Æthelred (; ) or Ethelred () is an Old English personal name (a compound of æþele and ræd, meaning "noble counsel" or "well-advised") and may refer to:
Anglo-Saxon England
Æthelred and Æthelberht, legendary princes of Kent
Æthelred of Mercia (fl. 645–709), King of Mercia
Æthelred I (disambiguation), several kings
Æthelred II (disambiguation), several kings
Æthelred Mucel (fl. 840–895), father of King Alfred the Great's wife, Ealhswith
Æthelred (archbishop) (fl. 870–888), Archbishop of Canterbury
Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians (fl. 881–911) Æthelred of Cornwall (fl. 1001), Bishop of Cornwall Æthelred the Unready (978–1016), King of England
Post-Conquest
Ethelred of Scotland (fl. 1093), son of Malcolm III and Saint Margaret
Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167), English writer, saint and abbot of Rievaulx
Ethelred Taunton (1857–1907), English Roman Catholic priest and historical writer Aethelred Eldridge (1930-2018), American academic and painter
See also
Ethelreda (given name)