Why are so few Anglo Saxon names used in England today?
Interesting question, it got me thinking so I looked up some names and only found one I’d heard before which was Hilda. There are some very old Welsh names still in use but they are from pretty much a different language group which wasn’t subject to the language changes that English has gone throguh over time Acha [Achae] Ælffled [Aelbfled] Æðelberga [Aedilberg] (nickname Tata [Tatae]) Æðeldreda or Æðelðryd [Aedilthryd] Æðelhild [Aedilhild] Breguswið [Bregusuid] Coenberg [Quoenburg] Cyneburg [Cyniburg] Cynwise [Cynuise] Eabæ Eanfled Earcongota [Earcongotæ] Edyð [Eadgyd] Hilda [Hild] Hereswið [Heresuid] Osðryd Tortgyð [Torctgyd] Sexburg Can you imagine trying to register your daughter’s birth and calling her Sexburg? (What would she be called for short, Sexy??
