Anglo-Saxon Baby Names

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641 names found


Aidan


Unisex

Anglo-Saxon Celtic Gaelic Irish

Name of a saint. Fire. Little fire, ardent. Aidan was popular in Ireland in the 7th century after the famous Irish monk Aidan, and was revived in the early 19th century. Warm; little fire. A masculine variant of Eshne from Irish Gaelic.


Aiken


Boy

Anglo-Saxon English

Oaken.


Aisley


Unisex

Anglo-Saxon English

Dwells at the ash tree meadow. Lives in the ash tree grove.


Aisly


Girl

Anglo-Saxon

Dwells at the ash tree meadow.


Albinus


Boy

Anglo-Saxon Latin

Name of an abbot. White.


Alden


Boy

Anglo-Saxon English

Defender. From the Old English Ealdwine meaning old friend. A common name in the Middle Ages. Also wise friend, or from the old manor.


Aldhelm


Boy

Anglo-Saxon English

Name of a bishop. From the Old English Ealdhelm, meaning old helmet, common until the Norman Conquest, and revived in the 19th century.


Aldred


Boy

Anglo-Saxon English

Old advisor. From the Old English Ealdraed, meaning old counsel. Aldred was common before the Norman Conquest, and revived in the 19th century. Wise or red haired man.


Aldwyn


Boy

Anglo-Saxon English

Defender. From the Old English Ealdwine meaning old friend. A common name in the Middle Ages.Wise friend.


Alfred


Unisex

Anglo-Saxon English Swedish Teutonic

Name of a king. Sage; wise; elvin. From the Old English Aelfraed, meaning elf counsel. Also from Ealdfrith or Alfrid, meaning old peace. Wise. Supernaturally wise.


Algar


Boy

Anglo-Saxon English

Noble spearman. From the Old English name Aelfgar, meaning elf spear. Algar was common in the Middle Ages, and developed into the surname Elgar.


Alger


Boy

Anglo-Saxon German English Teutonic

Noble spearman. From the Old English name Aelfgar, meaning elf spear.In the 1930s, American government official Alger Hiss was accused of spying for the USSR. Noble spear.


Almund


Boy

Anglo-Saxon

Defender of the temple.