Edelle Adell Adelia Adele Adalie.

Ancient british female names. The Lost Tale of Love and Politics in the Court of Elizabeth I More notable British Women. Ahhotep ascended Egypts throne as a regent for her minor son Ahmose I. The light of the sun.

Ahhotep I 15601530 BC was one of the most prominent ancient Egyptian female warriors. Agrippa m f Ancient Roman Biblical. Other female figures from Celtic mythology include the weather witch Cailleach Irish for nun witch the veiled or old woman of Scotland and Ireland the Corrigan of Brittany who are beautiful seductresses the Irish Banshee woman of the Otherworld who appears before important deaths the Scottish warrior women Scáthach Uathach and Aoife.

The list of the 10 greatest women in British history was selected by Sally Varlow author of The Lady Penelope. Eventually her forces were defeated and she committed suicide. Olympias and Eurydice.

Roman cognomen of unknown meaning possibly from a combination of Greek ἄγριος agrios meaning wild and ἵππος hippos meaning horse or alternatively of Etruscan origin. When Xerxes went to war against Greece 480-479 BCE Artemisia ruler of Halicarnassus brought five ships and helped Xerxes defeat the Greeks in the naval battle of Salamis. It was also used as a praenomen or given name by the Furia and Menenia families.

This was the name of a 1st-century queen of the Iceni who led the Britons in revolt against the Romans. I positively love Old English Names. Paul Russell Alex Mullen.

Boudicca f Ancient Celtic Latinized Derived from Brythonic boud meaning victory. 120 which contains such Celtic names as Cunomoltus and Senovara we are grateful to Roger Tomlin for permission to repoduce this image. Also Gwen Gweneth Gwenneth Gwenyth and Gwynneth.