Entry № 2716 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Ealdgyth Ealdgyth — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AYLD-yith /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Old battle (Harold Godwinson's queen)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

A name that means "old battle (harold godwinson's queen)".

Ealdgyth of Mercia (c. 1057-after 1066) was the last Anglo-Saxon Queen of England — wife of King Harold Godwinson, killed at Hastings. She was pregnant with his posthumous son when the Norman Conquest came, fleeing to Chester then disappearing from history.

Distinct from Eadgyth (Edith of Wessex).

Old battle (Harold Godwinson's queen) — a Anglo-Saxon name.

The name in its native script.

Ealdgyth
Transliteration
Ealdgyth
Pronunciation
/ ˈeɪld.jɪθ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ealdgyth stands.

Ealdgyth does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ealdgyths before her.

Real people
Ealdgyth of Mercia
Last Anglo-Saxon Queen of England.
c. 1057 – after 1066
In fiction
Ealdgyth
Featured in Conquest-era historical fiction.

Names connected to Ealdgyth.

The number behind Ealdgyth.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ealdgyth reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.