Gender: F
Origin: English
Meaning: "noble maiden"
Sounds as dated today as the old Anglo-Saxon names that hatched it -- Ethelreda and Elthelburga -- though it was the Ava of a hundred years ago.
Nicknames & Variations:
Ethyl,
Ethelle,
Ethlyn,
Ethlin,
Ethille,
Ethelynn,
Ethyll,
Ethlynn,
Ethelin,
Ethill,
Ethelda,
Ethelinda,
Ethelynne,
Etheline,
Ethelyn