Boys:
- Asculf (AHSH-oolf ['oo' like in "foot"])--"spear-wolf"
- Avo (AH-voh)--origin uncertain, poss. "desired" or "strength"
- Berengar (BEH-ren-gar)--"bear-spear". Another form was Pernger (PEHRN-gehr).
- Bomund (BOH-moont ['oo' like in "foot"])--derivation unknown; after a legendary giant.
Other forms included Boamund (BOH-ah-moont ['oo' like in "foot"]) and Bohemund (BOH-heh-moont ['oo' like in "foot"]). - Eberwin (EH-behr-win)--"boar-friend"
- Herimund (HEHR-im-oont ['oo' like in "foot"])--"army protection".
Another form was Harimund (HAHR-im-oont ['oo' like in "foot"]). - Herrand (HEHR-rahnt)--prob. "army shield-edge"
- Herrich (HEHR-rikh)--"army ruler". Also spelled Herich.
- Isbrand (EEZ-brahnt)--"iron-fire"
- Landrich (LAHN-drikh)--"land ruler" [probable source of the surname Landry]
- Linhart (LIN-hart)--form of Leonard
- Marculf (MAHR-koolf ['oo' like in "foot"])--"border-wolf"
- Theodulf (TEH-oh-doolf ['oo' like in "foot"])--"people-wolf"
- Wigher (WIG-her)--"battle-army"
- Wilbrand (WIL-brahnt)--"will-fire" or poss. "will-sword"
- Valten (VAHL-ten)--form of Valentine
Girls:
- Aldegarde (ahl-deh-GAHR-deh)--"old protection"
- Duretta (doo-RET-tah)--prob. form of Dorothea
- Engelhaid (EN-gel-hide)--"angelic type". Also spelled Engelheid.
- Geilsind (GAYL-sind)--"merry path" or poss. "merry strength". Another form was Geilsinde (gayl-SIN-deh).
- Heidentrude (hay-den-TROO-deh)--prob. "heath-strength" or "heathen-strength"
- Isentrud (EE-zen-trood)--prob. "iron-strength"
- Richlind (RIKH-lind)--"gentle ruler". Another form was Richlinde (rikh-LIN-deh).
- Wistrild (WIS-trild)--"west battle". Another form was Wistrilde (wis-TRIL-deh).
I also came across a number of girls' names ending in -lin. Usually they appeared to be diminutives (poss. used as given names on their own), sometimes feminizations.
(there were quite a few boys' diminutives ending in -lin as well, e.g. Ullin from Ulrich and Bestlin from Sebastian, but I'm not lacking in boys' names!)
(there were quite a few boys' diminutives ending in -lin as well, e.g. Ullin from Ulrich and Bestlin from Sebastian, but I'm not lacking in boys' names!)
- Aellin (from Adelheid/Alice?)
- Annlin (from Anna)
- Bettlin (from Elisabeth)
- Elsslin (also from Elisabeth)
- Engelin (from Engelhaid and other Engel-names)
- Ennlin/Endlin (from Endres/Andrew?)
- Gerlin (from Gertrude and other Ger-names)
- Gretlin (from Margareta)
- Ketlin (from Katherina)
- Kunlin (from Cunigunde and other Cun-names, or poss. Conrad)
- Marlin/Merlin (from Margareta)
- Matzlin/Metzlin (? from Mathis or Mechthild/Matilda.....maybe??)
- Neslin (from Agnes)
- Riberlin (from Ribert?)
I know, this list is way shorter than the other MWT lists! Most of the names from medieval Germany I found were either still in recent use, or pretty hard to say in Modern English. :/
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