Elisabethus, Matildus are English names

Fenestella

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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
 
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.
 
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.

You probably wouldn't get the -us ending in English, especially if they were from German origins. We don't really have much in the way of markers for masculine and feminine names, like in the romance language sense, as far as I'm aware.

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?
 
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?
 
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?

Maybe we will have the mascultine Adalheid and Matilda to be Alisan/Adalheidan and Matildan and Elisabeth would be Isabelan/Elisabethan.

The male equivalent of Mary would be Marius and Marian

The dimutative of Mary, Margaret and Alice would be be Marion/Marianne,Margot and Alison..
 
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Fenestella

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Elisabetus(Isabelo/Elisabeto), Matildus(Matildo/Mafaldo) and Adalheidus(Alicio)

What are the popularities of these names?
It would be great to see more really popular and traditional male names derived from female names.
The very few such names I'm aware of are: Artyom/Artem (from Artemis) Dmitry/Dimitri (from Demeter)
 
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.
 
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.

There are males with those names in Italy, Germany, Netherlands and Spain...but why not in France and England.
 
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