miller	♂	Lastname	-	mylen	-	Not a given name in OE. From the working name for someone who runs a mill. Millie	Milly	⚥	Living	Milda	mild	-	A shortening of names starting with ‘Mil’, like ‘Mildred’. Milton	Miltun	♂	Lastname	-	mylen	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Mylentūn’. Misty	Misty	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. A latterday name, from the word ‘misty’, from OE ‘mistiġ’. Mittild	Mittild	♀	Unfounded	*Mihthild	miht	hild	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Norman name ‘Matilda’. Modwolf	Modƿulf	♂	Quickened	Mōdƿulf	mōd	ƿulf Monday	Monday	♀	Living	Monandæġ	mōna	dæġ	A given name since at least Old English times. From the everyday word for the day of the week, named for the god and heavenly body, ‘Moon’ (Interpretatio Roman from ‘Luna’). Given to children born on the day. Morcar	Morcar	♂	Quickened	Mōrcār	mōr	cār Morland	Morland	♂	Lastname	-	mōr	land	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Mōrland’. Morley	Morley	♂	Lastname	-	mōr	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Mōrlēah’. Morton	Mortun	♂	Lastname	-	mōr	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Mōrtūn’. Mycroft	Mycroft	♂	Lastname	-	mǣd	croft	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Mǣdcroft’. From a shape of the lastname ‘Medcroft’, where the -d was lost. Borne by the player Mycroft in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Nash	Nasc	♂	Lastname	-	æt	æṡċ	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname for someone who lived ‘at the ash-tree’. The ‘n’ from the saying ‘atten ash’, in way like the words ‘newt’ (an ewt) and ‘nickname’ (an ekename) came about. Ned	Ned	♂	Living	-	ēad	-	Made from misreading of the last  as the start of the next word in sayings like, ‘mine ed’, where ‘Ed’ is short for names like ‘Edward’. (Like the words: ‘nickname’, from ‘an ekename’; and ‘newt’, from ‘an ewt’.) Newcombe	Neƿcombe	♂	Lastname	-	nēoƿe	cume	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Nēoƿecume’. Newland	Neƿland	♂	Lastname	-	nēoƿe	land	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Nēoƿeland’. Newman	Neƿman	♂	Lastname	-	nēoƿe	mann	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Nēoƿemann’. Kin with the German name ‘Neumann’. Newport	Neƿport	♂	Lastname	-	nēoƿe	port	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Nēoƿeport’. Newton	Neƿtun	♂	Lastname	-	nēoƿe	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Nēoƿetūn’. Borne by English mathematician and physicist, Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727). Nithad	Niþþad	♂	Quickened	Nīþhād	nīþ	hād	A cruel king in Germanic folklore. Nithard	Niþþard	♂	Quickened	Nīþheard	nīþ	heard Nithmund	Niþmund	♂	Quickened	Nīþmūnd	nīþ	mūnd Norbert	Norbert	♂	Living	Norþbeorht	norþ	beorht	A blend of the inborn Old English name, and the Norman Frankish name. Borne by a of Xanten, Germany in the 1000s. Norman	Norman	♂	Living	Norþmann	norþ	mann	A name borne in Old English and backed up by the Normans of Normandy following the overthrow of 1066. The name itself, straightforwardly: north-man, wises to someone being of the north, often meaning ‘viking’, or of the Nordic or Scandinavian lands. Northrop	Norþrop	♂	Lastname	-	norþ	þorp	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Norþþorp’, with a metathesis of ‘thorp’ to ‘throp’. Can also be spelled: Northorp (Anglish Spelling: Norþorp). Norton	Nortun	♂	Lastname	-	norþ	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Norþtun’. Borne by Joshua Abraham Norton (1818–1880), self-said to be ‘Emperor of the United States’. Norwood	Norƿood	♂	Lastname	-	norþ	ƿudu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Norƿudu’. Nothar	Noþþar	♂	Quickened	Nōþhere	nōþ	here Nothard	Noþþard	♂	Quickened	Nōþheard	nōþ	heard Nothbald	Noþbald	♂	Quickened	Nōþbeald	nōþ	beald Nothbert	Noþbert	♂	Quickened	Nōþbeorht	nōþ	beorht	See also: Bertnoth. Nothelm	Noþelm	♂	Quickened	Nōþhelm	nōþ	helm	Borne by a 600s King of Sussex. Nothith	Noþþiþ	♀	Quickened	Nōþgȳþ	nōþ	gȳþ Nothmund	Noþmund	♂	Quickened	Nōþmūnd	nōþ	mūnd Nothwolf	Noþƿolf	♂	Quickened	Nōþƿulf	nōþ	ƿulf Oak	Oak	♂	Living	Āca	āc	-	From the everyday word for the tree. Found as a given name since at least Old English times. Kin with the German name ‘Eich’, and Norse name ‘Eik’. (The name ‘Ike’, is only tied by likeness, coming either from ‘Isaac’, or else, the American leader, Dwight ‘Ike’ Eisenhower, whose nickname comes from a shortening of his German last name, ‘Eisenhower’.) Oakley	Oakley	♂	Lastname	-	āc	lēah	Also found as: Ackley. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Āclēah’. Odell	Odell	⚥	Lastname	-	ƿād	hyll	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿādhyll’. Ogden	Ogden	♂	Lastname	-	āc	denu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ācdenu’. Old	Old	⚥	Lastname	Eald	eald	- Oldie	Oldy	⚥	Quickened	Ealda	eald	- Onel	Onel	♂	Quickened	Onela	-	-	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onela Ordbert	Ordbert	♂	Quickened	Ordbeorht	ord	beorht Ordfrith	Ordfriþ	⚥	Quickened	Ordfriþ	ord	friþ Ordgar	Ordgar	♂	Quickened	Ordgār	ord	gār Ordhelm	Ordhelm	♂	Quickened	Ordhelm	ord	helm Ordhey	Ordhey	♂	Quickened	Ordhēah	ord	hēah Ordlof	Ordloff	♂	Quickened	Ordlāf	ord	lāf Ordmer	Ordmer	♂	Quickened	Ordmǣr	ord	mǣr Ordnoth	Ordnoþ	♂	Quickened	Ordnōþ	ord	nōþ Ordrich	Ordric	♂	Quickened	Ordrīċ	ord	rīċ Ordwald	Ordƿald	♂	Quickened	Ordƿeald	ord	ƿeald Ordway	Ordƿay	♂	Lastname	Ordƿīġ	ord	ƿīġ	Sweltered as a given name, but lives on as a lastname. Ordwolf	Ordƿolf	♂	Quickened	Ordƿulf	ord	ƿulf Osbald	Osbald	♂	Quickened	Ōsbeald	ōs	beald	Borne by a 700s King of. Osbert	Osbert	♂	Living	Ōsbeorht	ōs	beorht Osborn	Osborn	♂	Living	Ōsbeorn	ōs	beorn Osbury	Osbury	♀	Quickened	Ōsburg	ōs	burg Osfrith	Osfriþ	⚥	Quickened	Ōsfriþ	ōs	friþ	Kin with the Old Norse name ‘Astrid’. Osgar	Osgar	♂	Quickened	Ōsgār	ōs	gār	While the living name Oscar may come from the Old English name ‘Ōsgār’, it's more likely that it instead comes from the Irish name ‘Oscair’, making it untied to the Old English name, which looks to have sweltered. Osgood	Osgood	♂	Living	Ōsgōd	ōs	gōd	Likely from the lastname rather than ongoing bearing as a given name. Oslock	Oslock	♂	Quickened	Ōslāc	ōs	lāc	Borne by a 700s King of Sussex. Oslof	Osloff	♂	Quickened	Ōslāf	ōs	lāf Osmer	Osmer	♂	Living	Ōsmǣr	ōs	mǣr	Also found as: Osmar. Osmod	Osmod	♂	Quickened	Ōsmōd	ōs	mōd Osmund	Osmund	♂	Living	Ōsmūnd	ōs	mūnd	Also found by the Norman-spelling of ‘Osmond’. Borne by a who was put to the See of Salisbury by William of Normandy, following the overthrow of England in 1066. Like many Old English names, it mostly sweltered and was brought back to life in the 1800s. Osred	Osred	♂	Living	Ōsrǣd	ōs	rǣd	Borne by two 700s kings of. Sweltered following the Norman overthrow. Brought back in the 1900s. Osrich	Osric	♂	Quickened	Ōsrīċ	ōs	rīċ	Borne by a 600s King of Deira, by a 700s King of and by a 700s King of Sussex. Osselm	Osselm	♂	Quickened	Ōshelm	ōs	helm	Kin with the Norse name Ansel, or Anselm, which was borne by the photographer Ansel Easton Adams (1902-1984). Osser	Osser	♂	Quickened	Ōshere	ōs	here Osthrith	Osþriþ	♀	Quickened	Ōsþrȳþ	ōs	þrȳþ Oswald	Osƿald	♂	Living	Ōsƿald	ōs	ƿeald	Borne by the 600s King of who fought against Penda Pybbing (the last great heathen king of mainland England) who was  in death. Also borne by a 900s bishop who was beloved for his works at the church. The name sweltered in the aftermath of Norman lordship, and was brought back to life in the 1800s. Osward	Osƿard	♂	Lastname	Ōsƿeard	ōs	ƿeard	Sweltered as a given name, but lives on as a lastname. Oswin	Osƿin	♂	Living	Ōsƿine	ōs	ƿine	Borne by a 600s King of (kin to Oswald of ) who was also hallowed as a. The name sweltered about the 1400s and was brought back in the 1800s. Oswolf	Osƿolf	♂	Quickened	Ōsƿulf	ōs	ƿulf Oswood	Osƿood	♂	Quickened	Ōsƿudu	ōs	ƿudu Oswy	Osƿy	♂	Living	Ōsƿīġ	ōs	ƿīġ	Can also be spelled: Osway. Ottar	Ottar	♂	Quickened	Ōhtere	ōht	here	Not tied to the English word ‘otter’. Not tied to the German name ‘Otto’; for that, see: Eddie. Outferth	Ugtferþ	♂	Quickened	Ūhtferhþ	ūht	ferhþ Outred	Ugtred	♂	Lastname	Ūhtrǣd	ūt	rǣd	Also found as: Oughtred. Oz	Os	♂	Living	Ōsa	ōs	-	A shortening of names such as ‘Oswald’ or ‘Oswin’. Ozzy	Osy	♂	Living	Ōsa	ōs	-	Also found as: Ozzie. A shortening of names such as ‘Oswald’ or ‘Oswin’. Paxton	Paxtun	⚥	Lastname	-	*Pælloc or *Pæcc	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname for someone from Paston, Northumberland likely named for someone named *Pælloc, as *Pælllocestūn; or from Paxton, Cambridgeshire, likely named for someone named *Pæcc, as Pæccestūn, or from OE Pearroctūn (paddock-town). Payton	Paytun	♂	Lastname	-	Pǣġa	tūn	Also found as: Peyton (Anglish Spelling: Peytun). Not a given name in OE. From a lastname for someone from Peyton, Sussex. The town was likely named for someone named Pǣġa, as *Pǣġestūn. Spread by the book and show, ‘Payton Place’. Pelham	Pelham	♂	Lastname	-	*Pælloc	hām	Not a given name in OE. Maybe from OE ‘Pællloceshām’. Penda	Penda	♂	Frozen	Penda	? -	Borne by the 600s King of, Penda Pybbing, known as the last great heathen king of mainland England, of the house of Icling, said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. The wordlore of his name is not known, said to be either Germanic or Brythonic. It can be quickened as ‘Pend’. Pendleton	Pendeltun	♂	Lastname	-	pinn	dæl + tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Pinndæltūn’. Penley	Penley	♂	Lastname	-	pinn	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Pinnlēah’. Penn	Penn	♂	Lastname	-	pinn	-	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname from Old English ‘Pinn’, which can mean either a headland, or livestock pen. Borne by William Penn (1644–1718), starter of Pennsylvania. Pillard	Pillard	♂	Quickened	Pīlheard	pīl	heard Piper	Piper	♀	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname for someone who plays the pipe. Pitt	Pitt	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname for someone who lived by a pit in the ground. Playard	Playard	♂	Quickened	Pleġheard	plēg	heard Playbert	Playbert	♂	Quickened	Pleġbeorht	plēg	beorht Playmund	Playmund	♂	Quickened	Pleġmūnd	plēg	mūnd Playred	Playred	♂	Quickened	Pleġrǣd	plēg	rǣd Playwin	Playƿin	♂	Quickened	Pleġƿine	plēg	ƿine Poppy	Poppy	♀	Living	*Popiġ	-	-	Not known as a given name in Old English times. From the name of the blossom. Portland	Portland	♂	Lastname	-	port	land	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Portland’. Often named after any of the widely-known, such as Portland, Oregon; Portland, Maine; or Portland, England. Potter	Potter	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Not known as a given name in Old English times. From a lastname of someone who made pots for a living. Borne by Arnold Potter (1804–1872), self-said to be ‘Son of the living God’. Prescott	Prescot	♂	Lastname	-	prēost	cote	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Prēostcot’. Presley	Presley	♂	Lastname	-	prēost	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Prēostlēah’, meaning: priest lea (field). Often named after the rock and roll singer, Elvis Presley (1935-1977). Preston	Prestun	♂	Lastname	-	prēost	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Prēosttūn’. Queen	Cƿeen	♀	Living	Cƿēn	cƿēn	-	In Old English times, queen was a word that meant any woman, not only the king's wife. Queenie	Cƿeeny	♀	Living	Cƿēn	cƿēn	-	Spread in the time of, and named after, Queen Victoria (1819–1901). Quenbury	Cƿenbury	♀	Quickened	Cƿēnburg	cƿēn	burg Quenith	Cƿeniþ	♀	Quickened	Cƿēngȳþ	cƿēn	gȳþ Quenthrith	Cƿenþriþ	♀	Quickened	Cƿēnþrȳþ	cƿēn	þrȳþ Quickhelm	Cƿickhelm	♂	Quickened	Cƿichelm	cƿic	helm Quickwin	Cƿickƿin	♂	Quickened	Cƿicƿine	cƿic	ƿine Quinton	Cƿentun	♂	Lastname	-	cƿēn	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Cƿēntūn’. Shaped by, but not wordlorely tied to the French name ‘Quentin’, which instead comes from Latin ‘Quintinus’, meaning 'fifth born child'. Radburn	Radburn	♂	Lastname	-	rēad	burne	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Rēadburne’. Radcliff	Radcliff	♂	Lastname	-	rēad	cliff	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Rēadcliff’. Radford	Radford	♂	Lastname	-	rēad	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Rēadford’. Radley	Radley	♂	Lastname	-	rēad	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Rēadlēah’. Rain	Rain	⚥	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word for the weather, from OE ‘reġn’. Rainar	Rainar	♂	Living	Reġenhere	reġen	here	Blended with the Norman name ‘Reiner’ / ‘Reyner’, and kin with the Norse name ‘Ragnar’. Rainard	Rainard	♂	Quickened	Reġenheard	reġen	heard	Kin with the Norman name ‘Reynard’ and German ‘Reinhard’. Also kin with the Latin name ‘Renartus’, which was borrowed from Proto-Germanic. Rainbow	Rainboƿ	⚥	Living	-	-	-	Not known as a given name in Old English times. A name that sprung out of the hippy of the 1960s, from the everyday word, from OE ‘Reġnboga’. Raingar	Raingar	♂	Quickened	Reġengār	reġen	gār Rainhold	Rainhold	♂	Quickened	Reġenhold	reġen	hold Rainwald	Rainƿald	♂	Quickened	Reġenƿeald	reġen	ƿeald	Kin with the ‘Norse name ‘Ronald’, the Norman name ‘Reynold’, and the Latin name ‘Reginaldus’. Rainward	Rainƿard	♂	Quickened	Reġenƿeard	reġen	ƿeard Raleigh	Raley	♂	Lastname	-	rā	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Rālēah’. Often named after the writer and wanderer Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618). Ramsden	Ramsden	♂	Lastname	-	ramm	denu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Rammsdenu’. Ramsey	Ramsey	♂	Lastname	-	hramsan	īeġ	Also found as: Ramsay. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hramsīeġ’. Borne by head cook and TV star Gordon Ramsay (1966 onwards). Randwolf	Randƿolf	♂	Quickened	Randƿulf	rand	ƿulf	Kin with the names ‘Randall’ and ‘Randolph’, first brought to England by Norse settlers and later backed up by Normans. Raven	Rafen	⚥	Living	*Hræfn	hræfn	-	A name that is made from the OE word for raven, but may not have been a given name in Old English times. Raymond	Raymund	♂	Living	Reġenmūnd	reġen	mūnd	The Old English name may have sweltered, but it would have ended up like the name ‘Raymond’, which was brought by the Normans. Read	Read	⚥	Lastname	*Rēad	-	-	Spelled as ‘Reid’ in Scotland. A name that is made from the OE word for red, but may not have been a given name in Old English times. Likely as a nickname for someone with red hair. See also: Red. Red	Red	⚥	Living	*Rēad	-	-	From the everyday English word for the hue. Often as a nickname for someone with red hair. See also: Read. Reddar	Reddar	♂	Quickened	Rǣdhere	rǣd	here Redfrith	Redfriþ	⚥	Quickened	Rǣdfriþ	rǣd	friþ	See also: Frithred. Redmund	Redmund	♂	Quickened	Rǣdmūnd	rǣd	mūnd	Not tied to the English lastname ‘Redmond’, which comes instead from the Irish name ‘Réamonn’, which comes from the Norman name ‘Raymond’ (see also: Raymond). Rednoth	Rednoþ	♂	Quickened	Rǣdnōþ	rǣd	nōþ Redrich	Redric	♂	Quickened	Rǣdrīċ	rǣd	rīċ Redwald	Redƿald	♂	Quickened	Rǣdƿeald	rǣd	ƿeald Redway	Redƿay	♂	Lastname	Rǣdƿīġ	rǣd	ƿīġ	Sweltered as a given name, but lives on as a lastname. Redwin	Redƿin	♂	Quickened	Rǣdƿine	rǣd	ƿine Redwolf	Redƿolf	♂	Quickened	Rǣdƿulf	rǣd	ƿulf	Kin with the Norse name ‘Ralph’, and the Norman ‘Raoul’. Rich	Ric	♂	Living	Rīċ	rīċ	-	Either a shortening of names like ‘Richard’, or as a standalone name, from the English word meaning ‘wealthy’. Kin with the name ‘Rick’. Richard	Ricard	♂	Living	Rīċheard	rīċ	heard	A name spread widely by the Normans, but which would have blended with its seldom-borne, Old English match. Richbert	Ricbert	♂	Quickened	Rīċbeorht	rīċ	beorht Richie	Ricy	♂	Living	Rīċa	rīċ	-	A shortening of names like ‘Richard’. Kin with the name ‘Rick’. Richmond	Ricmund	♂	Living	Rīċmūnd	rīċ	mūnd	A seldom-borne name in Old English. Spread in English by the Normans. Richsey	Ricsey	♂	Quickened	Rīċsiġe	rīċ	siġe	Borne by an 800s King of. Ridgeley	Ricgley	♂	Lastname	-	hryċġ	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hryċġlēah’. Ridgeway	Ricgƿay	♂	Lastname	-	hryċġ	ƿeġ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hryċġƿeġ’. Ridley	Ridley	♂	Lastname	-	hrēod	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hrēodlēah’. Riley	Riley	⚥	Lastname	-	ryġe	lēah	Also found as: Ryley. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ryġelēah’. Not tied to the Irish name ‘Reilley’, which comes instead from Gaelic ‘Raghallach’. Rip	Rip	♂	Quickened	Hrypp	? -	Borne by one of the forebears of the Wuffings, kings of, son of Rothmund (Hroþmund), father of Willem (Ƿilhelm), and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Ripley	Ripley	⚥	Lastname	-	-	lēah Rodney	Rodney	♂	Lastname	-	hrōþ	īeġ	Not a given name in OE. Borne by British admiral Lord Rodney (1719–1792). Its etymology is not sound. Said by Coates and others in The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland to likely be from Old English ‘Hrōþasīeġ’. Rose	Rose	♀	Living	-	rōse	-	A name borne through Middle English but not known to be a given name in Old English times. It may have started in English as a shape of the nickname ‘horse’, from Old Norse ‘hross’. Rosefield	Rosefeeld	♂	Unfounded	*Rōsefeld	rōse	feld	Not found in OE. Would be kin with ‘Roosevelt’, which is a Netherlandish lastname spread in the English-speaking world by the American leaders. Rothbert	Roþbert	♂	Quickened	Hrōþbeorht	hrōþ	beorht	Kin with the Norman name ‘Robert’, and German name ‘Rupert’. Rothgar	Roþgar	♂	Quickened	Hrōþgār	hrōþ	gār	Kin with the German name ‘Rüdiger’, and the Norman name ‘Roger’. See also: Hrothgar. Rothland	Roþland	♂	Unfounded	*Hrōþland	hrōþ	land	Kin with the Norman name ‘Roland’, and the Italian name ‘Orlando’. Rothmund	Roþmund	♂	Quickened	Hrōþmūnd	hrōþ	mūnd	Borne by one of the forebears of the Wuffings, kings of, son of Triyil (Trygils), father of Rip, and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Rothrich	Roþric	♂	Quickened	Hrōþrīċ	hrōþ	rīċ	Kin with the Norman name ‘Roderick’. Also kin with the Latin name ‘Rodericus’, which was borrowed from Proto-Germanic. Rothschild	Roþscild	♂	Unfounded	*Hrōþesċild	hrōþ	ċild	Not found in OE. Crafty wordplay by likeness to the name ‘Rothschild’, with which it’s not kin, and is rather a German lastname meaning ‘red-shield’. Rothwer	Roþƿer	♀	Quickened	Hrōþƿaru	hrōþ	ƿaru Rothwin	Roþƿin	⚥	Quickened	Hrōþƿine, Hrōþƿynn	hrōþ	ƿynn	As a woman’s name, it may be tied to the Latinised name Rowena, as written by Sir Walter Scott in the book Ivanhoe (1819). Rothwolf	Roþƿolf	♂	Quickened	Hrōþƿulf	hrōþ	ƿulf	Kin with the Norman names ‘Rolph’ (or ‘Rolf’), ‘Ralph’, ‘Rafe’; ‘Roul’, Latinised as ‘Rollo’; and the German name ‘Rudolph’ (or ‘Rudolf’). Rowley	Ruley	♂	Lastname	-	rūh	lēah	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Rūhlēah’, meaning: rough lea (field). Rudyard	Rudgeard	♂	Lastname	-	rud	ġeard	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Rudġeard’, meaning: ruddy yard. Rusty	Rusty	⚥	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. A latterday name, from the word ‘rusty’, from OE ‘rūstiġ’, for someone with red hair. For likeness of meaning, see the name ‘Read’. Rutherford	Ruþerford	♂	Lastname	-	hrȳþer	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hrȳþerford’. Borne by 19th American leader, Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893). Rycroft	Rycroft	♂	Lastname	-	ryġe	croft	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ryġecroft’. Ryland	Ryland	♂	Lastname	-	ryġe	land	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ryġeland’. Samwise	Samƿise	♂	Living	*Sāmƿīs	sām	ƿīs	Not found as a name in OE, only as the adjective, ‘sām-ƿise’, meaning half-wise, or dull. J. R. R. Tolkien quickened the name for Samwise Gamgee, the dull, in ‘The Lord of the Rings’. Sandford	Sandford	♂	Lastname	-	sand	ford	Also found as: Sanford. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sandford’. Sandy	Sandy	⚥	Living	-	sand	-	Not known as a given name in Old English times. As an Anglish name, it’s for someone with sandy-hued hair. Found in English as a shortening of Alexander/Alexandria. Saturday	Saturday	⚥	Living	-	-	dæġ	Not found as a name in OE. From the everyday word for the day of the week, named for the god and heavenly body, Saturn, borrowed into early Old English from Latin. Saxbold	Saxbold	♂	Quickened	Seaxbeald	seax	beald Saxbury	Saxbury	♀	Quickened	Seaxburg	seax	burg Saxhelm	Saxhelm	♂	Quickened	Seaxhelm	seax	helm Saxred	Saxred	♂	Quickened	Seaxrǣd	seax	rǣd	Borne by a 600s King of Essex. Saxwolf	Saxƿolf	♂	Quickened	Seaxƿulf	seax	ƿulf Scott	Scott	♂	Living	Scot	-	-	Mostly borne nowadays from the lastname, which came from the nickname or given name for someone from Scotland. Seabert	Seabert	♂	Lastname	Sǣbeorht	sǣ	beorht Seaborne	Seaborne	⚥	Living	-	sǣ	-	Not a given name in OE. A puritanical Christian name, from the everyday English word. Seabrook	Seabrook	♂	Lastname	-	sǣ	brōc	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sǣbrōc’. Seabury	Seabury	⚥	Lastname	Sǣburg	sǣ	burg	The -bury ending would make this a woman's name in Old English times, but it is now more likely found to be found as a 's name, coming from the living Lastname. Seafled	Seafled	♀	Quickened	Sǣflǣd	sǣ	flǣd Seafrith	Seafriþ	⚥	Quickened	Sǣfriþ	sǣ	friþ Sealey	Sealey	♀	Lastname	Sǣliġ	-	-	From a Middle English nickname for a glad woman, of high moods. May or may not have been a given name in OE times. Seaman	Seaman	♂	Lastname	Sǣmann	sǣ	mann Seathrith	Seaþriþ	♀	Quickened	Sǣþrȳþ	sǣ	þrȳþ Seaton	Seatun	♂	Lastname	-	sǣ	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sǣtūn’, meaning: sea town. Selbury	Selbury	♀	Quickened	Seleburg	sele	burg Seldon	Seldun	♂	Lastname	-	sealh	denu, dūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-names ‘Sealhdenu’, ‘Sealhdūn’. The latter bit could be from either OE denu (a den, dale) or dūn (a down, hill). Sellard	Sellard	♂	Quickened	Seleheard	sele	heard Selred	Selred	♂	Quickened	Selerǣd	sele	rǣd	Borne by a 700s King of Essex. Selthrith	Selþriþ	♀	Quickened	Seleþrȳþ	sele	þrȳþ Selway	Selƿay	♂	Quickened	Seleƿīġ	sele	ƿīġ	The lastname ‘Selway’ is said by Coates and Others in The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland to be from the likewise OE name, though they write it as unfounded spelling ‘Sælwīġ’. Selwyn	Selƿin	⚥	Lastname	Seleƿine, Seolhƿine	sele, seolh	ƿine	Also found as: Selwin. The lastname ‘Selwyn’ may sometimes come from OE ‘Seolhƿine’ (seal-friend), or from ‘Seleƿine’ (house-friend). As an English lastname, it sometimes comes from the Norman given name Selvein, from Latin ‘Silvanus’ (woodsman, wildman). Seward	Seƿard	♂	Lastname	Siġeƿeard	siġe	ƿeard	Sometimes shortened to ‘Sword’ as a Lastname. Kin with the Norse name ‘Sigurd’. Sewell	Seƿell	♂	Lastname	Siġeƿeald	siġe	ƿeald Sewin	Seƿin	♂	Quickened	Siġeƿine	siġe	ƿine	See also: Winsey. Sewolf	Seƿolf	♂	Quickened	Siġeƿulf	siġe	ƿulf Seyar	Seyar	♂	Quickened	Siġehere	siġe	here	See also: Sigger. Seyard	Seyard	♂	Quickened	Siġeheard	siġe	heard Shadow	Scadoƿ	⚥	Living	*Ṡċeaduƿe	-	-	From the everyday English word, from Old English ‘ṡċeaduƿe’. Not known to be a given name in Old English. Shaftar	Scaftar	♂	Quickened	Ṡċeafthere	ṡċeaft	here Shaftwin	Scaftƿin	♂	Quickened	Ṡċeaftƿine	ṡċeaft	ƿine Sheldon	Sceldun	♂	Lastname	-	ṡċylf	denu, dūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-names ‘Ṡċylfdenu’, ‘Ṡċylfdūn’. The latter bit could be from either OE denu (a den, dale) or dūn (a down, hill). Borne by a player in the 2000s American TV show ‘The Big Bang Theory’ and its spinoff show ‘Young Sheldon’. Shell	Scell	⚥	Lastname	-	ṡċylf	-	A shortening of names such as: Shelley, Sheldon. Shelley	Scelley	⚥	Lastname	-	ṡċylf	lēah	Also found as: Shelly. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ṡċylflēah’. Not wordlorely tied with the Irish name ‘Shelley’, which is from Irish Gaelic ‘Sealbhaigh’. Shelton	Sceltun	♂	Lastname	-	ṡċylf	denu, dūn, tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-names ‘Ṡċylfltūn’, ‘Ṡċylflden’, or ‘Ṡċylfldūn’. Shepherd	Scepherd	♂	Lastname	-	ṡċēap	hierde	Not a given name in OE. From the OE working name, ‘Ṡċēaphierda’, meaning: a sheep-herder, shepherd. Shepley	Scepley	♂	Lastname	-	ṡċēap	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ṡċēaplēah’. Sherbald	Scerbald	♂	Quickened	Ṡċīrbeald	ṡċīr	beald Sherburn	Scerburn	♂	Lastname	-	ṡċīr	burne	Also found as: Sherborn[e] (Anglish Spelling: Scerborn). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ṡċīrburne’. Sheriff	Sceriff	♂	Living	-	-	-	Either from the everyday English word, or from the lastname, from OE ‘scirgerefa’ meaning: shire-reeve; leader of the shire. Sherlock	Scerlock	♂	Lastname	-	ṡċīr	locc	Spread by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. From OE ‘Ṡċīrlocc’, meaning: sheer locks (hair); a nickname for someone with sheer, fair hair. Sherman	Scerman	♂	Lastname	-	ṡċeran	mann	Not a given name in OE. From the OE working name ‘Ṡċermann’, meaning: someone who would shear (cut) thread, like woven wool. Sherrard	Scerrard	♂	Lastname	Ṡċīrheard	ṡċīr	heard Sherwald	Scerƿald	♂	Quickened	Ṡċīrƿeald	ṡċīr	ƿeald Sherwood	Scerƿood	♂	Lastname	-	ṡċīr	ƿudu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ṡċīrƿudu’. Spread by the Sherwood found in the English tale of Robin Hood. Shirley	Scirley	⚥	Lastname	-	ṡċīr	lēah	Also found as: Sherley (Anglish Spelling: Scerley). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ṡċīrlēah’. Sibbald	Sibbald	♂	Quickened	Siġebeald	siġe	beald Sibbert	Sibbert	♂	Quickened	Siġebeorht	siġe	beorht	Borne by a 600s King of, two 600s kings of Essex and by an 700s King of Wessex. See also: Bertsey. Sibbery	Sibbury	⚥	Lastname	Siġeburg	siġe	burg	The -bury ending would make this a woman's name in Old English times, but it is now more likely found to be found as a 's name, coming from the living Lastname. See also: Bursey. Sidman	Sidman	♂	Quickened	Sīdemann	sīde	mann Sidney	Sidney	⚥	Lastname	-	sīde	īeġ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sīdenīeġ’. Often spelled ‘Sidney’ for boys and ‘Sydney’ for girls. Often shortened to ‘Sid’. The head in the Australian  of New South Wales. Otherwise, not as an Anglish name, sometimes comes from the name for the French town of Saint Denis, or from the Biblical ‘Sidon’, or a sundry of ‘Sindy’, from ‘Cindy’. Sifled	Sifled	♀	Quickened	Siġeflǣd	siġe	flǣd	Also found as the lastname ‘Sifleet’. Sifrith	Sifriþ	⚥	Quickened	Siġefriþ	siġe	friþ	Kin with the German name ‘Siegfried’. Sigger	Sigger	♂	Lastname	Siġegār, Siġehere	siġe	gār, here	A blend of the Old English names ‘Siġegār’ and ‘Siġehere’, and could sometimes come from the standalone Old Norse name ‘Sigar’, kin with Old English ‘siġe’. See also: Seyar. Sillock	Sillock	♂	Quickened	Siġelāc	siġe	lāc	Also found as: Sillick. Not known as a living given name. Shaped after the living lastname which comes from the likewise Old English given name. Silver	Silfer	⚥	Living	-	-	-	Not known as a given name in Old English times. Often named for fair-haired children. For likeness of meaning, see also: Sherlock. Simmer	Simmer	♂	Quickened	Siġemǣr	siġe	mǣr Simmund	Simmund	♂	Quickened	Siġemūnd	siġe	mūnd	Kin with the German name ‘Siegmund’. Not tied to the Hebrew name ‘Simon’. Sinnoth	Sinnoþ	♂	Quickened	Siġenōþ	siġe	nōþ	Also found as the living Lastname ‘Sinnott’. Sirred	Sirred	♂	Quickened	Siġerǣd	siġe	rǣd Sirrich	Sirric	♂	Quickened	Siġerīċ	siġe	rīċ Smedley	Smedley	♂	Lastname	-	smēþe	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Smēþelēah’. Smith	Smiþ	♂	Lastname	-	smiþ	-	Not a given name in OE. From the widely-born lastname which comes from the OE work-name ‘Smiþ’; or straight from the everyday word for a metal-worker. Kin with the German lastname ‘Schmidt’, and the Netherlandish lastname ‘Smid’. Snowden	Snoƿden	♂	Lastname	-	snāƿ	denu, dūn	Also found as: Snowdon (Anglish Spelling: Snoƿdun). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-names ‘Snāwdēnu’ and ‘Snāwdūn’. The latter bit could be from either OE denu (a den, dale) or dūn (a down, hill). Borne by American political dissident, Edward Snowden (1983 onwards). Somerset	Somerset	♂	Lastname	-	sumor	tūn + sǣte	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sumertūnsǣte’, meaning: Somerset County, England, which was named for those seated or settled about Somerton (Summer-town). Somerton	Somertun	♂	Lastname	-	sumor	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sumertūn’, meaning: Somerton, in Somerset County, England. Said in Robin Bush's 1994 book, Somerset: The Complete Guide, the town of Somerton was likely named after what was once a Summer grazing land for livestock, which would flood in the colder months of the year. Sotchurl	Sotcerl	♂	Quickened	Sōtċeorl	sōt	ċeorl Southwell	Suþƿell	♂	Lastname	-	sūþ	ƿille	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sūþƿille’, meaning: someone who lived near a well at the southern end of a town; or south of a town's main well. Stafford	Stafford	♂	Lastname	-	stæf, stede	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-names ‘Stæfford’ and ‘Stedeford’. The first deal of the name could be from either ‘stæf’, meaning a staff (pole) that marked where to ford a stream; or it could be from ‘stede’, a meaning a stead (town) where folks would ford a stream. Stan	Stan	♂	Lastname	Stān	stān	-	A shortening of bind-names such as ‘Stanley’ and ‘Stanton’. See also: Stone. Standish	Standisc	♂	Lastname	-	stān	ediṡċ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Stānediṡċ’, meaning: stony eddish (a meadow, grass for feeding livestock). Borne by the Pilgrim fighter and leader Myles Standish (1580s–1656). Stanford	Stanford	♂	Lastname	-	stān	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Stānford’. Stanley	Stanley	♂	Lastname	-	stān	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Stānlēah’. Stannand	Stannand	♂	Quickened	Stānhand	stān	hand Stanton	Stantun	♂	Lastname	-	stān	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Stāntūn’. Star	Star	⚥	Living	Steorra	-	-	As an Anglish name, from the everyday word. Otherwise, as a shortening of ‘Stella’. Steadman	Steadman	♂	Lastname	Stedemann	stede	mann Steel	Steel	♂	Living	-	-	-	Also found as: Steele. From the everyday word for the hardened metal. Sometimes from the English lastname, from the likewise word. From OE ‘stēle’. Stewart	Steƿart	♂	Lastname	-	stī	ƿeard	Not a given name in OE. From the OE working-name ‘Stiġƿeard’, meaning: sty (house) ward. The ‘Stewart’ spelling is more widespread as a lastname. Often shorted to ‘Stu’ as a given name. The spelling ‘Stuart’ is French, first made widespread in the 1500s, by Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, who was reared in France. Borne by the House of Stewart/Stuart, which lead Scotland from 1371 to 1567, and then the United Kingdom from 1567 to 1714. Stockley	Stockley	♂	Lastname	-	stocc	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Stocclēah’. Stockton	Stocktun	♂	Lastname	-	stocc	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Stocctūn’. Stockwell	Stockƿell	♂	Lastname	-	stocc	ƿille	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Stoccƿille’. Stone	Stone	♂	Living	Stān	stān	-	Most often from the stow-name, ‘Stone’, named for someone who lived on stony land. Sometimes named straight for the word ‘stone’, as a token of strength and steadfastness. See also: Stan. Storm	Storm	⚥	Living	-	storm	-	Seems to first become a given name in the 1900s. Not known to be a given name in Old English times. Stratford	Stratford	♂	Lastname	-	strǣt	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Strǣtford’. Strickland	Strickland	♂	Lastname	-	stirc	land	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Stircland’. From a lastname that has a metathesis of ‘stirk-’ (a bullock) to ‘strick-’. Suffield	Suffeeld	♂	Lastname	-	sūþ	feld	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sūþfeld’. Suffolk	Suffolk	♂	Lastname	-	sūþ	folc	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sūþfolc’. Summer	Summer	♀	Living	Sumar	sumer	-	From the everyday word for the time of year. Summerlider	Summerlider	♂	Quickened	Sumerlida	sumer	lid Sunday	Sunday	♀	Living	Sunnandæġ	sunne	dæġ	Not found as a name in OE. From the everyday word for the day of the week, named for the god and heavenly body, ‘Sun’ (Interpretatio Roman from ‘Sol’). Given to children born on the day. Sunnive	Sunnife	♀	Quickened	Sunnġifu	sunne	ġifu Sunny	Sunny	⚥	Living	Sunna ♂, Sunno ♀	sunne	-	While the Old English word ‘Sunne’ (Sun) was , it was sometimes made as a given name ‘Sunna’, and in today’s English, as ‘Sunny’, is almost only given to women. Sutcliff	Sutcliff	♂	Lastname	-	sūþ	cliff	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sūþcliff’. Sutton	Suttun	♂	Lastname	-	sūþ	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sūþtūn’. Swafbert	Sƿafbert	♂	Quickened	Sƿǣfbeorht	sƿefn	beorht Swanton	Sƿantun	♂	Lastname	-	sƿan	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sƿantūn’. Swavard	Sƿafard	♂	Quickened	Sƿǣfheard	sƿefn	heard Swavild	Sƿafild	♂	Quickened	Sƿǣfġild	sƿefn	ġild Swavred	Sƿafred	♂	Quickened	Sƿǣfrǣd	sƿefn	rǣd Swinburne	Sƿinburne	♂	Lastname	-	sƿīne	burne	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sƿīnburne’. Swinford	Sƿinford	♂	Lastname	-	sƿīne	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sƿīnford’. Swinton	Sƿintun	♂	Lastname	-	sƿīne	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Sƿīntūn’. Swithad	Sƿiþad	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþhād	sƿīþ	hād Swithard	Sƿiþþard	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþheard	sƿīþ	heard Swithbald	Sƿiþbald	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþbeald	sƿīþ	beald Swithbert	Sƿiþbert	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþbeorht	sƿīþ	beorht Swithbury	Sƿiþbury	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþburh	sƿīþ	burh Swithelm	Sƿiþþelm	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþhelm	sƿīþ	helm Swithfrith	Sƿiþfriþ	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþfriþ	sƿīþ	friþ	See also: Frithswith. Swithgar	Sƿiþgar	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþgār	sƿīþ	gār Swithmer	Sƿiþmer	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþmǣr	sƿīþ	mǣr Swithmod	Sƿiþmod	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþmōd	sƿīþ	mōd Swithnoth	Sƿiþnoþ	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþnōþ	sƿīþ	nōþ Swithoun	Sƿiþune	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþhūn	sƿīþ	hūn Swithred	Sƿiþrǣd	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþrǣd	sƿīþ	rǣd Swithrich	Sƿiþric	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþrīċ	sƿīþ	rīċ Swithwel	Sƿiþƿel	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþealh	sƿīþ	ƿealh Swithwin	Sƿiþƿin	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþƿine ♂, Sƿīþƿynn ♀	sƿīþ	ƿine , ƿynn Swithwolf	Sƿiþƿolf	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþƿulf	sƿīþ	ƿulf	See also: Wolswith. Swithyils	Sƿiþgils	⚥	Quickened	Sƿīþġīls	sƿīþ	ġīls Swoon	Sƿoon	♂	Quickened	Sƿān	-	-	Kin with the names ‘Sven’ (New Norse), ‘Sveinn’ (Old Norse), and the latterday word ‘swain’, meaning, ‘young man’, which comes from Old Norse. The Old English match was ‘sƿān’. Tanner	Tanner	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the lastname for someone who tans leather, from the OE word ‘tān’, as found in the saying, ‘getannede hyd’ (tanned hide). Tate	Tate	⚥	Lastname	Tāta	-	-	As an Anglish name, from the Lastname ‘Tate’, thought to be from the Old English name, ‘Tāta’, of unknown spring. Sometimes mingled with the lastname ‘Tait’, which instead comes from the Old Norse word, ‘teitr’, and was borrowed into English, meaning ‘glad’, ‘merry’. Tatton	Tattun	⚥	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Tātastūn’, meaning: Tate’s home. Tatum	Tatum	⚥	Lastname	-	-	hām	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Tātasham’, meaning: Tate’s home. Also found as the lastname ‘Tatham’, named for the town in Lancashire, from the same spring. Teal	Teal	♀	Living	*Tǣle	-	-	From the everyday word for the hue and the duck. A word thought to come from Old English, but which has not yet been found. Not known to be a name in Old English. Ted	Ted	♂	Living	-	ēad	-	A shortening of names that start with ‘Ed’, such as ‘Edward’ and ‘Edgar’. Not an Anglish name when a shortening of ‘Theodore’. Teddy	Teddy	⚥	Living	-	ēad	-	A shortening of names that start with ‘Ed’, such as ‘Edward’ and ‘Edwina’. Not an Anglish name when a shortening of ‘Theodore’. Thankful	Þankful	⚥	Living	-	þanc	-	Not a given name in OE. A puritanical Christian name, from the everyday English word. Thatcher	Þacer	⚥	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the OE working name ‘Þæċere’, meaning: someone who thatches a roof. Thedbald	Þedbald	♂	Quickened	Þēodbeald	þeod	beald	Kin with the French name ‘Thibault’, and the Latin name ‘Theobaldus’. Thedbert	Þedbert	♂	Quickened	Þēodbeorht	þeod	beorht Theddild	Þeddild	♀	Quickened	Þēodhild	þeod	hild Thedred	Þedred	♂	Quickened	Þēodrǣd	þeod	rǣd Thedrich	Þedric	♂	Quickened	Þēodrīċ	þeod	rīċ	Kin with German ‘Dietrich’, and Old Low German ‘Dederick’, from ‘Theodoric’, which yields ‘Derek’, ‘Derreck’, ‘Derrick’, ‘Dirk’, and ‘Terry’. The English House of Tudor is said by Coats and Others (2016) to come from the old Welsh name *Toutorīx, making it a far-flung kin name, through Proto-Indo-European. Thedwolf	Þedƿolf	♂	Quickened	Þēodƿulf	þeod	ƿulf Thingfrith	Þingfriþ	♂	Quickened	Þingfriþ	þing	friþ Thorn	Þorn	♂	Living	Þorn	þorn	-	Either from the everyday English word, or from the lastnames such Thorn (from the alike word) or as a shortening of the lastname Thornton. Thornton	Þorntun	♂	Lastname	-	þorn	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Þorntūn’, meaning: thorn town. Thrithgar	Þriþgar	♂	Quickened	Þrȳþgār	þrȳþ	gār	See also: Garthrith. Thrithred	Þriþred	♂	Quickened	Þrȳþrǣd	þrȳþ	rǣd Thrithwolf	Þriþƿolf	♂	Quickened	Þrȳþƿulf	þrȳþ	ƿulf	See also: Wolthrith. Throckmorton	Þrockmortun	♂	Lastname	-	? mere + tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the town in Worcestershire, from the OE stow-name ‘Þrocmeretūn’, where ‘þroc’ may come from the OE word meaning a ‘beam’ or ‘plough’. The name is borne by two old, wealthy houses of England, named for the town in Worcestershire. The name is also known online as a meme for a silly name, ‘Cousin Throckmorton’. Thunder	Þunder	⚥	Living	Þunor	þuner	-	From the everyday word for the rumbling of stormy weather, or for the god who stands for it, Thunder (‘Thor’ in Old Norse). Thursday	Þursday	⚥	Living	-	þuner	dæġ	Not found as a name in OE. From the everyday word for the day of the week, named for the god and heavenly body, ‘Thunder’ (‘Thor’ in Old Norse; Interpretatio Roman from ‘Zeus’). Given to children born on the day. Tidbald	Tidbald	♂	Quickened	Tīdbeald	tīd	beald Tidbert	Tidbert	♂	Quickened	Tīdbeorht	tīd	beorht Tidbury	Tidbury	♀	Quickened	Tīdburg	tīd	burg Tiddelm	Tiddelm	♂	Quickened	Tīdhelm	tīd	helm Tiddey	Tiddey	♂	Quickened	Tīdhēah	tīd	hēah Tiddoun	Tiddune	♂	Quickened	Tīdhūn	tīd	hūn Tidfrith	Tidfriþ	♂	Quickened	Tīdfriþ	tīd	friþ Tidwald	Tidƿald	♂	Quickened	Tīdƿeald	tīd	ƿeald Tidwolf	Tidƿolf	♂	Quickened	Tīdƿulf	tīd	ƿulf Tilbert	Tilbert	♂	Quickened	Tilbeorht	til	beorht Tilden	Tilden	♂	Lastname	-	til	denu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Tildenu’. Tilford	Tilford	♂	Lastname	-	til	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Tilford’. Tillar	Tillar	♂	Quickened	Tilhere	til	here Tillman	Tillman	♂	Lastname	Tilmann	til	mann Tilred	Tilred	♂	Quickened	Tilrǣd	til	rǣd Tilthane	Tilþane	♂	Quickened	Tilþeġn	til	þeġn Tilton	Tiltun	♂	Lastname	-	til	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Tiltūn’. Tilwin	Tilƿin	♂	Quickened	Tilƿine	til	ƿine Titel	Titel	♂	Quickened	Tytila	? -	Borne by one of the forebears of the Wuffings, the kings of, in the 500s and 600s, son of Wolfy (Ƿuffa), father of Eny (Eni), and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Titman	Titman	♂	Quickened	Tytiman	? mann	Borne by one of the forebears of the Wuffings, kings of, son of Casser, father of Triyil (Trygils), and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Toller	Toller	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	From the lastname, a work-name for someone who. Borne by English wordsmith Thomas Northcote Toller (1844–1930), whose work on 'An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary' with Joseph Bosworth (1788–1876) lives on as a work beyond worth, which lead to this writ on names, itself! Tone	Tone	♂	Lastname	Tūna	tūn	-	From a lastname from the word that yields us ‘town’, which, as a name, meant ‘townsman’. Found as a standalone name in Old English as well. Not tied to the word for a pitch, which comes from French. Tortar	Tortar	♂	Quickened	Torhthere	torht	here Tortbert	Tortbert	♂	Quickened	Torhtbeorht	torht	beorht Tortelm	Tortelm	♂	Quickened	Torhthelm	torht	helm Tortith	Tortiþ	♀	Quickened	Torhtgȳþ	torht	gȳþ Tortmund	Tortmund	♂	Quickened	Torhtmūnd	torht	mūnd Tortred	Tortred	♂	Quickened	Torhtrǣd	torht	rǣd Tortwald	Tortƿald	♂	Quickened	Torhtƿeald	torht	ƿeald Tortwin	Tortƿin	♂	Quickened	Torhtƿine	torht	ƿine Townsend	Tunsend	♂	Lastname	-	tūn	ende	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Tūnesende’, meaning: town’s end. Triyil	Trigil	♂	Quickened	Tryġil	? ġīls, ġīsel	Borne by one of the forebears of the Wuffings, kings of , son of Titman (Tytiman), father of Rothmund (Hrothmund), and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. True 	Treƿ	⚥	Living	-	trīeƿe	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word for someone who is true or trustworthy. Not a widely-borne name outside of the Puritans in the 1800s. Borne by the main player of the 1900s strip, ‘The Outbursts of Everett True’. Truman	Treƿman	♂	Lastname	-	trīeƿe	mann	Not a given name in OE. From the lastname that comes from OE ‘Trīewemann’. Borne by the American leader Harry S Truman (1884–1972) and the American writer Truman Capote (1924–1984). Trumbert	Trumbert	♂	Quickened	Trumbeorht	trum	beorht Trummar	Trummar	♂	Quickened	Trumhere	trum	here Trumwin	Trumƿin	♂	Quickened	Trumƿine	trum	ƿine Tucker	Tucker	♂	Lastname	Tucca	-	-	From a lastname for a clothmaker (like the names Walker and Fuller). Also found in Old English, maybe from the likewise word, which meant to beat or weary someone or something (in the way that one beats cloth). Tuesday	Teƿsday	⚥	Living	Tīƿesdæġ	Tīƿ	dæġ	Not found as a name in OE. From the everyday word for the day of the week, named for the god and heavenly body, ‘Tue’ or ‘Tew’ (‘Tyr’ in Old Norse; Interpretatio Roman from ‘Mars’). Given to children born on the day. Tumbert	Tumbert	♂	Quickened	Tūnbeorht	tūn	beorht	See also: Berton. Tunred	Tunred	♂	Quickened	Tūnrǣd	tūn	rǣd Tunrich	Tunric	♂	Quickened	Tūnrīċ	tūn	rīċ Tunwald	Tunƿald	♂	Quickened	Tūnƿeald	tūn	ƿeald Tunwolf	Tunƿolf	♂	Quickened	Tūnƿulf	tūn	ƿulf Twyford	Tƿyford	♂	Lastname	-	tƿīġe	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Tƿīġeford’. Tye	Tye	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. Either as a shortening of the name Tyler, or from the lastname ‘Tye’, for someone who lived by a meadow, or a yard, from OE ‘tēah’. Likeness to the name of the English god, as found in Tuesday, is by luck. Tyler	Tyler	⚥	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the lastname, for someone who makes tiles. Borne by the tenth American leader, John Tyler (1790–1862). Upton	Uptun	♂	Lastname	-	upp	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Upptūn’. Borne by the American writer and politician Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). Wade	Ƿade	⚥	Lastname	Ƿada	ƿad	-	Also found as as a given name in Old English times. Today it comes from the lastname, which meant ‘to go’, or ‘wade’, as one would wade through low-waters, when at a ford. Wade, or, Ƿada, was the Old English god of the seas and waters. Wadsworth	Ƿadsƿorþ	♂	Lastname	-	ƿad	ƿorþ	Also found as: Wordsworth (Anglish Spelling: Ƿordsƿorþ). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿadasƿorþ’. Waldar	Ƿaldar	♂	Quickened	Ƿealdhere	ƿeald	here	Kin with the Anglo-Norman name ‘Walter’. Also kin with the Latin name ‘Gualterius’, which was borrowed from Proto-Germanic. See also: Harwald. Waldelm	Ƿaldelm	♂	Quickened	Ƿealdhelm	ƿeald	helm	See also: Helmwald. Walden	Ƿalden	♂	Lastname	-	ƿealh	denu	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿealdene’. Walder	Ƿalder	♂	Lastname	Ƿalda	ƿald	-	From a lastname that meant a wold-dweller (woods-dweller). Waldred	Ƿaldred	♂	Quickened	Ƿealdrǣd	ƿald	rǣd Walker	Ƿalker	♂	Lastname	-	ƿealc	-	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname for someone who make cloth, by walking on it, from OE ‘ƿealcere’. (Like the names Tucker and Fuller.) Wallard	Ƿallard	♂	Quickened	Ƿealhheard	ƿealh	heard Walloun	Ƿallune	♂	Quickened	Ƿealhhūn	ƿealh	hūn Walmer	Ƿalmer	♂	Quickened	Ƿealdmǣr	ƿeald	mǣr	Kin with mainland ‘Waldemar’, and through that tie, maybe also kin with the Slavic name ‘Vladimir’. Walthew	Ƿalþeƿ	♂	Quickened	Ƿealhþēoƿ	ƿealh	þēoƿ Walthrith	Ƿalþriþ	♀	Quickened	Ƿealdþrȳþ	ƿeald	þrȳþ	Kin with the German name ‘Waltraud’. Walton	Ƿaltun	♂	Lastname	-	ƿald, ƿealh, ƿeall	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From any number of OE town names, ‘Ƿaldtūn’ (woods-town), ‘Ƿealhtūn’ (welsh-town), ‘Ƿealltūn’ (wall-town). Warbald	Ƿarbald	♂	Quickened	Ƿarbeald	ƿaru	beald Warbert	Ƿarbert	♂	Quickened	Ƿarbeorht	ƿaru	beorht	See also: Bertwer. Warbury	Ƿarbury	♀	Quickened	Ƿærburg	ƿaru	burg Ward	Ƿard	♂	Lastname	Ƿearda	ƿeard	- Wardar	Ƿardar	♂	Quickened	Ƿeardhere	ƿeard	here	Kin with the German name ‘Werner’, and the Norman name ‘Warner’. See also: Harward. Wardell	Ƿardell	♂	Lastname	-	ƿeard	hyll	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿeardhyll’. Warfrith	Ƿarfriþ	♂	Quickened	Ƿarfriþ	ƿaru	friþ Warmund	Ƿarmund	♂	Quickened	Ƿarmūnd	ƿaru	mūnd	Borne by one of the forebears of the Iclings, kings of, said to be an afterbear of the god Woden, son of Warmund, and father of Offa of Angel. Warnoth	Ƿarnoþ	♂	Quickened	Ƿarnōþ	ƿaru	nōþ Warrard	Ƿarrard	♂	Quickened	Ƿarheard	ƿaru	heard Warrelm	Ƿarrelm	♂	Quickened	Ƿarhelm	ƿaru	helm Warstan	Ƿarstan	♂	Quickened	Ƿarstān	ƿaru	stān Warthrith	Ƿarþriþ	♀	Quickened	Ƿærþrȳþ	ƿaru	þrȳþ Warwick	Ƿarƿick	♂	Lastname	-	ƿer	ƿiċ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿerƿic’. Washington	Ƿascingtun	♂	Lastname	-	Hƿæssa (?)	ing + tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hƿæssingatūn’, meaning: Hƿæssa’s town. Most often named after the American revolutionary leader George Washington (1732–1799). Way	Ƿay	⚥	Lastname	Ƿeġe	ƿeġ	-	From the lastname, for someone who lived on a way (a road). See also: Wayne. Waybrand	Ƿaybrand	♂	Quickened	Ƿeġbrand	ƿeġ	brand Wayday	Ƿayday	♂	Quickened	Ƿeġdæġ	ƿeġ	dæġ Wayne	Ƿayne	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Also found as: Wain (Anglish Spelling: Ƿain). Not a given name in OE. From the English lastname, for someone who made or rode wains (wagons). From the OE word ‘ƿæġn’, tied to the word ‘way’. (The word ‘wagon’ was borrowed into English from Netherlandish, upsetting the inborn word.) See also: Way. Webster	Ƿebster	♂	Lastname	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the lastname for someone who weaves web, from OE ‘ƿebbestre’. Borne by American wordsmith, Noah Webster (1758–1843). Weck	Ƿeck	♂	Quickened	Ƿehha	-	-	Borne by one of the forebears of the Wuffings, kings of, son of Willem (Ƿilhelm), father of Wolfy (Ƿuffa), and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Wednesday	Ƿednesday	⚥	Living	-	ƿōd	dæġ	Not found as a name in OE. From the everyday word for the day of the week, named for the god and heavenly body, ‘Woden’ or ‘Wooden’ (‘Ođinn’ in Old Norse, Interpretatio Roman from ‘Mercury’). Given to children born on the day. See also: Woden. Weestan	Ƿeestan	♂	Quickened	Ƿēohstān	ƿēoh	stān	A hero spoken of in the great tale ‘Beowulf’. Weldon	Ƿeldun	♂	Lastname	-	ƿille	denu, dūn	Also found as: Welden (Anglish Spelling: Ƿelden). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿilledūn’. The latter bit could be from either OE denu (a den, dale) or dūn (a down, hill). Wellington	Ƿellingtun	♂	Lastname	-	Ƿeola (?)	ing + tūn	Not a given name in OE. Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿeolingatūn’. Either from the lastname, or named after Arthur Wellesley the first Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), who ended the Napoleonic wars by beating Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Welthrith	Ƿelþriþ	♀	Quickened	Ƿealhþrȳþ	ƿealh	þrȳþ Welton	Ƿeltun	♂	Lastname	-	ƿille	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿilletūn’. Wentworth	Ƿentƿorþ	♂	Lastname	-	ƿinter	ƿorþ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿinterƿorþ’. Wesley	Ƿesley	♂	Lastname	-	ƿest	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿestlēah’. Weston	Ƿestun	♂	Lastname	-	ƿest	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿesttūn’. Whatbert	Hƿatbert	♂	Quickened	Hƿǣtebeorht	hƿǣte	beorht Whaton	Hƿattun	♂	Quickened	Hƿǣtetūn	hƿǣte	tūn Wheatley	Hƿeatley	♂	Lastname	-	hƿǣte	lēah	Also found as: Whatley (Anglish Spelling: Hƿatley). Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hƿǣtelēah’. Borne by a player in the 2011 American game ‘Portal 2’. Whitaker	Hƿitaker	♂	Lastname	-	hƿīt	acer	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hƿītacer’. White	Hƿite	♂	Lastname	Hƿīta	hƿīt	-	Either from the everyday English word, or from the lastname. Borne by the player Walter White in the 2000s TV show Breaking Bad. Whitfield	Hƿitfeeld	♂	Lastname	-	hƿīt	feld	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hƿītfeld’. Borne by American cryptographer, Bailey Whitfield Diffie (1994 onwards). Whitley	Hƿitley	⚥	Lastname	-	hƿīt	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hƿītlēah’. Whitney	Hƿitney	⚥	Lastname	-	hƿīt	nēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Hƿītnēah’. Whitred	Hƿitred	♂	Quickened	Hƿītrǣd	hƿīt	rǣd Whittis	Hƿittis	♂	Quickened	Hƿīthyse	hƿīt	hyse Widkind	Ƿidkind	♂	Unfounded	*Ƿiducynd	ƿudu	-	Not found in OE. Borne by the heathen folk and freedom fighter of the (Old) Saxons in the 700s, who sought to fight off the Frankish king Charlemagne, but who lost to Charlemagne and his  of the heathen Saxons. Widmer	Ƿidmer	♂	Living	Ƿidumǣr	ƿudu	mǣr Widmund	Ƿidmund	♂	Living	Ƿidumūnd	ƿudu	mūnd Widsith	Ƿidsiþ	♂	Quickened	Ƿīdsīþ	ƿīd	sīþ Wilbur	Ƿilber	♂	Lastname	-	ƿild	bār	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿildbār’. Wilbury	Ƿilbury	♀	Quickened	Ƿillburh	ƿill	burh Wilder	Ƿilder	♂	Lastname	-	ƿild	dēor	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿilddēor’. Wilfled	Ƿilfled	♀	Quickened	Ƿillflǣd	ƿill	flǣd Wilford	Ƿilford	♂	Lastname	-	ƿill	ford	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿillford’. Wilfred	Ƿilfred	♂	Lastname	Ƿillfriþ	ƿill	friþ	Also found as: Wilfrid (Anglish Spelling: Ƿilfrid). Borne by a in the 600s. Brought back in the 1800s. The lastname ‘Wilfred’ sometimes comes from a metathesis of ‘Wilford’. Can also be spelled: Wilfrith (Anglish Spelling: Ƿilfriþ). Wilgar	Ƿilgar	♂	Quickened	Ƿillgār	ƿill	gār Will	Ƿill	♂	Living	Ƿilla	ƿill	-	A shortening of names starting with ‘Will-’, such as ‘Willem’ (kin with the Norman name ‘William’) and ‘Wilbur’. Willar	Ƿillar	♂	Quickened	Ƿillhere	ƿill	here Willard	Ƿillard	♂	Lastname	Ƿillheard	ƿill	heard Willem	Ƿillem	♂	Quickened	Ƿillhelm	ƿill	helm	Can also be spelled: Wilhelm (Anglish Spelling: Ƿillhem), Willelm (Ƿillelm). Seldom found in Old English. Overcome by its Norman match, ‘William’, spread in England by William of Normandy (1028–1087) following his overthrow of the English kingship in 1066. Borne by one of the forebears of the Wuffings, kings of, son of Rip (Hrypp), father of Weck (Ƿehha), and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Willow	Ƿilloƿ	⚥	Living	-	ƿeliġ	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word for the tree, from OE ‘ƿelig’. Willy	Ƿilly	⚥	Living	-	ƿill	-	A shortening of names that start with ‘Will’. Wilmer	Ƿilmer	♂	Lastname	Ƿillmǣr	ƿill	mǣr Wilmund	Ƿilmund	♂	Quickened	Ƿillmūnd	ƿill	mūnd Wilnoth	Ƿilnoþ	♀	Quickened	Ƿillnōþ	ƿill	nōþ Wilred	Ƿilred	♂	Quickened	Ƿillrǣd	ƿill	rǣd Wilsey	Ƿilsey	♂	Quickened	Ƿillsiġe	ƿill	siġe Wilstan	Ƿilstan	♂	Quickened	Ƿillstān	ƿill	stān Wilyils	Ƿilgils	♂	Quickened	Ƿillġils	ƿill	ġīsel Wimbald	Ƿimbald	♂	Quickened	Ƿinnbeald	ƿine	beald Wimbert	Ƿimbert	♂	Quickened	Ƿinnbeorht	ƿine	beorht	See also: Bertwin. Windsor	Ƿindsor	⚥	Lastname	-	ƿindles	ōra	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿindlesōra’. Borne by the British Royal Family since 1917. Winfield	Ƿinfeeld	♂	Lastname	-	ƿine	feld	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿinnfeld’, meaning: won (worked, tilled) field. Winfled	Ƿinfled	♀	Quickened	Ƿynnflǣd	ƿynn	flǣd Winfred	Ƿinfred	♂	Living	Ƿinefriþ	ƿine	friþ	Sweltered following the Norman overthrow, brought back in the 1800s. The name ‘Winifred’ has been swayed by ‘Winfred’, but Winifred is rather an Englishing of the Welsh name ‘Gwenfrewi’. See also: Winfrith. Winfrith	Ƿinfriþ	♂	Quickened	Ƿynnfriþ	ƿine	friþ	See also: Frithwin, Winfred. Winhelm	Ƿinhelm	♂	Quickened	Ƿynnhelm	ƿine	helm Winnar	Ƿinnar	♂	Quickened	Ƿynnhere	ƿine	here	Only half-tied to the English word ‘winner’. See also: Harwin. Winnie	Ƿinny	⚥	Living	-	ƿine	-	A shortening of names such as ‘Winfred’ and ‘Winston’. More often a woman’s name than a 's name. Winsey	Ƿinsey	♂	Quickened	Ƿynnsiġe	ƿine	siġe	See also: Sewin. Winston	Ƿinstun	♂	Lastname	Ƿinnstān	ƿine	stān	From the lastname ‘Winston’, not a name that lived through time as a given name. Borne by the English leader and writer Winston Spencer Churchill (1874–1965). Winter	Ƿinter	⚥	Living	-	ƿinter	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word for the time of year, or for someone with fair hair or skin, or ironically for someone with dark skin and hair. Winthrop	Ƿinþrop	♂	Lastname	-	ƿine	þorp	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿynnasþorp’, meaning: Ƿynna’s thorp (town). Spread by the early settler kindred of Winthrop of New England. Winton	Ƿintun	♂	Lastname	-	ƿine, ƿiþiġ	tūn	Not a given name in OE. From the lastname ‘Winton’, which comes at times from OE ‘Ƿinastūn’ (Ƿina’s town), ‘Ƿinntūn’ (field-town), or ‘Ƿiþiġtūn’ (withy/willow-town). Witbald	Ƿitbald	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtbeald	ƿiht	beald Witbert	Ƿitbert	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtbeorht	ƿiht	beorht Witbrod	Ƿitbrod	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtbrord	ƿiht	brord Witbury	Ƿitbury	♀	Quickened	Ƿihtburg	ƿiht	burg Witfled	Ƿitfled	♀	Quickened	Ƿihtflǣd	ƿiht	flǣd Witfrith	Ƿitfriþ	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtfriþ	ƿiht	friþ Witgar	Ƿitgar	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtgār	ƿiht	gār Witlay	Ƿitlay	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtlæġ	ƿiht	-	Borne by one of the forebears of the Iclings, kings of, said to be the son of the god Woden and father of Warmund. Witlof	Ƿitloff	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtlāf	ƿiht	lāf Witmund	Ƿitmund	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtmūnd	ƿiht	mūnd Witnoth	Ƿitnoþ	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtnōþ	ƿiht	nōþ Witred	Ƿitred	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtrǣd	ƿiht	rǣd Witsey	Ƿitsey	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtsiġe	ƿiht	siġe Wittar	Ƿittar	♂	Quickened	Ƿihthere	ƿiht	here Wittard	Ƿittard	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtheard	ƿiht	heard Wittelm	Ƿittelm	♂	Quickened	Ƿihthelm	ƿiht	helm Wittoun	Ƿittune	♂	Quickened	Ƿihthūn	ƿiht	hūn Wityils	Ƿitgils	♂	Quickened	Ƿihtgils	ƿiht	ġils Woden	Ƿoden	♂	Frozen	Ƿōden	ƿōd	-	The god of wisdom, words, healing, death, leadership, madness, giver of the runes, and head of the gods. Also known in English as ‘Odin’, borrowed from the Old Norse, ‘Ođinn’. The spelling ‘Woden’ is frozen, borrowed into New English from the Old English spelling; the name may be quickened as ‘Wooden’, as in the living NE word ‘wood’ (meaning: mad; fiery; wild). See also: Wednesday. Wolf	Ƿolf	♂	Living	Ƿuffa, Offa	ƿulf	-	See also: Wolfie. Wolfbald	Ƿolfbald	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfbeald	ƿulf	beald Wolfbert	Ƿolfbert	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfbeorht	ƿulf	beorht	See also: Bertwolf. Wolfgang	Ƿolfgang	♂	Unfounded	*Ƿulfgang	ƿulf	gang	Not found in OE. If it were, it would likely become the alike shape as the living mainland name, ‘Wolfgang’. See also: Gangwolf. Wolfgar	Ƿolfgar	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfgār	ƿulf	gār Wolfie	Ƿolfy	⚥	Living	Ƿuffa, Offa	ƿulf	-	A shortening of names beginning with ‘Wolf-’, or a name in its own right. Borne by ‘Offa of Angel’, one of the forebears of the Iclings, the kings of, son of Warmund, father of Angelthew/Angenyet, and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Borne by ‘Ƿuffa Ƿehhing’, one of the forebears of the Wuffings (his namesake house), the kings of, son of Weck (Ƿehha), father of Titel (Tytila), and said to be an afterbear of the god Woden. Borne by King Offa of (700s), widely known for building Offa's Dyke. Wolfled	Ƿolfled	♀	Quickened	Ƿulfflǣd	ƿulf	flǣd Wolflof	Ƿolfloff	♂	Quickened	Ƿulflāf	ƿulf	lāf Wolfmer	Ƿolfmer	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfmǣr	ƿulf	mǣr Wolfred	Ƿolfred	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfrǣd	ƿulf	rǣd Wolfrich	Ƿolfric	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfrīċ	ƿulf	rīċ	Kin with the German name ‘Ulrich’. Wolfroun	Ƿolfrune	♀	Lastname	Ƿulfrūn	ƿulf	rūn	The name sweltered as a given name but lives on as the English Lastname ‘Wolfroun’. Wolsey	Ƿolfsey	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfsiġe	ƿulf	siġe Wolstan	Ƿolfstan	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfstān	ƿulf	stān Wolswith	Ƿolfsƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Ƿulfsƿīþ	ƿulf	sƿīþ	See also: Swithwolf. Wolthrith	Ƿolþriþ	♀	Quickened	Ƿulfþrȳþ	ƿulf	þrȳþ	See also: Thrithwolf. Wolvar	Ƿolfar	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfhere	ƿulf	here	Born by a 600s King of. Wolvard	Ƿolfard	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfheard	ƿulf	heard	Also found as the name ‘Wolfhard’. Wolvat	Ƿolfat	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfġēat	ƿulf	ġēat Wolver	Ƿolfer	♀	Quickened	Ƿulfƿaru	ƿulf	ƿaru Wolvey	Ƿolfey	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfhēah	ƿulf	hēah	See also: Heywolf. Wolvin	Ƿolfin	⚥	Quickened	Ƿulfƿine ♂, Ƿolfƿynn ♀	ƿulf	ƿine , ƿynn Wolvith	Ƿolfiþ	♀	Quickened	Ƿulfgȳþ	ƿulf	gȳþ Wolvive	Ƿolfife	♀	Quickened	Ƿulfġifu	ƿulf	ġifu Wolvoun	Ƿolfune	♂	Quickened	Ƿulfhūn	ƿulf	hūn Wood	Ƿood	♂	Lastname	-	ƿudu	-	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿudu’, meaning: wood, or woods, woodland. Also found as the lastname ‘Woods’. May sometimes come from the everyday word. Woodbrun	Ƿoodbrun	♂	Quickened	Ƿudebrun	ƿudu	brūn Woodman	Ƿoodman	♂	Quickened	Ƿudemann	ƿudu	mann Woodrow	Ƿoodroƿ	♂	Lastname	-	ƿudu	rǣƿ	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿudurǣƿ’. Borne by the American leader Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924). Woodstock	Ƿoodstock	♂	Lastname	-	ƿudu	stocc	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ƿudustocc’. Spread by the Woodstock Music & Art Fair of 1969. Woodward	Ƿoodƿard	♂	Lastname	-	ƿudu	ƿeard	Not a given name in OE. From the OE working-name ‘Ƿuduƿeard’, meaning: woodland ward (worker). Woody	Ƿoody	♂	Living	Ƿuda	ƿudu	-	Either a shortening of names that start with ‘Wood’, or after the everyday word. Borne by American funnyman, Woody Allen (1935 onwards), who was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, and named himself after American folk singer Woodrow ‘Woody’ Guthrie (1912–1967). Also borne by the wooden toy, Sheriff Woody, in the 1995 film Toy Story. Worth	Ƿorþ	♂	Lastname	-	ƿorþ	-	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname for someone who lived by a worth (a yarded field, meadow). Wren	Ƿren	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word for the bird, from OE ‘ƿrenna’. Wright	Ƿrigt	♂	Living	-	-	-	Not a given name in OE. From the everyday word for a craftsman, from OE ‘ƿryhta’, meaning: worker. Borne by the main player in the 2000s Japanese game ‘Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney’ and its follow-ups. Wyar	Ƿyar	♂	Quickened	Ƿīġhere	ƿīġ	here Wyard	Ƿyard	♂	Lastname	Ƿīġheard	ƿīġ	heard	Kin with the Anglo-Norman name ‘Wyatt’, borne by American lawman Wyatt Earp (1848–1929) who was in the Gunfight at the OK Corrall of 1881. Wybald	Ƿybald	♂	Quickened	Ƿīġbeald	ƿīġ	beald Wybert	Ƿybert	♂	Living	Ƿīġbeorht	ƿīġ	beorht	See also: Bertway. Wyborn	Ƿyborn	♂	Lastname	Ƿīġbeorn	ƿīġ	beorn	Sweltered as a given name, but lives on as a lastname. Wybury	Ƿybury	♀	Quickened	Ƿīġburg	ƿīġ	burg Wyfouse	Ƿyfuse	♂	Quickened	Ƿīġfūs	ƿīġ	fūs Wyfrith	Ƿyfriþ	♂	Quickened	Ƿīġfriþ	ƿīġ	friþ Wyhelm	Ƿyhelm	♂	Quickened	Ƿīġhelm	ƿīġ	helm Wyhey	Ƿyhey	♂	Quickened	Ƿīġhēah	ƿīġ	hēah Wylof	Ƿyloff	♂	Quickened	Ƿīġlāf	ƿīġ	lāf Wymer	Ƿymer		Lastname	Ƿiġmǣr	ƿīġ	mǣr	Sweltered as a given name, but lives on as a lastname. Wymund	Ƿymund	♂	Living	Ƿīġmūnd	ƿīġ	mūnd	Also found by the Norman-spelling of ‘Wymond’. Wyndham	Ƿyndham	♂	Lastname	-	ƿīġ + mūnd	hām	Not a given name in OE. From a lastname for someone from Wyndham, from OE ‘Ƿīġmūndhām’, meaning: Ƿymund’s home. Wynne	Ƿynne	⚥	Lastname	Ƿine ♂, Ƿynn ♀	ƿine , ƿynn	-	Likely from the lastname rather than ongoing bearing as a given name. A blend of the OE name ‘Ƿine’, and the  OE name ‘Ƿynn’, both springing from the alike word, and both with a rough overall meaning of ‘gladness, mirth’. Can also be spelled ‘Win’. Wynoth	Ƿynoþ	♂	Quickened	Ƿīġnōþ	ƿīġ	nōþ Wyred	Ƿyred	♂	Quickened	Ƿīġrǣd	ƿīġ	rǣd Wystan	Ƿystan	♂	Living	Ƿīġstān	ƿīġ	stān	Also found as: ‘Wistan’ (Anglish Spelling: Ƿilstan) as in the hallowed man of the 800s who was an atheling, and was killed by his nephew Bertwolf. Borne by the writer Wystan Hugh Auden (1907–1973). Wyswith	Ƿysƿiþ	♀	Quickened	Ƿīġsƿīþ	ƿīġ	sƿīþ Wythane	Ƿyþane	♂	Quickened	Ƿīġþeġn	ƿīġ	þeġn Yardley	Geardley	⚥	Lastname	-	ġeard	lēah	Not a given name in OE. From the OE stow-name ‘Ġeardlēah’. Borne by the actress Yeardley Smith (1964 onwards), the of Lisa Simpson of The Simpsons. Yardwin	Geardƿin	♂	Quickened	Ġeardƿine	ġeard	ƿine Yardwolf	Geardƿolf	♂	Quickened	Ġeardƿulf	ġeard	ƿulf Yarrow	Gearroƿ	♀	Living	-	-	-	Not known as a given name in Old English times. From the name of the blossom. Yatstaff	Geatstaff	♂	Unfounded	*Ġēatstaf	ġēat	stæf	Not found in OE. Would be kin with the Swedish name ‘Gustav’. Yembald	Gembald	♂	Quickened	Ġēanbald	ġēan	beald Yembert	Gembert	♂	Quickened	Ġēanbeorht	ġēan	beorht Yembury	Gembury	♀	Quickened	Ġēanburg	ġēan	burg Yenred	Genred	♂	Quickened	Ġēanred	ġēan	rǣd Yenthrith	Genþriþ	♀	Quickened	Ġēanþrȳþ	ġēan	þrȳþ Yildwin	Gildƿin	♂	Quickened	Ġildeƿine	ġeld	ƿine Yiselar	Gisellar	♂	Quickened	Ġīselhere	ġīls, ġīsel	here Yiselard	Gisellard	♂	Quickened	Ġīselheard	ġīls, ġīsel	heard Yiselbert	Giselbert	♂	Quickened	Ġīselbeorht	ġīls, ġīsel	beorht	Kin with the Norman name ‘Gilbert’. See also: Bertyils. Yiselmer	Giselmer	♂	Quickened	Ġīselmǣr	ġīls, ġīsel	mǣr Yiselmund	Giselmund	♂	Quickened	Ġīselmūnd	ġīls, ġīsel	mūnd

Make Your Own Name
The following is a hoard of words that are often found in English. (Further reading on Germanic Names on Wikipedia.) These long-standing English naming words can be blended together to make new names. While there are many spellings of words that have come down to us over the years, only the most widespread, well-known shapes are given. So, for the bind-word shape of ‘lea’ we only have ‘-ley’, as in ‘Ashley’ rather than ‘Ashlee’, ‘Ashleigh’ and so on. Since many naming words died out altogether, some of them had to be shaped anew for today’s readers. These are marked with a star (*).

The old Germanic naming way was to blend an adjective (‘beloved’) with a noun (‘fighter’). While some of our names keep this trend, many have come to us through lastnames. This is also why there are not only more (♂) names, but that many of the landmark words (‘east’, ‘field’, ‘hill’, and so on) are linked with naming men. Stanley bears this out, as it comes from a lastname for someone who lived in a stony lea. True Germanic naming words, words that were borne as given names through Old English times and earlier, are marked as ‘given’.

Another Old English naming way is rhyming. A rhyme these days might read like, ‘Alvin, Edwin and Elwin’. Though there are also fore-rhymes, like ‘Edgar and Edward’.

The naming words are marked as (♂),  (♀), or  (⚥) kinds of man, to show you how they've been borne before. However, it’s up to the reader to find the word that fits best for any given name. Ashley, like Stanley, was once a werely name, as it was meant to show kinship, but it has since shifted to mostly a wifely name.

Some craftiness and understanding of how speech works is needed when making bindnames. English has two kinds of consonants, spoken and whispered. Put your finger to your throat, make an ‘f’ and then a ‘v’. You’ll see that you make the same shape in your mouth. But as your finger will tell you, you only whisper the ‘f’, while you speak the ‘v’. Vowels are always spoken. So, when the fricative consonants (s/z, f/v, th/TH) fall between vowels, they’re often spoken too. It’s also needful to think of how the twained staves shift how a word reads, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘ch’. You should also think about the ‘unspoken e’ that shifts the lengths of vowels (as in ‘bit’ to ‘bite’). It’s best to speak a name aloud a few times to see how it flows, and then to think of how to put that in writing.

Binding ‘Alf-’ and ‘-win’ yields Alvin (not ‘Alfwin’). When ‘Alf-’ is bound with ‘-win’ it’s smoother to drop the ‘w’. The ‘f’ is spoken since it blurs into the incoming ‘i’ vowel, and the ‘f’ is therefore written as a ‘v’. Binding ‘Os-’ and ‘-helm’ yields ‘Oselm’ (not ‘Oshelm’). Binding ‘Bert-’ and ‘-har’ yields ‘Bertar’ (not ‘Berthar’). Binding ‘Blis-’ and ‘-har’ yields ‘Blissar’ (not ‘Blisar’). Binding ‘Ed-’ and ‘-gith’ yields ‘Edith’ (not ‘Edgith’).

Staves are therefore marked in square brackets [] if they might need to be swapped or dropped.

Groundwork
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Welsh Names
English names of Welsh, or, ‘Insular Celtic’ spring, which were found in Old English.

Greek & Latin Names
This list takes some Latin and Greek names found in OE, and molds them down into NE. It only includes names that were found in OE; for names that were put through this process, but were not found in OE, see More Anglish Given Names.

Aramaic & Hebrew Names
This lists takes Aramaic and Hebrew names found in OE, and molds them down into NE. It only includes names that were found in OE; for names that were put through this process, but were not found in OE, see More Anglish Given Names.