The name Ethelred is a boy's name meaning "noble counsel".

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Also spelt Aethelred, this was the name of two Saxon kings of England. The most famous is Ethelred II "The Unready", who actually reigned as King twice: from 978-1013 and from 1014-1016. His nickname comes not from the modern word "unready", but rather from a pun on the Old English <em>unræd</em> "poorly advised" (Ethelred means "well advised" or "noble counsel"). 

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