Given name
Æthelred
“noble”·“counsel, advice”
Æthelred is a masculine given name from Old English.
Original Old EnglishÆðelred
Meaning & origin
What it means
Æthelred is a form of Aethelred. Aethelred is built from elements meaning “noble” and “counsel, advice”.
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Where it comes from
Æthelred is a form of Aethelred. Aethelred comes from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Æthelred’s family of names
In English usage, Æthelred has a related form in Aethelred. In English usage, Æthelred has a related form in ATHELRED. In English usage, Æthelred has an alternative spelling in Ethelred.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Æthelred
- Æthelred the UnreadyKing of England967–1016
- Æthelred I of WessexKing of Wessex (r. 865–871)837–871
- Æthelred of MerciaKing of Mercia601–716
- Æthelred, Lord of the Merciansruler of Mercia
- Æthelred II of Northumbriaking of Northumbria810–848
- Æthelred I of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria760–796
- Æthelred I of East Angliaking of East Anglia800
- Æthelred II of East Angliaking of East Anglia900–900
- ÆthelredArchbishop of Canterbury850–888
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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