Anglish Given Names

The following are English names which spring from Anglo-Saxon, or Old English; names that have not been greatly shaped, or otherwise lost thanks to the French overthrow of England. (Further reading on Wikipedia.) While there are many living names, many more names have been revived from their dead matches by their likenesses to words and names that outlived them. (Such as, Wilhelm/Willelm, from Old English Wilhelm, which was upset by the Norman name William/Guillaume.) In rare cases, such as Biblical names, a foreign name has been borrowed straight from its source to bypass the French influenced shapes of that name.

The Names

Names from Old English

The Old English names are split into:
Fossilised: A name that, by way of a 'learned borrowing', often by a famous writer, has a fossilised Old English spelling while being used in New English. (Such as: Uhtred, from Bernard Cornwell's series of books and following show, The Last Kingdom; a name from the Old English Ūtrǣd, which might otherwise have been spelled as Outred as found in the living lastname.)
Hypothetical: A name that has cognates in other Germanic tongues but which is not attested in Old English.
Living: A name that is attested within the period of New English, whether having been in continuous use (such as Edward), or having been revived in a New English shape, as many were, in the 18th and 19th centuries. (Such as Ethel.)
Lastname: A name that is attested as a living name but which became one by way of being an English lastname that springs from Old English, not continuous use as a given name. (Such as Stanley.)
Revived: A name that is attested as an Old English name but which does not have an attested shape in New English. Shaped anew by the writer of this writ by likeness to living, New English names and words. (Such as Wolfrich, from OE Wulfriċ, by likeness to the New English words wolf, rich, and attested names like Wolfroun and Aldrich.)

See the Naming Words deal on this leaf for the meanings of the naming words.

Name	Kind	Namekind	Whence	Foreword	Afterword	Notes
Ackerley	♂	Lastname	Acerlēah	āc	lēah
Acton	♂	Lastname	Āctūn	āc	tūn
Addelm	♂	Revived	Ādhelm	ād	helm	Not linked to Aldhelm (as in the hallow, and in the 1818 tale written of him by Ripley) which is a shortening of the Norman name Adelhelm.
Addis	♂	Revived	Ādhysi	ād	hysi	Not linked to the Hebrew name Addis, which is a shape of Adam.
Ailith	♀	Living	Æþelgȳþ	æþel	gȳþ
Ainard	♂	Revived	Ǣġenheard	ǣġen	heard
Ainbald	♂	Revived	Ǣġenbeald	ǣġen	beald
Aingar	♂	Revived	Ǣġengār	ǣġen	gār
Ainild	♀	Living	Ǣġenhild	ǣġen	hild
Ainmer	♂	Revived	Ǣġenmǣr	ǣġen	mǣr
Ainnar	♂	Revived	Ǣġenhere	ǣġen	here
Ainsley	⚥	Lastname	Ānsetllēah	ǣġen	setl + lēah	Also spelled: Ansley.
Ainsworth	♂	Lastname	Ǣġenworþ	ǣġen	worþ
Ainwolf	♂	Revived	Ǣġenwulf	ǣġen	wulf
Alden	♂	Lastname	Ealdwine	eald	wine	See also: Aldwin.
Aldrich	♂	Lastname	Ealdrīċe	eald	rīċe
Aldrin	♂	Lastname	Aloren	alor	-
Aldwin	♂	Lastname	Ealdwine	eald	wine	See also: Alden.
Alfled	♀	Living	Ælfflǣd	ælf	flǣd
Alfnoth	♂	Revived	Ælfnōþ	ælf	nōþ
Alfred	♂	Living	Ælfnōþ	ælf	rǣd	Spread by Alfred the Great (849—889), king of Wessex, who freed the English from the Danish overcoming of England.
Alfrich	♂	Lastname	Ælfrīċ	ælf	rīċe	Aldridge is another offshoot, which has been blended with Ethelrich (from OE Æþelrīċ) and Aldrich (from OE Ealdlrīċ). Borne by many godmen, such as the great writer and godman of Eynsham (955—1010), and also by the Hallow of Abingdon (d. 1005). Kin with the Norman names: Aubrey, Avery.
Alfswith	⚥	Living	Ælfswīþ	ælf	swīþ
Algar	♂	Lastname	Ælfgār	ælf	gār
Alkar	♂	Revived	Ealhhere	ealh	here
Alkard	♂	Revived	Ealhheard	ealh	heard
Alkbert	♂	Revived	Ealhbeorht	ealh	beorht
Alkbury	♀	Revived	Ealhburg	ealh	burg
Alkelm	♂	Revived	Ealhhelm	ealh	helm
Alkmund	♂	Living	Ealhmund	ealh	mūnd	Borne by an 8th Yhd. Hallow of Derby and Northumbria, and an 8th Yhd. Hallow of Hexham, Northumberland.
Alkoun	♂	Revived	Ealhhūn	ealh	hūn
Alkred	♂	Revived	Ealhrǣd	ealh	rǣd
Alkrich	♂	Revived	Ealhrīċ	ealh	rīċe
Alkswith	♀	Revived	Ealhswīþ	ealh	swīþ
Alkward	♂	Revived	Ealhweard	ealh	weard
Alkwer	♀	Revived	Ealhwaru	ealh	waru
Alkwin	♂	Revived	Ealhwine	ealh	wine	Borne by the 8th Yhd holyman of York and maker of the Carolingian writing script. The Latin spelling is Alcuin, or Alcuinus.
Alleaf	♂	Revived	Ælflēof	ælf	lēof
Alsey	♂	Revived	Ælfsiġe	ælf	siġe
Alston	♂	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).
Althrith	♀	Revived	Ælfþrȳþ, Ealhþrȳþ	ælf, ealh	þrȳþ	Two names that would have blended together over time, owed to their likeness when spoken. Can also be spelled: Elthrith.
Alton	♂	Lastname	Ealdtūn	eald	tūn
Alvald	♂	Revived	Ælfweald	ælf	weald	Borne by 8th Yhd. King of East Anglia, 8th Yhd. King of Sussex, and by 8th and 9th Yhd. kings of Northumbria.
Alvar	♂	Living	Ælfhere	ælf	here
Alvara	♀	Living	Ælfwaru	ælf	waru	May be Latinised spelling. Can also be spelled as Alver
Alvard	♂	Revived	Ælfġeard , Ælfheard , Ælfweard	ælf	ġeard , heard , weard	A blend of a few Old English names that would likely have blended into one another over time.
Alvat	♂	Revived	Ælfġēat	ælf	ġēat
Alvelm	♂	Revived	Ælfhelm	ælf	helm
Alvey	♂	Revived	Ælfhēah	ælf	hēah
Alvin	♂	Living	Ælfwine	ælf	wine
Alvina	♀	Living	Ælfwynn	ælf	wynn
Alvith	♀	Revived	Ælfgȳþ	ælf	gȳþ
Alvive	♀	Revived	Ælfġifu	ælf	ġifu	Shortened in some Lastnames as Alvey.
Alvmer	♂	Revived	Ælfmǣr	ælf	mǣr
Alvun	♂	Revived	Ælfhūn	ælf	hūn
Alvy	♂	Revived	Ælfwīġ	ælf	wīġ
Alwin	♂	Lastname	Ealhwine	ealh	wine	Alwin has been shaped by a blending together of likewise names, such as Alden (from OE Ealdwine), Alvin (from OE Ælfwine), and Athelwin (from OE Æþelwine). Borne by the great writer, teacher and Hallow of York (735—804), after whom Alcuin College was named.
Anbald	♂	Revived	Andbeald	and	beald
Anbert	♂	Revived	Andbeorht	and	beorht
Ancoal	♂	Revived	Andcōl	and	cōl
Anfrith	♂	Revived	Andfriþ	and	friþ
Anmer	♂	Revived	Andemar	and	mǣr
Annar	♂	Revived	Andhere	and	here
Announ	♂	Revived	Andhūn	and	hūn
Anshoe	♂	Revived	Andṡċoh	and	ṡċoh
Anwolf	♂	Revived	Andwulf	and	wulf
Ardwolf	♂	Revived	Eardwulf	eorþe	wulf	Borne by 8th-9th Yhd. King of Northumbria.
Ashar	♂	Revived	Æṡċhere	æṡċ	here	Not linked with the Hebrew name Asher. Only linked with the lastname Asher by sharing the same foreword, 'ash', as in someone who works with ashes.
Ashard	♂	Revived	Æṡċheard	æṡċ	heard
Ashbert	♂	Revived	Æṡċbeorht	æṡċ	beorht
Ashbury	⚥	Lastname	Æṡċburg	æṡċ	burg
Ashey	♂	Revived	Æṡċhēah	æṡċ	hēah
Ashford	♂	Lastname	Æṡċford	æṡċ	ford
Ashfrith	♂	Revived	Æṡċfriþ	æṡċ	friþ
Ashlock	♂	Revived	Æṡċlāc	æṡċ	lāc
Ashley	⚥	Lastname	Æṡċlēah	æṡċ	lēah	Like many Lastnames, it was once borne mostly for men, but it has shifted towards a womanly name.
Ashman	♂	Revived	Æṡċmann	æṡċ	mann
Ashmer	♂	Revived	Æṡċmǣr	æṡċ	mǣr
Ashmund	♂	Revived	Æṡċmūnd	æṡċ	mūnd
Ashred	♂	Revived	Æṡċrǣd	æṡċ	rǣd
Ashton	♂	Lastname	Æṡċtūn	æṡċ	tūn
Ashwald	♂	Revived	Æṡċweald	æṡċ	weald
Ashwin	⚥	Lastname	Æṡċwine ♂ , Æṡċwynn ♀	æṡċ	wine , wynn	There is no link with the Hindi name Ashwin, which is from Sanskrit Aśvin.
Ashwolf	♂	Revived	Æṡċwulf	æṡċ	wulf
Ashwood	♂	Lastname	Æṡċwudu	æṡċ	wudu
Ashwy	♂	Revived	Æṡċwīġ	æṡċ	wīġ
Aston	♂	Lastname	Ēasttūn	ēast	tūn
Athelstan	♂	Fossilised	Æþelstān	æþel	stān	Can also be spelled: Ethelstan. Borne by the King of the Anglo-Saxons (924-927) and the King of the English (927-939). The name died out following the Norman overthrow. Brought back following Sir Walter Scott's (1771-1832) book, Ivanhoe.
Atley	♂	Lastname	Ætlēah	æt	lēah
Atwater	♂	Lastname	Ætwæter	æt	wæter
Atwell	♂	Lastname	Ætwille	æt	wille
Atwood	♂	Lastname	Ætwudu	æt	wudu
Atworth	♂	Lastname	Ætworþ	æt	worþ
Badhild	♀	Living	Beaduhild	beadu	hild
Bagmund	♂	Revived	Bēagmūnd	bēag	mūnd
Bagnoth	♂	Revived	Bēagnōþ	bēag	nōþ
Bagstan	♂	Revived	Bēagstān	bēag	stān
Balday	♂	Revived	Bealddæġ	beald	dæġ
Baldive	♀	Revived	Bealdġifu	beald	ġifu	Shortened in some Lastnames as Baldey.
Baldhelm	♂	Revived	Bealdhelm	beald	helm
Baldhild	♀	Living	Bealdhild	beald	hild
Baldhoun	♂	Revived	Bealdhūn	beald	hūn
Baldred	♂	Revived	Bealdrǣd	beald	rǣd	Borne by 9th Yhd. King of Kent.
Baldrich	♂	Revived	Bealdrīc	beald	rīċe	Kin with the Norman name 'Baldric'.
Baldwin	♂	Living	Bealdwine	beald	wine	The Old English name may have died out, but it would have ended up the same as the name 'Baldwin', which was brought by the Normans.
Bancroft	♂	Lastname	Bēancroft	bēan	croft	Borne by American historian and ethnologist Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918).
Barden	♂	Lastname	Bærdenu	bær	denu
Barton	♂	Lastname	Bærtūn	bær	tūn
Beck	♂	Lastname	Bæċa	bæċ	-	Either from the English Lastname Beck, or as a shortening of English Lastnames such as Beckham, from ON bekkr, kin with OE bæċ
Beddard	♂	Revived	Beaduheard	beadu	heard
Bede	♂	Living	Bēda	bēd	-	Living name from OE bēd: To ask, bid, beseech, or a worshipping bead. Spread by the holyman and writer Bede (672–735).
Bedfrith	♂	Revived	Beadufriþ	beadu	friþ
Bednoth	♂	Revived	Beadunōþ	beadu	nōþ
Bedthane	♂	Revived	Beaduþeġn	beadu	þeġn
Bedwald	♂	Revived	Beaduweald	beadu	weald
Bedwolf	♂	Revived	Beaduwulf	beadu	wulf
Bedwy	♂	Revived	Beaduwīġ	beadu	wīġ
Beewolf	♂	Revived	Bēowulf	bēo	wulf	Brought into New English from Old English by J R R Tolkien in his wending of Beowulf, Sellic Spell, as the name Beewolf.
Beowulf	♂	Fossilised	Bēowulf	bēo	wulf	Fossilised spelling borrowed straight from the Old English folk tale of the same name.
Bentley	♂	Lastname	Bentlēah	bent	lēah	Spread by English car maker Bentley Motors, started in 1919.
Benton	♂	Lastname	Benttūn	bent	tūn
Berkeley	♂	Lastname	Berclēah	berċ	lēah	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.
Bernard	♂	Living	Beornheard	beorn	heard	A blend of the Old English name Beornhard and Norman name Bernard.
Berndred	♀	Living	Beornþrȳþ	beorn	þrȳþ	Can also be spelled: Bernthrith. The word beorn, as found in OE bindnames, may have a root meaning of a man/child, and may not come from the same root word as beorn, found in Mainland Europe, meaning bear. It may therefore be mistakenly linked with Mainland European names such as Berengar.
Bernfled	♀	Revived	Beornflǣd	beorn	flǣd
Bernfrith	♂	Revived	Beornfriþ	beorn	friþ
Berngar	♂	Revived	Beorngār	beorn	gār
Bernheath	♂	Revived	Beornhǣþ	beorn	hǣþ
Bernhelm	♂	Revived	Beornhelm	beorn	helm
Bernhey	♂	Revived	Beornhēah	beorn	hēah
Bernich	♂	Revived	Beorniċ	beorn	iċ
Bernith	♀	Revived	Beorngȳþ	beorn	gȳþ
Bernlof	♂	Revived	Beornlāf	beorn	lāf
Bernmood	♂	Revived	Beornmōd	beorn	mōd
Bernmund	♂	Revived	Beornmūnd	beorn	mūnd
Bernred	♂	Revived	Beornrǣd	beorn	rǣd	Borne by 8th Yhd. King of Mercia.
Bernrich	♂	Revived	Beornrīċ	beorn	rīċe
Bernsey	♂	Revived	Beornsiġe	beorn	siġe
Bernstan	♂	Revived	Beornstān	beorn	stān
Bernwald	♂	Revived	Beornweald	beorn	weald
Bernwin	⚥	Revived	Beornwine ♂ , Beornwynn ♀	beorn	wine , wynn
Bernwolf	♂	Revived	Beornwulf	beorn	wulf	Borne by 9th Yhd. King of Mercia.
Bernwy	♂	Revived	Beornwīġ	beorn	wīġ
Bert	♂	Living	Beorhta	beorht	-	The latter-day bearing of 'Bert' is often as a shortening of the Norman name 'Albert' (kin with the native name Ethelbert).
Berta	♀	Living	Beorhte	beorht	-	The latter-day bearing of 'Bert' is often as a shortening of the Norman name 'Alberta'.
Bertar	♂	Revived	Beorhthere	beorht	here
Bertelm	♂	Revived	Beorhthelm	beorht	helm
Bertey	♂	Revived	Beorhthēah	beorht	ġifu, hēah
Bertferth	♂	Revived	Beorhtferhþ	beorht	ferhþ
Bertfrith	♂	Revived	Beorhtfriþ	beorht	friþ
Berthank	♂	Revived	Beorhtþanc	beorht	þanc
Bertive	♀	Revived	Beorhtġifu	beorht	ġifu	Also found shortened as the lastname Bertey.
Bertlof	♂	Revived	Beorhtlāf	beorht	lāf
Bertmer	♂	Revived	Beorhtmǣr	beorht	mǣr
Bertmund	♂	Revived	Beorhtmūnd	beorht	mūnd
Bertnoth	♂	Revived	Beorhtnoþ	beorht	nōþ
Berton	♂	Revived	Beorhttūn	beorht	tūn
Bertred	♂	Revived	Beorhtrǣd	beorht	rǣd
Bertrich	♂	Revived	Beorhtrīc	beorht	rīc	Borne by 8th-9th Yhd. King of Wessex.
Bertsey	♂	Revived	Beorhtsiġe	beorht	siġe
Bertstan	♂	Revived	Beorhtstān	beorht	stān
Bertun	♂	Revived	Beorhthūn	beorht	hūn
Bertwald	♂	Revived	Beorhtweald	beorht	weald
Bertwer	♀	Revived	Beorhtwaru	beorht	waru
Bertwin	⚥	Revived	Beorhtwine ♂ , Beorhtwynn ♀	beorht	wine , wynn
Bertwolf	♂	Revived	Beorhtwulf	beorht	wulf	Borne by 9th Yhd. King of Mercia.
Bertwy	♂	Revived	Beorhtwīġ	beorht	wīġ
Bertyils	♂	Revived	Beorhtġils	beorht	ġīsel
Beverley	⚥	Lastname	Beoforlēah	beofor	lēah	Borne as a wepmanly name in the 19th Yhd. Made well-known as a womanly name following the George Barr McCutcheon book, Beverly of Graustark (1904).
Billard	♂	Revived	Billheard	bill	heard
Billfrith	♂	Revived	Billfriþ	bill	friþ
Billnoth	♂	Revived	Billnōþ	bill	nōþ
Birchall	♂	Lastname	Berċheall	berċ	lēah
Blackburn	♂	Lastname	Blæcburna	blæc	burne
Blackstone	♂	Lastname	Blæcstān	blæc	stān
Blackwell	♂	Lastname	Blæcwille	blæc	wille
Blagden	♂	Lastname	Blæcdenu	blæc	denu
Blake	♂	Lastname	Blæc	blæc	-
Blakeley	♂	Lastname	Blæclēah	blæc	lēah
Blakeney	♂	Lastname	Blæclnēah	blæc	nēah
Blessing	♀	Living	-	bletsian	-	A puritanical name. Not known to be a name in Old English times.
Blithar	♂	Revived	Blīþhere	blīþ	here
Blithrith	♀	Revived	Blīþþrȳþ	blīþ	þrȳþ
Boot	♀	Revived	Bōte	bōt	-
Borden	♂	Lastname	Bārdenu	bār	denu
Botwin	♂	Revived	Bōtwine	bōt	wine
Botwolf	♂	Revived	Bōtwulf	bōt	wulf
Brad	♂	Lastname	Brāda	brād	-	A shortening of Lastnames such as Bradley.
Bradburn	♂	Lastname	Brādburna	brād	burne
Bradford	♂	Lastname	Brādford	brād	ford
Bradley	♂	Lastname	Brādlēah	brād	lēah
Brand	♂	Revived	Branda	brand	-
Brandon	♂	Lastname	Brōmdūn	brōm	dūn	Not wordlorely linked with Brendon.
Branson	♂	Lastname	Brandassunu	brand	sunu
Branton	♂	Lastname	Brōmtūn	brōm	tūn
Brenton	♂	Lastname	Brynestūn	bryne	tūn
Breyswith	♀	Revived	Breġoswīþ	breġu	swīþ
Breywald	♂	Revived	Breġoweald	breġu	weald
Breywin	♂	Revived	Breġowine	breġu	wine
Breywolf	♂	Revived	Breġowulf	breġu	wulf
Bridgeley	♂	Lastname	Bryċġlēah	bryċġ	lēah
Brigham	♂	Lastname	Bryċġhām	bryċġ	hām	Borne by Brigham Young, prominent Morman and founder of Salt Lake City.
Brinnar	♂	Revived	Brynhere	bryne	here
Brinning	♂	Revived	Bryning	bryne	ing
Brinley	♂	Lastname	Brynlēah	bryne	lēah
Brinwald	♂	Revived	Brynweald	bryne	weald
Bristol	♂	Lastname	Bryċġstow	bryċġ	stow
Brock	♂	Lastname	Brocca	brocc	-
Brockley	♂	Lastname	Brōclēah	brōc	lēah
Brockton	♂	Lastname	Brōctūn	brōc	tūn
Bromley	♂	Lastname	Brōmlēah	brōm	wille
Bromwell	♂	Lastname	Brōmwille	brōm	lēah	Also spelled: Bramwell.
Bronson	♂	Lastname	Brūnsunu	brūn	sunu
Brunard	♂	Revived	Brūnheard	brūn	heard
Brunstan	♂	Revived	Brūnstān	brūn	stān
Buckley	♂	Lastname	Buccalēah	bucc	lēah
Burhard	♂	Revived	Burgheard	burg	heard
Burhild	♀	Revived	Burghild	burg	hild
Burhelm	♂	Revived	Burghelm	burg	helm
Burnferth	♂	Revived	Byrnferþ	byrne	ferhþ
Burnfled	♀	Revived	Byrneflǣd	byrne	flǣd
Burnhelm	♂	Revived	Byrnhelm	byrne	helm
Burnoth	♂	Revived	Burgnōþ	burg	nōþ
Burred	♂	Revived	Burgrǣd	burg	rǣd	Borne by 9th Yhd. King of Mercia.
Burrich	♂	Revived	Burgrīċ	burg	rīċ
Bursey	♂	Revived	Burgsiġe	burg	siġe
Burstan	♂	Revived	Burgstān	burg	stān
Burton	♂	Lastname	Burgtūn	burg	tūn
Burwald	♂	Revived	Burgweald	burg	weald
Burwin	⚥	Revived	Burgwine ♂ , Burgwynn ♀	burg	wine , wynn
Burwolf	♂	Revived	Burgwulf	burg	wulf
Caldwell	♂	Lastname	Cadlwille	cald	wille
Calvert	♂	Lastname	Cealfhierde	cealf	hierde
Chad	♂	Living	Ċeadda	ċēad	-
Chadley	♂	Lastname	Ċeaddaslēah	ċēad	lēah
Chadwick	♂	Lastname	Ċeaddaswic	ċēad	wiċ
Chelbald	♂	Revived	Ċēolbeald	ċēol	beald
Chelbury	♀	Revived	Ċēolburg	ċēol	burg
Chelfled	♀	Revived	Ċēolflǣd	ċēol	flǣd
Chelfrith	♂	Revived	Ċēolfriþ	ċēol	friþ
Chellar	♂	Revived	Ċēolhere	ċēol	here
Chellard	♂	Revived	Ċēolheard	ċēol	heard
Chellelm	♂	Revived	Ċēolhelm	ċēol	helm
Chelley	♂	Revived	Ċēolhēah	ċēol	hēah
Chelnoth	♂	Revived	Ċēolnōþ	ċēol	nōþ
Chelred	♂	Revived	Ċēolrǣd	ċēol	rǣd	Borne by 8th Yhd. King of Mercia.
Chelrich	♂	Revived	Ċēolrīċ	ċēol	rīċe
Chelsea	⚥	Lastname	Ċealcsǣ , Ċēolsǣ	ċealc, ċeol	sǣ	Also spelled: Chelsey. A blend of the words for chalk and cheel (keel), the latter of which also yields Kelsey, with a 'hard k', likely from Norse inflow.
Chelsey	♂	Revived	Ċēolsiġe	ċēol	siġe	For the living name with the same spelling, see: Chelsea.
Chelstan	♂	Revived	Ċeolstān	ċēol	stān
Chelswith	♀	Revived	Ċēolswīþ	ċēol	swīþ
Chelthrith	♀	Revived	Ċēolþrȳþ	ċēol	þrȳþ
Chelwald	♂	Revived	Ċēolweald	ċēol	weald
Chelwin	⚥	Revived	Ċēolwine ♂ , Ċēolwynn ♀	ċēol	wine , wynn
Chelwolf	♂	Revived	Ċēolwulf	ċēol	wulf	Borne by 6th-7th Yhd. King of Wessex, by 8th Yhd. King of Northumbria and by 9th Yhd. King of Mercia.
Chelwy	♂	Revived	Ċēolwīġ	ċēol	wīg
Cherl	♂	Revived	Ċeorl	ċeorl	-	Borne by a King of Mercia in the 7th Yhd. The name Ċeorl was seldom borne in Old English times, and seems to have died out as an English name. Most likely all living names with Charl- / Charles are from the later French borrowings.
Chillie	♀	Revived	Ċille	ċille	-
Churchill	♂	Lastname	Ċircehyll	ċirce	hyll	Borne by the English statesman and writer, Sir Winston Churchill.
Clayland	♂	Lastname	Clæġland	clæġ	land
Clayton	♂	Lastname	Clæġtūn	clæġ	tūn
Cleveland	♂	Lastname	Clifland	cliff	land	Borne by American president Grover Cleveland (1837-1908).
Clifford	♂	Lastname	Clifford	cliff	ford
Clifton	♂	Lastname	Cliftūn	cliff	tūn
Clint	♂	Lastname	-	glim	-	A shortening of the lastname Clinton. Borne by American film star Clint Eastwood (born 1930).
Clinton	♂	Lastname	Glimtūn	glim	tūn	From a steadname of a town on the Water Glyme, whose name is from a Welsh word meaning, and likely kin with, the English word 'glimmering'. Borne by American president Bill Clinton (born 1946).
Colburn	♂	Lastname	Cōlburne	cōl	burne
Colden	♂	Lastname	Cōldenu	cōl	denu
Colgate	♂	Lastname	Cōlġēat	cōl	ġēat	Borne by Englishman William Colgate (1783-1857), who made the Colgate toothpaste business.
Coleridge	♂	Lastname	Cōlhryċġ	cōl	hryċġ	Borne by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834).
Colton	♂	Lastname	Cōltūn	cōl	tūn
Conwel	♂	Revived	Cēnewealh	cēne	wealh
Cranford	♂	Lastname	Cranford	cran	ford	The 'Cran-' in some names, such as Crandal, is from the Irish name 'Ciarán'.
Cranley	♂	Lastname	Cranlēah	cran	lēah	The 'Cran-' in some names, such as Crandal, is from the Irish name 'Ciarán'.
Cranston	♂	Lastname	Crantūn	cran	tūn	The 'Cran-' in some names, such as Crandal, is from the Irish name 'Ciarán'.
Crawford	♂	Lastname	Crāweford	crāwe	ford
Crofton	♂	Lastname	Crofttūn	croft	tūn
Cromwell	♂	Lastname	Crumbwille	crumb	wille	Borne by Lord Protector of the United Kingdom, Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658).
Crow	⚥	Living	Crawa	crawa	-
Cuthard	♂	Revived	Cūþheard	cūþ	heard
Cuthbald	♂	Revived	Cūþbeald	cūþ	beald
Cuthbert	♂	Living	Cūþbeorht	cūþ	beorht	Borne by 6th Yhd. Hallow of Lindisfarne, whose fame kept the name alive in England even after the Norman overthrow. It is also a widespread lastname.
Cuthbury	♀	Revived	Cūþburg	cūþ	burg
Cuthmund	♂	Revived	Cūþmūnd	cūþ	mūnd
Cuthred	♂	Revived	Cūþrǣd	cūþ	rǣd
Cuthrich	♂	Revived	Cūþrīc	cūþ	rīc
Cuthswith	♀	Revived	Cūþswīþ	cūþ	swīþ
Cuthwin	♂	Revived	Cūþwine	cūþ	wine
Cuthwolf	♂	Revived	Cūþwulf	cūþ	wulf
Cuthyils	♂	Revived	Cūþġils	cūþ	ġīsel
Dale	⚥	Lastname	-	dæl	-	Not known to be a given name in Old English times.
Dalwin	♂	Revived	Dealwine	deal	wine
Dane	♂	Lastname	Dena	denu	-	While sometimes misread to mean 'Danish', the given name 'Dane' comes from the English steadname 'Dene' / 'Dean', meaning a hollow, dale.
Darwin	♂	Lastname	Dēorewine	dēore	wine	A lastname that comes from the OE given name, "Dēorewine". Borne by English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882), writer of On The Origin of Species.
Darton	♂	Lastname	Dēortūn	dēor	tūn
Daybert	♂	Revived	Dæġbeorht	dæġ	beorht
Dayelm	♂	Revived	Dæġhelm	dæġ	helm
Dayey	♂	Revived	Dæġhēah	dæġ	hēah
Daymund	♂	Revived	Dæġmūnd	dæġ	mūnd
Dayren	♂	Revived	Dæġhræfn	dæġ	hræfn
Dayrich	♂	Revived	Dæġrīce	dæġ	rīce
Dayton	♂	Lastname	Dæġtūn	dæġ	tūn
Dean	♂	Lastname	-	dene	-	See also: Dane. Not wordlorely linked with the churchly stead of Dean, which is from the French 'Dean' and Latin 'decanus', meaning a leader of ten men. Not known to be a standalone name in Old English times.
Dell	⚥	Lastname	-	dæl	-	Not known to be a given name in Old English times.
Denard	♂	Revived	Deneheard	dene	heard
Denbert	♂	Revived	Denebeorht	dene	beorht
Denfrith	♂	Revived	Denefriþ	dene	friþ
Denham	♂	Lastname	Denuhām	denu	hām
Denley	♂	Lastname	Denulēah	denu	lēah
Denmood	♂	Revived	Denemōd	dene	mōd
Denton	♂	Lastname	Denutūn	denu	tūn
Denver	♂	Lastname	Denefær	dene	fær
Denwald	♂	Revived	Deneweald	dene	weald
Denwolf	♂	Revived	Denewulf	dene	wulf
Denyils	♂	Revived	Deneġils	dene	ġīsel
Derbert	♂	Revived	Dēorbeorht	dēor	beorht
Derland	♂	Lastname	Dēorland	dēor	land
Dermund	♂	Revived	Dēormūnd	dēor	mūnd
Dermood	♂	Revived	Dēormōd	dēor	mōd
Dernoth	♂	Revived	Dēornōþ	dēor	nōþ
Derswith	♂	Revived	Dēorswīþ	dēor	swīþ
Derwald	♂	Revived	Dēorweald	dēor	weald
Derwolf	♂	Revived	Dēorwulf	dēor	wulf
Drayton	♂	Lastname	Dræġtūn	dræġ	tūn
Dritnoth	♂	Revived	Dryhtnōþ	dryht	nōþ
Drittelm	♂	Revived	Dryhthelm	dryht	helm
Dritwald	♂	Revived	Dryhtweald	dryht	weald
Dryden	♂	Lastname	Drȳġedenu	drȳġe	denu
Dunnar	♂	Revived	Dunnhere	dunn	here
Dunstan	♂	Lastname	Dūnstān	dūn	stān
Dunton	♂	Lastname	Dūntūn	dūn	tūn
Dunwald	♂	Revived	Dunnweald	dunn	weald
Durward	♂	Lastname	Dunnweard	dunn	weard
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.
Easton	♂	Lastname	Ēasttūn	ēast	tūn
Easterwin	♂	Revived	Ēasterwine	ēaster	wine
Edbald	♂	Revived	Ēadbeald	ēad	beald	Borne by 7th Yhd. King of Kent.
Edbert	♂	Living	Ēadbert	ēad	beorht	Borne by 8th Yhd. King of Northumbria and by 8th Yhd. King of Kent.
Edbury	♀	Revived	Ēadburg	ēad	burg
Eddar	♂	Revived	Ēadhere	ēad	here
Eddelm	♂	Revived	Ēadhelm	ēad	helm
Eddey	♂	Revived	Ēadhēah	ēad	hēah
Edfled	♀	Revived	Ēadflǣd	ēad	flǣd
Edfrith	♂	Revived	Ēadfriþ	ēad	friþ
Edgar	♂	Living	Ēadgār	ēad	gār	Borne by the King of the English (959-975).
Edild	♀	Revived	Ēadhild	ēad	hild
Edils	♂	Revived	Ēadġils	ēad	ġils
Edith	♀	Living	Ēadgȳþ	ēad	gȳþ
Edive	♀	Revived	Ēadġifu	ēad	ġifu	Also shortened in Lastnames as 'Edey'.
Edlof	♂	Revived	Ēadlāf	ēad	lāf
Edleaf	♀	Revived	Ēadlēofu	ēad	lēof
Edmar	♂	Living	Ēadmere	ēad	mere
Edmer	♂	Revived	Ēadmǣr	ēad	mǣr
Edmund	♂	Living	Ēadmūnd	ēad	mūnd
Ednoth	♂	Revived	Ēadnōþ	ēad	nōþ
Edoun	♂	Revived	Ēadhūn	ēad	hūn
Edred	♂	Living	Ēadrǣd	ēad	rǣd
Edrich	♂	Revived	Ēadrīċe	ēad	rīċe	Borne by 7th Yhd. King of Kent.
Edsey	♂	Revived	Ēadsiġe	ēad	siġe
Edstan	♂	Revived	Ēadstān	ēad	stān
Edswith	♀	Revived	Ēadswīþ	ēad	swīþ
Edwaker	♂	Revived	Ēadwacer	ēad	wacu
Edwald	♂	Revived	Ēadweald	ēad	weald
Edward	♂	Living	Ēadweard	ēad	weard
Edwin	♂	Living	Ēadwine	ēad	wine
Edwina	♀	Living	Ēadwynn	ēad	wynn	Also a female form of Edwin.
Edwolf	♂	Revived	Ēadwulf	ēad	wulf
Edwy	♂	Revived	Ēadwīġ	ēad	wīġ
Edyard	♂	Revived	Ēadġeard	ēad	ġeard
Emer	♂	Revived	Ēomǣr	eoh	mǣr
Egbald	♂	Revived	Eċġbeald	eċġ	beald
Egbert	♂	Living	Eċġbeorht	eċġ	beorht
Egbury	♀	Revived	Eċġburg	eċġ	burg
Egfrith	♂	Revived	Eċġfriþ	eċġ	friþ
Eggard	♂	Revived	Eċġheard	eċġ	heard
Eggelm	♂	Revived	Eċġhelm	eċġ	helm
Eggoun	♂	Revived	Eċġhūn	eċġ	hūn
Eglof	♂	Revived	Eċġlāf	eċġ	lāf
Egmund	♂	Revived	Eċġmūnd	eċġ	mūnd
Egnoth	♂	Revived	Eċġnōþ	eċġ	nōþ
Egred	♂	Revived	Eċġrǣd	eċġ	rǣd
Egrich	♂	Revived	Eċġrīċ	eċġ	rīċe
Egstan	♂	Revived	Eċġstān	eċġ	stān
Egwald	♂	Revived	Eċġweald	eċġ	weald
Egwel	♂	Revived	Eċġwealh	eċġ	wealh
Egwin	♂	Revived	Eċġwine	eċġ	wine
Egwolf	♂	Revived	Eċġwulf	eċġ	wulf
Eldbert	♂	Revived	Ealdbeorht	eald	beorht
Eldelm	♂	Revived	Ealdhelm	eald	helm
Eldfrith	♂	Revived	Ealdfriþ	eald	friþ
Eldar	♂	Revived	Ealdhere	eald	here
Eldith	♀	Revived	Ealdgȳþ	eald	gȳþ
Eldred	♂	Living	Ealdrǣd	eald	rǣd	Also spelled: Aldred.
Eldoun	♂	Revived	Ealdhūn	eald	hūn
Elfled	♀	Revived	Ælfflǣd	ælf	flǣd
Elfrith	♀	Revived	Ælfrǣd	ælf	rǣd
Elfroun	♀	Revived	Ælfrūn	ælf	rūn
Elfswith	♀	Revived	Ælfswīþ	ælf	swīþ
Elith	♀	Revived	Ealhgȳþ	eald	gȳþ	Could also be spelled: Alith.
Elmer	♂	Lastname	Æþelmǣr	æþel	mǣr	See also: Ethelmer.
Elton	♂	Lastname	Ellastūn	?	tūn	Borne by songwriter Elton John (1947), who was born as Reginald Dwight, and who named himself after his former band-mate, Elton Dean (1945-2006).
Elver	♀	Revived	Ælfwaru	ælf	waru
Elvild	♀	Revived	Ælfhild	ælf	hild
Elvive	♀	Revived	Ælfġifu	ælf	ġifu
Elvith	♀	Revived	Ælfgȳþ	ælf	gȳþ
Elwood	♂	Lastname	Ellaswudu	?	wudu
Enbald	♂	Revived	Ēanbeald	ēan	beald
Enbert	♂	Revived	Ēanbeorht	ēan	beorht
Enfrith	♂	Revived	Ēanfriþ	ēan	friþ
Enfled	♀	Revived	Ēanflǣd	ēan	flǣd
Enith	♀	Revived	Ēangȳþ	ēan	gȳþ
Ennar	♂	Revived	Ēanhere	ēan	here
Enmund	♂	Revived	Ēanmūnd	ēan	mūnd
Enred	♂	Revived	Ēanrǣd	ēan	rǣd
Enstan	♂	Revived	Ēanstān	ēan	stān
Enswith	♀	Revived	Ēanswīþ	ēan	swīþ
Enwald	♂	Revived	Ēanweald	ēan	weald
Enwin	♂	Revived	Ēanwine	ēan	wine
Enyard	♂	Revived	Ēanġeard	ēan	ġeard
Enyisl	♂	Revived	Ēanġisl	ēan	ġils , ġisl
Erendel	♂	Revived	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	♂	Revived	Eorconbeald	eorcon	beald	Could also be spelled "Arkenbald". Kin with the name Archibald, which was brought by the Normans and had been shaped by the Greek word Archos.
Erkenbert	♂	Revived	Eorconbeorht	eorcon	beorht
Erkenwald	♂	Revived	Eorconweald	eorcon	weald
Erkenyat	♀	Revived	Eorconġēat	eorcon	ġēat	Could also be spelled "Arkenyat", by likeness of J R R Tolkien's translation of OE "eorconstān" (great/dear-stone) to Arkenstone for The Hobbit.
Ermenbury	♀	Revived	Eormenburg	eormen	burg
Ermenhild	♀	Revived	Eormenhild	eormen	hild
Ermenlof	♂	Revived	Eormenlāf	eormen	lāf
Ermenred	♂	Revived	Eormenrǣd	eormen	rǣd
Ermenrich	♂	Revived	Eormenrīċ	eormen	rīċe
Ermenthrith	♀	Revived	Eormenþrȳþ	eormen	þrȳþ
Ernwald	♂	Revived	Earnweald	earn	weald	Kin with the name Arnold, which was brought by the Normans.
Ernwin	♂	Revived	Earnwine	earn	wine
Ernwolf	♂	Revived	Earnwulf	earn	wulf
Ernwy	♂	Revived	Earnwīġ	earn	wīġ
Erpwald	♂	Revived	Eorpweald	eorp	weald
Erpwin	♂	Revived	Eorpwine	eorp	wine
Esmund	♂	Lastname	Ēastmūnd	ēast	mūnd	Most often spelled 'Esmond', which is a Norman spelling of the latter word (OE 'mūnd').
Ethel	♀	Living	Æþel	æþel	-	The name died out but came back in the 19th Yhd. Kin with the Norman name Adele.
Ethelbald	♂	Revived	Æþelbeald	æþel	beald	Can also be spelled: Athelbald. Borne by 8th Yhd. King of Mercia and by 9th Yhd. King of Wessex.
Ethelbert	♂	Living	Æþelbeorht	æþel	beorht	Can also be spelled: Athelbert. A short-lived name brought back in the 1800s. Borne by a score of kings from the 6th-9th Yhds, and outstanding Americans of the 1800s, such as Ethelbert Watts (1846–1919). Kin with the Norman name Albert.
Ethelbrand	♂	Revived	Æþelbrand	æþel	brand	Can also be spelled: Athelbrand.
Ethelbury	♀	Revived	Æþelburg	æþel	burg	Can also be spelled: Athelbury.
Etheleaf	♀	Revived	Æþellēof	æþel	lēof	Can also be spelled: Athelleaf.
Ethelfled	♀	Revived	Æþelflǣd	æþel	flǣd	Can also be spelled: Athelfled. Borne by the daughter of Alfred the Great and Lady of Mercia in the 9th Yhd.
Ethelfrith	♂	Revived	Æþelfriþ	æþel	friþ	Can also be spelled: Athelfrith. Borne by 6th-7th Yhd. King of Bernicia.
Ethelgar	♂	Revived	Æþelgār	æþel	gār	Can also be spelled: Athelgar.
Ethelith	♀	Revived	Æþelgȳþ	æþel	gȳþ	Can also be spelled: Athelith.
Ethelive	♀	Revived	Æþelġifu	æþel	ġifu	Can also be spelled: Athelive.
Ethellar	♂	Revived	Æþelhere	æþel	here	Can also be spelled: Athellar. Borne by 7th Yhd. King of East Anglia.
Ethellard	♂	Revived	Æþelheard , Æþeġeard	æþel	heard , ġeard	Can also be spelled: Athellard. A blend of two Old English names that would likely have blended into one another over time. Æþelheard was borne by 8th Yhd. King of Wessex.
Ethellelm	♂	Revived	Æþelhelm	æþel	helm	Can also be spelled: Athellelm.
Ethelley	♂	Revived	Æþelhēah	æþel	hēah	Can also be spelled: Athelley.
Ethellild	♀	Revived	Æþelhild	æþel	hild	Can also be spelled: Athellild.
Ethelloun	♂	Revived	Æþelhūn	æþel	hūn	Can also be spelled: Athelloun.
Ethelman	♂	Revived	Æþelmann	æþel	mann	Can also be spelled: Athelman.
Ethelmer	♂	Revived	Æþelmǣr	æþel	mǣr	Can also be spelled: Athelmer. Kin with Elmer, which is a shortening, from the same Old English name.
Ethelmund	♂	Revived	Æþelmūnd	æþel	mūnd	Can also be spelled: Athelmund.
Ethelmood	♂	Revived	Æþelmōd	æþel	mōd	Can also be spelled: Athelmood.
Ethelnoth	♂	Revived	Æþelnōþ	æþel	nōþ	Can also be spelled: Athelnoth.
Ethelred	♂	Revived	Æþelrǣd	æþel	rǣd	Can also be spelled: Athelred. Borne by 7th Yhd. King of Mercia, by 8th and 9th Yhd. kings of Northumbria, by 9th Yhd. King of East Anglia, by 9th Yhd. King of Kent and by 9th Yhd. King of Wessex.
Ethelrich	♂	Revived	Æþelrīc	æþel	rīc	Can also be spelled: Athelrich. King of Bernicia and by 6th-7th Yhd. King of Deira.
Ethelsey	♂	Revived	Æþelsiġe	æþel	siġe	Can also be spelled: Athelsey.
Ethelstan	♂	Revived	Æþelstān	æþel	stān	See: Athelstan.
Ethelswith	♀	Revived	Æþelswīþ	æþel	swīþ	Can also be spelled: Athelswith. Borne by a Queen of Mercia in the 9th Yhd.
Ethelthrith	♀	Revived	Æþelþrȳþ	æþel	þrȳþ	Can also be spelled: Athelthrith. Borne by the Holywoman and Queen of Northumbria and The Fens in the 7th Yhd. Kin with the Norman name Audrey.
Ethelwald	♂	Revived	Æþelweald	æþel	weald	Can also be spelled: Athelwald. Borne by 7th Yhd. King of East Anglia, by 7th Yhd. King of Deira and by 8th Yhd. King of Northumbria.
Ethelward	♂	Revived	Æþelweard	æþel	weard	Can also be spelled: Athelward. Borne by 9th Yhd. King of East Anglia.
Ethelwel	♂	Revived	Æþelwealh	æþel	wealh	Can also be spelled: Athelwel. Borne by 7th Yhd. King of Sussex.
Ethelwin	⚥	Revived	Æþelwine ♂ , Æþelwynn ♀	æþel	wine , wynn	Can also be spelled: Athelwin. Borne by an English holyman of the 7th Yhd, and another of the 11th Yhd.
Ethelwolf	♂	Living	Æþelwulf	æþel	wulf	Can also be spelled: Athelwolf. Borne by 9th Yhd. King of Kent and by 9th Yhd. King of Wessex. Kin with the German name Adolf.
Ethelwy	♂	Revived	Æþelwīġ	æþel	wīge	Can also be spelled: Athelwy.
Ethelyard	♀	Revived	Æþelġeard	æþel	ġeard	Can also be spelled: Athelyard. Kin with Edelgard.
Everard	♂	Lastname	Eoferheard	eofer	heard	Likely a blend of the Old English "Eoferheard" and Norman "Eburhard", though the OE shape would likely yield the same outcome, even if it had died out.
Everwin	♂	Revived	Eoferwine	eofer	wine	Also found shortened in names such as Irwin and Erwin.
Fairchild	♂	Lastname	Fæġerċild	fæġer	ċild
Farman	♂	Revived	Færmann	fær	mann
Farnham	♂	Lastname	Fearnhām	fearn	hām
Farnley	♂	Lastname	Fearnlēah	fearn	lēah
Farnoth	♂	Revived	Færnōþ	fær	nōþ	Not found in OE, a theoretical sibword to the name Ferdinand.
Fastwolf	♂	Revived	Fæstwulf	fæst	wulf
Felton	♂	Lastname	Feldtūn	feld	tūn
Felyeld	♂	Revived	Feoluġeld	feld	ġeld
Fenton	♂	Lastname	Fenntūn	fenn	tūn
Fenwick	♂	Lastname	Fennwīċ	fenn	wīċ
Fleetwood	♂	Lastname	Flēotwudu	flēot	wudu	Spread by the rock band Fleetwood Mac.
Folkbert	♂	Revived	Folcbeorht	folc	beorht
Folkbury	♀	Revived	Folcburg	folc	burg
Folkard	♂	Revived	Folcheard	folc	heard
Folkar	♂	Revived	Folchere	folc	here
Folkwald	♂	Revived	Folcweald	folc	weald
Folkwin	♂	Revived	Folcwine	folc	wine
Freeman	♂	Lastname	Frēomann	frēo	mann
Frelof	♂	Revived	Frēalāf	frēa	lāf
Frewin	⚥	Revived	Frēawine ♂ , Frēawynn ♀	frēa	wine, wynn
Frewer	♀	Revived	Frēawaru	frēa	waru	Also found as the lastname Frewer, from Frēowaru, where the first bit is from frēo (free, highborn).
Frewolf	♂	Revived	Frēawulf	frēa	wulf
Frith	♀	Living	Friþ	friþ	-
Frithbert	♂	Revived	Friþubeorht	friþ	beorht
Frithgar	♂	Revived	Friþugār	friþ	gār
Frithelm	♂	Revived	Friþuhelm	friþ	helm
Frithith	♀	Revived	Friþugȳþ	friþ	gȳþ
Frithlof	♂	Revived	Friþulāf	friþ	lāf
Frithmund	♂	Revived	Friþumūnd	friþ	mūnd
Frithred	♂	Revived	Friþurǣd	friþ	rǣd
Frithrich	♂	Revived	Friþurīċ	friþ	rīċ
Frithstan	♂	Revived	Friþustān	friþ	stān
Frithswith	♀	Revived	Friþuswīþ	friþ	swīþ
Frithwald	♂	Revived	Friþuweald	friþ	weald
Frithwin	♂	Revived	Friþuwine	friþ	wine
Frithwolf	♂	Revived	Friþuwulf	friþ	wulf
Frithyard	♂	Revived	Friþuġeard	friþ	ġeard
Frithyils	♂	Revived	Friþuġils	friþ	ġīsel
Frodo	♂	Living	Frōda	frōd	-	A name spread by J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
Gar	♂	Revived	Gara	gār	-
Garfield	♂	Lastname	Gārfeld	gār	feld	Spread by American president James Garfield (1831-1881), and later by the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis (1945-present).
Garland	♂	Lastname	Gārland	gār	land
Garmund	♂	Revived	Gārmūnd	gār	mūnd
Garthrist	♂	Revived	Gārþrist	gār	þrist
Garwald	♂	Revived	Gārweald	gār	weald
Garwin	♂	Revived	Gārwine	gār	wine
Garwolf	♂	Revived	Gārwulf	gār	wulf
Gladwin	♂	Lastname	Glædwine	glæd	wine
Goddard	♂	Lastname	Godheard	god	heard	A blend of the Old English name Godheard and Norman name Godard, which spring from the same Germanic name.
Godfrith	♂	Revived	Godfriþ	god	friþ	Kin with Norman names such as Godfrey and Geoffrey.
Godiva	♀	Living	Godġifu	god	ġifu	Anglish spelling: Godive. Living name from a Latin shape of OE Godġifu. Borne by Lady Godiva in the 11th Yhd.
Godshalk	♂	Revived	Gōdṡċealc	gōd	ṡċealc
Godwin	♂	Living	Godwine	god	wine
Goodar	♂	Revived	Gōdhere	gōd	here
Goodman	♂	Lastname	Gōdmann	gōd	mann
Goodey	♀	Revived	Gōdġifu	gōd	ġifu
Goodie	♀	Revived	Gōde	gōd	-
Goodwife	♀	Revived	Gōdwīf	gōd	wīf
Goodwin	⚥	Revived	Gōdwine ♂ , Gōdwynn ♀	frēa	wine, wynn
Goodwolf	♂	Revived	Gōdwulf	gōd	wulf
Goodwy	♂	Revived	Gōdwīġ	gōd	wīġe
Gorham	♂	Lastname	Gārhām	gār	hām
Gorton	♂	Lastname	Gārtūn	gār	tūn
Gresham	♂	Lastname	Græshām	græs	hām
Grimbald	♂	Revived	Grimbeald	grim	beald
Guthlock	♂	Revived	Gūþlāc	gȳþ	lāċ	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guthlac_of_Crowland
Hadkin	♂	Revived	Hǣþcyn	hǣþ	cynn
Hadley	⚥	Lastname	Hǣþlēah	hǣþ	lēah
Hadwy	♀	Revived	Heaþuwīġe	heaþu	wīġe	Kin with the German name Hedwig.
Halfdan	♂	Revived	Healfdene	healf	dene
Hamilton	♂	Lastname	Hameldūn	hamel	dūn
Hamrich	♂	Hypothetical	*Hāmrīċ	hām	rīċe	Not known to be a name in Old English Times, but if it were, it would be kin with the name Henry, which was brought to England by the Normans.
Handshoe	♂	Revived	Hondṡċio	hond	ṡċio	"Glove". Friend of Beowulf in the epic poem Beowulf.
Harbald	♂	Revived	Herebeald	here	beald
Harbert	♂	Revived	Herebeorht	here	beorht	Lives on in the Norman-swayed name Herbert.
Hardbert	♂	Revived	Heardbeorht	heard	beorht
Hardred	♂	Revived	Heardrǣd	heard	rǣd
Hardwick	♂	Lastname	Heardwiċ	heard	wiċ
Hardwin	♂	Lastname	Heardwine	heard	wine
Harfrith	♂	Revived	Herefriþ	here	friþ
Harich	♂	Revived	Hererīċ	here	rīċe
Harith	♀	Revived	Heregȳþ	here	gȳþ
Harland	♂	Lastname	Haralond	hara	lond
Harley	⚥	Lastname	Haralēah	hara	lēah
Harman	♂	Revived	Haramann	here	mann	Lives on as a lastname.
Harmer	♂	Revived	Haramǣr	here	mǣr
Harmood	♂	Revived	Haramōd	here	mōd
Harold	♂	Living	Hereweald	here	weald	Could also be spelled: Harwald. The -old ending instead of -wald is likely owed to being shaped by its Norse kin, Haraldr. Died out after the Norman overthrow, brought back in the 19th Yhd.
Harred	♂	Revived	Hererǣd	here	rǣd
Harsey	♂	Revived	Heresiġe	here	siġe
Harstan	♂	Revived	Herestān	here	stān
Harswith	♀	Revived	Hereswīþ	here	swīþ
Hartford	♂	Lastname	Heorotford	heorot	ford
Hartley	♂	Lastname	Heorotlēah	heorot	lēah
Hartwell	♂	Lastname	Heorotwille	heorot	wille
Harwald	♂	Revived	Hereweald	here	weald
Harward	♂	Revived	Hereweard	here	weard	See also: Hereward. Borne by Hereward the Wake, an 11th Yhd man who fought back the 1066 Norman overthrow of England. Also kin with the Norse name Harvard.
Harwin	♂	Revived	Herewine	here	wine
Harwolf	♂	Revived	Herewulf	here	wulf
Hathaway	⚥	Lastname	Hǣþaweġ	hǣþ	weġ	Borne by the actress Anne Hathaway.
Hathbald	♂	Revived	Hǣþubeald	hǣþ	beald
Hathbert	♂	Revived	Hǣþubeorht	hǣþ	beorht
Hathfrith	♂	Revived	Hǣþufriþ	hǣþ	friþ
Hathlof	♂	Revived	Hǣþulāf	hǣþ	lāf
Hathlock	♂	Revived	Hǣþulāc	hǣþ	lāc
Hathred	♂	Revived	Hǣþurǣd	hǣþ	rǣd
Hathrich	♂	Revived	Hǣþurīċ	hǣþ	rīċe	The name of a hero in the great poem Widsith.
Hathwald	♂	Revived	Hǣþuweald	hǣþ	weald
Hathwolf	♂	Revived	Hǣþuwulf	hǣþ	wulf
Hayden	⚥	Lastname	Heġedenu	heġ	denu , dūn	Linked only by likeness to the composer Franz Joseph Haydn, whose name comes instead from the Netherlandish word for 'heathen'. The likeness to the Irish name Aidan is also coincidental.
Hayley	⚥	Lastname	Heġelēah	heġ	lēah	Also spelled: Haley. Borne by the English child actress Hayley Mills (b. 1946).
Hayward	♂	Lastname	Heġeweard	heġ	weard
Haywood	♂	Lastname	Heġewudu	heġ	wudu
Heath	♂	Living	Hǣþa	hǣþ	-	Borne by the drawer William Heath Robinson (1872—1944), whose name spurred the saying “Heath Robinson” for an overly knotty tool.
Heather	♀	Living	Hǣþe	hǣþþre	-	See also Heath.
Helmstan	♂	Revived	Helmstān	helm	stān
Helmweald	♂	Revived	Helmweald	helm	weald
Helmwolf	♂	Revived	Helmwulf	helm	wulf
Helmyils	♂	Revived	Helmġils	helm	ġīsel
Helstan	♂	Revived	Helstān	hel	stān
Helwald	♂	Revived	Helweald	hel	weald
Hereward	♂	Fossilised	Hereweard	here	weard	See also: Harward. Borne by Hereward the Wake, an 11th Yhd man who fought back the 1066 Norman overthrow of England. Hereward is a fossilised spelling of a name that would most likely be spelled 'Harward' through more natural development. (See words like 'harbor', or names like 'Harold' and 'Alvar'.)
Hergar	♂	Revived	Heorugār	heoru	gār
Herolf	♂	Revived	Heorulf	heoru	wulf
Herrend	♂	Revived	Heorrenda	heoru	rand	A poet from the Battle of the Heodenings.
Herstan	♂	Revived	Heorustān	heoru	stān
Herwald	♂	Revived	Heoruweald	heoru	weald
Herward	♂	Revived	Heoruweard	heoru	weard
Heybert	♂	Revived	Hēahbeorht	hēah	beorht
Heybury	♀	Revived	Hēahburg	hēah	burg
Heyfrith	♂	Revived	Hēahfriþ	hēah	friþ
Heymund	♂	Revived	Hēahmūnd	hēah	mūnd	Kin with the Norman name Hammond.
Heynoth	♂	Revived	Hēahnōþ	hēah	nōþ
Heyred	♂	Revived	Hēahrǣd	hēah	rǣd
Heystan	♂	Revived	Hēahstān	hēah	stān
Heyward	♂	Revived	Hēahweard	hēah	weard	Kin with the name Howard, thought to be from a name, such as mainland Hugihard (akin to Hugh-hard) or Norse Hávarđr.
Heywolf	♂	Revived	Hēahwulf	hēah	wulf
Hild	♀	Revived	Hild	hild	-
Hildbald	♂	Revived	Hildbeald	hild	beald
Hildbert	♂	Revived	Hildbeorht	hild	beorht
Hildbury	♀	Revived	Hildburg	hild	burg
Hildfrith	♂	Revived	Hildfriþ	hild	friþ
Hildmer	♂	Revived	Hildmǣr	hild	mǣr
Hildred	⚥	Living	Hildrǣd	hild	rǣd	Died out following the Norman overthrow and was brought back in the 19th Yhd.
Hildwin	⚥	Revived	Hildwine ♂ , Hildwynn ♀	hild	wine
Hildyard	⚥	Revived	Hildġeard	hild	ġeard	Kin with the name Hildegard, as borne by Hildegard von Bingen.
Hilton	♂	Lastname	Hylltūn	hyll	tūn
Hisbert	♂	Revived	Hysebeorht	hyse	beorht
Hisnoth	♂	Revived	Hysenōþ	hyse	nōþ
Holden	♂	Lastname	Holdenu	hol	denu	From the Lastname Holden, and borne by the player Holden Caulfield in the J D Salinger book Catcher in the Rye (1951).
Holly	♀	Living	-	holegn	-	Not known to be a name in Old English times.
Horton	♂	Lastname	Horhtūn	horh	tūn	Borne by the main player in the Dr. Seuss books Horton Hatches the Egg, and Horton Hears a Who.
Hope	♀	Living	-	hopian	-	A puritanical name. Not known to be a name in Old English times.
Hunfrith	♂	Revived	Hūnfriþ	hūn	friþ
Hunith	♀	Revived	Hūngȳþ	hūn	gȳþ
Hunive	♀	Revived	Hūnġifu	hūn	ġifu
Hunlof	♂	Revived	Hūnlāf	hūn	lāf
Hunred	♂	Revived	Hūnrǣd	hūn	rǣd
Hunsey	♂	Revived	Hūnsiġe	hūn	siġe
Hunstan	♂	Revived	Hūnstān	hūn	stān
Hunter	⚥	Living	Hunta ♂ , Hunto ♀	hunt	-
Huntley	♂	Lastname	Huntlēah	hunt	lēah
Hunwald	♂	Revived	Hūnweald	hūn	weald
Hybald	♂	Revived	Hygebeald	hyge	beald
Hybert	♂	Revived	Hygebeorht	hyge	beorht
Hylock	♂	Revived	Hygelāc	hyge	lāc
Ingbrand	♂	Revived	Ingbrand	Ing	brand
Ingwald	♂	Revived	Ingweald	Ing	weald
Irwin	♂	Lastname	Eoferwine	eofer	wine	Also spelled: Erwin. A shortening of the Middle English name Everwin that lives on as a Lastname.
Ivy	♀	Living	-	ifiġ	-	Not known to be a given name in Old English times.
Kenbert	♂	Revived	Cēnbeorht	cēne	beorht
Kenbury	♀	Revived	Cēnburg	cēne	burg
Kenelm	♂	Lastname	Cēnhelm	cēne	helm	The short name 'Ken' is likely unlinked, from a Celtic name such as 'Kenneth'.
Kenfrith	♂	Revived	Cēnfriþ	cēne	friþ
Kenfous	♂	Revived	Cēnfūs	cēne	fūs	Borne by 7th Yhd. King of Wessex.
Kennar	♂	Revived	Cēnhere	cēne	here
Kennard	♂	Revived	Cēnheard	cēne	heard
Kenlof	♂	Revived	Cēnlāf	cēne	lāf
Kenred	♂	Revived	Cēnrǣd	cēne	rǣd	Died out in the Middle Ages, and was borrowed back from Germany in the 19th Yhd. as the name Conrad. Borne by 8th Yhd. King of Mercia and by 8th Yhd. King of Northumbria.
Kenswith	♀	Revived	Cēnswīþ	cēne	swīþ
Kenthrith	♀	Revived	Cēnþrȳþ	cēne	þrȳþ
Kenwald	♂	Revived	Cēnweald	cēne	weald
Kenwel	♂	Revived	Cēnwealh	cēne	wealh	Borne by 7th Yhd. King of Wessex.
Kenwin	⚥	Revived	Cēnwine ♂ , Cēnwynn ♀	cēne	wine , wynn
Kenwolf	♂	Revived	Cēnwulf	cēne	wulf	Borne by 8th-9th Yhd. King of Mercia.
Kenyisl	♂	Revived	Cēnġīsl	cēne	ġīsel
Kimber	⚥	Living	Cyneburg	cyne	burg	See also: Kinbury.
Kimberley	⚥	Living	Cyneburgaslēah	cyne	burg + lēah
Kinbald	♂	Revived	Cynebeald	cyne	beald
Kinbert	♂	Revived	Cynebeorht	cyne	beorht
Kinbill	♂	Revived	Cynebill	cyne	bill
Kinbury	♀	Revived	Cyneburg	cyne	burg	See also: Kimber.
Kinfrith	♂	Revived	Cynefriþ	cyne	friþ
Kingsley	♂	Lastname	Cynningaslēah	cynning	lēah
Kingston	♂	Lastname	Cynningastūn	cynning	tūn
Kingswell	♂	Lastname	Cynningaswille	cynning	wille
Kinleaf	♀	Revived	Cynelēof	cyne	lēof
Kinnard	♂	Revived	Cyneheard	cyne	heard
Kinnild	♀	Revived	Cynehild	cyne	hild
Kinmund	♂	Revived	Cynemūnd	cyne	mūnd
Kinred	♂	Revived	Cynerǣd	cyne	rǣd
Kinrich	♂	Revived	Cynerīċ	cyne	rīċe
Kinsey	⚥	Lastname	Cynesiġe	cyne	siġe
Kinsley	♂	Lastname	Cyneslēah	cyne	lēah
Kinstan	♂	Revived	Cynestān	cyne	stān
Kinthane	♂	Revived	Cyneþeġn	cyne	þeġn
Kinwald	♂	Revived	Cyneweald	cyne	weald
Kinwin	⚥	Revived	Cynewine ♂ , Cynewynn ♀	cyne	wine, wynn
Kinwolf	♂	Revived	Cynewulf	cyne	wulf
Kinyils	♂	Revived	Cyneġīls	cyne	ġīsel
Knightley	♂	Lastname	Cnihtlēah	cniht	lēah
Langdon	♂	Lastname	Langdūn	lang	dūn
Langford	♂	Lastname	Langford	lang	ford
Langley	♂	Lastname	Langlēah	lang	lēah
Langston	♂	Lastname	Langstān	lang	stān
Langworth	♂	Lastname	Langworþ	lang	worþ
Layton	♂	Lastname	Lēactūn	lēac	tūn
Leaf	⚥	Living	Lēof ♀ , Lēofa ♂	lēof	-	A blend of the everyday English word "leaf" of a plant, 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 culture.
Lechild	♂	Revived	Lēofċild	lēof	ċild
Ledfrith	♂	Revived	Lēodfriþ	lēod	friþ
Ledwald	♂	Revived	Lēodweald	lēod	weald
Ledwolf	♂	Revived	Lēodwulf	lēod	wulf
Lefled	♀	Revived	Lēofflǣd	lēof	flǣd
Lefrich	♂	Revived	Lēofrīċe	lēof	rīċe
Lefrith	♂	Revived	Lēoffriþ	lēof	friþ
Legar	♂	Revived	Lēofgār	lēof	gār
Leland	♂	Lastname	Lēahland	lēah	land	Also spelled: Leyland.
Leman	♂	Living	Lēofmann	lēof	mann	Lives on as a lastname (also spelled "Lemmon"), and in the English word "leman", meaning someone beloved.
Lemer	♂	Revived	Lēofmǣr	lēof	mǣr
Lenoth	♂	Revived	Lēofnōþ	lēof	nōþ
Lequen	♀	Revived	Lēofcwēn	lēof	cwēn	Anglish spelling: Lecwen.
Leroun	♀	Revived	Lēofrūn	lēof	rūn
Lesey	♂	Revived	Lēofsiġe	lēof	siġe
Leson	♂	Revived	Lēofsunu	lēof	sunu
Lestan	♂	Revived	Lēofstān	lēof	stān
Leving	♂	Revived	Lēofing	lēof	ing
Leward	♂	Revived	Lēofweard	lēof	weard
Lewer	♀	Revived	Lēofwaru	lēof	waru
Lewin	♂	Living	Lēofwine	lēof	wine
Leyive	♀	Revived	Lēofġifu	lēof	ġifu
Lily	♀	Living	-	lilie	-	Not known to be a given name in Old English times.
Livingston	♂	Lastname	Lēofwinestūn	lēof	wine + tūn
Lothar	♂	Revived	Hlōþhere	hlōþ	here
Luddar	♂	Revived	Hlūdhere	hlūd	here
Ludlum	♂	Lastname	Hlūdhlǣwhām	hlūd	lǣw + hām
Ludwy	♂	Hypothetical	*Hlūdwīġe	hlūd	wīġe	Not known to be a name in Old English Times, but if it were, it would be kin with the names Alois, Clovis, Lewis, Louis and Ludwig.
Mainar	♂	Revived	Mæġenhere	mæġen	here
Mainard	♂	Lastname	Mæġenheard	mæġen	heard	The last name is likely from the Anglo-Norman "Mainard", though the OE shape, "Mæġenheard", would likely yield the same outcome, even if it had died out.
Marston	♂	Lastname	Merṡċtūn	merṡċ	tūn
Marwood	♂	Lastname	Merewudu	mere	wudu
Mathellard	♂	Revived	Mæþelheard	mæþel	heard
Melbourne	♂	Lastname	Mylenburne	mylen	burne	Most often named for the head city in the Australian state of Victoria. See also: Milburn.
Merhard	♂	Revived	Mǣrheard	mǣr	heard
Merryweather	♂	Lastname	-	myrġe	weþer	From a lastname which first began as a nickname in Middle English, meaning merry, good, or fair weather.
Merton	♂	Lastname	Meretūn	mere	tūn
Merwel	♂	Revived	Merewealh	mere	wealh
Merwhite	♂	Revived	Merehwīt	mere	hwīt
Merwin	♀	Revived	Merewynn	mere	wynn
Middleton	♂	Lastname	Middeltūn	middel	tūn
Milburn	♂	Lastname	Mylenburne	mylen	burne	See also: Melbourne.
Mildred	♀	Living	Mildþrȳþ	mild	þrȳþ	Could also be spelled: Mildrith
Milford	♂	Lastname	Mylenford	mylen	ford
Millard	♂	Lastname	Mylenweard	mylen	weard
Milton	♂	Lastname	Mylentūn	mylen	tūn
Modwulf	♂	Revived	Mōdwulf	mōd	wulf
Monday	♀	Living	Monandæġ	mōna	dæġ
Morcar	♂	Revived	Mōrcār	mōr	cār
Morland	♂	Lastname	Mōrland	mōr	land
Morley	♂	Lastname	Mōrlēah	mōr	lēah
Morton	♂	Lastname	Mōrtūn	mōr	tūn
Mycroft	♂	Lastname	Mǣdcroft	mǣd	croft	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.
Newcombe	♂	Lastname	Nēowecume	nēowe	cume
Newland	♂	Lastname	Nēoweland	nēowe	land
Newman	♂	Lastname	Nēowemann	nēowe	mann
Newport	♂	Lastname	Nēoweport	nēowe	port
Newton	♂	Lastname	Nēowetūn	nēowe	tūn
Nithad	♂	Revived	Nīþhād	nīþ	hād	A cruel king in Germanic folklore.
Nithard	♂	Revived	Nīþheard	nīþ	heard
Nithmund	♂	Revived	Nīþmūnd	nīþ	mūnd
Norbert	♂	Living	Norþbeorht	norþ	beorht	A blend of the inborn Old English name, and the Norman Frankish name. Borne by an 11th Yhd. Holyman of Xanten, Germany.
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, literally: north-man, wises to someone being of the north, often meaning "viking", or of the Nordic or Scandinavian region.
Northrop	♂	Lastname	Norþþorp	norþ	þorp	From a lastname that has a metastasis of "thorp" to "throp".
Norton	♂	Lastname	Norþtun	norþ	tūn
Norwood	♂	Lastname	Norwudu	norþ	wudu
Nothar	♂	Revived	Nōþhere	nōþ	here
Nothard	♂	Revived	Nōþheard	nōþ	heard
Nothbald	♂	Revived	Nōþbeald	nōþ	beald
Nothbert	♂	Revived	Nōþbeorht	nōþ	beorht
Nothelm	♂	Revived	Nōþhelm	nōþ	helm	Borne by a 7th-8th Yhd. King of Sussex.
Nothith	♀	Revived	Nōþgȳþ	nōþ	gȳþ
Nothmund	♂	Revived	Nōþmūnd	nōþ	mūnd
Nothwolf	♂	Revived	Nōþwulf	nōþ	wulf
Oakbald	♂	Revived	Ācbeald	āc	beald
Oakfrith	♂	Revived	Ācfriþ	āc	friþ	Not known as a living given name, but is the name of a Wood in Wiltsire. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/oakfrith-wood/
Oakley	♂	Lastname	Āclēah	āc	lēah	See also Ackley.
Oakwolf	♂	Revived	Ācwulf	āc	wulf
Odell	⚥	Lastname	Wādhyll	wād	hyll
Ogden	♂	Lastname	Ācdenu	āc	denu
Onel	♂	Revived	Onela	-	-	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onela
Onyenthew	♂	Revived	Anġenþēow	anġen	þēow
Ordbert	♂	Revived	Ordbeorht	ord	beorht
Ordfrith	♂	Revived	Ordfriþ	ord	friþ
Ordgar	♂	Revived	Ordgār	ord	gār
Ordhelm	♂	Revived	Ordhelm	ord	helm
Ordhey	♂	Revived	Ordhēah	ord	hēah
Ordlof	♂	Revived	Ordlāf	ord	lāf
Ordmer	♂	Revived	Ordmǣr	ord	mǣr
Ordnoth	♂	Revived	Ordnōþ	ord	nōþ
Ordrich	♂	Revived	Ordrīċ	ord	rīċe
Ordwald	♂	Revived	Ordweald	ord	weald
Ordwolf	♂	Revived	Ordwulf	ord	wulf
Osbald	♂	Revived	Ōsbeald	ōs	beald	Borne by an 8th Yhd. King of Northumbria.
Osbert	♂	Living	Ōsbeorht	ōs	beorht
Osborn	♂	Living	Ōsbeorn	ōs	beorn	The word beorn, as found in OE bindnames, may have a root meaning of a man/child, and may not come from the same root word as beorn, found in Mainland Europe, meaning bear. It may therefore be mistakenly linked with Mainland European names such as Berengar.
Osbury	♀	Revived	Ōsburg	ōs	burg
Osfrith	♂	Revived	Ōsfriþ	ōs	friþ
Osgar	♂	Revived	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 unlinked to the Old English name, which seems to have died out.
Osgood	♂	Lastname	Ōsgōd	ōs	gōd
Oslock	♂	Revived	Ōslāc	ōs	lāc	Borne by an 8th Yhd. King of Sussex.
Oslof	♂	Revived	Ōslāf	ōs	lāf
Osmer	♂	Lastname	Ōsmǣr	ōs	mǣr
Osmood	♂	Revived	Ōsmōd	ōs	mōd
Osmund	♂	Living	Ōsmūnd	ōs	mūnd	Also found by the Norman-spelling of "Osmond". Borne by an 11th Yhd. holyman who was appointed to the see of Salisbury by William of Normandy.
Osred	♂	Living	Ōsrǣd	ōs	rǣd	Borne by two 8th Yhd. kings of Northumbria. Died out following the Norman overthrow. Brought back in the 20th Yhd.
Osrich	♂	Revived	Ōsrīċ	ōs	rīċe	Borne by a 7th Yhd. King of Deira, by an 8th Yhd. King of Northumbria and by an 8th Yhd. King of Sussex.
Osselm	♂	Revived	Ōshelm	ōs	helm	Kin with the Norse name Ansel, or Anselm, which was borne by the photographer Ansel Easton Adams (1902-1984).
Osser	♂	Revived	Ōshere	ōs	here
Osthrith	♀	Revived	Ōsþrȳþ	ōs	þrȳþ
Oswald	♂	Living	Ōswald	ōs	weald	Borne by the 7th Yhd. King of Northumbria who fought against Penda Pybbing (the last great heathen king of mainland England) who was martyred in death. Also borne by a 10th Yhd. bishop who was venerated for his works at reforming the church. The name died out in the middle ages and was brought back in the 19th Yhd.
Osward	♂	Revived	Ōsweard	ōs	weard
Oswin	♂	Living	Ōswine	ōs	wine	Born by a 7th. Yhd. King of Northumbria (kin to Oswald of Northumbria) who was also canonised as a martyr. The name died out about the 15th Yhd. and was brought back in the 19th Yhd.
Oswood	♂	Revived	Ōswudu	ōs	wudu
Oswolf	♂	Revived	Ōswulf	ōs	wulf
Oswy	♂	Living	Ōswīġ	ōs	wīġ
Ottar	♂	Revived	Ōhtere	ōht	here
Outred	♂	Revived	Ūhtrǣd	ūt	rǣd	Borne by Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Bernard Cornwell’s ‘Saxon Series’, built on the life of Utred the Bold of the 11th Yhd and the happenings of Alfred the Great. The revived given name is shaped after the lastname sprung from the living name that has since died out, Outred (also spelled Oughtred). See also: Uhtred.
Oz	♂	Living	Ōsa	ōs	-	A shortening of names such as Oswald or Oswin.
Pendleton	♂	Lastname	Pinndæltūn	pinn	dæl + tūn
Penley	♂	Lastname	Pinnlēah	pinn	lēah	The first deal of the name, "pinn" can mean either a headland, or livestock pen.
Pillard	♂	Revived	Pīlheard	pīl	heard
Playard	♂	Revived	Pleġheard	plēg	heard
Playbert	♂	Revived	Pleġbeorht	plēg	beorht
Playmund	♂	Revived	Pleġmūnd	plēg	mūnd
Playred	♂	Revived	Pleġrǣd	plēg	rǣd
Playwin	♂	Revived	Pleġwine	plēg	wine
Portland	♂	Lastname	Portland	port	land	Often named after any of the widely known cities, such as Portland, Oregon; Portland, Maine; or Portland, England.
Prescott	♂	Lastname	Prēostcot	prēost	cot
Presley	♂	Lastname	Prēostlēah	prēost	lēah	Often named after the rock and roll singer, Elvis Presley (1935-1977).
Preston	♂	Lastname	Prēosttūn	prēost	tūn
Queen	♀	Living	Cwēn	cwēn	-	In Old English times, queen was a word that meant any woman, only only the king's wife. As 'Qu-' is from French inflow, this could be spelled as Cween for a more inborn spelling.
Queenie	♀	Living	Cwēn	cwēn	-	Spread in the Victorian era in honor of Queen Victoria. As 'Qu-' is from French inflow, this could be spelled as Cween for a more inborn spelling.
Quenbury	♀	Revived	Cwēnburg	cwēn	burg	Anglish spelling: Cwenbury.
Quenith	♀	Revived	Cwēngȳþ	cwēn	gȳþ	Anglish spelling: Cwenith.
Quenthrith	♀	Revived	Cwēnþrȳþ	cwēn	þrȳþ	Anglish spelling: Cwenthrith.
Quickhelm	♂	Revived	Cwichelm	cwic	helm	Anglish spelling: Cwickhelm.
Quickwin	♂	Revived	Cwicwine	cwic	wine	Anglish spelling: Cwickwin.
Quinton	♂	Lastname	Cwēntūn	cwēn	tūn	Shaped by, but not wordlorely linked with the French name Quentin, which instead comes from Latin Quintinus, meaning 'fifth born child'.
Radburn	♂	Lastname	Rēadburne	rēad	burne
Radcliff	♂	Lastname	Rēadcliff	rēad	cliff
Radford	♂	Lastname	Rēadford	rēad	ford
Radley	♂	Lastname	Rēadlēah	rēad	lēah
Rainar	♂	Living	Reġenhere	reġen	here	Blended with the Norman name, Reiner, and kin with the Norse name Ragnar.
Rainbow	⚥	Living	-	reġn	boga	Not known as a given name in Old English times. A name that sprung out of the hippy culture of the 1960s.
Raingar	♂	Revived	Reġengār	reġen	gār
Rainhold	♂	Revived	Reġenhold	reġen	hold
Rainwald	♂	Revived	Reġenweald	reġen	weald	Kin with the Norman name Reginald, and Norse Ronald.
Rainward	♂	Revived	Reġenweard	reġen	weard
Raleigh	♂	Lastname	Rālēah	rā	lēah	Often named after the poet and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618).
Ramsden	♂	Lastname	Rammsdenu	ramm	denu
Ramsey	♂	Lastname	Hramsīeġ	hramsan	īeġ	Also spelled: Ramsay.
Raven	⚥	Living	*Hræfn	hræfn	-	A name that is made from an Old English word but may not have been a given name in Old English times.
Reddar	♂	Revived	Rǣdhere	rǣd	here
Redfrith	♂	Revived	Rǣdfriþ	rǣd	friþ
Rednoth	♂	Revived	Rǣdnōþ	rǣd	nōþ
Redrich	♂	Revived	Rǣdrīċ	rǣd	rīċe
Redwald	♂	Revived	Rǣdweald	rǣd	weald
Redwin	♂	Revived	Rǣdwine	rǣd	wine
Redwolf	♂	Revived	Rǣdwulf	rǣd	wulf
Richard	♂	Living	Rīċheard	rīċe	heard	A name spread by the Normans but whose shape would likely blend with its seldom-used, Old English match.
Richbert	♂	Revived	Rīċbeorht	rīċe	beorht
Richsey	♂	Revived	Rīċsiġe	rīċe	siġe	Borne by a 9th Yhd. King of Northumbria.
Ridgeway	♂	Lastname	Hryċġweġ	hryċġ	weġ
Ridgeley	♂	Lastname	Hryċġlēah	hryċġ	lēah
Ridley	♂	Lastname	Hrēodlēah	hrēod	lēah
Riley	⚥	Lastname	Ryġelēah	ryġe	lēah	Also spelled: Ryley. Not linked with the Irish name "Reilley", which comes from from Gaelic "Raghallach".
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", such as from Old Norse "hross".
Rothbert	♂	Revived	Hrōþbeorht	hrōþ	beorht
Rothgar	♂	Revived	Hrōþgār	hrōþ	gār	Kin with the Norman name "Roger".
Rothmund	♂	Revived	Hrōþmūnd	hrōþ	mūnd
Rothrich	♂	Revived	Hrōþrīċ	hrōþ	rīċ
Rothwer	♀	Revived	Hrōþwaru	hrōþ	waru
Rothwin	♂	Revived	Hrōþwine	hrōþ	wine
Rothwolf	♂	Revived	Hrōþwulf	hrōþ	wulf
Rudyard	♂	Lastname	Rudġeard	rud	ġeard
Rutherford	♂	Lastname	Hrȳþerford	hrȳþer	ford	Borne by Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States.
Rycroft	♂	Lastname	Ryġecroft	ryġe	croft
Saxbury	♀	Revived	Seaxburg	seax	burg
Seabury	♀	Revived	Sǣburg	sǣ	burg
Seafled	♀	Revived	Sǣflǣd	sǣ	flǣd
Seathrith	♀	Revived	Sǣþrȳþ	sǣ	þrȳþ
Sebert	♂	Revived	Siġebeorht	siġe	beorht
Sefrith	♂	Revived	Siġefriþ	siġe	friþ
Selbury	♀	Revived	Seleburg	sele	burg
Selthrith	♀	Revived	Seleþrȳþ	sele	þrȳþ
Seward	♂	Lastname	Siġeweard	siġe	weard
Shelley	⚥	Lastname	Ṡċylflēah	ṡċylf	lēah	Not wordlorely linked with the Irish name Shelley, which is from Irish Gaelic Sealbhaigh.
Shepherd	♂	Lastname	Cealfhierde	cealf	hierde
Shirley	⚥	Lastname	Ṡċīrlēah	ṡċīr	lēah
Sidney	⚥	Lastname	Sīdenēah	sīde	nēah	Also spelled: Sydney.
Stanley	♂	Lastname	Stānlēah	stān	lēah
Storm	⚥	Living	-	storm	-	Seems to first become a given name in the 20th Yhd. Not known to be a given name in Old English times.
Sunday	♀	Living	Sunnandæġ	sunne	dæġ
Theddild	♀	Revived	Þēodhild	þeod	hild
Thedrich	♂	Revived	Þēodrīc	þeod	rīċe	Kin with Old Low German Dederick, which yields Derek, Derreck, Derrick.
Thurstan	♂	Lastname	Þurstān	þur	stān	Also spelled: Thurston. The Old English name also yielded lastnames such as Duston and Dustin.
Tidbert	♂	Revived	Tīdbeorht	tīd	beorht
Tidbury	♀	Revived	Tīdburg	tīd	burg
Tidfrith	♂	Revived	Tīdfriþ	tīd	friþ
Tortith	♀	Revived	Torhtgȳþ	torht	gȳþ
Tuesday	⚥	Living	Tīwesdæġ			Anglish spelling: Tewsday.
Uhtred	♂	Fossilised	Ūhtrǣd	ūt	rǣd	Borne by Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Bernard Cornwell’s ‘Saxon Series’, built on the life of Utred the Bold of the 11th Yhd and the happenings of Alfred the Great. See also: Outred.
Upton	♂	Lastname	Upptūn	upp	tūn
Wade	♂	Lastname	Wada	wadan	-
Waldar	♂	Revived	Wealdhere	weald	here
Walden	♂	Lastname	Wealdene	wealh	denu
Walder	♂	Lastname	Wald	wald	-
Walker	♂	Lastname	Wealcere	wealc	-
Warbury	♀	Revived	Wærburg	waru	burg
Ward	♂	Lastname	Wearda	weard	-
Warthrith	♀	Revived	Wærþrȳþ	waru	þrȳþ
Wayland	♂	Lastname	Welhand	wel	hand
Welthrith	♀	Revived	Wealhþrȳþ	wealh	þrȳþ
Wesley	♂	Lastname	Westlēah	west	lēah
Whitley	⚥	Lastname	Hwītlēah	hwīt	lēah
Whitney	⚥	Lastname	Hwītnēah	hwīt	nēah
Widsith	♂	Revived	Wīdsīþ	wīd	sīþ
Wilfled	♀	Revived	Wilflǣd	will	flǣd
Wilfrith	♂	Lastname	Wilfriþ	will	friþ
Willelm	♂	Revived	Wilhelm	will	helm	Can also be spelled: Wilhelm. Overtaken by its Norman match, William.
Wilnoth	♀	Revived	Wilnōþ	will	nōþ
Winfled	♀	Revived	Wynnflǣd	wynn	flǣd
Witbury	♀	Revived	Wihtburg	with	burg
Witfled	♀	Revived	Wihtflǣd	with	flǣd
Wolf	♂	Living	Wulfa , Offa	wulf	-
Wolfled	♀	Revived	Wulfflǣd	wulf	flǣd
Wolfgar	♂	Revived	Wulfgār	wulf	gār
Wolfroun	♀	Lastname	Wulfrūn	wulf	rūn	The name died out as a given name but lives on as the English Lastname Wolfroun.
Wolswith	♀	Revived	Wulfswīþ	wulf	swīþ
Wolthrith	♀	Revived	Wulfþrȳþ	wulf	þrȳþ
Wolver	♀	Revived	Wulfwaru	wulf	waru
Wolvin	⚥	Revived	Wulfwine ♂ , Wolfwynn ♀	wulf	wine , wynn
Wolvith	♀	Revived	Wulfgȳþ	wulf	gȳþ
Wolvive	♀	Revived	Wulfġifu	wulf	ġifu
Wybury	♀	Revived	Wīġburg	wīġ	burg
Wyswith	♀	Revived	Wīġswīþ	wīġ	swīþ
Yardley	⚥	Lastname	Ġeardlēah	ġeard	lēah
Yenbald	♂	Revived	Ġēanbald	gēan	beald
Yenbert	♂	Revived	Ġēanbeorht	gēan	bert
Yenbury	♀	Revived	Ġēanburg	gēan	burg
Yenred	♂	Revived	Ġēanred	gēan	rǣd
Yenthrith	♀	Revived	Ġēanþrȳþ	gēan	þrȳþ

Names from Brythonic

Anglo-Celtic
Name	Kind	Whence	Notes
Cadmon	♂	Cædmon

Celtic
Name	Kind	Whence	Notes
Carey	⚥
Donald	♂	Domhnall
Douglas	♂
Kenneth	♂
Leslie	⚥
Owen	♂

Names from Greek & Latin

Greek & Latin
Name	Kind	Whence	Notes
Ayax	♂	Aiāx	kin: Ajax
Chester	♂	castrum
Fillip	♂	Φίλιππος	kin: Philip, Phil, Filippo, Philippe
Mark	♂	Marcus	kin: Marcus, Marco, Marcellus, Martin (The element 'Mark' found in English lastnames such as Markham is unrelated and comes from the Old English word mierċe, meaning a border/edge, as in the land of Mercia -- the historical Borderlands between England and Wales, and The Mark from Tolkien's writings.)
Louk?	♂	Lūcās	kin: Luke, Lucas, Luca
Yason	♂	Ιάσων	kin: Jason, Giasone

Names from Hebrew & Aramaic

Hebrew & Aramaic
Name	Kind	Whence	Notes
Benyamin	‎♂	בִּנְיָמִין	kin: Benjamin, Ben
Yakob	♂	Iacob	kin: James, Jacob, Jack, Jacques, Iago, Jeb, Giacomo, Seamus, Jim, Josephine
Yesu	‎♂‎	יֵשׁוּע	kin: Joshua, Jesus
Yohanna	♀	Iohanna	kin: Jean, Joan, Johanna, Siobhán, Joana
Yohannes	♂	Iohannes	kin: John, Johan, Hans, Giovanni, Jean, Juan, Evan, Ian, Ivan

Making Your Own Name

The following is a hoard of words that are often found in English bindnames. (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 (“rich”, “beloved”) with a noun (“hill”, “rose”, “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 wepmanly (♂) 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.

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 wepmanly (♂), womanly (♀), or shared (⚥) 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 wepmanly name, as it was meant to show kinship, but it has since shifted to mostly a womanly 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 brackets if they might need to be swapped or dropped.

Naming Words

OE Shape	Kind	Foreword	Afterword	Background
acer	♂	Acker-	-aker	An acre, field, a tiller, tilled land.
āc	♂	Oak-		An oak tree, or tall, or strong.
ād	♂	*Ad-		A bonfire, a fire great enough to burn bones.
æġel	⚥	Ail-		An atheling, highborn, or leaderly, or righteous. (A late offshoot of OE æþel.)
ǣġen	⚥	Ain-		One’s own, beholden only to oneself.
æl	⚥	*Al-		All, full, whole, or everyone.
ælf	⚥	Al(f/v)-, El(f/v)-	-alf, -elf	An elf, someone smart, crafty, or handsome.
æṡċ	⚥	Ash-		An ash tree, or the World Tree, or the first man. (Ash [Askr] in Germanic folklore was the first Man, along with the first woman, Elm [Embla].)
æt	♂	At-		At, on, near to.
æþel	⚥	Athel-, Ethel-		An atheling, highborn, or leaderly, or righteous.
amal	⚥	Amal-		Bold, hardworking, or of the Amalings.
ān	⚥	An-		One, or alone.
and	♂	*An-		Back, against, wither, over, or without.
angel-, engel-, ingel-	⚥	Engl-		English, Anglo-Saxon, or an angler, or an angle. (They all spring from a shared root meaning of “an angle”, as in “a hook”.)
anġen	♂	*Onyen-		Ongoing, forward, or against, or to come again.
bær	♂	Bar-		Bare, naked.
bær	♂	Bar-		Barley.
bār	♂	Bor-	-bur	A boar, a wild swine.
beadu	⚥	*Bad-		To beat, fight.
bēag	♂	Bag-		Bent, like a bight, bow, or ring.
beald	⚥	Bald-	-bald	Bold, strong, lordly, or the Bold god.
bēan	♂	Ban-		A bean, or bean-tiller.
bearn	⚥		*-barn	A barn, a child.
bec, bæċ	♂	Beck-		A beck, beach, brook, or stream.
bēd	♂	*Bede-	*-bede	To ask, bid, beseech; or a worshipping bead.
bēo	⚥	*Bee-		A bee, honey-maker; or busy.
beofer	⚥	Bever-		A beaver; or busy, hardworking.
beonet	♂	Bent-		Bent, a strong, stiff grass.
beorg	♂	*Ber-	*-bery	A barrow, berg, hill, mound.
beorht	⚥	Bert-	-bert	Bright, fair, beloved, shining.
beorn, bera	⚥	Bern-	-bern	A bear; or a strong man or woman. (The words for “bear” and “man” blended together in names, since the OE word beorn [man] took the same shape as the Frankish word beorn [bear].)
bēt	⚥	*Bet-	*-bet	Better, great, good, well.
bill	⚥	*Bill-	*-bill	Bill-like, sharp, smart, an edge, a sword.
birċe	♂	Berk-		A birch tree, or field of birch.
blæc	⚥	Black-		Black, dark, swart; or deep; or dirty; or evil.
blīc	⚥	*Blick-		Blick, shining, beloved.
blīþ	⚥	*Blith-		Blithe, bliss, gladness, happiness.
bod	♂	*Bod-	*-bode	To bode, tell, ask.
bord	⚥		-bord	A board, shield.
bōt	♂	*Bot-	*-boot	To boot, help, free; eke to.
brād	♂	Brad-		Broad, wide, deep, open.
brand	⚥	Brand-	-brand	A brand, fire, light, or sword.
breġu	⚥	*Brey-		Strong, leaderly, shining, beloved.
brōc	⚥	Brock-	-brook	A brook, stream.
brocc	♂	Brock-		A brock, or earth-dweller.
brōm	♂	Brom-		Broom, sedge, underwood, a besom.
brord	♂	Brod-		A brad, spike, spear, arrow, thin blade.
brūn	⚥	Bron-	*-brown	Brown, dark, or a bear.
bryċġ	⚥	Bridge-		A bridge.
bryne	♂	Bren-		Burning, fiery, hot-blooded.
bucca	♂	Buck-		A buck, a goat or hart.
burg	⚥	Bur-	-bury	A borough, a strong, walled town.
burne	♂	Burn-	-burn	A burn, stream, brook, spring.
byrne	♂	Burn-		A burne/byrnie, shieldwea, shield; shelter.
cæd	♂	*Cad-		A boat, or a seaman.
cald	♂	Cald-		Cold, wintry.
camb	♂		-comb	A comb, a hollow, or a narrow dale.
cār	♂		-car	Careful, burdened, or worried.
ċead	♂	Chad-		(Of unknown spring. Maybe an Old English borrowing of the Brythonic word 'kad', meaning fightlock.)
ċealc	⚥	Chel-		Chalk; white.
cealf	♂	Cal(f/v)-		A calf, a young cow.
cēne	♂	Ken-		Keen, bold, fit.
cent	♂	Kent-		The land of Kent.
ċēol	⚥	*Chel-		Of a ship’s keel, a ship, or a sailor. (The ‘hard k’ found in keel was shaped by inflow from Old Norse.)
ċeorl	⚥	*Cherl-	*-cherl	A churl, a freeman, a bower. (A churl in olden times was an everyday free-man, above a thew, but not of high standing.) (The name was seldom borne even in Old English times. Most likely all living names with Charl- / Charles are from the French borrowing.)
ċild	⚥		-child	A child, youthful.
ċirċe	♂	Church-	-church	A church. (Kin with the Northern word 'Kirk', likely shaped by Norse inflow .)
clǣġ	♂	Clay-		Clay, sticky earth.
clif	♂	Cli(f/v)-	-cliff	A cliff, headland, or stone.
clȳd	♂	Clyde-		Clean, or to cleanse.
cniht	♂	Knight-		A knight, righteous wye, fighter, or a boy.
cnof	♂	*Knu(f/v)-		A knuff, churl, free-man, or boyish.
col	♂	Col-	-coal	Coal, dark, black, swarthy.
cote	♂	Cot-		A cote, house, dwelling.
cran	♂	Cran-		A crane, wading bird.
crāwe	⚥	Craw-		A crow; black; forboding.
croft	♂	Croft-	-croft	A croft, field, lea.
crumb	⚥	Crom-		Bent, hooked.
cume	⚥		-combe	To come, happen, arise.
cūþ	⚥	Cuth-		Couth, well-known, or beloved. (Couth has an older meaning of “well-known”.)
cweld	♂	*Queld- ( Cweld- )		To quell, stop, kill, or death, ending, evening. (As 'Qu-' is from French inflow, this could be spelled as Cweld- for a more inborn spelling.)
cwēn	♀	Quen- ( Cwen- )		Queenly, leaderly, or womanly, wifely. (A queen in olden times meant not only a king’s wife, but the same as “lady” or “woman” does today.) (As 'Qu-' is from French inflow, this could be spelled as Cwen- for a more inborn spelling.)
cwic	♂	Quick- ( Cwick- )		Quick, lively, or speedy. (As 'Qu-' is from French inflow, this could be spelled as Cwick- for a more inborn spelling.)
cyne	♂	Kin-		Of the kin, theed, folk, or kingly, leaderly. (The words kin, and kind, are from the same rootword cynn which meant “folk” or “strain”. King comes from cynning [leader of the kin] and was shortened to cyne in names. These therefore often get lumped together.)
cynning	♂	King-		See: cyne.
cytel	♂	*Kell-	*-kell	A holy kettle, or a helm, headwear.
dæd	♂	*Ded-		A deed, or a doer.
dæġ	⚥	Day-	-day	The day, bright, shining.
dæl	♂	Dale-	-dale	A dale, dell, a hollow, land between hills.
deal	♂	Dal-		Proud, a blowhard.
dell	⚥	Dell-	-dell	A dell, small dale, hollow, land between hills.
dene	♂	Dan-	-dan	Danish.
denu	⚥		-den	A dene, dale, hollow, or a being’s den. (-den is often blended with -don, meaning a “down” or “hill”, as in names like Snowdon/Snowden.)
dēor	⚥	Der-	-der	A roe deer, any wild being, or bold. (Deer in olden times meant any wild being.)
dēore	⚥	Dar-		Dear, beloved.
dod	♂	*Dod-		Naked, or without.
dōm	⚥	*Dom-	-dom	Doom, outcome, or something foretold.
drēam	⚥	*Dream-		To dream, or happiness, or song.
drȳġe	♂	Dry-		Dry.
dryht	♂	*Drit-		A dright, a band of fighters, a folk, or a leader.
dūn	♂	Dun-	-don	A down, dune, a hill. (The -don shape is often blended with -den, meaning a “dene" or “hollow”, as in names like Snowdon/Snowden.)
dunn	♂	Dun-		Dun, dark, brown, or black.
dūru	♂	Dur-		A door, an opening.
ēad	⚥	Ed-		Wealth, riches, a gift, or happiness.
eald	⚥	Al(d)-, El(d)-		Old, elderly, wise, learned.
ealh	⚥	Al(c)-		A holyhall, shelter.
ēan	⚥	*Ean-		To yean, eke, breed, yield, or bloom.
earn	♂	Ern-		An erne, bird, seabird, or flight.
ēast	♂	East-		East, the rising sun.
ēast	⚥	East-		East, shining, the rising sun.
ēaster	⚥	Easter-		The god of yeaning, the rising sun in the East.
eċġ	⚥	Eg-		An edge, sword, or smart, sharp.
eofer	⚥	Ever-		A boar.
eoh	⚥	*E-		A horse, or horse-rider.
eorcon	⚥	*Erken-		Shining, or dear, or great, or the god Tiw.
eormen	⚥	*Ermen-		Great, strong, or endless, or the god Woden. (Armin, as found in the name Irminsul, “the World Tree”, was also likely a nickname for the god Woden. The Norse name for the World Tree, Yggdrasil, comes from Ygg’s- “Woden’s” -drasil “horse/hanging-tree”.)
eorp	♂	Erp-		Swarthy, or brown.
eorþe	♂	Ard-		Earth, land, homeland.
fæġer	⚥	Fair-		Fair, handsome, light.
fær	⚥	Far-	-(f/v)are	To fare, wander.
fæst	⚥	*Fast-		Fast, set, strong, true.
fearn	♂	Fern-		A fern.
feld	♂	Field-	-(f/v)ield	A field, croft, lea.
fenn	♂	Fen-		A fen, a marshland.
ferhþ	♂	*Ferth-	*-(f/v)erth	Mind, soul, heart.
flǣd	♀	Fled-	-(f/v)led	Fair, pretty, beloved.
flēot	⚥	Fleet-		Floating; or a fleet of ships; a harbour; a sailor.
folc	⚥	*Folk-	-(f/v)olk	The folk, theed, one’s kinsmen.
ford	♂	Ford-	-(f/v)ord	A ford, water-faring.
frēa	♂	*Fre-	*-frey	A lord, or the god of yeaning Frey Ingwin.
frenc	♂	Frank-		A Frank, or freedom, or a freeman.
frēo	♂	Free-		Free, frithful, or beholden to no one.
friþ	⚥	Frith-	-(f/v)rith	Free, frithful, sheltered.
frōd	♂	*Frod-		Frood, old, wise, learned.
fugol	♂	Ful-		A fowl, or any bird.
full	♂	Ful-		Full, whole.
fūs	⚥		*-(f/v)ouse	Fouse, keen, bold, ready.
gād	♂	Gad-		A gad, a gore, a spear, or a sharp stick.
gang	♂	Gang-	-gang	To go, to fare. (As in a gangway.)
gār	⚥	Gar-	-gar	A gore, spear, or three-sided thing.
ġēan	⚥	*Yen-		To go; or go back again. (The 'hard g' in again was likely shaped by Norse inflow.)
ġeard	⚥	Yard-	-(y)ard	A yard, field, or the stakes that bind them. (Yard shares same root as garđr “garth” in ON Miđgarđr “Middle-Yard” or “Middle-Earth”.)
ġeat	⚥	*Yat-		A gate, an opening. (The ‘hard g’ found at the start of the living English word for gate was shaped by inflow from Old Norse.)
ġeld	♀	*Yild-	*-(y)eld	Golden, gilded, worthy, or yielding. (The ‘hard g’ found at the start of the living English word for gold/gild was shaped by inflow from Old Norse.)
ġeong	⚥	*Young-		Young, new, youthful.
ġifu	♀		*-(y)ive	A gift. (The ‘hard g’ found at the start of the living word was shaped by inflow from Old Norse.)
ġīls	⚥	*Yils-	*-(y)ils	See: ġīsel.
ġīsel	⚥	*Yisl-	*-(y)isl	A guest, or someone held in oath. (A ġīsel in Anglo-Saxon times was often a child of a king or lord held in trust against another.)
glæd	⚥	Glad-		Glad, happy, shining, blessed.
god	⚥	God-		A god, or the God (Yahweh).
gōd	⚥	Good-	-good	Good, worthy, a gift.
græs	⚥	Gres-		Grass, or an open field.
grim	♂	Grim-	-grim	Grim, sharp, bitter, stern.
grund	♂	Gra-		Ground, crushed, grit.
gūþ	⚥	*Guth-	*-(g)uth	A fight, a fighter, or fightlock. (As in Guthlock.)
gȳþ	♀		-(g)ith	A fight, a fighter, or fightlock. (As in Edith.)
hād	⚥		*-hood	A kind, a way of being (-hood).
hǣlþ	⚥	*Hal-		Healthy, whole.
hǣst	♂	*Hest-		Anger, storm, madness.
hǣþ	♂	Hath-	-(h)eath	A heather shrub, a heath, or wild lands.
hǣþen	♂	Heathen-		A heathen, believer in the old gods, or wild.
hām	♂	Ham-	-(h)am	A home, dwelling, homestead, or town.
hamel	♂	Hamil-		Broken, rough.
hand	♂	Hand-		Hand, strength, shelter, leadership.
hār	♂	Hor-		Hoary, grey, old, wise, beloved.
hara	♂	Hare-		A hare, coney, bunny.
heaþu	♀	*Had-		A fight, a fighter, or fightlock.
hēafod	♂	Head	-(h)ead	Head, hair, mind, soul.
hēah	♂	Hey-		High, above, leaderly, beloved.
heald	♂	Hold-	-(h)old	To hold, or friendly, or watchful.
healf	♂	Half-		Half, split.
heall	♂	Hall-	-(h)all	A hall, building, dwelling.
heard	♂	Hard-		Hard, strong, stern, leaderly.
heġ	⚥	Hay-		Hay, grass, fodder.
helm	⚥	Helm-	-(h)elm	Helm, shelter, shielding, shieldwear.
help	⚥	*Help-		Help, uplifting.
heorot	♂	Hart-		A hart, stag, roe deer.
heoru	♂	*Her-		A sword, an edge, or sharpness.
here	⚥	Har-	*-(h)er	A here, body of fighters.
hierde	⚥		-(h)erd	A herder, a shepherd.
hild	⚥	Hild-	-(h)ild	A fight, hild, a fighter, or fightlock.
hlǣw	♂	Low-	-low	A low, a hill.
hlūd	♂	*Lud-		Loud, well-heard, or well-known.
hlūd	♂	*Lud-		Loud, well-heard, or well-known.
hol	⚥	Hol-		A hole, a hollow; deep.
horh	⚥	Hor-		Hore, earth, mud; filth, unclean.
hramsan	⚥	Ram-		Ramsons, wild garlic.
hræfn	♂	Ren-	*-ren	A raven, watchful, foreboding.
hrēod	♂	Rid-		Reed, rush, watery grass.
hrōþ	♂	Roth-	-roth	Great, well-known, beloved.
hryċġ	♂	Ridge-	-ridge	A ridge, row of hills, or a spine.
hūn	⚥	*Hun-	*-(h)oun	A young bear, or a child.
hunt	⚥	Hunt-		A hunter, or hound, wolf.
hwæt	♂	What-		Quick, lively, bold.
hwǣte	♂	Wheat-		Wheat, grain.
hwīt	⚥	Whit-		White, shining, bright, fair, beloved.
hyge	♂	Hy-		High, thought, understanding, mindful. (As in Ođinn’s raven Huginn.)
hyll	♂	Hill-	-(h)ill	A hill, a down, mound or barrow.
hyse, hysi	♂	His-	-(h)is	A young man, a fighter.
hȳþ	⚥	*Hy	-eth	A hithe, haven, wharf.
iċ	⚥		-ich	I, the self, awareness.
īeġ	⚥	Ey-		An island. (The “s” spelling in “island” was put in by writers who mistakenly likened the word to the Latin word “isle”.)
ing	♂		-ing	Belonging to, or a child of.
Ing(wine)	♂	Ing-		The god Frey (Lord) Ingwin. Yeanful, bearing.
īren	♂	Iron-	-iron	Iron, hard, strong, steadfast.
lāc	♂	Lock-	-lock	A godly gift, or beloved, or playful, or a deed or way of being (as in wedlock).
lāf	♂	La(f/v)-	-lof	Who is left, a afterbear, follower, an erve.
land	♂	Land-	-land	Land, earth, a folkdom.
lang	♂	Lang-		Long, tall.
lēac	⚥	Lay-		A leek, spring.
lēah	⚥	Le-	-ley	A lea, field.
lēod	♂	*Led-		The lede, folk, theed, or a kinsman.
lēof	⚥	Le-	-leaf	Lief, beloved, dear, a leman.
lid	♂	*Lid-	-lid	To lithe, a wayfarer/seafarer, or a ship or wain.
locc	⚥		-lock	A lock of hair.
lufu	♀		*-love	Beloved, fair, lovely.
mǣd	⚥	Med-		A meadow.
mæġen	♂	Main-		Main, mighty, great.
mǣr	♂	Mer-	-mer	Mere, great, well-known, couth.
mæþel	♂	*Mathel-		Meetly, talkative, friendly, bringing together.
mann	♂	Man	-man	A man, a fighter, strong.
marṡċ	♂	Mars-		A marsh.
mearc	♂	Mark-		A mark, or a march, a spot or edge.
mere	⚥	Mar-	-more	A mere, sea, stream or any body of water.
miht	⚥	*Mit-		Mighty, great, strong, beloved.
mild	♀	Mild-		Mild, soft, mellow.
mōd	♂	*Mod-	-mood	Mood, soul, mind, heart.
mōna	⚥	Mon-		The Moon.
mōr	♂	Mor-		A moor, fen, marsh, swamp.
mūnd	♂	Mound-	-mund	A mound, march, shelter, hand, strength.
mȳþe	♂	My-		The mouth of a stream.
nēah	⚥		-ney	Nigh, near, or an island.
nēowe	♂	New-		New, young.
nīþ	♂	Nith-	*-nithe	Nithe, hatred.
norþ	♂	North-		North.
nōþ	⚥	*Noth-	*-noth	Bold, daring, ready.
ōht	♂	*Ot-		Fear, foe, doom, weird.
ord	♂	Ord-		An ord, a spear-tip.
ōs	⚥	Os-		One of the gods (Ese), the god Woden, or speech. (Ese is the English kin to the Norse word Æsir. The word Os is also linked with speech and Woden, the god of words and wisdom.)
pīl	♂	Pil-		A pile, spike, spear, arrow.
pinn	♂	Pen-		A pin, something stuck out, such as a cliff or ridge.
pleġ	♂	Play-		Playing, quick, lively.
port	⚥		-port	A port, a haven.
rǣd	⚥	Red-	-red	Rede, reading, telling, understanding, wisdom.
rāhā	♂	Ray-		A roe deer.
ramm	♂	Ram-		A ram, a sheep.
rand	♂	Rand-		A rand, an edge, a shield-rim.
rāw	♂		-row	A row, string.
rēad	⚥	Red-	-red	Red, ruddy; fiery.
reġn	♂	Rain-		To set right, to lead, to give rede or reading.
rīċ	♂	Rich-	-rich	Rich, wealthy, leaderly.
rōse	♀	Rose-		A rose blossom.
rud	♂	Rud-		A rudd fish; ruddy, red.
rūh	♂	Row-		Rough, furrowed.
rūn	♀	*Roun-	-roun	Rouns, the unknown, riddle, understanding. (The rouns, or runes, were seemingly otherwordly markings that came to the English before the Latin staffrow. Roun means “something hidden”.)
ryġe	⚥	Ry-		Rye grain.
ryṡċ	♂	Rush-		Rush, marsh-grass.
sǣ	⚥	Sea-	-sea	The sea, or any body of water.
sand	♂	Sand-	-sand	Sand, grit.
ṡċeaft	♂	Shaft-		A shaft, spear.
ṡċeaga	♂		-shaw	Shaw, thicket.
ṡċealc	♂	Shalk-	-shalk	A shalk, man, fellow, helper, sailor, fighter. (A shalk in olden times could be a bondman or a man of low standing who might work or go to fight.)
ṡċēap	♂	Shep-		Sheep, lamb, shy, weak.
ṡċio	⚥		-shoe	A shoe, clothing, sheath.
ṡċīr	⚥	Sher-		Sheer, shining, bright, fair, white, beloved.
ṡċylf	⚥	Shel-		A shelf, slope, floor.
seax	⚥	Sax-	-sex	A sax knife, sword, or a Saxon.
sele	⚥	Sel-		A great hall or house.
setl	♂		-set	A settle, stead, dwelling, land.
sīde	⚥	Sid-		Side, edge, long, wide.
siġe	⚥	Se(y)-	-sey	Sey, winning, shining.
sīþ	♂	*Sith-	*-sithe	Wayfaring, outing, wandering.
smiþ	♂	Smith-	-smith	A smith, craftsman.
snāw	⚥	Snow-		Snow, white, fair, or cold, wintry.
stān	♂	Stan-	-stan	A stone, hard, strong, steadfast.
stede	♂	Stead-	-stead	A stead, land, dwelling, town, or steadfast.
stī	♂	Ste-		A sty, house, hall. (As in a pig sty, or a steward.)
stīrk	♂	Strick-		A stirk, steer, bull.
stocc	♂	Stock-	-stock	A stock, tree stump, or stead.
stōw	⚥		-stow	A spot to stow something, a stead.
strǣt	♂	Strat-		A street, road, way.
sumer	⚥	Summer-		Summer, warm, sunny.
sunne	♀	Sun-		The sun; bright, shining.
sunu	♂		-son	A son of.
sūþ	♂	South-		South.
swefn	♂	Swe(f/v)-		Asweve, asleep, dead.
swīn	♂	Swin-		A swine, pig, boar.
swīþ	⚥	*Swith-	*-swith	Swithe, true, strong, healthy.
þanc	♂	Thank-	-thank	To think, thoughtful, thankful, mindful, smart.
þeġn	♂	Thane-	-thane	A thane, leader, fighter, man. (A thane in Anglo-Saxon times was a free man of high standing. He was often a leader of fighting men.)
þēod	⚥	*Thed-		The theed, folk, lede, kinsmen, land.
þēow	♂	Thew-		A thew, worker, helper, thrall, bondman. (A thew in Anglo-Saxon times was a lowly working bondman, owned by another man.)
þing	♂	Thing-		A thing, being, self, or deed, or meeting.
þorn	♂	Thorn-		A thorn, spiked bush, or rough.
þorp	♂	Thorp-	-thorp	A thorp, town, or throng, one who brings together.
þrīst	♂		*-thrist	Bold, daring.
þrȳþ	⚥	*Thrith-	-thrith	Thrith, strength, the god and daughter of the Thunder god. (Thrith in Germanic folklore is a god born from the god of Thunder [Thor] and his wife, Sib [Sif].)
þuner	♂	Thur-		Thunder, the god of Thunder (Thor) and the working man.
þur	♂	Thur-		See: þuner.
tīd	⚥	*Tid-		Tide, time, happening.
til	♂	Til-		Tilled, good, fit.
Tīr-	♂	Tir-		Shining, beloved, great, the one-handed god Tue. (Tue comes from a word meaning “shining one”, from the same rootword as deity, Deus and Zeus.)
Tīw	♂	Tue-, Tew-		Shining, beloved, great, the one-handed god Tue. (Tue comes from a word meaning “shining one”, from the same rootword as deity, Deus and Zeus.)
torht	⚥	*Tort-		Bright, shining, beloved, watchful.
trēow	♂	Trow-		A tree, tall, strong.
trīewe	♂	True-	-true	True, trustworthy, troth.
trym	♂	Trim-		Trim, fit, strong, sound.
tūn	♂	Town-	-ton	A town, dwelling or yard.
twīġe	♂	Twy		Twice, two, a twin.
ūht	♂	*Ut-	*-out	Dawn, dusk, twilight, daybreak.
upp	♂	Up-		Up, above.
wacu	⚥	Wake-		Awake, watchful, lively.
wad	♂	Wad-		To wade, wayfare, or water, or the god Wade.
wād	⚥	Od-		Woad, blue.
weġ	♂	Way-	-(w)ay	A way, road, or to wayfare, wander.
wæl	⚥	*Wal-		Death, slaughter. (Wal is found in words such as Woden’s Walhall “hall of the slain” and Walkyries “choosers of the slain”.
wæter	⚥	Water-	-water	Water, sea, steam, flow.
wald	♂	Wald-	-(w)ald	A wold, woodland.
wand	⚥	*Wand-		To wander, wayfare, or wend, turn.
waru	♀	War-	*-(w)are	Aware, watchful, wise.
wealcan	♂	Walk-		To walk, tread, step, fare.
weald	♂	Wald-	-(w)ald	Wielding, strength, leadership, lordly.
wealh	⚥	Wel-	*-wel	Welsh, an outsider, or bondman. (Welsh was a word once borne for any non-Germanic outsider, not only the Welsh folkdom of today. It was often borne in a manner of ill-will.)
weard	♂	Ward-	-(w)ard	A ward, watchman, keeper, leader, lord, or strong.
wel	⚥	Wel-		Well, good, fit, strong.
weliġ	♂	Wil-		A willow tree, tall, strong.
wēoh	♂	*Wee-		Blessed, hallowed, the soul. (One of the three shapes that make up the All-father: Wode (see Wod-), Will (see Wil-) and Wee. As in Ođinn, Vili & Vē.)
wer	♂	War-		A weir, dam.
west	♂	West-		West, the setting sun.
wiċ	♂	Wick-	-(w)ich, -(w)ick	A wick, town, dwelling, homestead, or haven, bay.
wīd	♂	Wid-	-(w)ide	Wide, far.
wīf	♀		*-(w)ife	Wife, woman, lady. (A wife in olden times meant the same as“woman” or “lady” does today. “Woman” is a shortening of “wife-man”, where “man” means our kind as a whole, and our other half is a “weapon-man” or “were-man”.)
wīġ	⚥	Wy-	-wy	A fight, a fighter, or fightlock, wye.
wiht	⚥	*Wit-	-wight	A wight, an elf, ghost, a man, or any living being.
wilde	♂	Wild-	-(w)ild	Wild, free, carefree, unbroken.
will	⚥	Wil-		Will, want, wish, yearning. (One of the three shapes that make up the All-father: Wode (see Wod-), Will and Wee (see Wee-). As in Ođinn, Vili & Vē.)
wille	♂	Wel-		A well, spring, stream.
wine	⚥	Win-	-win	Winner, friendly, or work, or want, or gladness. (Blended with womanly OE wynn. Win springs from an old word which split into sundry meanings, the main being “to wish”.) See also: wynn.
winter	♂	Went-		Winter, cold, dark.
winter	♂	Went-		Winter, cold, dark.
wīse	♀		*-(w)ise	Wise, smart, or a way of being.
wōd	⚥	*Wod-		Wode, madness, insight, song, the god Woden. (Wode, meaning “madness” or “insight”, springs from the same root as the name of the god Woden/Ođinn. One of the three shapes that make up the All-father: Wode, Will (see Wil-) and Wee (see Wee-). As in Ođinn, Vili & Vē.)
worþ	♂		-(w)orth	A yard, tilled land, homestead.
wudu	♂	Wood-	-(w)ood	Woods, woodland.
wulf	⚥	Wol(f/v)-	-wolf	A wolf, hound, or hunter.
wynn	⚥	Win-	-win	Winner, friendly, or work, or want, or gladness. (Blended with wepmanly OE wine. Win springs from an old word which split into sundry meanings, the main being “to wish”.) See also: wine.

Groundwork

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