Mix and Match Anglo-Saxon

Baby Name Games
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[name_u]Laurence[/name_u] and [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] Whitby are both professors of Anglo-[name_m]Saxon[/name_m] history. They have found names for their six children using traditional Anglo-[name_m]Saxon[/name_m] naming conventions. [name_u]Flip[/name_u] a coin to find the gender of each child - heads for a girl, tails for a boy. Choose the first element of the name from the first list (these are unisex). Combine this with an element from the second list (these are gender specific). Middle names are your choice.

NB: This is a huge simplification of Anglo-[name_m]Saxon[/name_m] naming conventions! Not all the combinations will result in authentic Anglo-[name_m]Saxon[/name_m] names but some of them will.

List One:
Aethel-, Leof-, Aelf-, Ead-, Frithu-, [name_m]Wulf[/name_m]-, Sige-, [name_m]Wil[/name_m]-, [name_m]Raed[/name_m]-, Deor-

List Two (boys):

  • behrt, -raed, -wine, -ric, -mund, -fred,- weard, -stan, -wulf, -fric

List Two (girls)

  • flaed,-gifu,-thryth,-wynn, -hild, -burh, -gyth, -leofu, -waru, -swith
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[name_u]Laurence[/name_u] Whitby
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] Whitby

DS - Aethelwine [name_u]Laurence[/name_u]
DD - Raedleofu Edelyn
DS - Deorfred [name_m]Xander[/name_m]
DD - Frithuhild [name_f]Romola[/name_f]
DS - Aelfmund [name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
DD - Sigeflaed [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]

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Frithuwynn [name_f]Georgina[/name_f] (13)
[name_m]Eadmund[/name_m] [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] (11)
Sigebehrt [name_m]Alistair[/name_m] (9)
Raedswith [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] (8)
Wulfric [name_m]Otto[/name_m] (6)
Deorhild [name_f]Flora[/name_f] (3)