Entry № 0686 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Eanflaed Eanflaed — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AY-an-flayd /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Northumbrian queen-abbess"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

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.

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
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

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.

The number behind Eanflaed.

1

The Pioneer

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

Why families chose this name.

"Queen-abbess of Whitby. Eight letters. Eanflaed."
Catherine · Mother of one · Whitby