Entry № 1825 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Eanflaed Eanflaed — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AY-an-flayd /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Anglo-Saxon

Meaning

"Northumbrian queen-abbess"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

The meaning

A name that means "northumbrian queen-abbess".

Eanflaed (Eanflæd, 626-after 685) was the Anglo-Saxon Princess of Northumbria — daughter of King Edwin, the first Northumbrian to be baptized. She married King Oswiu and after his death became Abbess of Whitby alongside her daughter, succeeding Saint Hilda.

Featured in Bede's Ecclesiastical History.

Anglo-Saxon queen-abbess. The first Northumbrian baptized.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Eanflaed

Transliteration: Eanflaed
Pronunciation: / ˈeɪ.ən.fleɪd /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Eanflaed stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Eanflaed · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Eanflaeds before her.

Real people

Queen Eanflaed

Anglo-Saxon queen and abbess.

626 – after 685

In fiction

Eanflaed

Featured in Bede's Ecclesiastical History.

731

Names connected to Eanflaed.

Numerology

The number behind Eanflaed.

The Pioneer

Eanflaed reduces to one — the number of Anglo-Saxon queen-abbess.

Parents on Eanflaed

Why families chose this name.

"Queen-abbess of Whitby. Eight letters. Eanflaed."

Catherine · Mother of one · Whitby