Gender Masculine

Meaning & History

Old English name derived from the Old Norse Valþjófr. This was the name of a 12th-century English saint, an abbot of Melrose.

Related Names

Rootsvalr + þjófr

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Sources & References

  1. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 477.
Entry added January 21, 2022