Anglo-Saxon Names for Girls
By vintageluvs
Updated Thu May 25 2023
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This is a list of names in Medieval England (about the seventh to twelfth centuries) that were used by upperclass women and women of royal birth. Underneath some of the names are spelling variations and meanings. All names are of Anglo-Saxon women, but not all names are from Anglo-Saxon women. Some were reminiscient of the Latin names women used in England under the Roman Empire.
- Aswig
- Bertha
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bright, glorious"Description:
Ever since the enormous German cannon was dubbed by Allied soldiers "Big Bertha" in World War I, this name hasn't worked for a sweet little baby girl. But this was not always so. Hard as it might be to imagine now, Bertha was a Top 100 name until the 1930s, and in the 1880s was the seventh most popular name in the land--the equal of Joseph.
- Brunhild
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"armed for battle"Description:
One of the Valkyries, still clad in heavy armor.
- Balthild
- Beorhtgifu
- Beorhtgyth
- Beorhtwaru
- Beorhtwynn
- Beornflæd
- Beorngyth
- Beornthryth
- Beornwynn
- Bertana
- Berthgyth
- Bliththryth
- Bregoswith
- Burga
- Burgflæd
- Burghild
- Burginda