We’re looking for Old English names (don’t know if we’re having a boy or girl in [name]August[/name]). I love all the -ley ending names ([name]Brinley[/name], [name]Radley[/name], [name]Hadley[/name], etc) but won’t use them as we’ve already got our boy, [name]Oakley[/name].
Our front-runners are [name]Ada[/name] for a girl and [name]Ford[/name] for a boy, but aren’t sure these are good enough. It’s important the names aren’t common nor hard to pronounce. Help!
[name]Amabel[/name], [name]Adele[/name], [name]Adela[/name], [name]Annora[/name], [name]Audrey[/name], [name]Avis[/name], Betony, [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Bryony[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Christabel[/name], [name]Constance[/name], [name]Dorothy[/name], [name]Dulcie[/name], [name]Edith[/name], [name]Ellery[/name], [name]Elinor[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Esme[/name], [name]Garnet[/name], [name]Gillian[/name], [name]Hilary[/name], [name]Hope[/name], [name]Jessamine[/name], [name]Lacey[/name], [name]Leonie[/name],[name]Linnet[/name], [name]Marian[/name], [name]Maude[/name], [name]Millicent[/name], [name]Rowena[/name], [name]Sidony[/name], [name]Tamsin[/name], [name]Verity[/name]
[name]Alaric[/name], [name]Alden[/name], [name]Anson[/name], [name]Archer[/name], [name]Barrett[/name], [name]Baxter[/name], [name]Bennett[/name], [name]Benson[/name], [name]Braxton[/name], [name]Brent[/name], [name]Brice[/name], [name]Bryson[/name], [name]Cedric[/name], [name]Clifton[/name], [name]Colby[/name], [name]Coleman[/name], [name]Conway[/name], [name]Crawford[/name], [name]Dawson[/name], [name]Dayton[/name], [name]Dexter[/name], [name]Dyson[/name], [name]Edison[/name], [name]Emmett[/name], [name]Emery[/name], [name]Everett[/name], [name]Fenton[/name], [name]Fletcher[/name], [name]Ford[/name], [name]Forrest[/name], [name]Garrett[/name], [name]Grant[/name], [name]Holden[/name], [name]Hollis[/name], [name]Hudson[/name], [name]Ingram[/name], [name]Ives[/name], [name]Jamison[/name], Langford, [name]Langdon[/name], [name]Larkin[/name], [name]Lowell[/name], Merrick, [name]Quinton[/name], [name]Reid[/name] or [name]Reed[/name], [name]Roscoe[/name], [name]Royston[/name], [name]Sanford[/name], [name]Sinclair[/name], [name]Stafford[/name], [name]Talbot[/name], [name]Thane[/name], [name]Weston[/name]
Medieval girls’ names (these are from websites with indexes of written medieval records, not baby name sites). [name]Agatha[/name], [name]Agnes[/name], [name]Alice[/name] ([name]Alys[/name]- medieval spelling), [name]Alison[/name], [name]Aline[/name], [name]Amabel[/name], Amelyn, Avina, Avelina, Avelyn, [name]Cecilia[/name], [name]Christiana[/name], [name]Clara[/name], [name]Ismay[/name], [name]Ellen[/name], [name]Ellice[/name], Elinora, [name]Emelina[/name], [name]Emelyn[/name], [name]Floria[/name],[name]Greta[/name], [name]Gemma[/name], [name]Helena[/name], [name]Heloise[/name], [name]Ida[/name], [name]Idonea[/name], [name]Isolde[/name], [name]Ivette[/name], [name]Sabina[/name], [name]Adelaide[/name], [name]Sibylla[/name], [name]Jennet[/name], [name]Joetta[/name], [name]Justina[/name], [name]Katerina[/name], [name]Felice[/name], [name]Dorathea[/name], [name]Theophania[/name] (Tiffania), [name]Annora[/name], [name]Rosamund[/name], [name]Philippa[/name], [name]Melisent[/name], [name]Matilda[/name], [name]Melodia[/name], [name]Mirabel[/name], [name]Beatrix[/name], [name]Blanche[/name], [name]Gracia[/name], [name]Letitia[/name], [name]Lucia[/name], [name]Eva[/name].
Original Old English names look like this and I doubt what you had in mind:
”thel ([name]Ethel[/name])
Cyneburg
Cynethryth
Eastorhyld:
Godgifu
There are not that many recorded female Anglo-[name]Saxon[/name] names: Some women’s names that survive from Old English (in later English spelling) are [name]Audrey[/name], [name]Emma[/name], [name]Elva[/name], [name]Elvina[/name], [name]Ebba[/name], [name]Hilda[/name], [name]Mildred[/name], [name]Alta[/name], [name]Tova[/name], [name]Winifred[/name], [name]Bertha[/name], [name]Frida[/name], [name]Elfrida[/name], [name]Alberta[/name]. Only two of these are common today.
I think what you have in mind (for a girl, anyway) is more of a medieval English name.
What you seem to have in mind for a boy is an English surname or place name.
After the [name]Norman[/name] invasion, English names changed a lot from the original Anglo-[name]Saxon[/name] names. Most of the names listed are not Anglo-[name]Saxon[/name] names. Most of them are very old, though (medieval). You can try researching Anglo-[name]Saxon[/name] names and medieval names (but the medieval names will have other influences - Latin and French).