Name Meanings & Origins

ÆTHELSTAN

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The name ÆTHELSTAN derives from ÆÐELSTAN, and may have Anglo-Saxon origins.

Derived from the Old English elements æðel "noble" and stan "stone". This was the name of a 10th-century English king, the first to rule all of England. The name was ly used after the Norman Conquest, though it enjoyed a modest revival (as Athelstan) in the 19th century.

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