Aethelred
Learned borrowing from Old English Æþelræd, Æðelred, from æþele (“noble”) + rǣd (“counsel, advice”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
old english names
Explore names with source-linked origins, etymologies, and pronunciations. Open a name to see its language context and regional pronunciation variants.
Explore names by language and tradition163 names · Page 1 of 3. Origin labels follow the cited name sense; earlier roots and uncertain meanings are explained on each name page.
Alden
From Old English Ealdwine, from eald (“old”) + wine (“friend”); equivalent to Alwin. In some cases a variant of Haldane.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Aldith
From Old English eald (“old”) + gūþ (“battle”)
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Aldous
Short form of Old English compound given names beginning with the element eald (“old”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Aldwyn
From Old English Ealdwine (literally “old friend”)
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Aldwyth
From Old English eald (“old”) + gūþ (“battle”)
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Aldyth
From Old English eald (“old”) + gūþ (“battle”)
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Alfred
From Middle English Alfred, from Old English Ælfrǣd, from ælf (“elf”) + rǣd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfredo and Avery. Equivalent to elf + rede. The modern pronunciation with…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Alfredas
Learned borrowing from Latin Alfredus, from Old English Ælfræd, from Proto-West Germanic *Albirād. Compare Latvian Alfrēds.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Almer
Rare variant of Aylmer.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Alton
From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Alvin
From Old English Ælfwine, made up of ælf (“elf”) + wine (“friend”). Borrowed from English Alvin.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Alwena
Borrowed from Old English Æþelwine.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Alwin
From Old English Æþelwine, from æþel (“noble”) + wine (“friend”); partly merged with Ælfwine (“Alvin”, literally “elf friend”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Alwyn
A male given name from Old English, of rare usage, variant of Alwin. From Old English Æþelwine, from æþel (“noble”) + wine (“friend”), or from al (“great”) + gwyn (“white,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Ansley
From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Ashby
From Old English æsċ (“ashtree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Ashland
From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + land, equivalent to ash + land. Many places in the United States are named after Ashland, Henry Clay's estate.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Ashley
From Old English *Æsċlēah, composed of æsċ (“ash tree”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to Ash + -ley. Borrowed from English Ashley.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Ashton
From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Athelred
A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Æthelred, Aethelred, or Ethelred.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Audrey
From Middle English Aldreda, Etheldreda, from Old English Æþelþrȳþ (from æþele (“noble”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)). Borrowed from English Audrey. Borrowed from English Audrey.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Averil
A rare variant of the 7th century saint's name Everild, from Old English eofor (“boar”) + hild (“battle”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Avery
From Anglo-Norman Averay, Auveray, Alverey, from Latin Alveredus, Aluredus, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfred.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Aylmer
From Old English Æþelmǣr, from æþel (“noble”) + mǣre, mær (“famous”). Doublet of Elmer.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Barney
From either the Old English personal name Bera (genitive singular Beran) or from Old English beren (“growing with barley”) + īeġ (“island”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Barton
From Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Baxter
From Middle English bakster, bakestre, from Old English bæcestre (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -ster.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Berkeley
From Old English beorc (“birch”) + leah (“meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Beverley
From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Bexley
From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Brady
From Old English brād (“broad”) + ēage (“eye”) and brād (“broad”) + ēġ (“island”); or from Irish Ó Brádaigh.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Brandon
From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Doublet of Branton. From Irish Mac…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Browning
From Old English Brūning, a patronymic for a person nicknamed Brūn (“brown”) (see Brown). For the first half-century of their manufacturer, the majority of semi-automatic…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends G
Buck
* For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck. * Also as an English topographic surname, from Middle English buk (modern…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends K
Budd
From Old English Budda, a nickname of uncertain meaning.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends D
Camden
From Old English campas (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Chad
From Middle English Chadde, from Old English Ċeadda, of obscure meaning; name of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon saint, revived in the 20th century. The sense of “alpha male”…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends D
Chelsea
From Old English Ċealchȳþ, from cealc (“chalk”) + hȳþ (“landing place”).
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Chester
From Middle English Chestre, from Old English Ċeaster, from ċeaster (“a town or city, especially a Roman one”). The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the city in…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Clark
From Old English clerc (“clergyman; learned man”), whence also clerk.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends K
Clayton
From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Clifford
From Old English clif (“cliff”) + ford (“ford”), a dweller at the ford by the steep bank.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Colton
From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Compton
From Old English Cumbtūn. Equivalent to combe (“valley”) + -ton (“town”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Crofton
From Old English croft (“enclosure”) + tūn (“farmstead”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Cuthbert
Name of early English saints, from Old English Cūþbeorht (“brightly known, famous”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Dalton
From Old English dæl (“valley”) + tun (“settlement”). Equivalent to dale + town.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Darlington
From Middle English Dearnington, Derlinton, from Old English Dēornōþingtūn, supposedly “the settlement of Dēornōþ's people”, from an unclear root + -ing + tūn. Compare Old…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Darwin
From Middle English Darwin, Derwin, from Old English Dēorwine (“a given name”), composed of dēore (“dear”) + wine (“friend”). The city in Australia is named after Charles Darwin.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Denton
From Old English denu (“valley, den”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Devon
From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Digby
From Old English dīc (“dyke”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”). The town in Nova Scotia is named after admiral Robert Digby (1732 - 1815).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Dudley
From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Dunstan
From the name of a 10th century Archbishop of Canterbury, from Old English dunn (“dark”) + stān (“stone”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Éadbhard
From English Edward, from Old English Ēadweard.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Eamon
Borrowed from Irish Éamann (“Edmund”). Doublet of Edmund.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Easton
From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Aston.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Eda
From Old English ead (“riches”), also short for compound given names beginning thus, particularly Edith.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Edgar
From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir. Hairstyle named after Major League Baseball…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R