Is it possible for English to have the names Matildus and Elisabethus as actual boy names?
possible if Hellenized much earlier
the metaplasm is not necessarily -us, though
here are some Hellenic metronymic examples:
Artemis -> Artemius
Athena -> Athenaeus
Demeter -> Demetrius
Enyo -> Enyalius
These greek masculine names exist in english and french already but teutonic female original names have no masculine equivalent in those languages.
Italian, German, Dutch and Spanish have male forms of female names like Adelaide, Matilda and Elisabeth namely Elisabetus(Isabelo/Elisabeto), Matildus(Matildo/Mafaldo) and Adalheidus(Alicio), could something like that happen in english.
Like masculine Matilda may be Mahtild/Mathilde. Adelaide's masculine could just be Adalheid/Aldalheide. Elizabeth is harder, since it was made popular since it was a biblical wife, but maybe something like Ellisbet/Ellisvet?
Yeah, Elizabeth is difficult. The Hebrew root "Eli" is already present in a lot of English male names - Ellis, Elias, Elijah, and Eli itself. For a male version of Elizabeth... Maybe Elizabester or Elizabaster? Elizabeter?
Like masculine Matilda may be Mahtild/Mathilde. Adelaide's masculine could just be Adalheid/Aldalheide. Elizabeth is harder, since it was made popular since it was a biblical wife, but maybe something like Ellisbet/Ellisvet?
Elisabetus(Isabelo/Elisabeto), Matildus(Matildo/Mafaldo) and Adalheidus(Alicio)
Is it possible for English to have the names Matildus and Elisabethus as actual boy names?
Possible? Yes, theorectically. Likely? To be honest, I'd bet that you'd have better luck with Charlemagne conquering the entire Western world.
And in the off chance where it *did* happen, wouldn't names like "Matildo" and "Elizabeter" just sound totally weird and unwieldy? Names *do* have some sort of meaning and reason behind their creation, even in the modern era, just as in the Middle Ages.