Entry № 11580 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Wulfthryth Wulfthryth — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ WOOLF-thrith /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Edgar's queen-saint"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

A name that means "edgar's queen-saint".

937-c. 1000) was the Anglo-Saxon noblewoman and either wife or mistress of King Edgar — mother of Saint Edith of Wilton and abbess of Wilton Abbey.

One of the most influential Anglo-Saxon abbesses.

Wolf-strength. Edgar's queen and abbess of Wilton.

The name in its native script.

Wulfthryth
Transliteration
Wulfthryth
Pronunciation
/ ˈwʊlf.θrɪθ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Wulfthryth stands.

Wulfthryth 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.

Wulfthryths before her.

Real people
Saint Wulfthryth
Anglo-Saxon abbess.
c. 937 – c. 1000
In fiction
Wulfthryth
Common in Anglo-Saxon historical fiction.

Names connected to Wulfthryth.

The number behind Wulfthryth.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Wulfthryth reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.