Given name · also Old English
Ethelredus
“well-advised”
Ethelredus is a masculine given name from Old English (ultimately Proto-Germanic), meaning “well-advised.” It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ethelredus comes from Old English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
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How it developed
From Old English Æþelrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalarēdaz.
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Ethelredus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Ethelredus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ethelred.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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