Details for the forename Etheldreda

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Etheldreda (female)


Variants:	Audrey (F)
Diminutive(s):	Dreda (F) Etheldra (F)
Derivative(s):	Ethel (F)
Lesser Synonym(s):	Adeltraud (F) Adeltrud (F) Edeltraud (F) Edeltrud (F)

Source(s):	English Parish Register freereg.rootsweb.com The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Old English Latinate variant of Audrey from Old English "noble strength"; Ethel has been derived from it. It had brief popularity in Victorian times as did its diminutive Dreda. Cognate with Adeltraud.