[name]Hi[/name], I am looking for a good long list of “old” names, maybe old english, that are not really heard of nowadays. Does that make sense? The important part is that they are not really used, but are in facts names. An example would be [name]Alaric[/name] or Pomeline. As many suggestions as you have are welcome.
Tobitha (female form of [name]Toby[/name])
[name]Maude[/name] (f)
[name]Wilhelmina[/name] (f)
[name]Jann[/name] (not sure)
Trientje (f)
Gunnild (f)
[name]Lazarus[/name]
Rezin (m)
All of these are from my family tree. Some are [name]German[/name].
Is that what you’re looking for at all?
My great-great grandmother’s middle name was Anjacovi. I don’t know what the origins are and I haven’t had any luck finding information on it.
I love Pomeline, but it is not Old English, it is French.
Here are some Anglo-[name]Saxon[/name] names I find usable for today:
[name]Alta[/name]
Birdesmond-[name]Birdie[/name] would be a cute nn
[name]Dunne[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Ethel[/name]
Etheldreda
[name]Godiva[/name]
Gytha
[name]Hilda[/name]
Hildelith
Leofwen
Merewyn
[name]Mildred[/name]
Nerienda
Osyth
Ricola
[name]Tola[/name]
Most of these are from my family tree, which is nearly 100% English American
Lura (f)
Genevra (f)
Georgianna (f)
Agnes (f)
Merle (m)
Eunice (f)
Keturah (f)
Gilbert (m)
Luther (m)
Bemsley (m)
Judith (f)
Dorcas (f)
Gideon (m)
Priscilla (f)
Ebenezer (m)
Bridget (f)
What about Jously (Jows-lee)? I have a friend who gave her daughter this name. I’m not exactly sure of the origin, but I think of it as a Medieval name.
There are some good suggestions up there… I thought of [name]Tacita[/name], which isn’t English but Latin, but I think it’s a lovely ancient name.
This is a Dutch name - Lambertha