Ethelred
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See also: Æthelred
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English Æþelrǣd, Æþelred, Æðelred, from æþele (“noble”) + rǣd (“counsel, advice”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ethelred
- A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Aethelred or Æthelred
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred II “the Unready”, King of the English between 978 and his death in 1016
Translations
Male given name
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Further reading
- “Ethelred”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Ethelred II”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Ethelred”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Ethelred”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Aethelred”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Ethelred”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.