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Greetings,
Here's the information we compiled on your name and device.
There are many variant spellings of "Cyneburh," including the following (we've included dates where we have them; all of these are from the 7th to 10th centuries) (1,2)
The Old English form of "Alfred's Daughter" would be "Aelfredsdoghter." It doesn't appear that "David" was used as a name in Anglo-Saxon England; our first record of the name is from 1086, in the Domesday Book. While there are Anglo-Saxon names in Domesday, it is more likely that "David" is a name brought to England by the Normans. If you would take a name "of <a town>," the form would be "aet <town>." (3) Either one would be an appropriate Anglo-Saxon surname.
Unfortunately, there are several conflicts with your proposed device. The best-known is Macedonia, "Gules, a sun Or." There are also three SCA conflicts: Wendryn Townsend, "Azure, a sun in glory Or," William Allen, "Barry of of six gules and argent, a sun in his glory Or," and Wolfgang de Rotus, "Quarterly sable and argent, a sun in splendor Or." Unfortunately there is no way to pass a sun Or on a field without a conflict.
If you would like to pass your arms, we can suggest the following changes, all of which are consistent with medieval heraldic style:
Per pale azure and gules, in chief two suns Or.
Per pale gules and Or, two suns counterchanged.
Gules, three suns Or.
Or, a sun azure.
Arval D'Espas Nord, Evan da Collureo, Loveday, Tangwsytl verch Morgant Glasvryn, Hartmann Rogge, William Gerritsz van Wie, and Ivanor of Sighty Crag all assisted in researching your name and device.
If you would like some assistance in finding Anglo-Saxon names, or anything else, we'd be happy to assist you.
In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel
(1) Boehler, M. "Die Altenglischen Fraunamen."
(2) Searle, A. "Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonium."
(3) Tengvik,