(nowhere near a comprehensive list, obviously!)
Boys:
- Adelard--Old English or Germanic "noble" + "brave"
- Beneger--prob. from Germanic bern "bear" + gar "spear"
- Botolph--Old English "help", "messenger", or "battle" + wulf "wolf"
- Cuthbert--Old English cuæ "famous" + beorht "bright"
- Degory/Digory--prob. from French egare "lost", or possibly Anglo-Norman desgarry "dispossessed"
- Edulf--Old English ead "rich" + wulf "wolf"
- Gerlick--from Germanic gar "spear" + laic "contest"
- Hereward--Old English here "army" + weard "guard"
- Osgood--Old English os "god" + Germanic god "god"
- Osmer--Old English os "god" + mære "famous"
- Rocelin--from Germanic hrod "fame", via French & Germanic diminutives
- Turbert--Old Norse Thor + Germanic bert "bright"
- Warin--from Germanic war "guard"
- Wicard/Wychard--from Germanic wig "war" + hard "brave"
- Wolfstan--Old English wulf + stan "stone"
- Wymark--from Germanic wig "war" + mar "famous", via Old Breton
- Wymer--from Germanic wig "war" + mar "famous"
- Wymond--from Germanic wig "war" + mund "protector"
Girls:
- Agenilda/Einilda--from Germanic agi "sharp" or haga "enclosure" + hild "battle"
- Ailith--Old English æðel "noble" + gifu "gift"
- Ailova--Old English æðel "noble" + lufu "love"
- Amice/Amicia--from Latin amicus "friend"
- Aldiva--Old English eald "old" + gifu "gift"
- Alviva--Old English ælf "elf" + gifu "gift"
- Belsant/Belsante/Belisencia--poss. from Germanic bili (?) "sword" + sinþ "journey"
- Brithwen--Old English beorht "bright" + wynn "joy"
- Claremonde/Claremunda--from Latin clarus "bright" + Germanic mund "protector"
- Estrild/Estrilda/Estrelda--Old English Eastre "Easter" [Germanic goddess] + hild "battle"
- Hawis/Hawisia--from Germanic hadu "battle" + widis "wide"
- Idemay--poss. Germanic id "work" + mæg "power"
- Idony/Idonea--from Old Norse Iðunn [Norse goddess]
- Kinborow--Old English cyne "king" + burg "fortress"
- Leva--Old English léofe "beloved"
- Levith--Old English léofe "beloved" + gýð "battle"
- Leviva/Lyveva--Old English léofe "beloved" + gifu "gift"
- Maysant/Maisenta--from Germanic matha "council"(?)+ suent "strength", or magan "strength" + sinþ "journey"; via French
- Merewen--Old English mære "famous" + wynn "joy"
- Quenell/Quenilda--Old English cwen "woman, queen" + hild "battle"
- Queniva--Old English cwen "woman, queen" + gifu "gift"
- Rametta/Ramett--from Latin ramus "branch" or Germanic ragn "advice"
- Seilda/Seild--Old English sæ "sea" + hild "battle"
- Selova--Old English sæ "sea" + lufu "love"
- Welthian--unknown, poss. "Wealthy Anne"; or a corruption of "Welsh woman" or of a Welsh name (like Gwenllian)
- Wymark--poss. from Germanic wig "war" + mar "famous", via Old Breton
And yet again, I come up with more feminine names than masculine. I'm amazed at how many boys' names, even from over half a millennium ago, are still in use today. Girls' names really do have more turnover!
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