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Origin of the name ÆTHEL.
Etymology of the
name ÆTHEL.
Meaning of the baby name ÆTHEL.
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ÆTHEL. Unisex.
Anglo-Saxon name, derived from Old English æþele, meaning "noble." (Oldest
English Texts, Sweet, 1885) Used as a short
form of longer names containing aethel.
... from Egbert to
Alfred the great (837-871) four successive kings
had names beginning with "AETHEL"
(our "Ethel") meaning "noble"; for a king to bear
the name Aethelwulf (noble wolf) is ample testimony to a primitive and
very likely a fierce state of society; nineteen descendants of Alfred
the great had names beginning with "Ead" (meaning
"wealth," the "e" pronounced like "y") or
with "aethel"; the last king with the latter name Aethelred
(978-1016) or "noble counsel" certainly seems to give cause
for hope that the times were not quite so wild as when "noble
wolf" was king (837-858)... (One Branch of the Fay Family Tree,
Johnson, 1913)
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