Aldous

  • [ AWL-dəs ]
  • English (Rare)
Probably a diminutive of names beginning with the Old English element eald "old". It has been in use as an English given name since the Middle Ages, mainly in East Anglia. The British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was a famous bearer of this name.

FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Alvin, Elvin
EQUIVALENTS
ANGLO-SAXON: Ealdræd, Ealdwine
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH: Aldus
FEMININE FORMS
ENGLISH: Alvena, Alvina, Elvina
OTHER FORMS
ENGLISH: Alden, Eldred, Elvis, Elwin, Elwyn