Boy · Old English
Uhtred
Say it: OOKH-tred
Meaning
From Old English uht 'dawn, the time before daybreak' and ræd 'counsel, advice'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
An old Northumbrian name, recently made familiar by Bernard Cornwell's novels and their television adaptation.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 34 babies given this name since 2017
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 100,400 boys
- 17 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Uchtred, Ughtred
Famous bearers
- Uhtred the Bold, earl of Northumbria
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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