Æthelweard
Æthelweard (also Æthelweard, Æthelweard, Ethel Ward or Aeðelweard ) is an Anglo-Saxon male first name.
Importance
The name is from the elements Aethel ( = "noble" ) and weard ( = ' keeper, guardian, protector " ) composed.
Bearers of the name
- Æthelweard ( Hwicce ), King of the Hwicce, early 8th century
- Æthelweard (East Anglia), King of East Anglia (c. 745-755 )
- Æthelweard ( Sherborne ), Bishop of Sherborne (c. 910-918? )
- Æthelweard ( Aetheling ), son of Alfred the Great ( † 920)
- Æthelweard ( Wessex ), King of England († 924 )
- Æthelweard ( historian ), 10th century
- Æthelweard ( London), Bishop of London ( † 926? )
- Male first name